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Herald Sports By DICK WOODWARD On Being A High School Football Coach -u. Have you ever stopped to think just where high school ’ootball coaches are made? They are made you know. .. . you may think that only inanimate things are made, and Iterally speaking, you may be correct, but we hear the ex. jreuion, ‘‘Athletes are made, not born'’, so we can say, ,;^ith some validity, that coaches are made, too. Don’t get me wrong. They are not formulized by some jniracle chemical ingredient and manufactured, but they Vlo possess some characteristics which no other individ uals have. They possess the will to help young boys. They thrive on the success of their teams and take defeat with a deep sense of failure. The high school football coach is teacher, leader, mother, father to the boys with whom he acomes in contact on the field. He takes a personal inter est in every boy under his jurisdiction and is very instru mental in molding the character and success of “his boys’’. The boys consider the coach “the best’’ and although they "won’t admit it every time, they respect his judgment and look to him for guidance. Football coaches come in all sizes, shapes and forms; tall, short, fat, skinny, with brown, black, red, and gray hair. They range in age from 21 to 65; they are all college graduates and most of them have played football at the college level or in high school. The basic foundation for becoming a high school coach is the ambit ion of a young fellow to become a coach, lie must want to coach very badly if he is to be successful, x' The formal aspects of becoming a coach begin at the college level where the candidate goes to prepare himself for the coaching profession. As a freshman in college he may play football and it tis here where he begins his real learning. He is under the guidance of trained and professional coaches vvho have experience in playing and teaching the finer points of the game. ITho coaching student’s academic work is centered a round physical activities and it is in the classroom that he learns the theory behind coaching. Methods courses are offered in college which familiar ize the coaching candidate with the actual job of coaching football. He learns practice routines, organization, and management, of a football team. All phases of the coaching profession are covered dur. ; ing a student’s years in college and as graduation time ap i proaches the soon-to-be coach is prepared intellectually ; as a coach, but the true test will be given in the form of practical experience. i Upon graduation, the rookie coach seeks employment. He is more likely than not to land a job as an assistant : coach. As an assistant he learns from the head coach just how his learned theory can be put into practical use. It is : at this time that he learns just how little he knows about * the game. Offensive plays, defensive alignments, blocking : assignments, pass protection drills, punt return tech ; niques, kickoff alignments, tackling techniques, and many ! other aspects must be covered prior to opening game. The ■ hours are long. After years of assistant coaching duties ; he becomes a head coach. The average high school coach begins his actual foot : ball season two weeks prior to the opening of the fall term • of school. Equipment must be checked, orders for needed I articles must be originated, physical examinations of all j the candidates must be given, dressing room facilities | must be secured, and a very important item, money, must [ be obtained to finance the team. Four hours of practice daily and countless hours of | after-practice planning makes the pre-season coaching ; job one that goes well over the eight hour day’s work. ! Nights are spent in conferences with the other staff mem. ; hers and strategy is the prime topic of conversation. What i must we do to be successful? As school opens the football coach is faced with still another full time job, teaching. Most high school coaches teach five or six hours a day before their job of coaching begins. The majority of the teachers leave school soon af ter the last class, but not the coaching staff. Their day is just beginning. Two hours of practice, and by the time the | squad has showered, dressed, and cleared the building it ; is (1:30 in the evening. The coaches confer and evaluate the £ day’s practice, discuss upcoming events, and map the stra ; tegy for future practices. The typical high school coach’s ( job usually ends around 7 or 8 in the evening. Then the j coach straggles home to prepare his teaching assignments,. ! grade papers, complete registers, talk to parents by tele. . phone, and countless other chores that are required of a 5 teachei If he's lucky he will finish (or should we say quit) » his day's work before the midnight hour rolls around. This is not bad. As Friday approaches, the coach real.; ; ly begins to work. Transportation for the team is secured ; if the weekend game is away, issuance of game uniforms, t securing adequate dressing facilities for the visitors if the i Rome is played at home, checking with the principal re ; garding ticket sales, making sure the football programs! are ready, and being interviewed by the press, are just some of the few activities aside from the job of coaching the team. During a football game the coach is a tense, nervous, and very observant individual. His actions and decisions ; during the 48 minutes of football determine, to a great e.\. • tent, the outcome of the game. All of the preparations and I* hard work by the coach, and the team, begins to become real it v After the game, w hich usually ends around 10 o’clock, the coach is faced with after-game duties whch consist of checking the team for injuries, talking to the opposing : coach, interviews by the press, and being sure that the : team’s game uniforms are stored properly. After all of : this, and much more, he finds time to relax, review the • ball game and try to discover why certain things were ! done and why events happened the way thev did. If he won I the game his job is more pleasant. Bv midnight, if the l game is played at home, he is a man of leisure, to do with | his time as he pleases. But where can a tired, hungry, and ; completely exhausted individual go at midnight? Saturday morning finds the football coach up bright ! and early busying himself with the chores left undone the ! night before. He races to the gymnasium to sec ii every-) | thing is still intact and do the odd jobs that were left un. | done by the managers, such as picking up dirty towrels | storing discarded uniforms, cleaning up the office, and | calling his wife to tell her that he will be late for’lunch | because someone has come in to talk. As soon as the film from the proceeding game are de E veloped and sent to the coach (which is usually Saturday J afternoon) he calls a meeting of his assistants and they hg spend hours reviewing the film and discovering mistakes that were made. Continued On Page Three Mounties Seek Third Win At Chase Friday Mountaineers Win Second Game 28-6 r MOUNTAINEER GRIDGRAPH SCORE: FIRST DOWNS YDS. RUSHING YDS. PASSING PASS ATT. PASS COMP. PASS HAD INT. FUMBLES LOST PUNTS AVERAGE YDS. PENALIZED TOTAL YDS. GAINED KM 28 21 324 68 10 5 1 2 1 40 Stanley 6 4 -8 55 11 5 1 0 3 34 105 52 489 258 IN GAME (includes punt returns, yards gained rushing and pass ing, kickoff returns, intercepted passes, and penalty gains) kings mountain RUSHING: T 18 12 11 3 4 1 1 1 Att. Comp. Int. Player: Huffstickler Putnam Goforth Murphy R. Rhea Baker Gold J. Rhea PASSING: Player: Murphy Geld Black RECEIVING: Player: Wright Goforth Cook Baker STANLEY RUSHING Player: Huffstickler Harrison Thompson Michael Robinson Clonlnger Norris PASSING: Player: Thompson Harrison RECEIVING: Player: Michael Harrison KINGS G 103 68 54 70 20 2 3 2 Av. 5.7 5.7 4.9 23.1 5.0 2 3 2 Yds. 45 15 10 Caught 1 2 1 1 Yards 18 18 17 15 T 6 8 3 2 1 2 1 G 3 -5 -4 3 2 -1 0 A» -.5 -6.2 -1.3 1.3 2 0.5 0 Att. Comp. Int. 6 2 1 5 3 0 Yds. 25 30 Caught 3 2 MOUNTAIN Yards 30 25 No. 1 1 KICKOFF RETURNS: Player: Grigg Goforth PUNTING: Player. Cloninger KICKOFFS Player: Ware Yds. 16 12 Av. 16 12 No. 1 Yds. 40 Av. 40 No. 5 STANLEY KICKOFF RETURNS: Yds. 214 Av. 43.1 Player: Michael Stone PUNTING: Player: Harrison No. 4 1 Yds. 105 24 Av. 26.2 24 No. 3 Yds. 102 Av. 34 McCurdy Team "Just Keeps Rolling Along" McCurdy Cleaners, Oates - Hen derson Shell, and Kings Moun tain Drug posted wins in the Women’s Bowling League this week. The hard • to - heat McCurdy Cleaners team continued to domi nate play Tuesday night with a 4 to 0 shutout over sinking Kings Mountain Moose. Lib Gault con tinued to roll high scores with a single game high of 114 and a line set score of 302. both high for the match. Pat Panther ted the scoring for the losers with a 101 single game score and a three game total of 275. Oates - Henderson Shell streng thened its second place stand ing with a 4 to 0 shutout of Grif fin Drug. Jenny Oates led all scoring for the night with an im pressive single game high score of 135 coupled with a line set score of 338. Desrie Loftin rolled a single game high of 97 and a three game total of 280 to lead the losers. Kings Mountain Drug defeat ed the Ora Mae Bennett team 3 to 1 as Janet Burns posted a sin gle game high of 104 and lead line set scoring for the match vith a 2,'18 to pare Ihc winners. Iva L'c Pearson’s single game '0 and Winnie Fulton's line set score of 250 lead the losers. STANDINGS Team Won Loot McCurdy Pet Cleaners Oates-Henderson Shell KM Drug Ora Mae Bennett KM Moose Griffin Drug 18 .900 13 10 7 10 .650 .500 1 6 6 13 14 14 380 .300 •900 Foui TD's Two Extra Points And A Safety By DICK WOODWARD Kings Mountain scored our touchdowns, two extra points, and one safety Friday night to down the Stanley Blue Devils 28 6 in the ’63 home opener for the Mountaineers. The Mountaineers Kicked off to Stanley to start the game. Stan ley was unable to move the to§lJ and kicked on third down to the Mountaineer eight. Kings Mountain moved 92 yards in 17 plays to score the first touchdown of the game. The drive was climaxed by a three yard off-tackle plunge by Mike Huffstlckler. Hubert McGinnis missed the point after touchdown attempt and the Mountaineers led 6-0. The Mountaineers used tlte running game to score the first tally with Huffstlckler and Goforth providing the yardage. Tonnie Ware kicked off for the Mountaineers and Larry Miehael returned to the Stanley 37. Two running plays and a penalty found Stanley with third down nine. Ronnie Harrison. Stanley fullbaek passed to Kent Morris at the Mountaineer 36 but Rich ard Gold intercepted for the Mountaineers and ran to the Mountaineer 42. Huffstickler hit off left guard for 7 and Putnam picked up 5 through the middle but fumbled at the Stanley 45 where Stanley recovered. Stanley ran two plays an dthe first quar ter ended. Stanley was unable to move the ba 11 and Michael kicked on fourth down from his 47. The ball rolled dead at the Mountain eer 15. A 15 yard penalty against Stanley and two running plays moved the Mountaineers to the 35, first and ten. Pete Putnam gained five through the line and on second down five from the 40 Pat Murphy, the Mountaineer quarterback rounded his own right end and raced 60 yards for the second Kings Mountain touchdown. Ware added the ex tra point to Increase the Moun taineer lead to 13-0. The second half was marred by penalties as Kings Mountain add ed two’more touchdowns and a safety to lead 28-0 before Stanley could muster a score. Two penalties against the Mountaineers gave Stanley a first down at the Mountaineer 25 late in the fourth quarter. From the 25 Michael passed to Charles Cloninger for 16 yards to the ISlountaineer 9. With first down and goal-to-go Harrison went in to the end zone on an end sweep. The extra point attempt was missed by Michael. The entire Mountaineer team, 53 players, saw action. Jose Puc ci, the exchange student from Ar gentina, played his first game of football and made an important tackle which prevented Stanley ; from scoring in the third quarter. Defensive standouts for the: Mountaineers included senior guard Jimmy Medlin, and the en tire defensive units of the Moun taineers who held Stanley to mi nus eight yards rushing. Chip Bridges, sophomore tackle, won praise from Coach Bill Bates for his outstanding performance. MOUNTAINEER ENDS. Pictured above are the boys that will be at the end positions for the Mountaineers this week. Frent row (1. to r.) Lewis Stewart, Bill Mullinax, Dennis Patterson, and Richard White. Back Rows Glen Lovelace, Calvin Lockridge, Jerry Cloninger, Lewis Cook, snd Charles Putnapi. Stewart, Mullincpc, Pat- terson, and Putnam are Junior Varsity mem bers and will be in the line-up against Shelby Thursday night. Junior Varsity Opens At Shelby The 1963 Junior Varsity Team opens its season Thrusday night September 19 at 7:30 in Shelby. The Junior Varsity, coached by Bill Cashion, hes been practicing with the varsity team since Au gust 15 and is in god shape for the opening of the four game schedule. “We expect Shelby to be good,” commented Cashion, “but our de fense is strong and we should give them a good game,’ he con tinued The team is composed of boys in the tenth and eleventh grades. The roster is as follows: Ends — Dennis Patterson, Bill Mullinax, Charles Putnam, and Lewis Stewart. Tackles — Del Putnam, Syd Carpenter, Presley Anderson, Glen Bolin, and Charles Ram sey, Guards — Gene Allen, Danny Finger, Rodney Smith, and Rob by Suber. Centers — Eddie Leftwich, and Freddie Wright. Halfbacks — Steve Goforth, Ronnie Dover, Steve Bumgardner, and Jackie Rhea. . Fullbacks — Danny Kiser and Ronnie Gellespie. Quarterback — Tommy Black J. V. SCHEDULE Sept. 19.-r Shelby (Away) 7:30 Oct. 3 — Lincolnton (Away) 4:00 Oct. 10 — Shelby (Home) 4:00 Oct. 16 — Lincolnton (Home) 4:00 Ladies Tournament Begins Thursday The Kings Mountain Country Club Ladies Golf Association Tournament is scheduled to be gin Thursday, September 26. Qualifying rounds of 18 holes are to be played Tuesday and Wednesday. A party, for the golfers, will be held Thursday evening at 6:00 at the club with prizes being awarded. The winner of the tournament will reign as club champion for the year. Men s Bowling League Standings Change; Plonk Oil Tied Foi 3rd The Bob Hernclon team increas ed its lead in the Men’s Bowling League this week and Plonk Oil moved into a tie with McGinnis Furniture for third place. Dilling Heating dropped to fifth place and the Tignor & Russell team was replaced by the Ranny Blan ton team which occupies the sixth position as the fifth week of the bowling season ends. Plonk Oil moved up in the standings with a 3 to 1 victory over Dilling Heating. Rod Houser led the oilers scoring with a sin gle game high of 132 and a line set score of 340. John Dilling con tinued rollig high scores and led his team with a 136 single game high and a three game total of 351, which was high for the match. Dye Construction moved into sole possession of second place, after being tied with McGinnis Furniture last week, with a 3 to 1 vieta y over the Ranny Blanton team. Boyer Murray copped sin- j gle game h.gh scoring honors for' the winners with a 117 and Boyce i Wells’ 328 was good enough to j top the line set score high. Clyde Culbertson and Ranny Blanton rolled high scores for the losers. Culbertson’s 142 single game i score was high for the match and , , Blanton's 340 line set score led all scoring for the match ! The Bob Herndon team increas ed its lead with a 3 to 1 victory over McGinnis Furniture. Bob Herndon was again high score for the winners with a 147 single game score and a line set score of 370, cue pin lower than Albert Brackett’s 371 which was high for the match. Brackett also roll ed the high single game with a 159 for the losers. Won Bob Herndon 16 Dye Construction 11 Plonk Oil 9 McGinnis Furn. 9 Dillbig Heating 8 Hanny Blanton 7 Dost Pet. 4 .800 9 .550 11 .450 11 .450 12 .400 13 350 Stock Cor Racing At Concofd Friday CONCORD—Of all the new im provements which await the opening race Friday night at the Concord International Speedway, vice-president Tom Cole likes the track the best. Cole said the track, which lias been regraded and worked with sand, will be, "the fastest it has ever been.” I'lie untested track will offeri the fans plenty of excitement as j the late model modified, sports men and hobby drivers try to I find the right running groove. Some of the local boys will get a Jump on the out of town tmvti s since Cole has set "open house” Thursday night Continued Ob Page Three First Round Of KMCC Golf Tourney Completed; '62 Winners Defeated Defending champion Charles Neisler and ’62 runtier-up Jim Lybrand were defeated in the opening round of the 1963 Kings Mountain Country Club Golf Tournament which was complet ed this week. The participants in the tourna ment are paired into six flights with the losers of the opening round, which consisted of three flights, each dropped into the next flight. Losers in the champ ionship flight, for instance, will form the first flight. Losers of the second flight will form ihe third flight . . . etc. Tip Francis, who qualified with with a score of 82, defeated de fending champion Charles Neis ler 5 and 4 in the opening cham pionship round. 1962 runner-up Jim Lybrand was beaten by Wood Grayson, but, it took a sudden death play off to declare a winner. Lybrand was 2 up going to the 17th and needed only one hole to clinch the victory. Grayson won the 17th and sank a 90 foot putt on the 18th for a birdie to send the match into a playoff. Grayson parred the first play-off hole to win the match “The Lybrand-Grayson match was the most exciting of the o pening round of play”, stated Jim Belton, Country Club Pro. Carol Ledford outlaster Chuck Neisler to win 3 and 2 in other first round championship action. Darrell Austin was 1 up over Mike Ballard to the 18th. Ballard needed to win the 18th to tie and force the match into a sudden death playoff but Austin held on and won the match 2 up. Coman Falls outlasted Jack Arnette to win their opening round match 5 and 4. Jim Gibson was declared the winner of his match with Scar Morrison by default. George Webb Plonk defeated Jay Patterson 7 and 6. Turk Falls downed Abe McGin nis 7 and 6 to complete the open ing championship round. The pairings for the .second round of the championship fiight whlc is to be completed Sunday, is as follows: Tip Francis vs Carol Ledford Darrell Austin vs Coman Falls Jim Gibson vs George Webb Plonk, Jr. Wood Grayson vs Turk Falls Other opening round flight scores with pairings for the sec ond round are: SECOND FLIGHT Results Dr. George Plong defeated Zip Rhea — 3-2 George Mauney defeated Hunt er Neisler — 2 up Charlie Ballard defeated Wood Wilson — by default Jack White defeated Robert Allen — by default Robert Plonk defeated Tolly Shufford — 3-2 Dick McGinnis defeated John Smathers — 2 up Luther Joy defeated Henry Neisler — 1 up Jack Cooper defeated Charles Carpenter — 3-2 SECOND FLIGHT PAIRINGS Dr. George Plonk vs George Mauney Charlie Ballard vs Jack White Robert Plonk v~ John Smathers Luther Joy vs Jake Cooper Fourth Flight opening round scores and parings for the sc: on-'. *-oun1i FOURTH FUGHT .0- (Vrhe-fPng defeated Paul Hcflnnl — 2-1 G urge Houser defeated Harold Matthews — by default Paul Noisier defeated Carl Moas — hv default Drace Peeler defeated A1 Dunn! — fv4 John Stoterau defeated Bill Mc Ginnis — sudden death - 19th Snook McDaniel defeated Charles Mouney — 2-1 Continued On Page Three Compact Downed By Newbold 26-6; CanoU Injured The Cobras of Compact high school ran into a strong defense and well functioned offense Fri day night as Newbold high school of Lincolnton won a de cisive victory over Compact 26-6 at Lincolnton. The Cobras scored first, early in the first quarter, but were un able to contain the hard charging Newbold eleven in the second half. Miles Boyd, Compact quarter back, scored for the Cobras on a 20 yard end run to start the 1 scoring. Andrew Brown’s attempt for the point after touchdown was blocked, ,, ' . Newbold evened the score late in the second quarter and the half ended a 6-6 tie. Continued On Page Three GIRLS SPORTS WEAR • Ribbon Type Sweaters # Wool Skirts in Plaids & Solids All Sizes! # Knit Suits • London Fog Coats Natural, Navy, Ivory Burgandy Girls ! Parka's Just Arrived in BATTLE GREEN and BURGANDY MEN'S SWEATEES! • Puritan flOfll • Catalina $9.95 Hats! • Dunlop • Knox NEW FALL MODELS fr'-r ?9.95 Suits! • M>chcrel Stora • Mayfield bom $39.95 Page’s Men’s Store Formal Wear For All Occasions W. MOUNTAIN STREET PHONE 739-5531 I Huffs ticklei And Leonard To Lead Mounties Friday Terry Leonard, Mountaineer veteran center, and Mike Huff stickler, ground gaining half back, have been selected to serve as co-captains for Kings Moun tain’s encounter with Chase Fri day night. Both boys are seniors who performed well against Stan ley last week. The Mountaineers have been hard at work preparing for Fri day night’s game and Coach Bates reports that there are no injuries of any players and the team is in excellent shape for the third game of the young sea son . “Our offensive and defensive teams have been doing a real ?Ood job this week," reports dates, “and our passing game is clicking alsi," he concluded. Chase has been unable to im press anyone so far this season having dropped its opening game to Rutherfordton 55-0 and losing last week to East Rutherford 20 6. Chase is one of the youngest members of the conference and lack of football experience has seen the biggest factor with re gard to Chase's success. The Mountaineers will bo seek ing their third victory in as many outings Friday night. Kick off time is 7:30 at the Chase high school stadium. -Probable Starting Line-Ups For Game KINGS MOUNTAIN Position LE LT LG C RG RT RE LH RH FB QB LE LT LG C RG RT RE Lif , RH FB h QB Name Richard White Lyn Cheshire Jimmy Medlin Terry Leonard Fred Dixon Jimmy Owens Lewis Cook Mike Huffstlckler Warren Goforth Pete Putnam Pat Murphy CHASE Ronnie Kennedy Joe McHugh Jimmy Burleson Mickey Waters Dorris Ledbetter Charlie Willis Jerry Harris Steve McBrayer Ronnie Parris Johnny McGuire Mike Robertson
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