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/ pfl? I . i ^ • i -V » • * KINGS MOUNTAIN HERA|-b. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N.C P«9» •'1 lo a[ Her a I d Spo rYs By CMRT STEWAHT Gold Scores 33 TaLead KM Girls To 55-28 Win Over BC A Merry Christmas To You, Too A Merry Christmas from me to the following caches Bill Bates, Bob Hussey, Bill Cashion and Don __ of Kings Mountain high school and the many ij^;and girls who participate in athletics at KMHS ... ” r~> And. to the boys and girls who serve the KMHS Ath letic-J^partment as managers, trainers, scorekeepers, tlnvfre, etc. ... ^,r To City RecreatiSh Director Elmer Ross, Roy Pear- soi, aiid other members of the Recreation Dept, who have doM Bft well in supplying recreation the year-round to the km and adults of the comrnunity . . . , . To the men who have served the Recreation Dept, as conchas of baseball, softball, and football teams, and the other divisions of the Recreation program. . . . ii To the hoys who participated this past year in the various divisions of the Recreation Dept. . . . Tq the loyal fans who never miss a KMHS football, basketball or baseball game and to the officials who try their best to keep up with the action from start to finUh. - ‘ To CarT^lson'wKo did a great job with the Ameri can Legion baseball program the five years he served as atSetic officer. . . . To Coaches Warren Goforth, Bob Moore and Roy Pd^on ahd the players on the Teener League baseball tctoi which represented Kings Mountain and North Car- so well in the Teener Baseball Wor^d Series this summer in Hershey,, Pa. . . . •:. ‘To the 50 or so persons who followed the Teener teiih' and backed it all the way in the National Tour- % ■ • '■ / .To Robby Moore and Durham White who served as scorekeepers for the Teener team and to Russ Bergmann ol'Gastonia who is the Teener League’s Area IV Com mUnipner, who helped Kings Mountain get started in the pfjfigram. ... To the boys who participated in the annual City Sin- glfll and, Doubles Tennis Tournament. ... . •.To all the businesses and clubs in town that spon- Spir^ teants in the various athletic leagues during the past year and to the ones that aye currently sponsoring tparps in the Recreation Basketball League. . . . To the Lions Club, Kiwanis Club and Rotary Club for giving banquets in honor of the KMHS football, bas ketball and baseball teams and to the men who gjive tro phies to the outstanding players. ... To the men on the prtjgrahi comn^tee of these bahr quets who get some of the top names m college sports to speak to the prep athletes. . . . < • To C. H. (Cat) Houser, manager of Mountain Lanes Bowling Center, and to the men and women who partici pate in the three bowling leagues at Mt. Lanes. . . . ,» To Coach Jack Parker of Bessemer City who is al ways i calm and acts like a gentleman although his team may be getting a raw deal. . . . To former KMHS athletes who are now playing col lege sports, or who now may be in the service or at a job. . . • To the men who participated in the Kings Mountain Country Club Golf Tournament and to Jake Cooper who ca^d in the results of the matches.... 3, ,Tp the boys in the physical education classes at Kll^Sj who always help Coach Bates get the football fi^ rea^ for an upcoming game. .. . To the boys and girls in various KMHS clubs who self tkikets and run the concession stands at athletic eybQtii. . : - ^ Tp the KMHS cheerleaders who always brighten up anm*#bletlc event and to the members of the band who p^nMhn so well at football games. . . . ’V.-i Tp KMHS Band Director Joe Hedden who works so hfj^ In preparing the halftime shows for football gEftmea* • •• « the KMHS students who don’t participate in spQTta but aire always at the games backing the team and to members o| the canupu crew. ... Tp men like Pete Heavnor and Charlie Carpenter adpo, seldom, if ever, miss a football game or practice sSsl^li. . • > TP the parents who come to fhe school house after every game to congratulate the coaches and players, even iCiithey did lose. ... , ^ ^ ijl • Tp-Mike Ware, now an assistant football coach at ft: Mbl, S. C, who helped out the KInBIS coaching staff ibhile he was teaching in Kings Mountain. ... - " “Te Ralph Schuessler, coach of the KMHS tennis team> and to Mrs. Glenda O’Shields, girts' physical edu- cs$0h teaeher and coach of the girls’ junior varsity bas- kc^aH team and the team of girls who represent KMHS evtfc year at »‘WNCHSAA playdaY”. ... i Gene Turner and Bill McDaniel, basketball Of- ificills, who help the KMHS coaches during scrimma- the men who serve the City Recreation Dept, as officials in baseball, football^ basketball, etc. L _ ' To the ^y» Ahd girls who serve the Recreation Dept, kfi hfegugrds awing the summer and the bpys who h^p ^r K08S keep the baseball and softball fields in good itiolL . . . To M. S. (Red) Morrison, who lines up trips to base- lb^ and football games for the Lagipn amf who is always niifty to offer in^rmation about the Ipcal bowling 3*To AonakI Kiser of CSierryville who always adds lattjjAter during coverage of an atbletie event . . . t'O members of the sports departments of nearby iiiiMiiiapBrs who will fill one in should he happen to miss a Srtlgame. . . Tp Paul Lemmons end Roddy QQ<lson of Shelby who cone over to take pictures and to Lem Lynch* another tographer from ^elby, who is now pn a tour with the photographers Phillip Cash and Chris ^ who th^w in t picture or two now and then if buC photographers get tied up and cannot work a ball By GARY STEWART Sharon C!old scored a career high of 33 points Friday night to lead the Kings Mountain high school girls to a whopping 55-28 victory over Bessemer City in a non-conference basketball game. In the nightcap, the Bessemer City boys tried to halt the KMHS boys by playing a slow - down type game, but the Mountaineers found a counter - attack for it and swept to their fourth straight win, 53-29. Gold tallied 17 points in the first half and added 16 in the JEinaLUwQ pexiods, The , All-Con ference junior scored on 71.7 per cent of her field goals with 15- of-23. Second in scoring was Lin da Childers with nine points and Hilda Lowery added eight. High scorer for the losers was Gwyn Yarborough with nine points. The Mountainettes, now 2-2 on the season, never trailed. Gold put them ahead 2-0 with 6:35 left in the first period and Bes- serner was never able to get into the game. The Mountainettes hit on 39.3 percent of their field goals with 22-of-56. The girls jumped to a 7-0 lead and it wasn’t until the 3:45 mark that Yarborough connected on a three-point play to give Bessemer its first markers. Kings Mountain Ted” By fivcn 10-5, at the end of the first quar ter and stretched that lead to vt '* LEADS MOUNTAINETTE WIN—Pictured above is Mountainette forward Sharon Gold who scored a career high of 33 points Fri day night to lead Kings Mountain's girls to o 55-28 win over Bessemer City. The 33 markers increased Sharon's season scor ing average to 22.8 points per game. The Mountainettes closed out exhibition play with a 2-2 record. They open conference ploy on Jan. 13. Sharon Gold, George Adams Top Scorers After Four Cage Tilts 'Through the first four games, individu^ statistips show Saron Gold and George Adams leading the two Kings Mountain high- ochool basketball teams in scor ing. Sharon, a jiunior who was All- Oonference last year while lead ing the Southwest Conference in scoring, has to date tallied 91 points for a 22.8 scoring aver age. Sharon has connected on 41 field goals and nine 'free throws. Her highest single game output was 33 points against Bessemer City Friday night. Adames the Mountaineers’ jun ior center and leading rebounder, has hit on ^ field goals and eight free throWs for 64 points and a 16.0 average Seconi- in scoring lor the Mounties and the only other player hitting double fi gures, is sophomore forward Ken Mltchem. Mitchem has tallied 56 points for a 14.0 average. The Moimtaineers have swept through four straight non-confer- a legend relating It to the Nativl- aport a 2-2 record. The Mounties ore averaging 57.8 points per game while the Motontainettes are hitting 38.3 points per game. Second in scoring for the Moun tainettes is senior Hilda Dowery with 25 points and a 6.3 average while third is sophomore Linda pho' EMHS Boys' Teams Playing In York Kings Mountain high school’s Junior varsity and varsity boys basketball teams were playing in York, S. C., Tuesday night at press-time and no scores were a- vallable ’ Coach Don Parker’s Moun taineers were going after their fifth straight non-conference win while Coach Bill Bates’ Jayvees were seeking their second slight niori-league victory. 'The varsity girls finished non- conference play Friday night with a 55-28 win over Bessemer City. The Mountainettes are cur rently 2-2 on the season and do- not seis action again until confer ence play opens Jan. 13 at Lin- oolnton. rv The two boys’ teams, however host York on Jan. 3. The results of Tuesday’s York- KM dioubleheader will appear in the Dec. 29th issue of the Herald Childers with 19 points and a 4.8 average. Following is the complete sum- m a r y of individual scoring through the first four games: GIRLS Player G FG FT TP Gold 4 41 9 91 Lowery 4 7 11 25 Childers 4 4 11 19 K. Plonk -- 4 4 10 Turner 4 1 1 3 Tedder 4 0 3 3 Reynolds 4 0 1 1 Blanton 3 0 1 1 Totals 4 56 41 153 BOYS Player G FG FT TP Adams 4 28 8 64 Mitchem 4 25 6 56 Burton 4 10 8 28 Spencer 4 9 5 23 Cfonnor 4 9 4 22 Putnam 4 3 3 9 Smith 4 3 2 8 Laughter 4 3 1 7 Finger 4 1 5 7 Wilson 4 0 3 3 Morgan 3 1 0 2 Shank 3 1 0 2 Totals 4 93 45 231 38.3 57.8 'The tallest player on this year’s Dke freshman basketball tefam is 6-7. He’s Bob Chase^ a center from Port Jefferson, N. Y. Duke varsity reserve florwrrd Steve Vandenberg of Cresaptown, Md., led the freshman team in scoring in seven of 16 games last season. Duke Athletic Director Eddie Cameron was once an assistant coadi at Washington & Lee where he was graduated as an economics instructor in the 1920s. Bucky Allen holds the Duke single game record for the moat free throws scored He canned 20 against N. C. Stale In 1957. Record for the best single game free throw average at Duke is held by baseball star w|U the results of Tuesday’s I Dick Groat, who hit 17 straight laf^ Ikiwllng action which was | against Davidson duiifig the IMl also not cmiplete at presa-time. season. 18, 29-11, at halftime. Bessemer City couldn’t defense the fired-up Mountainettes as the locals increased their lead to 24 points, 42-18, at thp end of three periods. Mountainette Coach Bob Hus sey began to substitute freely during the final seven minutes but Bessemer sUll couldn’t man age to decrease the lead. ' The Mountainettes reached their biggest lead, 32 points, with 1:22 left in the game when sop homore Linda Childers bucketed a field goal The win was the second of the year for the KM girls over Bes semer City. The contest with Bessemer,, was the Mountainettes’ final pre-:^tisan.gamo The^girLs will have a three-we?K"Wcak be- for opening conference play on Jan. 13 at Lincolnton. Coach Jack Parker of Bessemer City tried a new approach to at tempt to stop the KM boys but the Mountaineers rode the strong outside shooting of sop homore Ken Mitchem as a coun ter - attack and, after the first two periods, cruised to their four th straight non-conference win. Mitchem hit on seven-of-elcven field goal attempts for 14 points, however, high scorer for the Mounties, for the fourtli straight game, was junior center George Adams with 16 markers. Adams, shooting mostly from under the basket and u.sing fade away jump shots, hit on seven- of-twelve from the floor dnd add ed two-of-five from the free throw line for 16 points, which is his season’s average. Jody Long was high scorer for Bes.semer with 16 points. The boys found the going a little rough during the first half but managed to lead the entire ballgame. The Mountaineers led 5-4 after one period and 19-9 at halftime. Tile Mountaineers hit on 23 of- 53 shots from the floor for a 43.4 average. Kings Mountain controlled the opening tip-off and Mitchem scored on a quick goal to make it 2-0 with 7:12 left. Bessemer immediately went into its freeze and it wa.sn’t until the 2:25 mark that Adams hit on a three-point play to make it 5-0. Long scored a field goal and two free throws to make it 5-4 I at the end of the first period. I Mountaineer guard Steve Spen- I cer took a pass from Mitchem on the second period tip-off and went in for a lay-up to make the score 7-4. Bessemer began to speed up the contest a little as Long came down and hit a quick basket to make it 7-6 with 7:05 left in the half. A field goal by Adams at the 6:45 mark and another by Mit chem with 6:10 left made it 11-6 before Long managed to hit again with 4:50 left to make it 11-8. The Mountaineer lead then jumped to 17-8 with 1:39 left be fore Donnie Kincaid hit a charity toss to make it 17-9 with 38 sec onds left. With five seconds left, Adams bucketed another field goal to give the Mountaineers their 19-9 halftime lead. Bessemer City started the sec ond half with their slow - down approach, however, the Moun taineers began to intercept passes and steal the ball and gradually started increasing their lead. At the end of the third period, the score read, 34-22, and it was obvious to B. C. Coach Parker that his freezing attempt had failed. With 3:01 left and the Mountaineers leading 48-26, KM Coach Don Parker put his re serves in. The Mountaineer reserves out- scored the Yellow Jackets 4-3 during the final three minutes with forward Stanley Laughter getting all four KMHS markers. BOX SCORES GIRLS Kings Mountain (55) F—Gold 33 F—Childers 9 F—Lowery g G—Plonk 1 G—Roberts _ o G—^Tedder o Subs Scoring: Turner 3, Reynolds 1- - ' Bessemer City (28) F—Yarborough 9 F—^Elmore 7 F—Hager 0 G—Milwood 2 G—Pickle^imer 0 G—Player 0 Subs Scoring: Wiggins 6^ Al bright 3, Isenhour 1. Halftime Score: Kings Mountain 29, Bessemer 11. BOYS Kings Mountain (53) F—Mitchem 14 F—Burton n C—Adams I6 G—Spencer 5 G—Connor 8 Subs Scoring: Laughter 4. Bessemer City (29) F—Long 16 F—Cunningham 0 C—Milwood 3 G—Kinoaid 0 G—Youngblood 4 Subs Scoring: Lacount 3, Riddle 9, p. Kincaid 1. Culbertson Wins Men’s Cnlbeitson Wins Best-Of-Thiee Ovei E Blanton By GARY STEWART Some clutch bowling by Rich ard, Culbertson gave the Culbert son team a 2-1 win over Rann> Blanton Monday night at Moun tehed sxth In the final first half 1 tain Lanes Bowling Center in a standngs, will be awarded thejpiay-off battle for the first hall first half high line award as his 1 championship of'the men’s duck- 165 game .WAS„loftS,^r_the_li«ttipin-,bowling-Jeague'..-- 17 weeks. 1 After the Culbertson team had Culbortson Wins First Half Trophy John Dilling and Richard Cul bertson will be awarded trophies at the annual Men’s Du^piin Bowling League Banquet as a re sult of outstanding performances during the ‘first hadf of league play. Dilling, who bowls with the Dining Heating team, which fin Culbertson, captain of the Rich ard Culbertson team which de feats Ranny Blanton in a best- of-three series for the first half lost the first match, Richard scored a spare in the final frame of the second game and got five- % championship, will receive the ! out to give his team a five-pin high set trophy for his 426 he j win and square the series at 1- roled three weeks ago. all. All five members of the Cul-... bertson team will be given indi- I game, the Blanton vidual trophies. The same a- i t®am led by one pin as Blanton wards, plus team trophies, will j Richard squared off in the be awarded for second half play.' frame. Blanton, who had ; tallied a strike in the sixth, and spares in the seventh, eighth and ninth frames, got seven-out. Cul bertson came along with \ spare. Mullinax Leading Mixed Bowling Loop Jenny Oates rolled a 140 line and Johnny Belk added a 337 set to lead the Bill Mullinax team to a 4-0 win over Ronnie Culbert son Thursday night. The win pushed the Mullinax team into first place in the loop standings All four members of the win ning team posted 300-plus sets. John Dilling had a 122 line and Ronnie Culbertso added a 320 for the losers. and got two-out to win bj pins. , , three .JK ’ Lib Gault moved ito third place after taking a 3-1 decision over Bob Hei^ndon, Bill Gault led the winners in scoring with a 143 line and a 343 set while Lib add ed a 332 and Jim Everhart chip ped in a 324. Bob Herndon had a j son’s team began its 140 line and a 367 set lor the los- j when Ronnie scored The first match saw the Blan ton .team, which led the lea^ most of the first half, take a 552- 538 win. All five members of the team posted 100-plus lines with Blanton’s 140 leading the pack. Randy Culbertson had a 135 line to top the Culbertson team scor ing in that match. The Blanton team started strong during the first five frames of the second game but slacked off arid Culbertson came from behind to take a 531-526 win. Ronnie Culbertson was the big gun with a 131 line.^Culbert- C0meback| a double in ers. the fourth and fifth. Ronnie add- Clyde Culbertson tallied on a i ed another strike in the seventh 128 line and a 362 set to lead his I frame as the contest started get- team to a 3-1 win over Ranny ting closer. Blanton. Blanton was high for ° the losers with a 128 line and a i 352 set. STANDINGS Team Bill Mullinax Bob Herndon Lib Gault Ranny Blanton Clyde Culbertson Ronnie Culbertson Pet. .600 .575 .500 .450 .450 425 STANDOUTS — Pictured cdbove axe Kings Mountain high school sophomores Ken Mit chem (top) and Linda Chil ders who played outstanding games Friday night against Bessemer City. Mitchem, sec ond highest scorer on the boys' team, tallied 14 points in the Mountaineers' 53-29 win while Linda tallied nine markers to help the girls sweep to a 55-28 victory. Two Bulldogs I All - Tonmament Cash Grocery, Meat Cutters, Tied For Lead gflftimo Sooig: Kinai ifouataia 19; Bessemer 9. The Meat Cutters defeated Op timist - Timms 66-65 Thursday night to move into a tie ft>r first place in the City Recreaton Bas ketball League standings with Cash Grocery. Cash Grocery defeated the All- Stars on opening night for its only win of the season. Until Thursday, Cash Grocery and Ful ton’s Dept Store were tied for the league lead, however, Ful ton’s lost an 82-62 decision to the Aill-Stars in Thursday's nightcap. Cash Grocery was scheduled to meet Optimist-'Timms in Tues day night’s opener while the Meat Cutters were to go against Lithium in the nightcap. Mike Hughes, Robert Sims and tfoe Cornwell scored 19, 15 and 13 respectively to lead the Meat Cutters’ win over Optimist- Timms. Bob Haden had 15 and Vernon Carson and Jimmy Clon- inger added 11 each for the los ers. The Meat Cutters led by eight, 39-27, at halftime. With Haden and Perry Champion hitting eight points each, Optimist- Tlmms came back strong during the second half but fell one point rtty of victory. Robert Owen* and Roosevelt Adams tallied 26 and 21 respect ively to lead the All-Stars to their first win in the nightcap. Jim Davis chipped in 13 points for the winners while Roy Whit aker and Tom Richie ocored 14 and 12 respectively for Fulton’s. The All-Stars led 44-33 at half time. STANDINGS i ner - Webb College’s victorious Bulldogs placed two men on the I All Holiday Tournament team j here this weekend and also had their star guard, Lawrence (Son- I ny) Johnson, chosen as the “Most Valuable Player” in the tourney. The Bulldogs eased by Brewton Parker of Mount Vernon, Ga., 79- 71 to get nto the finals and then pounded Cumberland College of I Lebanon, Tenn.^ for the title in this first, and successful, holiday cage tourney An estimated 2,000 area fans attended the two night events and chairman, Bill Elliott, stated that financially the pro gram was a success. Johnson, who scored 31 points in two games and spark^ the G-W squad in both games, was named Ail Tovumament and also “Most Valuable”., Rudy Reeves, a 6-2 Canton youth, poured in 19 points in the final half of the championship game for the Bull dogs and earned a berth on the All Tournament squad. Reeves’ two night total was 36. Johnson is a 6-1 180 pound freshman guard from New York City, N. Y. Others named All Tournament were Jerry Venable of FerTum College, third place winner, who scored 41 points in two games; Joe Lowery of Cumberland Col lege with a 26 point total and Wally Walker of Brewton-Parker College who hit 'for 36 points. The Bulldogs now are 10-0 for the season but have a rugged sec ond half season lacing them as they take on the frosh of David son, Furman and Wake Forest Colleges, as well as some of the powers in the Western Carolinas Conference. A complete surprise to fane, this bunch of freshnUen and 1965- 66 bench 'warmCTs have upended all foes with some ease and are blazing away at a 85.6 points per game clip. Coach Eddie Holbrook had ventured a guess In pre-sea son talks that his team would be playing around .500 ball at Christmas. Blanton’s team led by 11, 315- 304 after the first three bowlers from each team finished their matches. Ronnie Culbertson, bowling against Furman Wilson, spared in the 10th and got seven- out. to beat his opponent by 28 pins and push his team ahead, 435-418. Blanton went into the final frame with an 18-pin lead over Richard but Richard spared in the 10th and got five-out to give his team a five-pin edge. K. E. (Red) Morrison pushed the Culbertson team into an ear- 1 ly run away through the first ' five frames of the third game, however, when he slacked off, it was nip and tuck the rest of the way. Morrison, after getting 10-out in the first frame, got spares in the second, third, fourth and fif th boxes and had an 89 after six frames. Culbertson’s five led by 20, 324-304, after six frames of the final match. Then Blanton start ed to work. Ra' ny struck in the sixth, and got consecutive spares in the seventh, eighth and ninth. Blanton got three-out on his ninth frame spare and fished with a 133 game. t Team Ca0h Grocery Meat Cutters All-Star* OpdRiiat-’nmm* L Pet. 0 1.000 0 1.000 1 .500 1 fiOO 1 fiOO 1 .000 Duke's best basketball season offensively was the 1964 cam paign when the Blue Devils talli ed 2,607 points in 31 games. The best shooter In Duke his tory, according to footing per centage, is jiay 'Qu<^ey, who ma4e goQil 10 wwrt «( hla shots during the 1963 eeason. It was then all up to Richard Culbertson. Not bowling up to par, Richard had a 92 after nine frames. But he spared the 10th to push his team ahead by one. He then punched two-out but it didn’t matter, as the final score read, 517-514. Morrison finished the final match with a 132 line and Rich ard’s 104 was good enough for second place on the winner’s side. Furman Wilson had a 108 to finish runner-up to Blanton’s 133. The three - game roll - off brought to an end a 17-week first half of the 1966-67 edition of the men’s league. The six teams will have a week off before begin ning second half play on Mon day, Jan. 2. In the 1963 basketball cam paign, Duke’s Blue Devils made good on 51.1 percent of their shots, a season record. The last Duke player to make first team All-America was Jeff Mullins during the 1964 season. Idnwood Speed Wash • Self-Service Dry Cleaning • Self-Service Laundry-Drying Cleveland AvMtne Open 6 cum. to 11 pja. tfh
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