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Thursday, November 20, 1969
THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
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Philbert Smith Only KMHS Gridder
Named To All-Soulhwe.st Conference
GUIDE KINGS MOUNTAIN CAGE SQUADS — Bob Hussey, left,
aod Blaine Froneberger return for their third year of coaching
the Kings Mountain High School basketboll teams. Hussey's
Mountaineers, though small, are being2 given a good shot at o
high finish, since three starters return off last year's team which
finished 17>5 and second in the Southwestern Conference. Frone-
berger's girls are young and in the rebuilding stoge.
Hussey: Will Take Hard
Work And Determination
Apps Hope
For Another
Good Season
Mounties Win
Despite Loss
Oi Kerr. 49-36
noONK Playing willumi ihcir
loading gi‘oun<l gaim’;-, ihc Ap-
paiafhUin M'»uniain('(*rs rolh'd
lip tliL’ii’ li'ggrsi ollensivi* per
ioimaiKo ih<* season last
.scfkiMid in taking a IP .30 de
rision ov(‘r Samford Univ<*rsiiy
at liiimingham, Ala.
Tailhaik Dvviglit Kerr, ham*
peved willi -an in,jui>. n:is.sed tiie
.mire game, but ips leammaus
.<*vainpel tlieir loice> and lalli-
<-d .seven toiieii<l<nvns agaill^l tlie
Hulldogs. m.irking tin* most
points they*ve scored all .season.
Quartcrliack Il.il Que<‘n tlireu
for tlirce toU(*li<lo\vns aid tan
foi' two more to spark the Appa
lachian win. but It was the run-
! ning of junior fullback l)a\e
I Mculammery of Mille. s Creek
which kept everyone .''baking
' tlieir head.s.
1 .Me'Jl.'mjn(*rv was tlie man of
j the hour foi' tin* Mountaineer.^.
; 1I<? earried tlie ball times and
; 1 allied a n<‘t of if IS yards for the
! ball game. Ineluded in his to-
tai yar.ls n siting uett* runs of
.>•, 29, 20 and 20 yard.". 'I'he .*)S-
' ya:d j.iunt .set up a touclulown
' in the se^-ond (luarter to put Ap
pal-ai'hian mil front for keeps,
i MLGlamnnny .seored u ouch-
down him.sell in ih«‘ fourtii
(juarler after Sainhnd had pull
ed within 3.“)-33. 'I’hal 'I'D put
the Apps in a ctnnmanding lead
and lliey hel.t on for iht* Mct(>ry.
Tlu* big game lor McGlam-
mery gives him 723 yards rush
ing in nine gamivs. lie's earned
11.3 times for an averag<‘ of 0.3
.yards per caray—llii? lngh(‘.si on
Kings Mountain High School
boys basketball coach, Bobby Hus-1
sey, says it will take “a lot of
hard work, determination and pa -!
tience” before* the Mountaineers
will be ready to meet Hunter Huss '
away on Dec. 2. I
at
“Nobody’s been
probably be a center this year regular season play on Dec. 8
because of the Mountaineers’ lack South Point.
Oi height. , prospects include Debbie
Guard Charles Barnes, who might; Timms, Sheila Oliver. Ginger Kin-
tako over the pla^makor role left; ger and Andrea Huffstetler from
vacant by the graduation of Alan 1 last year’s team and newcomers
Hambright, should be one of—I Diane Cornwell, Ann Alexander,
real outstand- j if not the best — guards in the] Debbie Lee, Pam Lee, Jane Love-
ing in practice,’.’ added the third-1 conference. Barne.s averaged 14' lace, Debbie Francis and others,
year Mountaineer mentor. “We’re! points. p(?r game and made All-
just working long and hard, tiy-j conference last year while help-
ihe team.
Quwn, who fumbk'd at the
goal lino tjAo weeks a;n) to cost
the Apps a win ovee Pu‘sb.\ter-
ian, redeome<i himself Ir-si week.
ing to be decent.”
Several players have joined the
.squad from the football team,
which finished its season over a
week ago.
Althoug no one has stootl out
in practice, several players have
the potential and Hussey hopes it; ru’,.u
will be brought out before the j ‘
.season opener, which is rapidly
approaching. j
T-. ^ t , £• I • t.,. Phillip Franids, who started in
Even despite their lack of height,
tho Mountaineers, If they develop in reserve roles, has also
good shooting and quicknes.s, a-
mong other things, could be a
contender for the conference |
championship.
ing guide the Mounties to a 17
record and second place in the
Soutlivv(?stern Conference.
Junior forward Geeper How-ard
also returns off last year’s start
ing team and .several others have
boon pres.sing the returning start
ers, including Bobby Ethridge,
Jewel Watson, Ran
dolph Ross, Wilson Ledford, and
others.
I been impressive, along with for-
; ward Steve Gladden, who was
also a key reserve last year.
Unless something unforeseen
develops, the Mountaineers will
ow'n the best player in the con
ference in senior Otis Cole, who
averaged 21 points per game last
year and who has made All-Con
ference since his .sophomore sea
son.
Several colleges have expressed
interest in the sharpshooting Cole,
who is a guard by nature, but will
The outlfxik appears dim at
this point for the Mountaineers,
who lost most of last year’s start
ers. Several soiiliomores. who led
Coach Bill Rates’ ninth grade
team to the conference champion
ship la.st year, might break the
starting lineup.
Coacli Blaine Froneberger’s las
sies play SWe foe Burns a pair
of e.xhibition tilts before opening
Elon Takes
CC Title
With 29-0 Win
Seven thousand Homecoming'
Day fan.s were disappointed Sat
' BOONE Appalachian Slat*
: University will close out it
I football season here Saturday
I afternoon by hosting Guilford’s
[Quakers in an important battle
for both clubs. The kickoff is
set for 2:3<) p.m. in Conrad q'j-ip junior signal-calU'r from
biadium. Hickorv connected on <*ight of
A winning or losing season
hangs in the balance for both the
Mountaineers and Quakei-s as
they square off this week. Botlv
teams sixirt .500 records for the
season.
Guilford brings a 4-4 record to
Boone, including a three-game!
winning stieak. The
(29-0> an;.i Presbyterian j17-3).
Appalachian defeated .Samford
University la.st week 49-36 to
pull its season record to 5-5. A
win this week would give Coach
urday atternoon as Lenoir lihyne Au^ssere his third .straight
play(xl its poorest game in sev
eral years, losing to Elon, 29-0.
The game assured the Clirist-
ians of sole possession of the
Carolinas Conference crown, a
title they have held or shared
every year since 1965.
4^.
winnning season.
Sat,i:rday afternoon's game will
be the 21ih meeting between
Appalachian and Guilford. The
Mountaineers hold a command
ing edge in the jong scries with
19 victories against only four
losses. There have l^een no tics.
'rhe series slarttM back in
1936 with the Apps rolling up a
52-0 win, recording the highest
the number of points scortHi by oith- ties a fit last
tne er team in tho senes. The Moun- cumbing 29-22
Guilford wins
li-12. in 19.57
1966 by 16-13.
Tlic Quakers
came m
by 14-7
19.53
and
Tho Christians got off to a
quick start, and the Bears just
(-•ouldn't over «em to get un
tracked. Elon scort*d four of
first five times that it got
ball, leading 23-0 with 14:50 still ties won the first six contests, scoreti by Guildofd marked
remaining in the first half. Af* before Guilford broke the ice-most they’ve scored off
gave
fall
'riie
ter that, tho game selticd down with a 13-12 \vm m
into a defensive struggle, with - -
the only further scoring coming ,
late in the fourth quarter.
Both teams looked rathor
sluggish on offense throughout
the game. Elon picked up a total r :: .r .
of 226 total while the
Gears gained 172. The major
diiference in the game was that
the Bears lost four fumbles and, . ^
four interceptions. Three of^
those turnovers led directly lOjS
scores. '
Richard McGeorge, of Elon,
although not having his great
est game ever, still hurt the
Boats, catching six passes for
115 yards and two louchdowms.
The first touchdown, which came!
an the first play of the second;
quartej*. was the one which
.eally put the Bears out of the^
ball game. It was a 68-yard;
'oomb that McGeongc caught bo-■
:woen two defenders on a third-j
downand-3S situation. '
the Moun-
liefore suc-
22 points
the
tho
19-19. Oher. MountaiiuH*r.s in the series.
A
A
MOUNTAINETTE FORWARD — Senior Debbie Timms is one of
lew veterans on the KMHS girls basketball team. She is expected
to be one of the ringleaders of the 69-70 club which begins non-
confeience ploy oik Doc. 1.
Carl Barilos provided the only
offensive punch for the Bears,
and even he was far below his.J
jsi. ai standards. Barilos gained
37 yards in 15 cariies.
The Bears did score a toueh-|
lown on Craig Koontz’s punt
return eaily in the final (juar-
ter, but it was called back be
cause of a clipping penalty
downficld. The Bears threaten-
eti to score several other limes,
getting mskle tho Elon 4()-yard
lino five sepamte times.
N<.*xt Saturday, the Bears play
their final home game of the
season in a game heretofore al
ways played on Thanksgiving
Day. Game time will be 8:00. j
BULLDOG STAR — George Adams, the former KMHS basketboll
stor who averoged 17 points per game last year as a freshman
starter at Gordner-Webb. is expected to step into the stoning
role for the Bulldogs this reason.
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Shelby. Chase
Land Six Each
On Dream Team
Senior inillKick Philbert .'^mith,
who led Kings .M«)untain’s .Moun
taineers in both rushing anti smr-
ing. i.< the local footliall squad’s
only reprc'entalivi* on tlu* 1969
all Southwestern C'unler(*nee foot
ball team, which wa.*-; announced
SuMilas hv W. r. (*lar\. .secretary
of th( ‘W.NC'HSAA.
.'imitli was one of <‘ight barks
ail.I 23 players selectc*d for the
elite squad, which annually rec-
<ijni/t‘" t;ie ttijt players in the It)-
learn ieagu(‘.
Kvt'i.v team except l’r(*<t and
Riirns was ie))j-e.s(*nted on tlu* all
league i(*am. Champion Shelby
and Division Oin* champ Chase
led in s(*l(‘cii()ris with six each
while Hast Kulherl.ird. the “sur-
|Mise” tt*am of tin* SVVi.' and run
ner-up to Slielhy for the confer-
eni'i ihanipionship. land(*d four.
He.-uling tin* list ol honored
stars were ;’liase (juarlerback Gary
Coiib and Slielhy tack)(* Doug
Biiinion. uh(. wck* the confer-
erut'*"- only repiesenlativ(*s on tho
North Carolina Shrint* Howl team.
Sill it It aveiogn^ etfrtUwT—H)0-
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ALL-CONFERENCE — Senior tailback Philbert Smith is Kings
Mountoin‘s only representative on the All-Southwestern Confer
ence football team for the 1969 season. Smith led the Mountain
eers to a 5-4-1 record, their first winning season in five years.
16 aerials for 162 yar<l.s and
three touchdowns tiio most in
any game tliis seavson.
Queen now' has attempl<*d
174 passes on tli<* st'ason. hitting
the target SO limes-fur ,, 1369
yards and 11 TD’s.
Two of QiKH*n’s louclidown
. , , Quakers passes against Samford we.<* to
have knocked off Newberry (24-1 freshman Riehanl Agle, hrotli-
14», Emory Htmry (51-6) and of Bob Agle, the end who s(*t
Catawba (21-15) in their last records for tlK* Apps last sea-
three starts. They ve also beat- son. AUle caught scoring passt's
en Gardner-Webb (3S-6), while of qi ami 48 yards to mala* a
diopping^ decisions to Davidson booming success in liis d<*liui
*21-8), Ehm (17-7), Lenoir Rhyne with the varsity. He also liauled
in a third pass for se\(*n yards.
Adams Take
Position For
Low Post
Bulldogs
a jame in leading tin* .Moun-
iain<*i." to a 5 -11 rejord, which
i)ieresenty their first winning roe-
o;d in li\e years. Ih- finished the
."cason with nine touclidovvn-S for
51 points and was also tlu* team’.s
nuiubei iwo pass reit*i\er, behind
^enior Bobln Kllui-lge.
Sliould the All-.SWC team be
placed -m the gridorin, it could
eiimjictt' with .any all-star team
in the statt*. legardless of classi-
tication. 'fhe club has three top-
notch quarterb.icks in Cobb of
Clia.se, Robbie Reynolds of Slielby
and Ri( k i'lii'ny of Bi*lmont, swift
running back"; in Smith. Shelby’s
Marcus .Maune.v. Mik(* .Nanney of
East Rutherford, and otlu*rs, and
lough linemen such as Shelby’s
Biantxm, Dan Stvoiq. of Cherr>'-
cilh-. Dtnig Knri* of Lincolnlon, and
otliers.
I'he .\Il-i’onf(‘r(*nce team:
giving him three recepiicjns foi
96 yards for tlu* game.
Lineman W'ayno Fh'tcher and
David Byrd, end Peny Huds
peth and linebackers St(*ve
Chapman and David Neeld all
turned in' oulstandiiyg defensive
games against tlu* Bulklogs.
The five lielped hold the Sam
ford olev<»n to a not of 86 yards
lushing for tho ganu*.
BOITJNG SPRINCiS — Gardner-
Webb head iiaskelhall coach Ed
die Holhmok lias b('(*n pu.shing
his (urrent pack of Hulldogs hard
in am u ij)ai ion of tlu* upcomin,^
s(‘;ison. (’W's first against all
s(*nio!' level coni))(*t it ion.
Last ye.ar’s Bulldoijs w(*nt 'M 5.
scon'd over 106 points 22 titiu*s
and finislied tenth nationally in
tlU' junior coll<*ge ranks. This
ycar’.s .squad will be liard pr('.<s(‘d
to mattli lliat record.
“For one Hung,” says Holbrook,
“the competitions going to lie a
lot rougher.” The other thing is
obvious — tlu* loss of three start
ers. including two All .Xnu'ricans.
who tran.sferred to .senior coll(*ges
and carried a total combined av
erage of 60 points jKT game with
them. Holbrook will havt* to find
adequate replacements for 7-2
Artis Gilmore. 6-5 Ernie Fh*ming
and Stevi* Keix'ck.
Tliere will b(* no towt'ring giant
in the GW lineup this year, but
Hfilbrook does havt* r kt'iuud lull
of 6-4 and (5-5 men wlio art* rug
ged and fast. “We’ll just havt* to
rely mon* on sp(*ed. (iuicknt'ss and
determination Ibis ye.u,” Hol
brook .said.
(ieorgt* Adams, a 6-.“. 205-iJountl
st>}>lu)more strongaim wlu/ de\(‘l-
oped vt*rv w(*ll last yt*ar and was
most impr(*ssiv(* in tlu^ national
playofls. will prob.aliiy stt'p into
the low jjosl position tlial Gilmoia*
liad last yt*ar.
Thit*(' other veterans will prob-
al)ly nail d<)wn starting |H)sitions
'Ttniy Spagnolo, a 6-1 .'"oijhomort*
forward and Kevin Cantwell, a
6-2C junior guard both saw plf‘n-
ty of ai lion last year, as did 5-9
guartl Ailand lunul. a supt‘rb
outside sliouter.
Sophomore Riebard Tlioma.s. a
6-3 transfer from Robt'rt Morris
CoHt*g<*. will i>robably start at one
of tht* wings this >(*ar. JIolr>ro(»k
ha."* signt'd anoHu*i' sojih trans- ,
I'er .studt'nt. 6-4 Jitnmy Liugh-
ridge. wiio was the leading settr-
er at Woflord last year.
Tiiret' freshmt'ii prospects will
i)e t*xpeelt*d to ht*lj) the Bulld(»gs
this year. Dennis (Nirler. a 6-4
strong ami (piick jumiier from
Brooklyn and .\I Grave.s. aN ' 6-4
and a good shoott'r fiaun C'lu*i'ry-
vilk' ha\r betm coming around
well. Husky 6-4 Wa\lu* Weatlu*r-
man is also i‘xp(‘cl('d to .see .some
act ion.
A j>l<*asanl suiprist* for GW
could b(* N<‘rris Webb, a freshman
from Panama Cil\'. Panama who
played his lor counlr\' in the
Olympic gain('s. Noni.s is quick
and aggre<siv(‘ but still needs to
adapt to the American styh* of
play.
“Our biggest man is 6-5.” said
Holbrook. “Wt*’!! have to setut*
quickly this year and really conu*
up wirli some d(*fensiv(* pla>'.”
The Bulldogs (;pen their sche
dule with a i)air of back-to-haek
ifiad tournaments, “and tliere
w'on’t be many ganu*s at home
this year, (*illu‘r,” Holbrook added
ruefully.
CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
All Games At 4 P.M.
DATE OPPONENT
De. .
S Chorryville
11 Highland
15 CherrvAiile
.ia n.
12 Highland
15 Hunter Huss
l!i B(‘lmunt
22 Wray
2(. .Shelby
29 (Jrier
Feb.
2 ilunter Huss
.5 Ik'lmont
9 Wray
12 Shelby
16 Grier
PLACE
Honu*
Home
Away
Away
.\way
Home
Home
Aw a\
IJulYU*
Home
Away
Away
Home
Away
i PLAYER
Dan Stroup
David Heffner
Doug Fort*
Wiitred McDowell
.Mike Laught(*r
-Mikt* Cline
Doug Rranloii
L(*mue) Watkins
Mike (lOdfrt'y
Krldit* Heflm*r
Eddie Hawkins
Gheis Callahan
Tommy JoHiff
Tim Peeler
.\inoId Smith
Gary Cobb
Marcus .Maun<*y
Robtiie Rt‘ynol(ls
Rick Cherry
Mikt* Nanney
Philbert Smith
Tliurjnan Lipscomb
Elmer Macopson
SCHOOL
Cherry.
Shelby
Line.
Chase
East
Line.
Shelby
Cha.se
East
Shelby
Chase
RSC
SP
Shelby
F^ast
Cha.se
Shelby
Shelby
SP
East
KMHS
Chase
Cha.se
FINAL FOOTBALL STANDINGS FOR THE 1969 SEASON
NORTH PIEDMONT CONFERENCE
DIVISION I
CONF. GAMES ALL GAMES
North Rowan
Moore.svillo
West Rowan
C. Davidson
Paisl Rowan
Sf)ut Ii Irodoll
Norlli Stanly
N. Davidson
Davie Countv
SOUTH
W
DIVISION
S
(i 1
I
w
II
1
1
PIEDMONT CONFERENCE
DIVISION I
W L
Concord
7
1
Salisbury
b
2
Thomasville
b
•>
South Rowan
«>
,■)
5
Albimiarle
0
DIVISION II
S
Lt'xinglon
2
Kannapolis
.5
3
Asheboi’o
2
l>
Statesviile
7
7
NORTHWESTERN CONFERENCE
DIVISION I
Le,noir
Taylorsville
Valdest'
Avery County
Morganton
Hudson
Marion
Newton
Wnl auga
Wilkes Central
II
1
SOUTHWESTERN CONFERENCE
Chase
Ruiherl’ordlon
Cherryville
Crest
Burns
Shelby*
Bast Rutherford
Lineolnton
Belmont
Kings Mountain
II
DENOTES CONFl
CHAMPIONS