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^23, JNtaIn . Log#! lOVRS ” 7 to 8 p.rn. 11:30 Q-tn, s mounta: NOON WEp: m 1 , Jr. ^V(K)(1 lily )'bell ommon.s a nt*y ?llori Jrllon ns [>r U'ld imion, .Sr. isi'r iJ.TsIcMUm' ppy :ht*r [orris AY Icoek, City •, City ly, Bossrmw Brown, Bosso- imbrig'ht, City berts, City klpy. City e. City ice, Bessemi'r Vilen, City Wilson, City lAY cficl'tt, City Stewart, Gis- ?john. City Sipe, City ens, Gastonia ■atton, 1^1 inderson.'cityl 1, this is the as that ever ■ee — b-t stilt, little wisU of yesteil nuffhts ol 1 Christmas,’ iristmas mem- e the seasonal id reason, for morable time y Night, some tant events of secular his- dace at the St reveals m<i- , Joyous or 5 many o-f the give bygone ig — and all about Chri.st the words re- nor doth he svvorth 1 understand of shepherds lly hand in hh, good will ell Lowell o all, at rke Mot Monday, December 23, 1968 THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Page Herald Sports 1968--Another Banner Year ForCageSquads WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. — A full slate of seven At lantic Coast Conference games and three top-notch outsid ers — Auburn, Virginia Tech and Miami, Fla. — comprise Wake Forest’s 1969 football schedule. The schedule, announced today by Athletic Director Gene Hooks, shapes up as a real challenge for new head coach Cal Stoll. Stoll recently was named to replace Bill Tate, who resigned at the close of the 1968 season after five years on the job. This will be the first head coaching a.ssignment for Stoll, who served the past 10 years as an assistant at Michigan State. Miami, returning to the Deacon schedule for the first lime since 1944, Auburn and Virginia are the newcomers to the card. Auburn is back after an absence of two years and V'iiginia is returning after a one-year layoff. For the second successive year the Deacs will open agaimst N. C. State. The game will be played under lights at Raleigh on Sept. 13, a week earlier than the normal open ing date. The Deasons will play four games at home, their sec ond in new Groves Stadium, and six on the road. The first I Vome contest is sot for Sept. 27 against Virginia Tech. Oth- Ir home games are slated with Maryland, Duke and South farolina. It marks the third straight year Maryland and South Carolina have been met in Winston-Salem. In addition to N. C. State, the other away games are at Auburn, Clemson, North Carolina, Virginia and Miami. Hooks said there is a strong possibility that some night games will be played in Groves Stadium for the first time. No night games were played last season. The N. C. Slate and Miami games, the latter set for Nov. 21 in the Orange Bowl, will be played under the lights. Two of the opponents are in bowl games this year,, Virginia Tech lost to Mississippi in the Liberty Bowl at Memphis on Dec. 14 and Auburn is slated to meet Arizona in the Sun Bowl at El Paso Saturday. The Deacs’ 1969 schedule: Sept. 13, N. C. State at Raleigh; 20, Auburn at Auburn. i la.; 27, Virginia Tech at Winston-Salem. Oct. 4, Maryland at Winston-Salem ; 11, Duke at Wins- tm-Salem; 18, Clemson at Clemson, S. fc.; 25, North Caro- Bia at Chapel Hill, N. C. ; Nov. 8, Virginia at Charlottesville, Va.; 15, South Caro- :j/ia at Winston-Salem; 21, Miami at Miami, Fla. Unlike their varsity counterparts, the Wake Forest reshmen will be taking things easy during the Christmas olidays. While the Deacon varsity will be playing six imes during the break, the frosh will remain idle until | stan Sherman, pro at Riverbend iJan. 8 when they meet the Duke freshmen here. | Acres, wil be in charge of orgun- The Baby Deacons are off to a good start, losing only j by"the”campu’s'"lnu^y fe^wtiTbe* to powerful Gardner-Webb in their first five games. The l ^ the championship course ciose latest win was an 86-76 decision over Gaston College. I j^ere will not be a greens Guard John Lewkowicz of Conshohocken, Pa., has een the Baby Deacs’ leading scorer, averaging 22.2 points per game. His high performance came against Winston- .Salem Business College when he canned 28 points. punch. The Mountainecrs lost out to Clicn yx illo o.p jn ji,,, opening round of the eonl'ereiice lilayolTs. K-S t’enlia! (jt Basketball, for the second straight, was the big sport for girls at KMHS. She led the eonfeience in scoring in in Kings Mountain during the 1968 calendar year. - both her sophomore and junior seasons. Both the boys and girls teams at Kings Mountain High' ..****. School enjoyed their best seasons in history. The Moun- Kings Mountain High was so-so in most othei’ sports, taineers, under anew coach, Bob Hussey, finished second although Coach Hussey’s baseball i(>am shared the (ii\i- in Western North Carolina with a 25-1 record. sional title with Cherryville and Lineolnton. The girls, also playing under a new coach, Blaine The Mountaineers [ilaeed eateher Paul GalTney on iiic Froneberger, finished third in both the Southwestern Con- All-Conference team lor the si'cond sti'aighi season. Ito^kv ference and tournament with an overall 18-4 record. Goforth and Darrell Whetstine lormed the 1-2 mound George Adams, scoring leader on the boys team, w as named All-Conference and All-County for the second straight year, plus was All-State and Honorable Mention All-.American. He is now a member of the undefeated the Westei’n Division ended ui) as the eonferenee ehanip- i’uinier Gardner-Webb Junior College team. ions, with Crest, also of the Westein Division, finishing Adams averaged 26 points and 19 rebounds in leading second, the Mounties to their second straight SWe title and third The Mounties, houevtu-, defeated Ci’esl and its ace in the past four years. He was the team's most valuable southiiaw, Bol)by Lail, in two non-coiilei-ence claslies. player for the second straight season, the SWC Playei- * . *, of the Year, the most valuable player in the Marion Civil an In football the .Mountaineers linished .‘j-.o oxerall and Classic all-star game, and he also played in the annual 4-5 in their division. East-West All-Star game in Greensboro. Wayne Mullinax, a senior halfback, w as K.M’s only All- Adams was sought by several colleges across the na- Conference jjerformer and lie was joined by end Clarence tion, including Houston, which was rated number one go- .4she on the All-Cleveland County team, ing into the NCAA tournament. Mullinax was the team’s leading rusher, scorer, num- Joining Adams on the starting unit at KMHS wore her two receiver and a leading defensive player. Dthei liaseman for the Florida State Seminoles who were rank ed numlier one in the nation throughout the regular sea- son. Gold hit .315 in his junior season and will be a prime candidate lor All-America this spring. Pal .Mui'ijhy finished a brilliant football career at Ap- I»alacliian, w here he set over 20 school and state records, lie was named All-District and Honorable Mention All- America. Ilubei t McGinnis, a center at Lenoir-Rhyne, capped his college career by being named All-District. He was a three- \ear staitei foi’ the single-wing Bears of Coach Hanley Gold, Mui’phy and McGinnis graduated from KMHS in Pit).-) and were key jiprformers on the ’63 and ’64 football learns that won the SWC title. Gold was a star in all three major sports while Mur- ph.N and .McGinnis also played baseball. The three also I)lay(>d Legion liaseball together. Giiy Recreation League-sponsored teams, including men's basketball, men’s and ladies’ softball, tee league, little league and teener baseball, etc., also enjoyed good seasons during 1968. .So did the pee wee and midget football teams, Moun- Rick Finger, Steve Spencer, Ken Mitchem and Otis Cole, mainstays on the team included Geepei-How aid, Joe Corn- tain Lanes How ling Leagues, etc. Spencer is a member of the Bai'ber-Scotia cage team in well, Philbcrt Smith, Ross Springer, Eddie Black, Stanle\ Concord while Mitchem and Cole are still with the Moun- and Mike Brown, Jerry Lovelace, Joe Dover, and others, taineers. The junior varsity fooiliall team [losted a .5-2 overall Adams, Spencer and Colo W'ere All-Conference selec- record, losing only to Gaffney in the season's ojiener and tions while Mitchem and Finger poined Adams on the All- to Lineolnton in the season's finale. Tournament team. Froneberger handled the Little Mountaini'crs. who Sharon Gold was the big gun for the girls, who w ere shutout foui' opponents, the first team to defeat Chase in over two years. * * Gold was All-Conference for the third straight season Big lionors eami* to three former Kings .Mountain High and was joined on the team by Kathy Plonk. Both gaid- athletes during the past season. uated. Rieharcl Gold, recognized as the best all-round aihleti- Gold ended her career as the all-time scoi'ing leadei to e\('i' come out of KMH.S, was All-Dislrici TIn'ce second But, the big sport was high school basketball, where the Mountaineers and Mountainettes combined for the best record (43-5) of any boys and girls team from any school in the Western .North Cai'olina High School Activities As sociation. * • » * And. w hile its the players that win and lose the games, and its llie players that always get the credit or criticism for doing it, the KMHS coaching staff .should also be com mended for bringing the Mountaineer City another banner season in sports. Gaidnei-Webb Wll Sponsor Goli Tourney BOILING SPRl.XGS, N. C. A Bulldog Open Golf Tournament will be held at Riverbend Acres tn April of 1969, it was announced Monday evening at Gardner- Webb College. Bulldog Club Directors voted ap- ' proval of the idea which is desig ned to help raise monies for ath letic scholarships at the college. "Si V- to fee. Scoring will be on a handicap system. All golfers interested in enter- j i to do so with prizes valued at : John Orenezak, 6-7 center from Linden, N. J., is sec-j $.500 awaiting the winners. For ond in the point race with a 17.4 average, but leads in both the champ there will be a special rebounds and field goal percentage. He has hit on 35 of 63 ■ prize of a red blazer sj-mbolic of ‘ field goal attempts for 55.6, and averaged 12.2 rebounds Ing the tourment will be urged: per contest. the Buldog Open Golf Champion ship. Rich Habegger, whose cousin Larry plays for the varsi ty, is close behind Orenezak in rebounds and scoring. A j gherman said first prize will be 6-5 forward from Elkhart, Ind., Habegger is averaging 12; g 5320 set of woods and irons, se- I cond prize will be a $150 set of w- [ oods and irons, third prize a golf 1968*69 MOUNTAINEERS — Here's Kings Mountain's Mountaineers, who have n 3-1 conference trecord and 4-2 overaU mark at the Christmas break. Front row. left to right, ore Phillip Francis, Charles Barnes. Richard Etheridge, Geeper Howard. Andy Neisler, Alan Hambriglit and Jewel Wat son. Second row, manager Bill Loftin. Louie Sobettie, Roger Smith. Jim Eaaei, Steve Gladden. Otis Cole, Ken Mitchem, Jerry Block and Chuck Easley. (Photo by Isaac Alexander). Cole Tops Mounties Scoring rebounds and 17.2 points per game. One of the biggest surprises thus far has been the play of Bob Hook, a non-scholarship athlete from Louisville, Ky. Hook is a regular and has a 9.6 scoring figure. Stan Zadrozny, the other starter, is fifth in the scoring race with an 8.2 average. When the Baby Deacs return to action against Duke after the holidays. Wake Forest Coach Jack McCloskey may have mixed feelings concerning the game. His son, Mike, is attending Duke on an academic scholarship, and is a member of the Blue Imp squad. Mike scored 10 points in the Duke victory over North Greenville Junior College last week. bag, fourth prize a golf cart, fifth prize an umbrella and places six through 10 will receive golf shirts. The low gross score golfer will re ceive a trophy. At the Christmas bicak, firial statistics show junior ward Otis Cole as Kings Moun tain's leading scorer with 12S points and a 21.3 average. unof. mark. ChildcTs has .51 points and erford when lie hit for 22 points II.ii ' for- a lO.S mark while Turner has 31) .Milehem i.s also the team s letiil- tlr,( point.s and a T.2 a\erage. in;; rehoundor, getting around 1.5 Mounties Beaten By Ironmen 69-62 \ Kings .Mountain’s 27 - game leave the game, iiomtvourt winning streak was The Ironmen warn the game Itroken try ChertyvilU 's tall anti at tlie foul line, where they hit hot-shoolitig Ironmeti Friday 21 of 29 attempts. Cherry-villewas niglit, ii9 t>2. charged with only four pt'rsonals ,, . . , , 1.. in tl'c second half. I he .MounlamtH'fs led onl> lu iee, iti the first littlf. ami litid Chet tywille hit on -10 percent llte score tied otily onee in the .if their floor shots while the second half as tlte Ironmen rode Mountaineer.s connected on 32 the 2spoitil output of IM) tenter percent. Cherryville, sporting six At Giaves to their fourth straight players than Kings Mountain’s .'ti..:?Jiwestetn Conlerenee victory, ijigges! man, liad a big advan- Thi* witi givt's Citt'rryvillt* a l-O *jige iti rc*t3ounding. leagttt* ft'eord anti .■>() ttverati Mitchem of the Mountaineers, tnatk and t!ie eonlett'Uet* Igati. wtm finished with 17 points, was Till* .Mountaineers dfoppetl to the game's top rebounder with Lsr.otid place witit a 3-1 league 17, but llu' .VIountaineers. as a teeoid an,t 12 overall mark. team, hauled down only 25. : King.s .Mounlaiit's girls. le<l i)> Most of Gtaves’ 2.S points came i v.ekie Till net s 12 jxiints, won on tap-ins and free throws. The ! their second stiaighl game in the Ironmen hit M of their first 16 Gijiener, 36.21). Tile .Mountainettes fioi* throiv attempts in the sec- 'of i'.hiine I-Toneheiger now stand ond half, including the first 10 ,2-3 overall and 2-2 in the isinler- in iJk* fouilh «|uarter. . eiice. Roger Ueek had 15 points and In the niglitcap. Chei ryv ille Melvin Littlejohn 10 for the jumjnsl ahead 3-0 lull the Moun- Ironmen. Cote vvas Kcvl's topseor- ties fmiglit from behind to take er with 21 and Charlie Barnes a 1-3 If.ul on a 20-fooler Ivy Alan adtled 11. I Hard )M-r game. I At en MEM mmm Tis the season for joy, thoughtfulness and thonk yous. So we're taking time to say just that, and wish you a very Happy Holidoy. DOUG YARBORO. Monager AND SERVICE DEPARTMENT Victory Chevrolet Company (We Close At Noon Christmas Eve — Re-Open Thursday Morning, December 26) Ifickorylaycees Sponsor Holiday Cage Tournament j The Holiday Classic V.sketball i tournament to 'be held at Lenoir, i Rhyne College, December 2'7-28i I will be sponsored by The Hick- j ory Jaycoes. I The 400-membcr young men’s; organization hopes to be able to, make the tournament a highlight; of the Christmas Holidays fori area sports tans and to build the; 1 event into a major small college I tournament in coming years. i Lemoir Rhyne, Appalachian,' Wofford and Pembroke will playi in this year's Jaycee Holiday Classic. On the first night of the tournament, Appalachian will face Pembroke in the first game and Lenoir Rhyne will play Wof- iford in the second game. On the second night, the lasers of the December 27th games will play at 7 p.m. and at 9 p^m. the championship game pitting the first-night winners will get un derway. Advance tickets for the tourna ment are now an sale at many places in Hickory and also may be obtained for $2 per ticket by writing: Jaycee Holiday Classic, P. O. Box 2;«. Hickory, N. C. 28604. TJie Jaycee Holiday Classic will; be one of the major sports events in tihe entire state on tlio Clirist-, mas Holiday week end, and' sports fans from throughout the state are being urge*! by The Hickory Jaycecs to attend the * tournament and show their sup- j port for the small college has- 1 ketball jirogram in the Carolinas., Three other Mountaineers are also averaging double figures. Ken -Mitchem has 103 points and a 17.2 average, Charles Barne.i has 7-1 points and a 12.3 average and Alan Hambright has points and a lO.,'' average. Cole, an .All-Conl'erenee tor tile* Mouniainisu's last year. . , , . , enjoyeil his best night against , B;»'ncs i*n,„y,.(i i„s best night Liiuolnton. vvlien he hii for .'it ^Gmont. getting I.s and [xjints in an .sl-63 Mountaineer best night vva.s - mhi'iglit and a pair of free l)y Otis Cole. 'I'lie .MoimlainisTs led again at 16-15 with 6::tii left in the lialt following aiiollier free throw h> Cole. But the Ironmen ehargisl baek In the fourth (|uarter, the VIountaineers pulled to within two points, 62-6(1, with 2:.55 left on a l)ask('t li.v junior Steve Glad den. who entered the game after Cole fouled out. But tli(> IiDiimen scorckl six to lead by as many as five points straight points and then froze victor V. His low output was 15 points 6.) against Hunter Huss and Ka.st Rutherford. His other lliree g.Tmes were in tl.e Ju'.s. Senior Linda Childers is the on ly girl averaging double figuresi Mitrhem's lii'-st game, seoring- but Vickie Turner is pushing the wise came against Hast Rutl|. ..Ml % / * I (' * ) gainst Fiast, 1.5 points. I lionieally, Col<- is averagin exactly liie same mimlH'i- of i third point.s tlial (h'orge Adams diil Iiis poini junior year. ..\dams liit 21.3 point.- per game in leading llie Moun taineers to the .Soulhwesteni Con- 1'erence title. Tne Mountainei'rs don’t play a- g.im until Jan. 7 vvhi'n they liost Burns in a eonfereiiee vliaihle- . header. The Bulklog.s are 2-1 in lonfeicniv play while the Lady i Bulldogs share the league lead vvitli Lineolnton. Both teams are ■N, I (). Plaver Childers Turner Reynolds Timms Wilson Oliver Ilul.sletler .‘Mkinson Finger St I ivve Little D. I'lonk Cole Mitchem Btiines I him bright fRadden Kasley I'raiieis \\ at son .N'l'isler Ktheridgo 1111 ivva rd GlRl-S BOVS hut vvi'ie aliead ))>' only one, 29- th(' hall to insure the victory. 2S at hall time. In the girls game. Kings .Moun- Tiie Ironmen li'd tlte entire tain broke away from a 12-12 luarler and held a Ihri'e- halftime lead behind the steady spiea 1. 17-11, liivailiiig into outside shooting of Turner and the last peiiod. outstanding hailhandling on the Tile Mountaineers caught up at part of Linda Childers to post 17all with 7:40 left in the game their second league victory, oil a h.askel )iy Cole, jusi seconds BOX.SCORES afKT offieials called a leeliiiK'al itiirls Gamei foul on Cherryville Coach Bill Cherrvville (261 Iliii.soii. F Fiaker 10 However, the Ininmen tlien F' Walls 2 score nine straight points to p Wotllord 4 move aliead by .56-17 .vith 6:05 (J—Ingram 2 left, at which point Cole drew his f; Barger 4 fifllt |sMsonal foul ami had to t; Carpenter 2 .Sul>s: Nival 2. Kings Mountain i36l I-' Timms 0 1' 'I’urner 12 !•' Reynolds S G Childers 6 G Atkinson 1 G I'inger 1 •Subs: Huftstetler 2. Stowe 2, Wil.son 1. IIT: Cherryville 12, K. Mtn. 12 I Boys Game I I'lierryville (69i F’—Young 7 F' BiH-k 15 C Graves 2S G Little.iolm 10 C, Bumgardner 7 Subs; F'isher 2. KiiTg.s Mountain i62i F Cole 21 F' Milehem 17 Fiaslev 0 Hamhriglil 9 Adams, Gilmore Lead Bulldogs To Championship '•‘I Kiii.gs Mountain's George Ad ams lias Is'cii named to the .Ml- ■*’ llolidai Tournameiii team afti'i lieliiing lead Gardner - W'ehli’s 'g' l-tiiUdogs to their Ihiial straigltt ■■'* clkimiiionslii|i. Ill viclories ovei' lleKalli. Ga.. and Bnmdvwine, Del.. .-Vilams 21.3 scored 3li |ioints. second only In 17.2 7-2 Al lis Gilmore, who tallied 19 12.3 ill llie l.Ao i-onlesls. lil.S Gilmore, Barr.v Drisiadl of Me- C 2.(1 Cook, .Net)., Butcli Welisler ol G MOUNTAINETTE COACH — Blaine Froneberger (above) coached the KMHS girls to an 18-4 overall record last year, their best sea son in history . Froneberger's current cage sejuad. without All-Con- ierence stars Sharon Gold and Kathy Plonk, has captured iis last two contests curd is now 2-2 In league play. I Christmas lights lielp make tile holiday season briglit. To keep the season jo.vous make sure to take iiroper int'eaulions witn hoii.tay decorations, eati- tions Lilierl.y Mutual Insuianee Comiianies. Check all lij'hls tor fra.M'd wiri's and sliort ciiciiils. Discard liome-repaired and other dan.gerous el(‘etrii'il e(|Ui|:mi'nt. Also he itriident in voiir use of holiday liullis. A few can go a l.v IlKeall). Old Lee .-(wa/cy of Bran ..S|dywinc also made Hk- .select .7 si(iiad. 1.0 (iiimorc scored 2S points unit .7 ,\dams a ided 22 as tin* Buliiiogs .-) romped oii'r DeK.ill) opening l-'lemill’g .aided 20, Slev<* Kelieck iiiglit. Gilmore hit lor 2', Flinie 17 and Adams 11 .Saturday iiiglil as tlie Bulldogs look the title with an s.5-79 win over Brandy wine. e DeKall) won the eonsolalion game. S,s.77 over .Mi'Cook. Gardner-W'ehh's iK'Xl game is •Ian. 2 at Indian River, F'la. Indi- ,111 River is tile to|) ranked iimior , ollege learn ill the naljon and is ciirrenily avera.i'ing 111 lioiiits I long wa.v toward lirighlening |)er g.ime. your lioliday and save your elec Gardnei.Wei)!) Urical circuits uiiwaiUed strain. eiilh. is ranked sev G—Barnes 11 Subs; Gladden I. H P; Cherryville 29, K. Mtn. 28 TELEPHONE GAIN I’reliminoiw results indieale lliat K'leiihnne gain in Septem- Ix'r wa.s the liighesi lor any inonlli in Ikdl Sysiem histoiy. Total gain eanii* to 67(UKH) tclc- [shones ti|) 9.5,0011 lor 17 per cent I from .SeiUianher a yuirr ago. Conirihiitin-; to this liigh level were cat, !i-up work on orders aciumulalist during ns iH*nt strikes, installation of tel- e|)ltones during the politieiil eatnpaigns and tlte lieavw' dt‘- inand for suident teleithones with tile H‘o|)ening Ilf colli'ges, sniil It. B. -VliKjie, teleiilione managor.
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