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Pat’s
Peckings
By NEALE PATRICK
Six Big Years For Mountaineers
The Mountaineers have put away their football duds
on another season, and another successful one, too, as you
are well aware.
In fact, the 1960 season climaxed a half-dozen years of
gridiron success here, during which time the Mountaineers
have been the most successful football team in the South
west Conference. Just consider these facts in cementing
the bold statement that Kings Mountain is the six-year
pace-setter in the circuit.
(1) —The Mountaineers have finished either first or sec
ond, or tied for one of the top two positions, in each of the
last six grid seasons. No other Southwest team can make
that statement.
(2) —The Mountaineers, also, have won the most games
and have the best winning percentage in the Southwest
Conference during the same half-dozen autumn cam
paigns.
Investigating these upper-echelon records more close
ly, we take note that the Mountaineers staked a claim on
the top berth in three seasons, and finished second three
other times.
The local grid lads won two Southwest crowns (1955
and 1956) and tied for the top berth in 1959. They claimed
runner-up spot all alone this year and in 1958 and tied for
second in the 1957 season.
The string of championship or runner-up seasons*
started in 1955, and continued in 1956, when the Mountain
eers won the Southwest crown in consecutive seasons un
der Shu Carlton, his final two years here, as a matter of
fact.
Titles have passed us by since then, but the Moun
taineers have come close so many times that it has left a
lingering and loathesome taste.
As you know, Shelby “booted” Kings Mountain out of
the title in 1957 and 1958, winning the first season by the
margin of the extra point and the next campaign by a field
goal.
The Mountaineers mortal enemy for the past two sea
sons has been Lincolnton which has handed our side their
lone lickings of the 1959 and ‘60 sessions, both by identical
7-0 scores.
Best Won-Lost Mark In Southwest
Now, let’s consider this other matter of the Mountain
eers’ top-drawer gridiron rating.
Kings Mountain’s football boys have posted the best
six-year record in the SWC, 27 wins, five losses and six
ties, an average of .789. These figures are for Conference
games, only.
The victory total and the percentage are tops for the
eight teams in the circuit, with only Shelby in shouting
distance.
The Cleveland County neighbors have a six-year rec
ord of 24 wins, ten losses, and four ties, an average of .684.
No other team in the circuit has won as many as 20
Conference games in the half-dozen seasons, Lincolnton
moving into third place in the six-year standings as result
of its title season this autumn. The Wolves have won 19,
lost 14 and tied five in the stretch.
R. S. Central and Belmont rate next in the six-year
standings, with 17 wins each, followed by Forest City with
12 victories and Cherryville with nine. Chase has won one
game in its two years in the circuit.
The six-year standings for Southwest Conference
teams:
Team
Kings Mountain
Shelby
Lincolnton
R. S. Central
Belmont
Forest City
Cherryville
Chase*
Won
27
24
19
17
17
12
9
1
Lost
5
10
14
17
17
24
24
13
Tied Pet.
6 .789
4
5
4
4
2
5
0
.684
.566
.500
.500
.342
.303
.071
(*—Chase entered Conference in 1959).
(Following WNCHSAA policy, ties count as half-a
win and half-a-loss in computing percentages).
Two Undefeated Seasons In Span
The Mountaineers also claim another distinction in
the six-year records, being the only team during the span
with two undefeated seasons. Kings Mountain did not lose
a Conference game in either of the league title years of ‘55
and ‘56, although having one tie each season.
Lincolnton this year and Forest City, also in 1955, are
the only other Southwest Conference teams to post unde
feated marks for a single season. Forest City and KM tied
for the top in ‘55, with the Mountaineers winning the play
off game.
In connection with that playott business, it mignt he
noted that the record totals above do not include any play
off games, either with other Southwest clubs to settle a
title, or against Northwest neighbors in Association play
offs.
The Mountaineers pair f' moiwtaineersT * " ”
of undefeated campaigns * yfar fitroiin
came at the beginning S ™ T Prt.
of the successful six- 1955 5 0 1 917
year stretch, thus, the 1956 5 0 1 ^917
five losses have been 1957 4 2 0 667
suffered in the past four 195g 3 1 2 667
years. Kings Mountain 1959 4 j 2 714
lost two league games in 6 i o 857
1957, and has lost only __
one in each of the last totals 27 5 6 .789
three seasons. L , ,r , . r ___. r r r r r, *
The accomphnying box shows the Mountaineers’ six
year record in compiling the best won-lost mark in the
Conference.
The five defeats in the half-dozen years have been in
flicted by three teams — Shelby twice ( in ‘57 and ‘58),
Lincolnton twice (in ‘59 and ‘60) and R. S. Central once
(‘57).
MOUNTAINEERS
6-YEAR RECORD
Season
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
TOTALS
W
5
5
4
3
4
6
L
0
0
2
1
1
1
Pet.
.917
.917
.667
.667
,714
.857
27 5 6 .789
Punch Parker
On Observer's
Second All-State
Punch Parker has added “all
state” ito his growing list of foot
ball laurels.
The Mountaineers’ prize half
back was named in the second
all-state backfield selected and
announced by The Charlotte Ob
server on Sunday.
The all-state recognition is
another in the lengthy list of
grid honors for (the 165-pound
halfback. Earlier he had been
named to the All-Southwest Con
ference team, acclaimed the
leading scorer in the league and
for all schools in the Gaston -
Oleveland-and-Lincoln County
area, and on Thanksgiving Day
was named the most outstand
ing back in the annual Lions
Bowl game at Forest City.
Parker was the only Southwest
Conference player named on the
first three all-state teams pick
ed by The Observer.
He also rated another distinc
tion in being selected to the sec
ond all-state backfield. He is the
only one among the eight backs
on the first two teams who was
not also picked to the North Car
olina Shrine team . .. indicating
the high regard. Parker is ac
corded, although overlooked by
the Shrine selection committee.
Parker was named in the sec
ond team backfield* with Ring
Tripplet of Boone, Brandley O
wen of Brevard and Gene Ken
nedy of Concord. All three of
those backs were named to the
Shrine squad.
The entire first team back
field also was selected for Sat
urday’s big prep game in Char
lotte, including Gary Black of
Charlotte Garinger, Ronnie Tut
hilll of Rockingham, Gene Isen
hour of Hickory and Jerry Hun
eycutt of Winston Salem Gray.
Grovei Girls
Post Victory
Gloria Huffstetler and Linda
Eaker tossed in 23 paints each
to lead the Grover girls to a 51
48 victory at George Hildebran
High in Catawba County Tues
day night and gain an even split
in the twin bill.
The Grover boys lost a 57-23
decision in the other half of non
conference contests.
The girls game ended in a 48
all tie at the end of the the reg
ulation time, and Grover scored
three points in the overtime to
cop the victory.
C. B. Green and Richard Little
scored ten points e^ch to lead
the Grover boys.
Grover plays at Polkville Fri
day night, and hosts Union next
Tuesday night.
Grover (SI)
F G. Huffstetler 23
F Goforth 5
CEaker 23
G C. Alien
G P. Allen
G Rollins
GIRLS
Hildebrcm (48)
Fredell 8
Brittain 13
Parker d
Hudson
Nealy
Huffman
Subs: Grover — Batchelor, Gall. Huff
stetler. Wright, Sides, Green. Hildebran:
HUderan 21, Young.
Halftime score: Grover 25, Hildebran 23.
Regulation game: Tied 48-all.
Grover (23)
F Green 10
F Melton 3
C Moss
G Robinson
Little 10
BOYS
Hildebran (57)
Hildebran 13
Smart 6
C. Bur dine 12
J. T. Burdine 8
E. Burdine 7
Subs: Grover — Rhea, Heffner, Queen,
McDaniel. Hildebran — Robinson 2, Wri
ght. Stephen 4, Rogers 2, Conner 5.
Halftime score: Hildebran 24, Grover 13.
Reporter: Gall Little.
TOP STARS IN LIONS BOWL — The Moun
taineers Punch Parker, left, is holding the
handsome trophy he received after being voted
the most outstanding back in the Lions Bowl
football game in Forest City on Thanksgiving
Day. He scored one touchdown In leading the
South team, co-coached by KM's John Gamble,
to a 14-13 win. Bob Church, right, of Lenoir,
was named the most outstanding lineman in
the game.
Bethware Boys Have ‘New Look’,
Girls Team Has Host Of Vets
Bethware has “something old
and something new" for the prep
basketball season.
Coach Bill Powell is rebuilding
a “new” boys t^un while Coach
Blaine Froneberger has a veter
an girls club — and 'both Bucca
neer outfits are playing in the
new Tri-County High School Ath
letic Conference.
The Tri-Oounty league was for
med this year to replace the old
Cleveland County Conference,
following the consolidation of
nine of the county schools into
three large units this year. Beth
ware is one of six Cleveland Coun
ty schools in the new circuit, a
long with Grover, No. Three, and
the consolidated units at Fall
ston, Polkville and Boiling
Springs.
The ten-team conference is
completed with two teams from
Lincoln County, Northbrook and
Union, and two from Rutherford
County, Sunshine and Ellenboro.
i"Ifs a fast high school basket
ball league,’’ observes Coach Po
well who coached the Kings
Mountain American Legion junior
baseball team last summer. "The
consolidated schools in Cleveland
County are strong with their com
bined enrollments, and the
schools from the other counties
also have good teams.
BOY'S TEAM
Jerry Miorris, just like home
folk to Kings Mountain fans as
a Legion catching star for three
years, is the lone holdover regu
lar from last year’s Bethware
tearrt which posted a 11-9 record
in the Conference.
fie also is the only senior on
the current starting dtfb, along
with a group of juniors. Tommy
Barrett, Lawrence Bolin, and
John Cashion are the other re
turning lettermen for the Bucs
and they are starters along with
Morris. Two other juniors, Ken
Cash and Eddie Herndon, round
out the top six players in the
early games.
"Our scoring has been well
balanced during the early games,”
reports Powell, “With Morris,
Cashion and Barrett each avera
ging around 12 points per con
test."
The Buccaneers played live
games prior to the Thanksgiving
holidays, winning three and los
ing two. The Bucs won a confer
ence game from Grover, lost to
Fallston and No. Three, and won
two non-conference tilts from
Tryon..
The other six players compris
ing the 12-man squad are: Joe
Fiite, Mike Ware, Rick Goforth,
Beihware Loses
Pair To 'Biooks
Bethware’s first jaunt to
Northbrook in the new Tri-Coun
ty basketball conference proved
unsuccessful Tuesday night, the
Buccaneer clubs losing two to
the Lincoln County teams.
Despite Pat Bolin’s 22 points,
the Lady Bucs lost 53-46, and
the Beithware boys lost a 51-37
decision.
Johnny Cashion tossed in 13
points to lead Bethware, the on
ly Buc to reach the double fig
ures. Linda Herndon lent sup
port to Pat Bolin’s lead with 17
points in the girls game.
'Bethware clubs are idle Friday
night, and will host Bessemer
City in a non-Conference game
next Tuesday night.
GIRLS
Northbrook (53)
Beam 14
Leonhart 28
Peeler 11
Baker
Baxter
_ Abernathy
Subs: Bethware — Hooppaugh 4, Ham
rick, Gaantt 1. Northbrook, Yount.
Halttime score: 20-all.
Bathware (46)
F P. Bolin 22
F Herndon 17
C Watterson 2
G Falls
G B. Bolin
Davis
Bethware (37)
F Cash 6
F L. Botin 3
C Morris 7
G Barrett 6
G Cashion 13
BOYS
Northbrook (51)
Baker 12
Boyles 1
Yount 4
Arthur 22
Anthony 6
Subs': Bethware — Golorth, Queen 2,
Herndon, Boyes, Wease. Northbrook: Beam
* Halftime score: Northbrook 17, Beth
ware 9. .
RReporter: Carolyn Whetstlne._
New Coaches Guide Grover Cagers;
Girls Seek To Match ’60 Finish
Grover High School has a pair
of new coaches for its debut in
the new Tri-County basketball
league this season.
James Scruggs, the school
principal, is coaching the girls
team, and Wilbur Kiser, a Grover
teacher for four years, is tutor
ing the boys team. They replace
Preston Holt who coached both
teams for the past five years, but
moved this year as principal of
Elizabeth Elementary school
near Shelby.
Coach Scruggs inherited a vet
eran girls team, every starter, in
fact, returning from the Grover
club which marched to the finals
of the County tournament last
season. The Grover lassies post
ed a ten-all record for the con
ference games during the regu
lar sason but caught fire in the
tournament to win three straight
games before bowing in the fi
nals in a double-overtime game
with No. Three.
The experienced club has op
ened in winning style this year,
with three wins in four pre
Thanksgiving holiday games,
beating Bethware, No. Three and
North Brook and losing to Boil
ing Springs.
Coach Kiser has three starters
returning fo>r the Grover boys
team, including high scoring
Jack Mullinax, the team’s top
point maker last year, who al
ready is winging as a big scorer
this trip.
The Grover boys, however, lost
their first four games, but Kiser
believes the club will round into
shape and provide tough compe
tition for the Tri-County League.
Grover is in the Tri-County
circuit, along with five other
Cleveland teams, and two clubs
each from Lincolnton and Ruth
erford Counties. Other Cleveland
members are Bethware and No.
Three and the three new consol
idated units, at Fallston, Polk
ville and Boiling Springs. Lin
coln clubs are North Brook and
Union, and Rutherford entries
are Sunshine and Ellenboro.
GIRLS TEAM
Linda Eaker has been the big
scorer for the girls in the first
four games, tallying a tot all of 82
points, with a single game high
of 33 one night. Gloria Huffste
tler, the team’s top point-maker
last year, has scored 52 points
in early games.
The third forward is Reba Go
forth, like the other pair starting
her second straight year.
All three starting guards this]
season were regulars or near-1
regulars last winter, Charlene
Allien, Phyllis Allen and Virginia!
Rollins. Another top-flight guard!
of last season, Linda Wilson, will
return to the lineup after Christ
mas. She has been out with an
operation.
Gail Huffstetler and Nancy
Watterson are the leading for
ward reserves, both returnees.
Other guards bidding for ber
ths and lending bench strength
to the team are Cynthia Wright,
Shirley Moss, Mary Helen Green
and Margaret Sides, all squad
members last year.
BOTS CLUB
Mullinax is one of three return- ■
ing regulars to the boys team
the others being C. B. Green and
Buddy Robinson and they pro
vide the veteran strength for the
club. Mullinax has been setting
the scoring pace in the early
games.
David Melton and Richard
Little are (the other starters in
the early games, replacing the
two graduated members of the
first club, Billy Crocker and
Phillip Humpheries.
Completing the 12-member
squad are: Alfred Queen, Butch
Moss, Steve Heffner, Gerald Mc
Daniel, Lewis Cook, Jackie Wray,
and Ray Crowder, most of them
squad members last year, al
though several are only sopho
mores.
The Grover schedule continues
through February 14 and will be
followed by a Tri-County tour
nament, tentatively scheduled to
be held at Gardner-Webb Gym
in Boiling Springs.
DECEMBER
2 — at Folkville.
6 — Union.
9 — Fallston.
12 — at Kings Mountain.
16 — Kings Mountain.
19 — No. Three (non conf. j
game).
JANUARY
3 — at No. Three.
6 — at Sunshine.
10 — at Shelby.
13 — at Ellenboro.
17 — Polkville.
— at Union.
— at Fallston.
— Boiling Springs.
31 — at Bethware.
FEBRUARY
3 — No. Three.
7 — Sunshine.
10 — at North Brook.
14 — Ellenboro.
Larry Boyes, BiKy Wease, and
Mitchell Queen.
GIRLS TEAM
(Five returning regulars form
the nucleus for Coach Froneber
ger’s girls team. The only loss
from last year’s team which had
a record of four wins and 16 loss
es was all-Conference Jeanneftte
Hamrick.
Linda Herndon and Pat Bolin,
the team’s top scorers last year,
are back on hand and again set
ting the point pane with better
than 20point averages for the
first five games.
Sheila Gantt and Judy Watter
son, other forward starters last
year, also return, but are receiv
ing plenty of competition from
freshman Pat Hoopaugh.
Rae Falls and Becky Bolin are
starting guards for die second
straight year and the lone vacan
cy on the team is being filled by
a transfer student from Florida,
Eileen Davis.
The Lady (Buccaneers defeated
Fallston and No. Three and lost
to Grover in early Conference
games, and also lost a pair of
games to Tryon in non-loop out
ings.
THE SCHEDULE
Following is the remainder of
the Buccaneer schedule for the
season:
DECEMBER
6 — Bessemer City
9 — Polkville
16 — Cherryville.
20 — at Cherryville.
JANUARY
3 — Sunshine.
6 — at Ellenboro.
10 — Union.
13 — Boiling Springs.
17 — at No. Three.
20 — North Brook.
24 — at Polkville.
27 — Fallston.
31 — Grover.
FEBRUARY
3 — at Sunshine.
7 — EUenboro.
10 — at Union. v
14 — at Boiling Springs.
Betty Fite Rolls
Leading Scores
Betty Fite bowled the top sco
res of the week in the Ladies
Duckpin League Tuesday night,
a 122 line and 310 series.
Despite her leading marks, her
team, (the Barbara Goins club,
lost to (the Lib Bolin team, two
games to one. Betty Cash with a
106 game and Lib Bolin with a
series of 283 topped the losers
in scoring.
The last-plape Jenny Oates
team defeated the second place
Ora Bennett club, two games to
one in the other match Tues
day.
Jenny led her namesakes with
a 98 line and 277 set. Ora Mae
was best for her club with scores
of 104 and 275.
The standings:
Team
Lib Bolin
Ora Bennett
Barbara Goins
Jenny Oates
W L Pet.
31 11 .738
23 19 .548
19 23 .452
11 31 .262
Nope, Punch Isn't
On Shrine Team
There’s many a slip betwixt
the ward and the deed.
And, Punch Parker is not a
member of the North Carolina
Shrine Bowl team, as was er
roneously reported in a couple
of neighborhood papers last
week.
The reporter covering the
Lions Bowl game in Forest
City on Thanksgiving Day re
ported to the Shelby and Gas
tonia papers that Parker’s next
action would be in the Shrine
game on December 3.
But, as much as we hate to
do so, we must correct the
statement, and inform that the
Mountaineers’ ace back, and
the star of the Lions Bowl, is
not a member of the Shrine
•team.
K M Stars Shine
In Lions Bowl Win;
Parker Is TopBack
The South rose, again, suh, in
the Lions Bowl football* game at
Forest City on Thanksgiving af
ternoon.
With the Mountaineers furn
ishing coaching and player as
sistance, the south team snared
a 14-13 victory over the North in
the fourth annual bowl game for
players in the area embraced by
the Western Conference.
John Gamble of Rings Moun
tain was one of the co-coaches
far the South, along with Gerall
Allen of Shelby, and four Moun
taineer pQayers figured* promin
ently in the victory.
Halfback Punch Parker scored
the first touchdown for the win
ners on a 60-yard pass play and
he later was voted the most out
standing back in the game.
Quarterback James Robbs of
KM shared duty at the signal
calling post and played full time
as defensive safety man.
A pair of Mountaineer line
men also figured in the victory,
end Jerry Adams playing almost
the entire game at end, on both
offense and defense, and guard
Chaxttes Bums playing all the
way on defense and part time
on offense. Bums intercepted one
pass during the first half. An
other Mountaineer lineman, Dale
Hollifield, was unable to play
due ito a leg injury.
Parker scored the game’s first
touchdown with two minutes re
maining in the first half.
He caught a flat pass from R.
S. Central's Tommy Culbreth at
the midfield stripe, ten yards be
yond the (line of scrimmage, and
streaked the remaining 50 yards
for the score. Fired Lowe kicked
the first of his two extra point
boots and the South took a lead
which it never relinquished.
Parker almost added another
TD on the first scrimmage play
of the second half, (taking a 30
yaird pass deep into North terri
tory. North stopped the threat,
but the long gain, in effect, set
the stage for the next touch
down.
After losing the ball at the
North 20, Culbreth intercepted a
pass and raced 45 yards for the
scare, with Lowe again booting
the point which proved the mar
gin.
Parker was the game’s biggest
ground gainer, picking up 72
yards in 11 carries for a 6.5 yard
gain per carry. He caught three
passes for 94 yards and ran back
two punts for 41 yards.
North scored both TD’s in the
final quarter after recovering
South fumbles, Marion backs
Jim Wall and Don Millwood ma
king the touchdowns.
Both teams made 11 first
downs, with the South gaining
164 yards rushing, compared to
155 for the losers. South passers
completed four of nine tosses for
110 yards, and the North con
nected on six of 18 for 64 yards.
Burns And Parker
To. Attend Banquet
Coach John Gamble and two
of his Mountaineer football
players will be among the
guests at the annual Gastonia
Gazette football banquet at
the Eagles Club in Gastonia
next Monday night.
Halfback Punch Parker and
guard Charles Burns will be
the two Kings Mountain play
ers honored at the gathering.
Parker was named twice as
“back of the week’’ in the a
rea, and Bums was nominated
onoe as "lineman of the week”
In prep play.
Parker also Is assured of at
least one trophy at the ban
quet, as the highest scorer in
the three-county area, with 122
points on the season.
KM Favorites /
Lose h State
Playoff Games
The football seasons ended a.
braptly for a (trio of staite title
seeking (teams with Kings Moun
tain connections last weekend.
Coach Shu Carlton’s Gastonia
Ashley team came to the end of
the line in .the quest for the state
4-A grid .title, losing to Greens
boro, 19-6, in a state playoffs
semi-finals game played in the
Gate City.
Ex-Mountaineer mentor Carl
ton’s club started fast, as if to
make short-order of .the Whirlies,
marching 70 yards following the
opening kickoff for a touchdown
and a 6-0 lead.
But Greensboro stormed right
back with a touchdown in each
of the first three periods to nab
the game and the berth in the
state big schools finals, against
Winston Salem Reynolds.
Kings Mountain’s representa
tives in a pair of South Caroilina
state championship games also
faltered.
The Easley team, of which
Kings Mountain native Jerry
McCarter is assistant coach, lost
on Thanksgiving Day to Orange
burg, 18-0, in the finals of the
Class AA playoffs. The victory
was the 13th straight on the sea
son for Orangeburg which had
been tabbed as (the top prep
team in (the Palmetto State.
Easley gained the state finals
the week before with a 20-12 tri
umph over Clinton for the Upper
State crown.
York’s Green Dragons, with a
pair of Kings Mountain Legion
junior stars of last summer in'
the lineup, lost to Berkley, 21-7,
for the South Carolina Class A *
championship.
Earnest McCarter, one of the
local juniors top hurlere last
summer, was quarterback for
York, and Billy Dover, baseball
outfielder, was a guard for the
state finalists.
Hickory, Cannons 1
Are Co-champs
The WNCHSAA football race
will have co-champions for the
1960 season.
Western Conference champ
Hickory and Piedmont winner
Kannapolis battled to a scoreless
tie in Hickory on Friday night
in the finals of the Association
playoffs, and officials declared
them co-champions for the year.
Defending champion Hickory
concluded its campaign with a
record of nine wins, one loss and
the title game tie. The loss was
to Shu Carlton’s Gastonia Ash
ley team in the opening game of
the season. Kannapolis wound
up the year with nine wins and
two ties.
Friday night’s title game turn
ed out to be a battle between big
Gene Isenhour, Hickory fullback,
who carried the ball 17 times for
116 yards, and little Ronnie Bar
low, Kannapolis halfback, with
88 yards gained in 20 rushes.
Both teams pushed inside the
foe’s ten-yard dine, but failed to
muster the offense to score. Hic
kory led in first downs, 12-9,
and also had the yardage edge,
169 yards to 163 rushing, and 66
passing against none for the d
Cannons. ^
Hickory' gained the WNCHSAA
finals far the second straight
season with a 38-7 win over
Southwest champion Linoolnton
the previous Friday night.
Mountaineers Opening Cage Game
Moved-up To Monday, December 12
The Mountaineers opening
basketball game of the season
has been moved-up one night so
as not to conflict with the Lions’
Club annual football banquet
which was set for the same ev
ening.
As result of the change, the
Kings Mountain cage clubs will]
tip-off the season on Monday
night, December 12, instead of
on the originally-planned De
cember 13th opening date.
The Lions Club set the annual
gathering to honor the Moun
taineer football team on its
Tuesday meeting night and lin
ed-up Coach Bill Dole of David
son as the main speaker for the
December 13th date.
Coach Don Parker then arran- j
ged the switch in dates with
Coach James Scruggs of the Gro
ver team.
The games will be the first of
the 16-game schedules for the
Mountaineer boys and girls
teams. Kings Mountain will re
turn ito visit Grover on Friday
night, December 16, for the only
other games prior to the Christ
mas holidays. All Southwest
Conference contests are carded
after the vacation.
Mountaineer pre-season drills
stepped up in tempo this week
with the arrival at practice of
three players who participated
in the Lions Bowl football game
at Forest City on Thanksgiving
They ate Punch Parekr, James
Robbs and Jerry Adams. Dale
Hollifield also plans to play bas
ketball this season, but is ham
pered with a knee injury now.
Robbs and Parker constitute
of the letterman force for
the Mountaineers and are the
lone two returning starters from
last year. The other ttetrtermen on
the club are Arthur Allen and
Perp' Champion.
Six letter winners are setting
girls basketball
drills. They are forwards Mar
lene Weir, Pat Gladden, Pucky
L^wis and Marion Plonk and
guards Charlene Yates and Sara
Rose Lennon.
Coach Bill Bates still has some
30 candidates seeking posts on
the Mountainette team.