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“ V' Thursday, June 2, 1966 KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. / Page 3 166 Post 155 Downs Henrietta 8-7 In Area IV Opener Herald Sports By GARY STEWART There Will Be 18 I'll Remember When the senior athletes of the 1966 Kings Moun-, tain high school graduating class walk up to get their di plomas Friday night at City Stadium there will be a few in the crowd that I’ll always i;emember. Although KMHS didn’t fare too well in many varsity sports this past school year there were some athletes who ranked high with me just because of their sportsmanship and from being out there trying. ‘ There were only 18, 17 boys and one girl, senior ath letes competing in all sports this year and not many really outstanding. But because they gave it all they had they will be remembered for a long time in the hearts of Mountaineer fans. I Only one of the 17 seniors was named to an all-con ference team. Chip Bridges, a 210 pound tackle on the Mountaineer football squad, was named All-SWC and was also the -winner of the Fred Plonk Blocking Trophy at the annual Lions Club Football Banquet. Of course. Kings Mountain had several “hard luck athletes this past time. Jay Powell, a back on the football team and number one man on Coach Don Parker’s golf squad, nursed an injury most of the football season and had to watch sev eral games from the sidelines. Pow’ell, however, brought big honors to KMHS dur ing the spring when he won the Southwest Conference^ Golf Tournament held in Forest City. John Van Dyke, also a performer on the basketball team, came along one week later and copped the Western North Carolina High School Activities Association Golf Tourney which was held at Blowing Rock and Boone. Susan Lowery was the only senior girl to participate in sports this year. Susan played as a second-year starter on the basketball team and was very valuable to the team as a playmaker. The 1965-66 season marked the fourth year that she had participated in the sport and three of those years she earned a letter. Goforths Only Three-Sport Men In '65-'66 Post 155 To Host 1 Belmont Saturday Juniors Cany 2-0 Record Into Tonight's Game LEADING HITTER — Paul Gaffney (above). Post 155 catcher, has collected six hits in eight times at bat in the first two Area IV Legion games to take over the lead in the Junior hitting parade. Gaffney also has three runs batted fn. Poole. Bolin Hurl No-Hitters Tuesday Two no-hitters were fired in Little League action Tuesday night at City Park. In the first game of the dou- bleheader, Roger Poole of Park- grace beat the Liens on a no-hit, 15-strikeout‘ perfor.Tiance and in the nightcap, David Bolin of Op timist beat Bur-Mill with a 13- strikeout showing. However, neither game was a shutout. Mike and Steve Goforth were the only three-sport parkgrace won, 8-1, and Opti- lettermen during the 1965-66 school term. Both boys let- mist copped, 6-3. tered in basketball and football, Mike added a letter in After two weeks of action, the track and Steve picked up one in baseball. ; standings show only two teams Steve a fireballing righthander, was named the re- with undefeated records. Police cipient of’the John Mok Most Valuable Player Award for ^nd Optimist are tied far fir^, his performance on ters iviuss mubt V X nut fiO hat 2-0 records and Park f 1 grace, iLions, Bur-Mill and Res in nine games this year while posting a 4-o record^ cue Squad are knotted for third place with 1-1 marks. and a very impressive 0.92 earned rt(n average Steve also placed second on th^/Mountaineer hit pa rade with a .238 batting average with five hits in 21 of ficial times at bat. He scored one run, batted in two and st^oi6 thrG0 bssGs Steve was a full-time starter on the football team, either on offense or defense. While on offense, he gained a net total of 116 yards and was the leading receiver of quarterbacks Tommy Finger and Tommy Goforth. He scored two touchdowns, both on pass receptions. Mike was also a top performer on the football squad, was a key basketball reserve and was one of the best track stars in the conference. Mike was a three-year let- terman in track. SENIORS WINNING TROPHIES at KMHS this past year were: Danny Kiser, most valuable in football; Chip Bridges, football blocking trophy,- Phillip Bunch, most im proved, football; Neal Cooper, most valuable, basketball; and Steve Goforth, most valuable, baseball. Other trophy winners were Sharon Gold, most valu able, girls’ basketball; and Larry Patrick, -football scho lastic trophy. KMHS seniors participating in sports during the 1965-66 school year were: FOOTBALL — Steve Goforth, Mike Goforth, Robert Phifer, Bobby Bolin, Phillip Bunch, Jay Powell, Danny Kiser, Chip Bridges, Charles Ramsey, Scott Cloninger, Fred Wright, and Danny Finger. BAS KETBALL — Susan Lowery, Roger Ross, John Van Dyke, Scott Cloninger, Neal Cooper, Steve Goforth, Mike Go forth, and Chip Bridges. BASEBALL — Steve Goforth. TRACK — Mike Goforth, Robert Phifer. GOLF — Jay Powell, Fred Wright, John Van Dyke, Danny Walker, Les lie Joy, and Danny Finger. TENNIS — Neal Cooper. Things I'll Remember About This Year There are many little things — some of them that] don’t mean too much — that I will always remember about the 1965-66 sports year at Kings Mountain high school. For instance: Danny Kiser’s 70-yard kickoff return against Lincolnton in the final football game of the sea son; Kiser’s 52-yard touchdown run against Belmont in the ninth game of the season which KMHS won, 14-0. — Jay Powell getting into the game at Chase after .... he had sustained a very bad knee injury a week before'pitching wm with an im- at aierryville.,The open field running of Chase's Negro] P7-e^"tl•uTout the sides in halfback R^gie Janierson. J t • 1 + the first, third, fifth and .sixth in- — The swe finale between KM and Lincolnton which] registered two strike- Lincolnton won, 20-7, but not before putting up one heckio,.jts in the fifth and on^ in the of a fight on a rain-soaked field; the humor at the foot- second, ball banquet with Davidson Coach Homer Smith speak ing freely about KMHS coaches and players. — The football game at R-S Central when Central’s Carl Bartle returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown. — Sharon Gold’s 29 points against York in ah ex hibition basketball game which KM won, 41-31; Neal Cooper’s brilliant display of bailhandling which won him the basketball most valuable player award. — Harry Jaynes gunning 16 points in the annual stu dent-teacher game sponsored by the SPO; Coach Parker constantly arguing with referees Jay Powell and John. Van Dyke during that same contest. — Steve Goforth’s two-hitter against Shelby and his four-hit, 13-strikeout performance at Belmont; Shelby’s Mike McDaniel hitting a home run off Goforth in the game at Shelby which KM won, 4-1. — Coach Bates breaking his fungo bat hitting it against the edge of the bench; Tommy Goforth’s one-hit ter at York which accounted for his only pitching vyin of the season. — The ’66 baseball finale between KM and Cherry- ville which Cherryville won, 5-4, in eight innings as both fielding and mental mistakes hurt both teams through- ► (Continued On Page Six) POLICE-J A YCEES Police and Jaycees got the week’s action started Monday night after rain postponed games on Thursday and Friday. The Police Squad came out on top 18-0, with Ben Brown gaining the win and Tony Ruppe get ting charged with the loss. Jaycees collected only one hit off Brown, a third inning single by Bobby Harb. Dennis Welch led the 12-hit Police attack >vith three hits in four trips and Rich ard Stowe hit a home run. Pv^liee 0133 Oxx- -18 Jaycees 0 00 Oxx— 0 WP—Brown LP—Ruppb. Lead ing Hitters; Police—Welch, 3- for-4: Stowe, double, home run. Jaycees—Hare, l-for-2. RESCUE-KIWANIS Rescue Squad registered its first win of the season in Mon day’s nightcap, defeating Kiwan- is, 8-4. Rescue scored four runs in the second, two in the third and add- >4?d two insurance, runs in the fifth. Kiwanis scored all four of its runs in the sixth inning. Mike McDaniel gained the pitching win for Rescue with a three-hitter. He struck out 13 batters. Kiwanis 000 004—4 Rescue 042 02x—8 WP — McDaniel. LP — Lock- ridge. Leading Hitters: Rescue- Moss, 2-for-4. Kiwanis — Grahl, Lockridge, Byars, l-for-3. PARKGRACE LIONS Parkgrace rallied for four runs in the top of the first in ning and cruised to an 8-1 win over the Lions with Poole gain- Post 15o travels to Shelby to night (Thursday* to do battle with Warren F. Hoyle P.ist 82 Juniors and will return to City Stadium Saturday night for a game with Belmont. Kings Mountain will then visit Bessorer City on Monday and return home Tuesday night foi a game with tough Forest City. All games will get underway j at 8 p.m. ; Saturday’s game was original ly scheduled for Friday but be cause of graduation exorcises for both Kings Mountain and Belmont high schools, the con test was re scheduled for Satur day. Coach B,oh Hussey’.s Post 155 lads are currently tied for first place in the Area IV standings with a 2-0"rec,u-d. KM look an 8-7 win over Henrietta in its home opener Mo-nday night and ^dged Marion 3-2 Tuesday night in Marion. The starting pitcher foi' to night’s game hasn’t been named Is of yet but it will probably be Mickey Adkins, a rightliander from York, S. C., who hasn’t seen action in regular season play. Adkins worked tw oinnings a- ?ainst Shelby in a practice gam(' last Saturday hefore being tv- iieved after the Shelby lads scor cd six runs and tagged hiirn for eight hits. Should Adkins start at Shelby standing by for relief duti('s will he David Norris, another York hurler, and Steve and Tommy Goforth. Norris picked up the win against Henrietta after com- ng on in thb second inning in 'clief of Tommy Goforth. I Steve Gof.arth gained the vie ory at Marion. Leading'the hitting for KM is -ateher Paul Gaffney with six hits in bight trips to the plate for a' .750 batting average. Gaff ney also has three runs batted in and two runs scored. 'Ji K' r' Lions managed six base run ners, all on walks. Catcher Chris Blanton led an eight-hit Parkgrace attack with a triple, home run and single. Blanton’s triple climaxed the four-run first inning. Parkgrace 401 012—8 Lions 000 010—1 WP- Poole. LP—Hunter. Lead ing Hitters: Parkgrace—Blanton, 3-f'or-4; Moore, 2-for-4. OPTIMIST-BUR-MILL Optimist scored three runs in the first and added singletons in the third, fourth and sixth to hand Bur-Mill a 6-3 defeat with thb help of Bolin’s no-hitter. Bolin struck out the sides in the first, second and third in nings and registered two strike outs in each of the last thret frames. Bur-Mill had six base runners by walks and two by er rors. Optimist collected eight hits with Mike Riddlb leading the way with two in three at bats. Ronnie Rhea is second on thb hitting list with a .600 mark and Nelson Connor third with a .273 iverage. Connor leads the team runs batted in with four. Connor’s two-run doubli? in the ninth inning against Henrietta irove in the winning rusn in that game and his triple in the fifth nning at Marion Tuesday drove hi the winning run thbre. Post 1.55’s defensive lineup for tonight’s game will probably be; Chucky Gladden (lb), Phillip Cash (2b), Chuck Ray (3b), Nel son Connor (ss), Tonyh Leig (If). Ronnife Rhea (cf) and Roy Medlitt, .rf. Teenei League Season Opens Tune 6. 4:30 A 15-game Teener Lbague schedule was announced today by league commissioner Roy Pearson. League play wuh begin at 4:30 on June_6 and c.ontinue through June 30.“An all-star team will tlien he chosen to rbpresent Kings Mountain in the state playoffs. This year’s loa'gueis chartered through V.F.W. Post 911. Again thbre are four teams entered in the loop. The teams, with their coaches in parenthesis arb; V.F.W. (Sammp Gann), Spangler (Mike Ware), Craft- spun (Alonzo Goforth) and Mar- grace (Bob Moore). Margraee won the league championship last ypaf- Thb complete 1966 Teener League schedule follows; DATE GAME June 6 Craftspun vs. V.F.W. 7 Spangler vs. Margraee 8 Craftspun vs. Spangler 9 Margraee vs. Craftspun 13 V.F.W. vs. Margraee Margracb vs. Spangler . Craftspun vs. V.F.W. Margraee vs. V.F.W. Spangler vs. V.F.W. CraftsDun vs. Spangler Snanglcr vs. Margraee V.F.W. vs. Spa^rtgler Craftspun vs. V.F.W. Margraee vs. Craftspun Soangler vs. Craftspun * Air games 4:30. ' if AWARD WINNERS — Pictuired above are two members of the Kings Mountain high school base ball team who received awards at the annual Rotary Club baseball luncheon Thursday at Kings Mountain Country Club. In top photo, Steve Goforth (left) received the John Moss Most Valu able Player Award from Mayor Moss and in the bottom photo Nelson Connor (left) receives an all-conference award from Coach Bill Bates. During the regular season, Goforth posted a 4 5 pitching mark while Connor led the team in hitting with a .314 batting average. (Photos by Lem Lynch). Steve Goforth Wins Fourth Moss Award At Rotary Fete Nelson Connor Honored As All-SWC Player Five-Run Ninth Erases Deficit; Norris Fans 12 I Post 155 ignited for a five-run ' rally in the bottom of the ninth inning here Monday night to i come from behind and defeat Henrietta, 8-7, in the Area IV Legion opener for both teams. I The five-run output was cli maxed by a two-out, two-run . double by Nelson Connor which drove in Paul Gaffney and Ron nie Rhea with the winning runs. David Norris, righthander from York, S. C., picked up the win [or Post 155 with a 12-strikb- out perfooTiance after coming on ; in the second after Henrietta : rallied tor five runs off starter Tommy Goforth. For Norris, it was his debut I as a Post 1.55 hurler. In eight i nmings, he gave up only four hits and walked only two bat- tC! s. lienrietta’s five-run second .m- I niiig was triggered by a 330-foot ; liomo' run by clean-up hitting i fust baseman Danny Hawkins. After Hawkins’ blast, Johnny I Pack reached first on an error, Doug Tate singled and Terry ' Taylor walked to load the bases. I I.eftfielder Doug Hamrick sin- I gk'd to rightfield to drive in the I runners from second and third I and pitcher Terry Powell help- I cd his own cau.se with a single which scored Hamrick. I KM Coach Bob Hussey then called upon Narris and the bj,g l ight hander struck out Bobby Bi idges and Mike Linvellyh and gui.„Allttfi:t Radford on a ground er to retire the sides. Post 155 came back in the bottom of the second to score two runs with singles by Phillip Cash and Connor, basbs on balls to Bill Bridges and Chuck Ray and ix'an-liall throw to Paul (laffncy. Hawkins walked to leadoff the Henrietta third, took second and tliird on wild pitches and scorbd Itis team's sixth run when Tate filed to deep Icftfield. Henrietta stretcluv/ it.s lead to 7-2 in the s:‘vcnt!i on a base on balls, a single and an error. Gaffney drove Chucky Glad- ii n acr )ss with Post 155’s third run in the eighth with -a single 'Her Gladden walked and stole second. The five run KM ninth got started when Roy Mckilin was ssiK'il a free pass and clean-up liitti'r Phil Cash slam.med a dou ble to right-center. Medlin scor ed on a wild pitch. Gladden walk 'd and Gaffney singled to send Gash home. Pitcher St(>ve Goforth became the fourth recipient of the John Moss Award at the annual Ro tary Club Ba.seball Luncheon at the Kings Mountain Country Club Thursday. Goforth, the only .senior mem ber of this year’s Kings Moun tain high school team, also be came the first righthand per former to be awarded the Most Valuable Player trophy. The award, first given in 1963, Sellci has gone to .southpaw pitchers ance. Cash Grocery Wins Over Margraee. 8-6 Cash Gi'ocery remained umlc- fc'atcd in slovv-pitcli .softb.ill league action Monday night with] an .s-6, c)m('-from-bchin(l victory j o\'cr .\Iargiac('. .M;ngrace took a ^6-3 lead after two innings of {)lay hut (’ash Gro.'iiy caiTiC back in the l)ot- tom of tile tliird to score four runs and added f>n<' insui nnce | tally in the fifth to claim the victory. Gerald .McDaniel led the ('ight- hit Cash Grocc'iy attack with t.vo hits in lliri'c trips and leading the .Margraee hitting was Bill with a 4-for-4 perl rm- Barry Gibson (’63) and Seerley Lowery (’63) and went to left- hand batter and .second base- man Mickey Bell in ’64. Mountaineer Infieldor Nelson Connor wa.s also recognized and awarded an all-conference certi ficate for his performanee as a second ■ baseman shortstop and the team’s leading hitter. Nelson carried a .314 batting average for the year. Goforth posted a 4 5' record for the year, led the team in inningfS pitched with 52-’;i, strike .loe Wliitb wa.s the winning pitcher and Don Si'llers was the loser. In Monday's opener, the Bc'i'S downed Bur-Mil 6-3 with David Bullock leading the way vvitli two iiits in thrfee trips. Gerald Fipps had 3 - for - 4 for the los ers. Jerry .Morrow was the win ning pilclier and Clyde Huffman the loser. The Ja\ccb.s bombed Mullins 29-1 in Tue.sday night’s opener with Perry Chamiiion’s .5-for-6 plate performance leading thb outs with 69 and posted an 0.92: way. Fnsidic Watson had 3-for- c'arned run average. Steve gave! .3 for the losers. only 35 hits, 28 walks and' Ktm Roberts was the winning luniois Edge Marion, 3-1 Tuesday Night Ikisl 1,55 w in its second .str.iight Area IV contest Tues day nigiil a) Marion, bi'aling ihC Marlon boys by a 3-2 count. .Stove Goforth was the winning pitcher although h(' nci'dcd foui innings of relief from bi'othcr Tommy. Eucli boy gave up three' liits and struck out five batters. Wa.Mio .McCauley, wiio vvorki'd ('ight iiviiings and fanned nine, was tli-e lasing pitclicr. Post 1,55 collcclcd seven hits, however, McCauley did not walk or hit a bai icr. M’itii a run scoring single by Cluicky Gladden and thr-ci* er- rois by the host team paving the way, i<.M scored two runs in the firs! inning to give Goforth the lead. Marion came hack in the bottom of the first to score me run on two singles, two bases on lialls, a fiasscd ball and a ficld- (■i''s choice. Post 135 stretched its load to 3-1 in the fifth with Steve Go forth scoring when Conner hit Ronie Rhea singled to center- field to drive in Gladden and send Gaffney to second and Chuck Ray sacrificed both run- icrs with a bunt down the third base line. Norris then fanned for out aumber two and Connor sent a 2-1 pilch to the bank in Ifeftfield •o score Gaffney and Rhea. Kings Mountain outhit the visitors. 11-8, with Gaffney’s per- '(‘ct 4-for-4 performance show- ug the way. Cash, Connor and lonnie Rhea had two hits each uvd Roy Medlin’s third-inning bugle accounted for Post 155’s other hit. Hawkins and Powell obtained two hits each for the 'users. Kings Mountain Connor, ss Leigh, If .Medlin, rf Cash. 2b Gladden, lb Gaffney, c Bridges, cf Rhea, cf Ray. 3b Goforth, p Norris, p Henrietta Bridges, ss, p Lowellyn, 2b Radford, cf Hawkins, lb Pack, rf Tate, 3b Taylor, c Hamrick, If Powiell. p F'isher, p AB 36 8 11 7 Ontim’st 301 lf)l 6 Bur-Mill ' 001 110-3 WP—Bolin.--LP -- McDaniel. T.eadinqr Hitter: Optimist - Rid dle, 2 for-3. - T Continued On Page <! up only seven earned runs Former New York Yankee shortstop Buss Berghman was the guest speaker for the event. Berghman, now a scout with the Pittsburgh Pirate organiza tion, attended Duke University on a full baseball scholarship from the Yankees. Mountaineer Coach Bill Bates recognized all the baseball play ers and managers and Rotary Vice President Wilson Griffin called to order and adjourned jthe regular monthly meeting of the dub. pitcher and Bill Lynn wa.s tag ged with the lo.ss. Craftspun Jets downed Gas tonin 11-7 to round out tin wiH'k’s action. Dewitt Guyton committed was the winning pitchi'r and Gordon Patt(*rson was th(' loser. Jerry R iss h'd Craftsmm’.s hit ting with a 4-for-4 performance and Patterson was 3-for-4 fur llie losers. .STANDINGS Team W L Pet. Cash Grocery 5 0 1.000 Grover 5 1 .833 Bees 4 2 .667 Bur-Mill 4 2 .667 Continued On Picje o' 37 7 8 6 E-Ray 2, Connor, Lewelyn. SB Gladden, Tate. SAC — Leigh. Ray. SE - Tate. 2B—Cash, Con nor, Lewellyn, Powell. 3B — a triple to deep leftfiekl. Gof.n th j NONE HR - Hawkins. PB - liad reached base on an error. | Gaffnby, Taylor. -WP—Norris 2. Marion scored its final run in ] Powell, the sixth on two walks and a I Pitching: fieldi'i’s choice. ! T. Goforth King.s Mountain failed to | Norris (w) ore an earned run as the hosts powell IP H R ER BB SO 1 4 5 3 1 1 six fielding errors. Post 155 made only one fielding mi.scue. '.eadinig hitter f ir Post 1.55 w.as catcher Paul Gaffney with two hits in four times at bat. Fi\c' others had one hit apiece. .St;>\e Whitaker led Marion’s hit ');’,i ade witlt two singli*s in four at bats. Fisher (1) Bridges Kings MtB Connor, ss Leigli, If Alcdlin, i f AB R H Cash, 2b Gaffney, c Gladden, lb Bridges, cf Rhea, cf Ray, 3b S. Goforth, p T. Goforth, p 38 3 7 3 Continued On Page 6