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\ Thursday, December I, 1966 KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. 0. Fa9»t Cagers Open Here Friday Against Lowell, Kings Hera Id Sports KM At Tuesday By GABT STEWAHt R-S Central, East SWC Cage Favorites going to be another tight one but right now I’d have to say that the R-S Central boys and the East Rutherford girls have the teams to beat. The way I see it, this year’s race is going to be so tight that any team will be capable of knocking off the top club on any given night. Kings Mountain Coach Bob Hussey has said that the “East Rutherford girls will be in a class by themselves,’’ and I’ll have to go along with that. The Lady Cavaliers should be a shoo-in for the conference championship and I look for Kings Mountain, R-S Central, Chase and Lin- colnton to be battling it out for tournament berths. Coach Hussey’s Mountainettes have the largest num ber of starters returning but East Rutherford would be my choice because of the return of two girls — roving guard Shannon Shuford and forwai’d Candy Albergine— who both made All-Conference last seasonrand finished high in the conference scoring parade. I give R-S Central the nod in the boys’ race because of the return of All-Conference forward Joe Hill, plus the return of ’66 starters Thomas Burnette, David Luckadoo, David Skipper and Johnny Davis. However, I look for East Rutherford, Kings Mountain and Shelby, and possibly Belmont, to give the Hilltoppers a run for their money. If all of Kings Mountain's boys stay eligible, the Mountaineers might have the team to beat, but if KMHS has some boys to “flunk out’’, it v/ill hurt their chances of capturing a loop title. Kings Mountain Coach-Don Parker has been through 23 cage seasons and has captured only one conference championship since joining the SWC. That was in 1965 and Parker’s hungry for another. Cleveland Transfers To Help Shelby Transfers from Cleveland High School w ill help Shel by Coach Lloyd Little form another team to offer stiff competition to the other seven SWC schools. Little lost four starters off last year’s team which won the confer ence championship but the addition of transfers from the local Negro school will put Shelby right back into the thick of things again this year. Forward Mike McDaniel is the only returning starter off last year’s Shelby squad, however, lettermen Mike Young and Earl Lutz are being counted on to help out a lot in ’67. . ” Forward Tommy Tate is the only returning starter at Belmont,, and Tate, Tony Chaney and guard Frank El more are the only returning lettermen but Belmont, as usual, will be a contender for the SWC title. Belmont, too, will be strengthened by the addition of a Negro school, Reid High. Chase, last year’s cellar-dwellers, always throws a surprise against the other teams and might offer a threat this year. In 1965, when the Trojans were picked to finish in second division. Chase almost won the championship, finishing only one-half game behind KMHS with a 12-2 conference record. Lincolnton lost five starters but will have a big team with juniors Jerry Messer (6’3’’), Jim Pope (6’2'’), Roy Dellinger (6’2’’) and Johnny Lineberger (6’!’’) heading the list of ’67 prospects. Lettermen Richard Hovis, Wade Beam and Terry Smith head Cherryville prospects as Coach Bill Hinson guns for a second straight winning sea son. The R-S Central girls lost two All-Conference per formers but have talent as forwards Diane Daniels and Elaine Scoggins, along with guards Mary Ann Lovelace, Wilma Turner and Sandra Thorne return. Debbie Keener, Jane Kiser, Rita Proctor and Lynda Costner head the Lincolnton prospects while returning starters Mary Beam, Vicki Bumgardner, Vicki Brown and Ann Hardin hope to put the Cherryville lassies in con tention. Joan Cline, a former cage whiz at Waco High School and former Shelby Coach, has taken over the coaching duties at Cherryville. The Lady Ironmen posted a 10-10 overall record last year and were 5-9 in conference play. All-Conference roving guard Nancy Tate, a junior, and guards Lola Humphries and Edith Cole will make Chase a contender again and Shelby will be strengthened by some Cleveland transfers, so don't count those two teams out. Shelby Coach Kathryn Reynolds has two top per formers back from last year’s team, forward Peggy Williams and guard Gentry Miller. The Shelby lassies fin ished in the league cellar last year, so they can’t do any worse this time. Both KM Teams To Finish In Top Four ’ Both KMHS teams should finish in the top four and get a tournament berth unless some players do happen to be ruled ineligible. The Mountainettes have a year of ex perience, plus three girls who did outstanding Jobs on last year's jayvee team who will give added depth. The girls have super-star Sharon Gold back, and if Kathy Plonk, Hilda Lowery and Linda Childers can live up to. Coach Hussey’s expectations of them, the Mountainettes, could give East a run for its mohey. Coach Pai'ker’s Mountaineers have really been: strengthened by the addition of George Adams, a 6-5 for ward from Compact. If Adams stays on the team, then he, along with Ken Mitchem, Nelson Connor, Larry Burton and Steve Spencer,"plus the Mounties’ reserve strength, will put KM In contention for the SWC title. -f final tally — Here’s my prediction for the out come of the 1967 SWC boys’ race: 1. R-S Central 2. East Rutherford 3. Kings Mountain 4. Shelby 5. Belmont 6. C3iase 7. Lincolnton 8. Cherryville. And here’s my prediction for the outcome of the ISe*? girls’ race: 1. East Rutherford 2. Kings Mountain 3. R-g Central 4. Chase 5. Lincolnton 6. Shelby 7. Cherryville 8. Belmont. COACHES — Pictured cdbove ore Kings Mountain high school boslEetball oooefaea Bob Hussey (top) and Don Parker who send their cagers into the 1966-67 season here Friday night against Lowell and Kings College. Hussey, girls' coach, begins his, fourth year as Mountaiuette mentor while Parker begins his 24th yeor as Mountaineer coach. 25 Seek Starting Roles On IV Team Twenty-five Kings Mountain high school freshmen and sop homores are seeking starting roles on the 1966 67 .junior var sity basketball squad which be gins season play on December 9 at Lowell. Coach Bill Bates said the jay- vees have practice games scheti- uled so far with Lowell and and York (Dec. 20). The jaywees begin conference play on Jan. 5. Coach Bates started practice Monday and has been running the jayvees through drills each evening at 8:00 at he KMHS gynl. Bates has not decided on a starting lineup as of yet but taps sophomores Alan Hambright (guard), Mike Smith (firard) and Richard Etheridge (forward), a- long with freshmen Steve Gladd en (forward), Otis Cole (center). Phillip P’rances (guard) and Ar thur Hood (forward) as top pro* speeds. The jayvees girls haven’t start ed practice yet. Plonk's Lose Three To Minnie Grill Fourth-place Minute Grill be came the first team to come close to shutting-out Plonk Brothers in ladies’ bowling com petition Tuesday night by taking a 3-1 decision over the league- leaders. The loss to Mjnute Grill drop ped Plonk’s lead to 10 games over second place Qates-Henderson Shell, which won a 3-1 decision over bottom place Griffin Drug. In tile other match Tuesday, third plaqe Victory Chevrolet won i three games off fifth place Kings ' Mountain Drug. Pat Barrett, Barbara Miller and Betty Fite each had 101 lines and Barrett and Miller added 288 sets to lead the Minute Grill win. Margaret Wilson had a 124 line and Lib Galult added a 305 set for the losers Jenny Oates claimed high scor ing honors for the^night with a 119 line a«d a 344 set which led Oates-Henderson to a 3-1 win over Griffin Drug. Ethel Tignor added a set for the winners and Charity Tignor had a 115 line and a 305 set for the losers. Victory Cherolet’s three-game win over KM Drug was led by Betty HuUender who rolled a 1(® line and « 3ll set. fflgh scorer for the losers wu Peggy Roe* who had a 108 line and a 287 set. STANDINGS Team W L PCt. Plonk Brothers 43 9 827 O-H Shell 33 19 .635 Victory Chevrolet 29 23 .558 Minute Grill 23 29 .442 Kings Mtn. Drug 15 37 .277 Griffin Drug 13 39 .250 ssemei Team ked Ton^ In Little Seven Kings Mountain high school cagers hit the road for the first time Tue.sday night when they travel to Bessemer City to play a double-header with their Little Seven rivals. The girls’ game is scheduled to get underway with the boys’ match immediately following. The two Bessemer City teams will be .strong opposition for the KMHS .squads .since Yellow Jack et Coach Jack Parker has most of bis players back and girls’ CoaCh Judy Joy last but one of last year’s performers. Each Kings Mountain club won twice over its Bessemer op ponent a year ago, however, the win^,\wre by narrow margins. In facLlh the second non-confer ence meeting between the two clubs, both the girls’ and boj-s’ contests went into o\'ertime with the KMHS clubs winning by a mere point. Bessemer Coach Parker lost three starters off last year’s team, forwards Sonny Jones and Frank Dameron and high-scoring center Mike Albright. But he has guards Richard Kincaid and Jody Long returning, plus several oth er boys who have shown prom ise in pre-season drills. Coach Joy ffas five .starters re turning from last year’s team which finished 5-5 in Little Sev en Conference play. Only forward Vernell Causby does not return. Returning are higlt scoring for- w'ards Gwyn Ytarbrough, Debbie Hager and Kathy Elmore, plus guards Linda Picklesimer and Mary Player. Other returnees are Kathy Schronce, Linda Linder, Debbie Milwood, Vicki Deck, Janet Isenhour, Ann Wiggins and Donna Albright. The two ^sspmer clubs will return the visit here on Decem ber 16. After hitting Bessemer Tuesday night, KMHS has pre- Christmas games with Kolbrook (boi’s). Kings Coflege (girls), Bessemer and York, 'the KM boys will then play York on Jan uary 3 before opening conference play on Jan. 13 at Lincolnton, DukeA^Wake. SC To '67 Card -DURHAM — Atlantic Coast Conference rivals Wake Forest and South Carolina return to Duke University’s 1967 football schedule, and Michigan, Arniy, Georgia Tech and Navy will also be met according to the schedule announced this week by Duke Athletic Director E. M. Cameron. With Winke Forest and South -CaroUna wtnrning after a one year absence Duke will meet six ACC opponents, thereby being cligHtle for the championship. The 1967 opener will be stag ed at Duke Stadium agadnst the Demon Deacons. Wake Forest, South Carolina, Michigan and , Arnty replace Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, West Virginia and Mai^-land. The Ter rapins are the only school which will not be njet by Duke in con ference warfare. Tlie Blue Devils will be meet ing Michigan for only the third time in history. The Big Ten eleven holds a 2h0 record over | Duke, winning 31-6 in 1960 and I 28-14 in 1961. I When Duke travels to West Point, N. Y. to face the Oadot$, it will be seeking ite second straight victory over the service school. Duke took a 6-3 thriller in 1964 oh the strength of Malrk Caldwell’s pair of field goals. The win snapped a IQ-year Army unbeaten streak at Michie Stadi um. 'The battle *with the Midship men of Navy wHl be staged at the Oyster Bowl ip Norfolk,'Va. Duke defeated Hte Middles 9-7 in 1966 and will be seeking Its seventh victory oj the series which also incl^idsd fiv* tiet. Duke and Georgia Tech will be meeting for the 34th time in his tory In one of the South's oldest and most lieroely contested riv alries The Thchmen have cap tured the last six meetinge and Duke wBl be sating to end that Aein. Home opponents In 1967 will include Woke Forest, South Carolina, C3emson and aroh-rival North OunHhh. Th4 Blue Devils hold a series edge over each of these teams in addition to the two other oonferent’e foeet -they will meet on th road, p " i ' * 'Y ' ; 'a'tj T * i i 1 ♦ rX-x.- y j - 'Vs iiiiiW ■' ' - : ■ . ' V' '9^ S \ by iilli THESE EIGHT LETTERMEN LEAD KMHS INTO 1966-67 SEASON HERE FRIDAY Duke Opens '67 Cag^ Season Friday Vs. VPI Richard Cuibeitson's ^ Set Leads Team Into Tie For First MitrliiaH- Maww. Burton, Spencer, Connor To Start 1 Kings Mountain opens its 1966- j 67 basketball season Friday night when Holbrook of Lowell I and the girls of Kings College ' pay a visit to the KMHS gymna- [sium. Mountaineer Coach Don Park- I er has good news for the KMHS I fans. He completed his eligibility list Tuesday and everyone is eligible, however, he warns that they.’rie,£ligibiej)nly through. ,the„. fir.st two conference games. The six week’s grading period started this week and continues I only through the first couple weeks of January, so the eligi bility question will come up I again then. I Parker’s all sot with a starting ; lineup but will probably experi- j ment a lot. Set to run first string I tor the Mountaineers Friday I against Holbrook are forwards I George Adams and Ken Mitchem, center Larry Burton and guards I -Nelson Connor and Steve Spen- ' cor. Throe of the boys — Mitchem, ! Connor and Burton — were start ers last year and finished 1-2-3 in the final scoring. Adams let- I tcred last year at Compact and Spencer played jayvee basketball I in Washington, D. C. j Burton and Connor are the I only seniors in the starting line- i up. Spcnccr and Adams are j mniors and Mitchem is a sopho- i more. I V/hiio Connor (.5’5”) and Spen- I ccr (5’9’i will bo the backcourt : men, Parker s expecting Mitchem ((j'r’i, .\dams (Go”) and Burton I (6’5”) to grab the rebounds. He’s worried about them on defense, I though. He reports that in prac- I tice Monday, tlie first unit left i several holes in the defense, al- , lowing the offensive team to get . off good shots. Richard Culbertson combined, and 305 sets respectively for the linos of 147, 123 and 156 for a winners while Brackett was high Presently running on the sec ond unit are guards Tommy Fin ger and Gene Putnam, center Bert Smith, and forwards Luico Wilson and Stanley Laughter, and they’re all slated to see a DURHAM—'There has heon a !Monday night to lead his I for the losers with a 123 line and I lot of action this year. Three pf lot of noise about Duke’s two ! „ ^ 4-0 win over Albert, a 339 set. 'those boys — Finger, Laughter game series at UCLA but the! L The Culbertsons had a 1707^'^'^ Wilson — are six feet or Blue Devils are concerned right I Blanton fcf first ^ ^ while Putnam and Smith now' about two I! * duckput bowling : ieam_ set, w inch was also high | stand about 5’10”. two games before! that! Starting with the opener Fri day night in Charlotte against Virginia Tech, Duke must com pete against two strong contend ers before their trip West the se cond weekend of the season. “I think one of the biggest mistakes we could make would be to think ahead to UCLA be cause we have two tough games with VPI and Michigan first,” Coach Vic Bubas notes After opening against Virgi nia Tech, Duke' returns home for a clash with Michigan, a team the Devils edged in over time last season at Detroit, lOO- 93. VPI, Bubas notes, went to the NIT tournament last season and has about everybody back. A- mong them is €-11 center Bob King, a starter now for two sea league standings. ! for the week. In the first match, | ' Richard’s five had a 628 team set Ljttle Culbertsoh’.s <i2(> .set places his | with the lowest line a 111. They name atop tlio list of bowlers: added a 525 team set in the sec- trying for the ilrst half high set ond game and a 554 in the third award. So complete their total. All five members of the win-1 ning team rolled 300-plu.s sets Clyde Culbertson jumped all with Ronnie Culbertson placing'way from fifth to third place second with a 341 total. Randy! winning a 4-0 decision over Culbertson, Red Morrison Oil Co. Clyde Culbertson Steve Culbertson added 327, .308! was high scorer in tiie match —— : with a 142 line and a 364 set. UfaMM ^’orville added a 347 set for fgOnfl Wills i winners while Aud Tignor lllOHS HAIIiI ' Plonk chipped in a 338 set for Holbrook, always tough in the game at Forest City Saturday night by coming ifrorrt behind to claim a 28-19 victory. The South, coached by Ray sons. He is one of eight letter-of Brimont and Max nren returning. Duke ran up a. 112-79 triumph against VPI ini Greensboro last season to inaurate a campaign tl)at found the Blue Devils fin ishing third In the NCAA final round of four. After that, however, Virginia Tech won 19 of their remaining 22 games and Buba^ quickly notes the Gobblers beat "some awfully good teams on the road.” In addition to having several good returnees, ’Bubas points out they also have some outstanding freshman flayers who have be come members of the varsity, including 6-4 Chris Ellis, the star of the frosh team last calm- paign. Bubas says that-A lot of Blue Devils are going to play this season and that enthusiasm in practice has been better than at anytime in his seven sasons hre. \ "Our people form the most compatible personalities I've had in that time, too,” Bubas ^d. “If 'we plAy according to our po tential we can be in the NCAA tournament again.” Duke, defending Atlantic Coast Conference and Regional champ, has been picked to win the ACC title for the fifth time tmder Bkir bas. Guard Bob Verga, a secebd team All-America a year ago, center Mike Lewis ami forward Bob Riedy form the nucleus of the team. j the losers. The Northwest Conference all- i Billing Heating moved within stars narrowed the South’s lead | one game of fifth place by tak- to 6-4 in the ana’ual Lions Bowl | ing a 3-1 win over heretofore first place Ranny.'Blanton. Bill Mulli- nax’s 149 .line a’nd 364 set led the winners in scoring. Team captain Bob Herndon and John DUling added 344 and 339 sets respectively for the winners while Blanton was. high for his standouts from the NWC scored ' team with a 128 — 345. Beam of R-S Central, led 19-7 at halftime break but the seniors SINOLETARTS MOVE The Milton Singletary fami ly has occupied the I. Ben Go- forth, Jr., residence on South Goforth street Mr. Singletary is tnstalhneht loan ihahager m First Citizen's Bank & Trust Company and was recently transferred to Kings Mountain from Fayetteville. once in the third period and twice 1 CTamniMrsc in the final quarter to claim | pTANDINC^ their second victory in as many ; ” years. | Ramiy Blanton 33 Bobby Billings, a power-run-1 I^lchard Culbertson 33 ning fullback from Wilkes Cen- Cultertson 30 tral, scored two touchdowns and P*o*^k Oil Co. kicked four points-after for the Albert Brackett North while being named the game’s the game’s ‘‘outstanding Back”. 'The ‘‘Outstanding Line man” award went to R-S Central tackle 'Bobby Keever who made over half the stops for the South The South squad took a 6-0 early In the second period with Shelby halfback David Schweppe going over from the one after R-S Central’s Warren Goforth intercepted a North pass on the 30. However, the North came back fast to take a 7-6 lead after Bill ings booted his first PAT after a 30 -ya^ pass from James Queen of Marion to Nick Workman of Wilkes Central.' Dennis Martin of Shelby pass ed 46 pards to Tommy Tate of Belmont and Cart Bartles of R-S Central booted a pointed-after to put the South back ahead, 13- 7, later in the second period. KINGS MOUNTAIN EDDIE Bridges, playing defensive end, recovered la fmble on the North 23 to set up the South's final 'TD. TTiree plays after the recovery, Bartlee went over from two j^ards out to complete the South scor ing. Billings scored on a 53-yard run and booted his second PAT in the third i)eriod and then scor ed on an eight yard run and kicked his third point-after early In the final period to put the North ahead', 21-19. — The North’s final TD came with 3:00 left with Johnny Hun- s^cker of Newton scoring on a five-yard run. Coaches tfor the North were Gary Stacey of Hudson and Den ny Williams of Newton. Dilling Heating 29 31 28 32 27 33 Pet. .550 .550 .500 .483 .467 .450 Grid Banquet Tonight 7M The pee wee, midget and Kings Mountain high schol foot ball teams will be honored at a banquet tonight (Thursday) at 7:00 at the Legion building. The fete is being sponsored by the City Recreation Department, The midget team will give trophies for the “Outstanding Back” and “Outstanding Line man” and also a “Sportsmanship Award.” Seven Conference, lost three .starters off last year’s team and lost a key reserve because of poor grades. Tim Phillips and Chuck Green were lost by grad uation and high scorer Jimmy Horton, plus, number one reserve Everett Reid were ruled ineligi ble. The Holbrook team has a new coach — Don Ratchford — who replaces Porter Griggs, who is now a teacher at Central Bl«t mentary School in Kings Moun tain. I Jolinny McKenzie, a 6’2” for- I ward, and Wilbur Howard, a 6’3” center, are the top prospects on the Lowell squad which will probably cause some trouble in the Little Seven race. Should the Mountaineers de feat Lowell, it wijl be the first victory ever in the KMHS gym for a KM varsity boys’ squad. Last .'year. Kings Mountain, after winning five of its first eight ballgames, lost 12 straight games and finished with a 5-15 overall record and in seventh place in the Southwest Conference. All of j the Mounties’ home victories j were in the Central gymnasium. While the Mountaineers will ' be after their first victory on 1 the home court. Coach Bob Hus- I sey’s Mountainettea will be up j against a college team. Kings of Charlotte. I The Mountainettes will have only one senior — Hilda Lowery — in the starting lineup. Slated to start with Lowety are juniors Sharon Gold, Katl\y Plonk, Lib by Tedder and Joy Roberts, and sophomore Linda Childers. Gold led the SWC in scoring last year with a 16.9 average while making AB - Conference. Hussey expects Pjonk, Lowery and Childers to carry part of the scoring load this year with Ted der and Roberts set to handle the guard duties. All three teams being honored tonight posted winning seasons during the pwt season. The mid gets, coached by Bill GrlMom, posted an overall 6-3-1 record, while the KMHS Mountaineers Also being counted on by Hus sey to help out are sophomores Vicki Turner, Debbie Plonk. Nan cy Reynolds and Frances Dilling. Turner and Plonk Will -see most of their action as rovers or for wards while Reynolds and Dill- were g-5 and the pee wee team was 3-3. The pee v ees were •“* coached this year.by Jim Little- j The glrU’ game Is scheduled John and Perry Champion. ’ to get underway at 7:00 with the Gardner-Webb College Coach Norman Harris will speak to the boys and KMHS Coach Bill Bates will show two films. METBB RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday totaled $227.50, Including $129.- 40 from on-street meters, $78 In fines, and $20.35 from off- street meters. Receipts ‘from the Mountain • Cherokee off- street parking lo(( for the month totaled $6&6a around 8:15. Tuesday, the two KMHS clubs go to ftessemer City. Next Friday, the boys travel to Holbrook and thd girls pay a visit to Kings. LEGION MEETING Regular December meeting of Otis D. Green Post 155, American Legion, will be held In the cluoroom Thursday night at 7 o’clock. Refresh- iltents will be served following business session.
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