f Thursday, Dece-nber 30, 1965 KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS ilOUNTAIN. H. G. Pag« 1 )• I' I ameer agers Southwest Champions r By GARY STEV ART Coach Don .'is 1965 Mountaineer baskotba.l team was the only Kingj Moui lam high school athletic team to win a Southwest Conference champion ship during the past year. Parker’s ehargci’s, .id by all conference playi'i s Hi< liarcl Gok. and Ken Biinkowski. j.oslcd a 20 2 overall recortl and were 13*1 in conference play, i.icir only loss coming t:i the liai.rls of run ner-up Chase, Th"' Mountics advar.cd to tin finals of the bi coniei ?tice toji^ namenls in Marion be ore losin. out to Hickory by a s ore of 55 49 Corner Vike 13a lard vvat named to ti.e All-T ading s?orer with 3-16 points and a 15.? average. Bunkowski. ho\v-i*\er. was close l.ehind wi:h 315 poinlt and a 14.3 avcn agi'. H' akowski is now a member of the freshman team at North Carol.na .Stab University. Other Mountaineer standouts were Jimmy Cloningei. Ballard. Mickey Hell and Hen Climes. GIRLS' BASKETBALL Coach Bob Hussey’s Mountain cties finUhcHi in si.xtl: place in the conference standing’s with a 5-9 mark, 7-12 overall. Senior forward Joyce Bolin was the team's leading scoi’er with ISS points in IS games for a 10.4 average. She was the on ly player on tlie tear to carry an average of over Id points per game. Sharon Gold, then a fresliman was runner-up in sc(>ring with 159 points and a S.4 avrrage. Oth er Mountainette standouts were Joan Howard. Margie Huffstet- ler and Susan Lowery. HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Bill Bates began his ssecond season as ht'ad baseball coach and guided the Mount.iinet'is to a 9-5 record and second j)lace in the SWe standings. Of the five games lost, four were (jy one run and two wen' extra inning con- Southwest Conferen 'e champ ’.on Shelby was the oi / team t(» defeat the Mountain rs twice Juriiig the season. Tht Lions wv)n oy a 3-2 scor«? in eig t innings ind a 1-0 thriller late on in lh<’ cason at Kings Moiin xin. In the 1-0 ronic'st both pitchi s. Secrlcy .owery of the Mount, neers an< Billy Champion of SI .Iby, hurl .'d une-hitters. Four haseballers, Lo' ery, Hii h- j aid Gold. Pat Murph and Mic key Hell made all .inference. F.ir Gold. Murphy a d Bell it was the second straig t year. Bell led the team and the Southwest Confeience n hitting with a .405 batting £ erage. 17 hits in 42 at bats. Bo i Murphy and Gold hit over .30< and Low ery, the team’s Moat Valual le Player, posted a 5-3 p ching rec ord. Righthander Bill 5' illinax al 'o helped out with t ' mound duties, posting a 4-1 r ■'oid. Oth 3r team standouts im ided Ron nie Rhisi. Claude Pe: 'son, Hu bert McGinnis and N Isnn Con nor. HIGH SCHOOL FO^ TBAIX The '65 Mouniainei s posted their worst season ain e joining the SWe by finishing sixth in the conference standlr with a 3-7 overall mark. Senior tackle Chip Bridges A*as the only boy nan 'd to the nil-conference squad ai 1 Bridges and fullback Danny Msor were the only players namt 1 to the Lions Bowl team. Kings Mountain cle tuhI vic tories over Salem, C iorr>'\ ille and Belmont. Davidson College Co -ch Hom er Smith was the gue speaker at the annual Lions C ub foot ball banquet at which ;ime four '65 standouts were p^e^ ?nted tro phies for outstanding a compUsh- ments during the cam; aign, Kiser was awarded George Plonk Most Most Improved IMaye ior guar' Dean were aw irdcd let ters for plav during t! e year. NINTH GRADE FOC TBALL safety Ken Bunkowski is currently a starter on the freshmen basket ball team at North Carolina State Univensity Abie McGinnis scored a hole-in- j one on the fifth hole at the Kings I Mountain Country Club golf !course. . . . j Kings Mountain Optimists Club f midget football teaim posted a 2-5 I season record. Among stars were f Dana ^ . t5 u T» . r *0 —Sarvis, Grafton Withers, Coach Bob Husse. s Little. - lonship. Other teams entered in' Mountaineers finished n second the race were the Ha vks, Le-' place in the Southwe.-L Junior gion. Midpines, Bulk’s :ind Jenk- High circuit with an o’ erall rec- ins. I Ol d of six wins and .mly one Among league standr.uts were loss, that loss being Richard Little and Cha les Good- champ Lincolnton. to league Putnam and Charlie Bak- j er. Coaches were Jimmy Little- ijohn and Perry Champion. . . . I Kings Mountain’s fast pitch • softball team advanced to the son of Belk’s James Pohbs and Sid Franklin of Litlii m. Kon ash of Legion and Charles Camp of Jenkins. Recreation Director Elirror “Mag” Ross was the h? ad of the league. TEENER BASEBJ.LL This year marked the first .sea- the Dr. j son of Teener League Ba.iehall in Valuable | Kings Mountain. Player H'ophy, Bridge, won the [ Coach Bob Moore’s Margrace FrtKl Plonk Blockln award. ^ won the area championship Philip Bunch was narr >d as the • ^nd the league-all-star toa.m ad- The Little Mounties four of their seven epponents Cliase, Rutherfoi*dton, East Ru therford and Cherryvi le. Other wins were over Hunter Huss and Bessemer City. W'ayne Muliinax v/as the tea 1 ’s leading scorer ai d ground gainer, scoring 14 tcjchdowns and gaining close to :00 yards per contest. He threw for two other scores. Other team stars w?re Ken- finals of monts at the division touma- Grover before loainj sch.jol term, therefore, causing KMHS athletic teams to do the same. Two Negroes earned let ters for football play, guard John Moore and halfback Rich ard Clinton. . . . Negro freshman Ken Mitchem broke into the Mountaineer bas ketball camp on the right foot, rapidly becoming the high scar er on the team. . . . Danny Kiser and Chip Bridges were special guests at the annual Gastonia Gazette football ban quet. . . . The 1965 KMHS football team’s 3-7 record brought Coach Bill Bates overall four-year mark to 26-13-2. Bates wos named as the head -coach of the South Lions Bowl team. . . . Coach John Blalock’s Compact football team ended its season with a 30-6 loss to Belmont. The Cobras finished the season with a 3-5 record. Son»e of the out standing players were quarter back Johnny Thombs, along with end Jerry Garner and halfback Johnny Manning. . . . Kings Mountain high school coaches Bates, Hussey, Parker, and Cashion. w’ere presented gifts at the Lions Club football banquet. Herald Sports By C^RV 5TRWART ‘Barry Teague Night” wae blanked , out to Shelby’s Comets, 3-27n”i3' Kings Mountain by the ponents, innings. Gene Slone, KM short- ; Kirs stop, was named the tourna- MORE .... MORE .... MORE ment’s Most Valuable Player. . . The local Teener League all stars and the future American legion stars played an exhibi tion game at City Stadium with proceeds going to the U>cal Little League program. The future Le gion stars won the game. 10-8. . . Big tilings happened in the : Kings Mountain Bowling bowling {with the Morrison Loan Co. . men’s team, rolled Connor, Golc! Through ■ ■ Mountain ^ ■ Connor and ?■ . . n the king and qv.-.'on e J Mountaineer '■:>.ke;oail game.< neth Mitchem. Joe Cor iwell, Jje^^^^^ ^ vanced to the .semi-fin: Is of the Dover, Stanley Brown. Mark Go-, i^a^ uos , .state tournament bef? re lo.s:ng forth, and Ross Springer. ‘ ‘ * ... I out to Gastonia. M:ke Ware was Co; ch Hl>ss- ^ Four teams were 01 tend in 1 ey’s assistant the race: Marjrace. Spanglers.; NINTH GRADE BASI.ETBALL .......u • .u u- u * . u 11 . Kings Mountain and V-F.W. The ninth grade ca,:ei*s had i" highest ever bowled Among stars of th > league , very poor seasons, winning only Kings Mountain in the over were Dennis Connor. Cnl Leigh, i two out of 22 games. ^ * Wayne .Muliinax. Gen< Putnam.* Coaches Bill Bates and Bill team captain ■Paul Gaffney and Joe Cornwell. Cashion served as heac: mentors. Monison Loan Co. team. ! UTTLE LEAGUE lA ^HBALL j Among stars were Susan How- t t h Z j The Lions team, coiehed by, ell. Kathy Plonk and Libby Ted-■ higheM ever rolled here. . 1 Robin Whisnant. won the league | der of Cashion’s Moi;rtaiiiette championship After rf ?ular sea- squad and Frankie LiUle, Stan- , son play, the league I roke into, ley Laughter and Chadcs Green jtwo separate loops in order to of the Little Mountain‘ers. choose an all-star team to rep- OTHER SPORTS HIG'ILIGHTS .resent the city in fh' district; Mrs. Glenda O'Shi-dds was named to the Kings Mountain high school coaching staff as , o* *1. head coach of the ninth s> ade | irst Union National Bank, hon oring the former Davidson Col- i lege basketball star. ... I Coach Bill Bates was named a? the Southwest Conference’s rep resentative on the North Caro lina Shrine Bowl advisory com mittee. ... ’ Former Major League first- baseman George Wilson became General Manager of the Shelby: Rebels baseball teem. ... I Jimmy Medlin. all-conference, guard on the 1963 Mountaineer; football team, began his second i season as a defensive end at 171 iTne i Carolina. . ^ . Former KMHS and L.egion baseball standouts Barry Gibson and Warren “Bo” Goforth were ace pitchers at Lenoir Rhyne and Appalachian respectively. . . Kings Mountain high school’s track team won several events in Onn^ I toumamont. for ^’10 K'-ngs 1 The top four teams made up ‘."ur.r 1 Nelson the American League and the The Plonk Oil Co, team won j conference and association ^ns. ' the first half championship in j Mike Goforth, Jimmy Wright, ! the 1965-66 men’s league. ... I Lym Cheshire. Butch Blackburn The Jenny Oates Mixed bowl-: and Buz Shuford w^re among ; ing team won the 1964-65 league; the many KMHS track stars. . . I championship. The Oates team . won the second half champion ship. then defeated first half National LeaLi The American A tee league was organized for ImItp n '4 nraclice i o 'Sseballers in the 7-9 a?c group... 1 Clyde “ Li with ik'ames off the Nations I stars to; Mike Ware won the City Sin- [the 1965 ; ■.:a ■ I.LL icLva^^d'sJiaron * Cats are on bottom with a 22-30 record. BOYS Teom y Belmont Cherryville Rutherfordton C>h Ase KINGS MOUNT Air: East RulheilPord Shelby Lincolnton Teom \ Belmont Cherryville Lincolnton Rutherfordton Chase East Rutherford KINGS MOUNTAIN Shelby 105-51. Donald Floyd was the game's high scorer with 24 points and Tom Richie led t;ie losers with 14. Richard Gold and Vernon Car- son scored 16 and 15 points re spectively to lead the Jaycees to a 58-46 win over Belk’s in Mon day’s nightcap. Jimmy Cloninger added 13 for the winners and Bob Qoodson’s 16 led the losers’ scor ing. Gold stripped the nets for 33 points in Tuesday’s opener to load the Jaycees to a 81-70 w-ln over the All-Stars, Gold scored 21 of his points during the first half of play, got 10 In the third period and two in the final stan- 7A. Carson added 19 for the win ners and Donald Floyd had 19 for the losers. Richard Little and Bob Good- *on sfrored 30 and 27 r< -^peotlve-y to lead Belk’s to a 91-4: win over the Mountaineers in Tuesday's nightcap. Charles Goedson add ed 12 for the winners and Rob ert Sims had 18 for the losers. Oates-Henderson Shell lost a 3* I decision to heretofore first place Elsie's Beauty Shop to drop four games off the pace and in the other match. Plonk Bro thers won four games off bottom place Cash Grocery. Four of the five McGinnis Fur niture bowlers posted 300 plus sets with Wiihelmina Sprouse leading the way with a 332. She was followed by Betty Fite with a 323, Mary Ruth Barrett with a 311 and Barbara Miller with a 301. Pat Panther’s 287 set was high for the lo.sers. Lib Gault rolled a 118 line and A 337 set to lead Elsie’s to « 3*1 A'in over third place Oates-Hen- derson Shell. Charity Goforth added a 304 set for the winners and Jenny Oates copped scoring honai's for the losers with a 126 line and a 311 set. Wiesener, Bridges Football Lettermen The names of junior tackles Eddie Bridges and Carl Wiesen- er were not included in the foot ball lettermen list that appeared in the Herald two weeks ago. Both boys earned a letter for participation in football during the past season. The entire list, including man ager Joe Leftwich and trainer Jeff Mauney, numbers 32. Little Mounties Defeat Shelby Kings Mountain's ninth grade Little Mountaineer cagers won their opening game of the 1965- Plonk Brothers moved within ‘‘f one game of fourth place by blanking Cash Grocery 4-0. Pat Herndon had a 127*308 for the winners and Betty Cash topped the losers with a 107 line and a 274 set. Team W Elsie's Beauty Shop 39 McGinnis Furniture 39 Oates-Henderson 35 KM Drug 31 Plonk Brothers 30 Cash Grocery 18 Pet. .609 .609 .!>17 .484 fcating Shelby by a 57-42 count The local boys trailed 12-9 af ter one period of play but oame back stremg in the second stanza to outscore their opponents 19-7 and control the game thereafter. Forward Ross Springer gain ed high scoring honors for the Mounties with 16 points, follow ed‘closely by Alan H .mbright with 12 and Jimmy Btker with 11. Steve Moore was high soor- .M-ler lor Bhelby wMh li poMs. Cag«s To Play Yoric Tuesday Kings Mountain high school cagers get back into action here Tuesday night when they play hosts to York. The two local teams lost a doubleheader to York in their last outing on De cember 7. The bleachers for the KMHS gym still haven’t arrived, so the games will be played at the Cen tral gymnasium. The opener will get underway at 7:00. Mountaineer Coach Don Park er reports that there might be a few changes in his lineup. Negro freshman Kenny Mitchem, who •missed the final pre-Christmas game against Lowell, has been nursing an ankle injury and might not be back into full swing by Tuesday. Mitchem has been practicing since Tuesday but is still favor ing the injury. Parker has been playing junior Tommy Finger in his place. Senior Scott Cloninger has been working out at center and Parker reports that he might be at either center or forward. “If Mitchem is ready, said Coach Parker, “the lineup will probably be about the same.” As of now, guards Nelson Con nor and Neal Cooper have the only two set positions. Connor is the team's leading scorer and Cooper has shined os a ballhandl- er and playmaker es well as de fensive man. The Mountaineers carry a 3-2 record into the final pre-heason game They have defeated Bes semer City twice, split with Lo well and lost to York. Kings Mountain’s girls sport a 2-1 record and wUl go into Tues day's game as the underdog. The Mountainettes suffered a 35-24 loss to the Lady Dragons their last time out. Coach Bob Hussey says that his lineup will probably look the same but added that sophomore Susan Howell will probably see plenty of action. Hussey reports that sophomore starter Kathy Pkmk Is out of town and might not get back be fore the end of the week. He said that Howell might start in her place. Other Mountainette starters sM *e Mkrsn KMa and Susan Lowery, libby Tedder and ’65 Standouts J 1965 ALL-CONFERENCE PLAYERS — Pictured cd>ove ore six members of 1965 Kings Mountain high school athletic teams whd were named oil-conference for outstanding play during the past year. Top left is Richard Gold, who was named all-confer ence in all three sports during his senior year at KMHS, and top right, is Ken Bunkowski who was all-conference in bosketboU. Middle left is Seerley Lowery who was an all-conference pitch er in baseboll and middle right is all-conference second-base man Mickey Bell. Bottom left is all-conference tackle Chip Bridges and bottom right is Pat Murphy, who was oll-conferen^ in baseball os a third-baseman. a Dilling Heating Drops Plonk Oil To Increase Lead To Three Games Dilling Heating, the team that finished in sixth place tal, Lee Norville had a SfiD «et and Jack Rhea was high City Paint with a 3f0. Johnny Dye added a 359 for City Paint- Team V L Ht Dilling Heating 11 1 JK Clyde Culbertson aty Paint Store 5 7 .4n Griffin Drug Co. 5 7 .4H Marcfiaa X^oaii Co. 4 8 Plonk Oil Co. 3 9 -2^0