Pat’s
Peckings
By NEALE PATRICK
No Longer A One-Team Tournament
' The king of the dribble-derbies in our neighborhood
taps-off in Raleigh this afternoon, and the affair is any
thing but the one-team affair that folks were predicting a
couple of weeks ago when Carolina was rocking-along un
beatable.
The Tar Heels still wear the co-favorites mantle with
State, those two deadlocking for the top spot in the regular
season chase which accomplished nothing more than
build-up three flips of the coin Sunday . . . ACC members
slugged it oiit for three months, and three-fourths of the
group found themselves deadlocked, necessitating the flip
to determine positions for tournament pairings . . . All of
which may seem like a strange way to do basketball bus
iness . . . Why Should the teams bash one another about
and then decide positions on a coin flip?
Then after the three monthhs of seemingly needless
action and the flips for determining the positionsf or six
clubs, the teams wound-up with the same partners they
danced with in the first round of the tourney last March
. . . The ACC teams seem to be moving real fast, on a
treadmill.
While Carolina and State 'hold the top spot in this
thing in Raleigh, neither is assured of the title ... In the
previous five years of the ACC post-season event, the num
ber one team has copped two tournaments, a team tied for
the top grabbed one crown, and the number four finisher
won twice . . . State’s ‘55 team and Carolina’s ‘57 outfit
were the regular-season winners repeating the title-taking
in the tournament . . . State’s ‘56 team tied Carolina for
the season diadem, they won the tournament . . . Fourth
place champions were State in 1954, and Maryland last
year, and, ironically, the regular-season leader both those
years was Duke. ,
This is the third time in the last four years that arch
rivals Carolina and State have tied for a past in the final
seasonal standings . . . They also shared the top-rung in
‘56, and deadlocked for second-place last year.
NC And State Pad National Prestige
Carolina and State Rave been the ACC cage leaders in
the half-dozen years of its life, winning or sharing four of
the six regular-season crowns, and copping four of the five
tournaments to date . . . But the two rivals have met only
once in past ACC tournaments . . . That was in ‘54 when
State won 52-51 . . . And Ithe top-drawer teams will not
meet this time, unless both of them gain the finals..
If the Tar Heels and Wolfpack gain the championship
game, a look at the past in the McGuirc-Oase rivalry shows
the State mentor leading by a bare ten victories to nine
for McGuire . . . Carolina has won six of the last seven ga
mes With Spate, including the last four played on the Wolf
pack’s home floor in Raleigh.
The pair of ACC pace-setters also have been padding
the national prestige of the conference this season, both
having been No. One in the nation during the winter . . .
And did you realize that two of the four teams Which have
claimed the No. One berth 'have been the Big Four clubs? .
. . Kentucky and Cincinnati have been the other national
leaders.
Also, three of the four teams Which have worn the
No. One mantle have been bounced Off the top by ACC
teams . . . Cincinnati was tops when State and Carolina
handed Oscar’s outfit consecutive lickings in the Dixie
Classic ... Carolina toppled State from the top after a two
day stand . . . And Maryland knocked Carolina off after
five-days of glory.
Maryland comes in as the darkhonse of the tourna
ment, just as last year . . . And the Terps trip this time
reads like a carbon copy of last season’s record . . . This
time, Maryland lost to all four' teams down on “Tobacco
Road”, but, in turn, whipped three of those same teams at
College Park, State being the lone winner at Maryland ...
Last year, the Terps lost three on Tobacco Road, and won
three from the same foursome at home . . . Then Mary
land came back to cop the tournament, beating two of the
Big Four teams (Duke and Carolina) enroute to the title
. . . Will the same brand of Maryland lightening strike two
straight seasons?
Sophomore Crop Tabbed Best Ever
The 'irrent crop of sophomores in the Big Four has
been tabbed the best-ever . . . Doug Moe has been called
by his coach, McGuire as “the greatest prospect I have
ever seen, comparable to Tom Gola, the All-American at
La Salle”. . . Case has echoed that about the lad he has to
contend with for two more years, calling him the greatest
prospect in the Big Four, and one of the best he has ever
seen anywhere, anytime . . .York Larese gets the same
treatment, tagged by McGuire as “ One of the greatest
shooters I have ever seen in basketball,” and by Case:
“One. of basketball’s greatest shooters. He does many
things well. But when he gets the ball in his hands. Watch
out.”
Harold Bradley talks in superlatives about his sophs,
too, particularly Howard Hurt, whom he calls “potentially
the finest all-round player I have coached”, and Carroll
Younsikin of whom he says “is the best center I have coa
ched at Duke and could become one of the great centers
in Big Four history.”
All of which seems to be one way of saying that we
are asured of some top-flight basketball for the next cou
ple of years.
Duke and Wake Forest tip-off the affair this afternoon
at 2, and the Deacons would like to make it their “Lucky
seventh” or their “sweet sixteenth” . . . What’s the angle?
The Deacs haven’t won a game in the Big Four this
season losing two games to each of the other members,
and this one will be the seventh contest against a state ri
val . . . And tracing farther back into the records, Wake
Forest hasn’t defeated a Big Four foe in the past two sea
sons, since Bones McKinney became head coach . . . The
Deacons lost nine to the state foes last year, plus the Six
this winter, and a to Lai of 15 straight defeats . . . No. 16 is
coming up ... Sweet?
Legion Will Not Sponsor Jr. Team In 59
1 earn tost rost $4uvU Last Year;
Hope To Hetum For ’60 Season
HAY CUNE
Shelby, Belmont
Boys And Tri-HS
Girls Champions
Shelby and Belmont will share
the S6uthwest Conference boys
basketball crown for the 1959
season.
The two powers of the league
tied for the top spot with identi
cal 14-2 records on the season
and will be acclaimed co-cham
pions. Shelby won the flip for the
top spot in the SWC for purposes
of pairings in the Western Con
ference tournament now under
way at Hickory.
Shelby was the defending
champion, and the deadlock with
Belmont, at least, snapped the
Lions string of four consecutive
major sports titles in the South
west Conference. Shelby won all
three sport crowns (football, bas
ketball, and baseball) last school
year, and copped the grid diadem
last autumn.
Caroleen Tri-High’s girls kept
the lassies’ title in Rutherford
County, sweeping through an un
defeated season with 16 straight
wins to cop that divisional
crown.
Forest City’s defending cham
pions finished in second place
with a 12-2 mark.
Shelby and Belmont boys split
their regular-season games, and
each also lost a game to third
place R. S. Central, which missed
a chance to throw the race into a
three-way tie by losing to county
rival, Forest Ciity.
FINAL SWC STANDINGS
BOYS
Teams
Shelby*
Belmont
R. S. Central
Forest City
Lincolnton
Tri-High
Cherryville
Kings Mtn.
Clittside
L
2
2
3
7
W
14
14
13
9
8 8 .500
6 dO .375
4 12 .250
3 13 .187
1 15 .062
Pet.
.875
.875
.812
.562
*Shelby won toss for No. One
berth in tournament.)
GIRLS
Teams
Tri-High
Forest City
Lincolnton
R. S. Central
Shelby
Kings Mtn.
Cherryville
Cliffside
Belmont
W
10
12
11
10
9
L Pci
0 1.000
2 .750
5 .687
6 .625
7 .562
375
6 10
5 11 .312
2 14 .125
1 15 .062
By NEALE PATRICK
Kings Mountain American Le
gion junior baseball struck out in
the financial league in 1958 and
wHl not operate during the 1959
season.
Commander Ray Cline of the
Otis D. Green Bast No. 155 of the
(Legion said that the officers and
the executive committee voted not
to sponsor a junior team this
summer, but to initiate plans to
rejoin the kid baseball program
in the 1960 season.
‘We went .over the financial
statement for last summer’s
team, showing that we spent
nearly $2,000 more than we took
(in at the gate and at the conces
sion stand,” said the commander,
“And the committee agreed that
we couldn’t operate at that loss
again."
•
Cline said that the committee
and officers considered various
ticket-selling promotions for the
season, but none seemed suitable
to finance the program.
“Unless; we can land a cospon
sor for the program, or unless
someone comes up with a brigh t
idea that we haven't considered,
we will be out of the American
Legion junior baseball program
this summer,” said the Comman
der.
He pointed out, however, that
the officers urged that steps be
taken to return to the program in
1960, and the commander said
that by this time next year, he
hopes that about $750 will be
credited to an athletic fund.
“We are working out the de
tails to Undid up that amount With
which to start the-season in 1960,
and certainly plan to return
then,” he said.
Reviewing the financial state
ment for ’58, the Commander
said that the total receipts for the
11 home games was $455.41.,
Which included the gate take and
the proceeds from (he concession
stand.
Pointing to the other side oif
the ledger, Cltoe observed that
the two necessities for the game,
the lights and the umpires, totall
ed $450 which virtually wiped
out the gate take.
Other major items of expense
last season included equipment,
meals for players after games,
the coach and insurance.
The total expenses for the year
went over the $2,500 mark, $2,000
over the receipts, according to
Cline.
“Our athletic fund has been
oomtpletely drained and we are
not in shape to take a loss like
that again this year, until we get
a reserve built up,” said Cline,
"And we can’t go on with junior
baseball, although it is A fine pro
gram for boys of the community.
“We hate to drop out this sum
mer. But we have no other
Choice.”
Kings Mountain has been one
of the charter , members, so to
speak, of the junior program,
having sponsored a team since
1945.
Sikes Has High
Score In Match
Frank Sikes fired the high
score of 99 as the Universal Gun
Club defeated the Kings Moun
tain National Guard, by a score
of 486 to 476 in a 22-cal. 50-foot
indoor range match last week.
The Club had a team average
of 97 1-5, and the Guard an av
erage of 95 1-5.
Judy Medlin And
Chip Thorburn
Scoring Leadens
Judy Medlin and Chip Thor
burn led the point parade for the
Kings Mountain High School
basketball teams this season.
A senior, Judy scored 501
points in 20 games for a 25-point
average in leading the local las
sies in scoring for the second
straight year and also in pacing
theSouthwest Conference girls
division in points for the cam
paign.
Chip, a sophomore starter this
year, captured the boys scoring
title for the Mountaineers, with
217 points, an average of almost
11 per contest. The rangy new
comer to the varsity ranks turn
ed on a scoring burst late in the
season to win the point honors.
Thorburn replaces Keith Lay
ton as the top individual scorer
for the Mountaineers. The now
departed southpaw tossed in 264
points to lead Kings Mountain
last year. \
As noted, Judy also was the
Mountainettes high scorer last
year, with 416 points.
The two scoring leaders, nat
urally, turned in the high indi
vidual games of the season. Judy
topped the 40-point mark three
times during the year, tops being
43 points against R. S. Central
here. She scored 42 against Cher
ryville and 41 vs Belmont, both
here.
Thorburn was the only mem
ber of the boys team to go over
the 20-mark, scoring 25 against
Grover and 22 against Lincolnton
in successive games at mid-sea
son.
Sophomores Marlene Weir (210
points) and fat Gladden (143)
trailed Medliin in the girls scor
ing race.
Don Fisher, (the (third high sco
rer last year with 139 points, was
runner-up to Thorbum with 162
this year. Punch Parker gained
third high honors with a lalte
season surge, totalling 83 for the
year.
BOYS
Player
Chip Thorbum
Don Fisher
Punch Parker
Bobby Goodson
James Robbs
Jerry Wright
Jimmy Blanton
Tommy Thomas
Arthur Allen
Perry Champion
Mike Ware
Tommy Watson
FG FT TP
82 53 217
67 28 162
22 39
29 24
29 15
8
8
26
18
14 10
7 4
4
0
1
1
2
0
83
82
73
60
44
38
18
9
2
2
Totals
GIRLS
Player
Judy Medlin
Marlene Weir
Pat Gladden
Becky Ormand
Martha Raines
Peggy Black
Pucky Lewis
299 192 790
FG FT TP
181 139 501
89 32 210
63 17 143
7 53
4 16
0 8
0 2
23
6
4
1
Totals
367 199 933
Other (individual scores for the
Gun Club were: T. W. Bryant 98,
Fain Hambright and C. D. Coats
97 each, and Buford Ellis 95.
Cpl. Bill Ivey led the Guard
with a 97 score, followed by M/
Sgt. William Clack and Cpl. Bob
by Mabry- with 96 scores, Cpl.
Jerry Tucker 95, and M/Sgt,
Preston Holt 92.
Kings Mountain Boasts Top Football
Mark In SWC For Past Five Years
Kings Mountain boasts the
best football record in the South
west Conference over the past
five seasons.
The Mountaineers' mark for
the seasons which include two
Southwest titles and two runner
up posts is 20 wins, five losses
and five ties, for a percentage of
.750.
Shelby stands second tn SWC
football prestige for the five
years, matching the Mountain
eers’ 20 victories. But the Lions
have lost eight and tied two for
a percentage of .700.
The pair of Cleveland County
rivals are followed in the five
year football standings by Bel
mont, Forest City, Lincolnton, R.
S. Central, and Cherryville in
that order.
Records for the Conference
football teams were released by
W. C. Clary, secretary of the WN -
CHSAA, in connection with the
proposals which would regroup
the teams in the far-flung As
sociation .The proposed realign
ment of leagues would be made
on basis of enrollment, football
pretige over the past five years,
and travel distances.
Kings Mountain is listed in the
proposed new league with other
top-drawer football schools in
the Southwest and Northwest
Conferences.
Hickory and Wilkes Central of
the NWC also have .750 football
percentages over the past five
years, although both have lost
more games than the Mountain
eers. Hickory and Wilkes each
has won 28, lost nine, and tied
one in the span.
Other teams in the proposed
new athletic league with Kings
Mountain are (with five-year
football percentages in paren
thesis): Lenoir (.723), Shelby
(.700), Marion (.618), Belmont
(.533), Lincolnton (.483), and R.
S. Central (.466).
The other proposed league
which would be formed from the
present Southwest and North
west memberships would show:
Cherryville, Forest City, Hudson,
Morganton, Newton, Taylorsville,
Valdese, and newcomer Chase.
In the loop, Valdese has a five
year grid mark of ,522, and For
; est City a .500 percentage. The
! others have football prestige re
i cords of less than .400.
Kings Mountain, however, has
the second lowest enrollment in
the proposed new league, with
537 students this year. Lenoir
with 510 students is the only
school smaller. Other enrollment
figures are: Wilkes Central (998),
Hickory (906), Lincolnton (897),
Shelby (864), Belmont (776), R.
S. Central (775), and Marian
(625).
In other Southwest Conferen
ce sports over the past five years,
Shelby boasts the best percen
tages in baseball and boys bas
ketball, and Lincolnton tops in
girls basketball.
Shelby has a baseball mark nf
66 wins and seven losses for a
.904 percentage, followed by Bel
mont (43-16), Central (52-21),
Cherryville (41-31), Lincolnton
(27-36), Caroleen (26-46), Kings
Mt. (22-47, fat a .318 percentage),
Forest City (20-44), and Cliffside
(6-56).
In boys basketball, Shelby
leads with a record of 56-22, for
average of .718, followed by Cen
tral (52-25), Lincolnton (52-28),
and Kings Mt. with the fourth
best percentage, 47 wins and 32
losses for a .595 mark. Then
Cherryville (41-38), Forest City
(28-46), Belmont (28-47), Caro
leen (27-51), and Cliffside (I8
60).
Lincolnton’s basketball girls
boasts a five-year mark of 76
wins and four losses in SWC play
for a .950 mark, followed by For
est City with 57-17. They are
trailed by Caroleen, Central,
Cherryville, Belmont, Shelby,
Kings Mt. (26-56 for .291 mark)
and Cliffside.
Hickory has the best marks in
Hickory has theb est marks in
boys basketball and tied with
Wilkes in football, Lenoir in
baseball, and Taylorsville in
girls basketball.
The five-year football stand
ings in the Southwest Conferen
ce:
Team
Kings ML
Shelby
Belmont
Forest City
R. S. Central
Cherryville
W T L Pet
20 5 5 .750
20 2 8 .700
15 2 13 .533
14 2 14 .500
22 5 13 .483
14 0 16 .466
6 4 20 .26<
11 Lettermen On K M Baseball Team
Eleven letterman were on hand
as the Kings Mountain High
School baseball team signaled the
arrival of spring with the open
ing of full-scale diamond prac
tice this week.
Coach Fred Withers and his
aide, Bill Bates, counted veteran
performers for aOl positions ex
cept two outfield posts among the
30 candidates. The group includes
three lettermen pitchers, a pair of
monogram winning catchers, five
tested infieiders, and only one let
ter outfielder.
The vets head the delegation otf
hopefuls who have less than two
weeks of drills before the open
ing game against Forest City
here on Tuesday, March 17. The
schedule lists 16 games, on a
home-andJhome basis with the
other eight members of the Sou
thwest Conference.
Biggest task for Coaches Wi
thers and Bates will Ibe to replace
pitcher Keith Layton, who has
been the mound mainstay here
for three years, and leading hit
ter Ken Baity. Other departed
seniors are catcher Bud Bum
gardner, third-baseman Bill Ware,
and outfielder Buddy Connor, all
of whom started most games last
year.
Leading pitchers on hand, with
their last season’s records in par
enthesis are righthanders Jerry
George Wilson leaves Next Week
For Third Season With Denver
This is the off-season lull be
tween baseball campaigns for
George Wilson.
But not for long. The Kings
Mountain resident will leave this
weekend or the first of next week
for Chandler, Arizona, to begin
spring training with the Denver
club of the triple-A American As
sociation.
Willson just , arrived back in
Kings Mountain only a week or
ten days ago following a session
in the Nicaraguan Winter Lea
gue. The local diamond product
managed the Oinco Estrellas team
to third place in the circuit in his
first venture into the managerial
ranks.
“I managed the team which is
owned and controlled by the
president of Nicaragua,” related
Wilson, “And, so I had to try to
keep the generals and ail the
high governmental officials hap
py-” '
Nicaraguan League teams are
allowed 14 native players and
eight from the States, only two
of the latter being AAA or major
league players.
That limit on top-ranked play
ers kept Wilson out of has own
lineup much of the season.
“I played a total of 24 of the
60 games we play in the winter
season,” he recalled, “And hit
hit .467 with seven home runs.
And I played very little in the
second half of the season after
Marv Throneberry of the Yan
Bethwaie Girls
Queens Of County
Basketball Play
The Beth ware girls are the
Queens of Cleveland County bas
ketball for 1959.
Coach Ellen Powell’s team add
ed the tournament title to their
regular-season crown in the fi
nals at Gardner Webb last Satur
day night, defeating defending
champion Casar, 52-40.
The victory was the 21st
straight against counity competi
tion this year, 18 in the sche
duled games and three in the
tournament It boosted the Lady
Buccaneers season’s record to 27
wins and .two losses, both to Gas
ton County champ Tryon.
Saturday’s victory also was the
102nd of Mrs. Powell’s coaching
career and was her final game
in the coaching ranks.
Barabara Gamble, blonde for
ward who was voted the most
outstanding girl player In the
tournament, led the champion
ship game scoring with 24 points.
Faye Bolin tossed in 20 and Nor
ma Hamrick eight. Polly Crotts
tallied 22 for Casar which lost
three games this year, all to
Bethware.
Casar copped its second
straight boys division title in the
Cleveland tournament, beating
Waco, 50-31 in the finals. It was
the 29th straight win of the year
for Coach Bill Halybmton’s club,
and the 52nd straight win over
county foes in the last two years.
The Bethware boys won con
solation honors, defeating Moor
esboro, 41-38, on Friday night.
Luther Edwards scored 16 and
Dean Burton 10 to lead the Bucs.
Bethware beat Boiling Springs,
44-32, and was upset by Waco
46-40, in a double overtime, in
earlier tourney games.
Methware’s girls beat Latti
more, 50-36, and Bel wood, 40-39,
enroube to the title.
Theohampion Bethware lassies
also swept honors on the all
tournament team, placing five
players on the 12-miemiber squad.
They were forwards Barbara
Gamble and Faye Bolin, and
guards Doris Cranford, Janet
Hamrick, and Sarah Palls.
Other girls selected were: for
wards Polly Crotts of Casar, Ju
lia Beam of Belwood, Kay Wil
son of Lattimore, and Diane Bra
ckett of Piedmont; find guards
Joyce Gantt of Waco, Peggy Hoy
le of Casar, and Pat Navey of
Lattimore.
Casar with Lloyd Wall and
Ken Hamby, Waoo with Harold
Williams and Dale Hamrick, and
Mooresboro with Cliff Dysart and
Glenn Daves led the boys selec
tion. Other members of the all
tournament team were Dean
Burton of Bethware, Jerry Miller
of Piedmont Ma'nard Ledford of
Polkville^and Ken Willis of Bel
wood.
GEORGE WILSON
kees arrived. He was my second
AAAman and I retired to bench
managing.”
Wilson set a winter league rec
ord in one game in which he did
play, driving home 13 runs in one
contest.
He hashed two grand-slam
homers, another round-tripper
with two men on, and a bases
loaded single in a 10-inning
game.
(Despite his slugging and his
big hatting average, Wilson did
not play enough games to quali
fy for the hatting championship.
He Would have won in a walka
way if he could have played more
games and maintained the pace.
Nbw, the Kings Mountain resi
dent is looking 'forward to his
third year with the Denver Bears.
Wilson is still the property of the
New York Yankees, but has been
assigned to Denver and is talk
ing contract with them.
“We are still a few dollars a
part, and I have sent back one
contract,” says Wilson, “But we
will get together. I Mke to play in
Denver.” '
(Wilson is one Of 14 Yankee
chattels assigned to Denver, a fotr
| mer farm club of the world
champs.
He is due to report to the Den
ver training base, near Phoenix,
(Arizona, on March 13th, and will
drive out next week with Ranee
Pless, a Tennessee resident.
Wright (2-0), Don Fisher (2-11
and Perry Champion (1-1). Other
hurlers seeking starting roles
are: righthanders Ken Wilson
and James Martin, and south
paws Aundria Small, Chalmers
Johnson and Paul Pittman.
Their battery mate will be se
lected from four candidates, two
of whom won letters last year,
Ronnie Hord and Ronnie Pear
son. The husky Hard caught the
final few games last spring, and
Pearson was a regular outfielder
at the end Of the season and post
ed the top (batting mark on the
team, .429, although We didn’t
play enough to qualify as the bat
leader.
First base is a toss-up between
letterman Chip Thcxrbum and
Dean Fleming, (both Of whom
played briefly last spring.
Regular second saoker Don
Ti'gnor returns to that post which
also has among its candidates,
Frankie Franklin, 'Randall Hay*
nes, Keith Hillard, and J. T. Jack
Son.
Punch Parker and James
Rdbbs, who divided time at short
stop last season, return as letter
men, and have competition from
Paul Hendricks and Roy Hast
ings, a newcomer to town.
Mike Ware is a letterman at
third base after pairttime duty
last year. Bill Sellars is another
promising hot cornerman.
Tommy Thomas, a regular in
ttye outfield or 'at third base, is
the lone returning letterman to
the outfield this trip. Other hope
fuls are Jerry Adams, Larry
Pearson, and Jimmy Riiekard, all
on the squad last year, and Lar
ry Smith, a soph.
Robbs and Thomas Will be de
layed in their drills by broken
bones suffered in basketball.
Robbs has two broken toes and
Thomas a broken finger.
SWC Teams Have
Tourney Trouble
Southwest Conference teams
have been running into some
northern neighbor buzzsaws in
the conference tournament at
Hickory this week.
Only top-ranked Shelby boys
and Tri-High girls from the SWC
copped games in the first-half
dozen played.
Shelby’s boys edged Newton -
Conover, 39-30, Monday night
with Johnny Kouri tossing in 15
points.
Tri-High’s undefeated girls de
feated Wilkes-Central, 53-45, with
Rita Waters’ 21 leading.
R. S. Central boys lost their
tourney opener by 44-26 to Len
oir.
Three SWC girls teams also
met first round defeats. Lincoln
ton lost to Newton-Conover (46
41), Forest City to Hickory (43
37), and R. S. Central was
swamped by the strong Taylors
ville lassies (99-31).
Belmont and Forest City boys
were due to play Wednesday
night
Kings ML Cagere End Season;
Gills Post Best Maik In Years
The basketball season has
been written Into the history
books for the Rings Mountain
prep' dubs.
Local teams wrapped-up their
seasons Friday night, losing a
double-bill at Caroleen Tri-High,
the girls by a 73-45 score to the
Southwest Conference Champion
ship girls outfit, and the boys by
a 55-50 count.
The losses completed the local
seasons with the boys showing a
record of three wins and 13 loss
es in the conference and an over,
all figure of four wins and 16 de
feats. The Mountainettes turned
in the best record for a Kings i
Mountain girls team in several;
years, with six wins and ten loss-.
es in SWC play, and an overall j
mark of seven wins and 13 de
feats.
For the season, Kings Moun
tain’s boys scored two league
wins over Cherryville and one,
over Cliffside.
The local lassie defeated Bel
mont and Cliffside twice each,
and one win over R. S. Central
and Cherryville.
Both ithe boys and girls scored
non-league wins over Grover.
Kings Mountain’s boys turned
in their biggest scoring effort of
the season last Friday night at
Caroleen, hitting the “50-mark’’
for the first time of the year. The
Mountaineers led by an 11-8
score at the end of the first per
iod, but fell behind when Tri
High outscored them 18-9 in the
second quarter, and local lads
never were able to recover.
Three Mountaineers hit the
double-digits, led by Punch Par
ker’s 15. Chip Thorbum added 13
and Don Fisher 10 in the attack.
Kings Mountain was particu
larly effective from the free
throw line in the finale, httting
22 of 28 chances.
The undefeated and title-tak-I
ing Caroleen girls rolled up the
biggest score of the season a
gainst Kings Monutain in the
opener. The champs’ pair of high
scoring forwards Rita Waters and
Barbara Webb scored 27 each.
Judy Medlin tossed in 24 points
for tiie Mountainettes and Mar
lene Weir added 13.
GIRLS
KINGS MT, (45)
Forwards FG FT TP
Medlin
Weir
Gladden
Ormand
Raines
Totals
Guards
Yates.
11 2
5 3
4
0
0
20
0
0
0
5
24
13
8
0
0
45
Goodson, Pearson,
CAROLEEN (73)
Forwards FG FT TP
Campfield 5 1 11
Waters 12 3 27
Webb 11 5 27
Phillips 3 0 6
White 10 2
Guards — Burgess, Philbeck,
Greenlee, Gibson, Wheeler, Hill.
Score by periods:
Kings Mt. II 9 12 13—45
BOYS
KINGS MT. (50)
FG FT PF TP
Fisher
Thorbum
Goodson
Parker
Blanton
Allen
TOTALS
3
5
2
4
0
0
4-5
3- 3
2-3
7-8
4- 7
2-2
1 10
0 13
4 6
4
3
3
14 22-28 15
15
4
2
50
Baynard
Francis
Shew
Taylor
Allen
Greene
Willis
Butler
TOTALS
Kings ML
Caroleen
CAROLEEN (55)
FG FT
7
4
4
0
2
3
0
0
0-1
3- 5
4- 8
0-0
2-2
5- 6
0-0
1-1
PF TP
0 14
11
8
20 15-23
9 16
18 18
4
2
1
4
4
0
1
16
11
12
0
6
11
0
1
55
14—50
11—55