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[ ’■■-Vf'jH-f-Sf*. t^Svfcv-- If“- /■^ 1970 Jr. iuh*r Thur&day, November 12, 1970*^ THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Page 3 * Mountaineers Close Season With Win Over Lines . N (’. imofK A'illt* Iton w)n r Cilv Kings Mountain's Mountalneera completed their be.st season In six years Friday night In Lincoln- ton, defeating the Wolves 27-18 to nail down a tie for third in the final Southwestern 3 A Confer ence standings. Senior quarterback Geeper How ard, playing possibly the best gamei of his three-year varalty career, hit on 14 of 24 passes for 217 yards and all four Mountain eer touchdowns. Howard threw touchdown toss es of 32 and 14 yards to Gerald Owenaby and eight and 11 yards to Ray Hughes as the Mountain eers collected their first victory over Linoolnton In four years. Kings Mountain built up a 27- 0 lead before Linoolnton came back in the second half to make a game of it. A big second quarter was the difference. Howard hit Owenaby on a 32-yard touchdown pass to get things going, then connected with Hughes on scoring pitches of eight and U yards to give the Mountaineers a 21-0 halftime lead. In the third quarter, the Moun taineers were at it again, .scor ing on a 14-yard Howard-to- Owensby pass for a 27-0 lead. Llncolnton finally got Its of fense going, scoring on a 22-yard pas.s from John Lawlng to Ricky Blackwell to cut the difference to 27-6. Linoolnton then recov ered an onside kick and moved In for another score, this one on a 15-yard run by Lawlng, to cut It to 27-'12. Lincolnton's final score came late In the game on a 15-yard pass from Lawlng to Marty Reid. As expected, the game was an aerial duel between Howard and Lawlng, possibly the two best quarterbacks in the conference. Lawlng, a junior, hit on 16 of 30 passes for 172 yards. Both Howard and Lawing threw one intercep tion. “Offensively, we played our best game of the year," commented Coach Bill Bates of the Moun taineers. “We played real well in the first Iwlf, e.speciaUy in the second quarter, but we had sort ol a letdown in the second half on defense. ‘When we had them down 27- 0. we began substituting, not by teams, but by individuals. They scored, then recovered the onside kick and scored again, and we let down.” Bates cited Howard, Qwensby and Hughes for their offensive play and prai.s<‘d John Grier and John Hogue for their defensive efforts. “For the first lime this year, I we got both our receivers and our ■ quarterback on targei," said ^tes. “In the pa.st, someone had been off. Only Monday, our re- , ceivers had dropped 10 passes. I But Friday, they were all togeth er. The victory eveno<i Bates’ rec ord against Llncolnton teams at 4-4-1. The tie was a 0-0 duel la.sl year at John Gamble Stadium. King.s Mountain’s 7-3 overall mark and 6-3 conference reoorti repres<*nts only the sc^cond win ning season here since 1964, when the Mountaineers went un beaten (10-U) en route to the SWe championship. \ After ’64, the Mounties finish- ted 3-7, 5-5, 3-6-1, 5-5 and 5-4-1 I before this sifc?ce.ssful campaign. ! The victory also enabled the ! Mountaineers to tie Ea.st Ruther- ; ford for third place in the final standings, bt^hind Shelby (9-Ot ' and South Point of Bi.dmont (8-1). Ea.st Rutherford dropiKKj its la.st I two games, to South Point and Shelby, to fini.sh with a 6-3 league ' record, .same as the Mountaineers. I The lo.ss, Lincolnlon’s .scc<jnd ■straight, dropped the Wolve.s to . fifth place w’lth a final record , of 5-4 in the* conference and 5-.o i overall. STATISTICS KM usr. i First Downs 12 10 , Yards ushing 91 Tvi ' Passe.s 14-24 10-30 Pa.s.sing yardage Pas.ses Int. by Fumbles lost ! Punts Yards penalized r Bv Quarters: KM Line. 217 172 6-35 5-31 25 10 0 21 6 0—27 0 0 6 12—18 j Scoring, KM: Owensby, 2, pass- ! es of 32 and 14 vd.-s. frrjm How- ;Qrd; Hughes 2, passes of 8 and i 11 yds. from ilowurl. PAT' Bolin. ' pa-s-s; Carpenter, kick. I Scoring. Lin;.. — Blackwell. 22 ; yd. pass froa-n Lawing: Lawing. i 15 yd. run; Reid. 15 yd. pass fr./m ' Lawing. ?Clairi Nine Gridders Join KMHS Basketball Squad Bolin Led Balanced Attack Six TDs, 40 Points ^ wr*- astonia .. City r stonia :ity veil ler City . 407 E. Md. 310 Parker 115 S])rLii'e . 4417 E. 0.1. , 116 W. Car- City 04 E. Ridge the the n ^ L^AaiS scoring — Junior fuUbock David Bolin led Kings Moun tain's Mountaineers in scoring this season with 40 points. Bolin t^od six toudidowns end two. two-point conversions. Several ether ploTers poshed Bolin for the scoring title. Post-Season Football Tourney Set Saturday ■, The first annual Kings Moun- ! lain Posrt ♦ Season Invitational ! football tournament wUl be heM j Saturday beginning at 10:45 a-m. ; at John Gamble Staddum. I The grid event is being spon- i sored by the KM Recreatioin De partment with Steve Henderson servin gas tournament director. Gaidnei-Webb PlaYsCaston hidayAtKMCC BaHUENG SPRINGS, N. C. — Gaston Conurtuinity College will be host .to the Gardner-Wdbfb Jun ior varsity in the new King© Mountain Recreation Center Fri day night at 7:30. This sohe<hiled scrimmage will be open to the public. Admission will be $L50 for aJdiults and 75c for students. The Bulldogs Junior varsity will consist of Ken Long, Denni© Jolley, Richard Jessen, Henry Boyd and Claude iWhite. Gardner-Webb will open their season November 24 when they ‘ HoHy '^lOC^pounil Kings Moiuintaln will have two teams entered in the event. The 80-pound entry, or mighty mites, is coachefi by Henderson and sports a 2-ii record^ The 100-pound team, which sports a 5-3 record, is coached by Jimmy littlejoihn and Charles Bums. The 90-p<nind Klrtgp Mountain team will play Morganton at 3:45 and the 100-pound KM team will play Elizabeth School of Shelby at 5:15. Other games are as follows: 10:45 a.m., Cherryvllle vs, Mt. Junior fullback Davi'i Bolin which paced Kings Mountain’s 'Mountaineers to a 7-3 record in the Sauthewestern 3-A Confer ence this fall. Bolin scored six touchdoums and four extra points for 40 points to lead a list of 11 Moun taineers who took pait in the ! scoring act. I Although Bolin was the lea'ii- ler, seveial other players were ] close to the top cf the list. I .Halfback Marshall Logan, who 1 didn’t break the starting unit 1 until midw'ay of .the sea.son I when Chris Blanton was sidelin-j I ed by an injury, finished scC'ond ' I to Bo’in with six touchdowns :an') 36 points. i I 'Sophomore halfback FYankie' I Stokes and senior quarterback; Geeper Howard finished with 30; , points each, senior end Rhy j Hughes had IS paints and place- j kicker Chuck Carpenter had 17! I markers, all on extra poliiis. I Junior end Gera]*i Owensby [was the only other Mountaineer , io get double digits in scoring, jl'aHj-iriii a pair dt touchdowns and two ext ra points for a to- ; lal of 14. iBlarrton, Terry Putnam, John (Grier and John Hogue ror.nded out the scoring with ©ix points each, OMly enough, Fhttnam, Grier and Hogue made their touchdowns on defensive plays. Putnhm returned a fumble 50 yards against South Point for a score, Grier fell on a blocked punt in the end zone against Cherryvllle artd Hogue returned a pas© 85 yards against R-S Ontral. In 10 games, th© Moamtaineers soored a total af 211 points, an average Of 211 per contest. They gave up *27 points or -12.7 per game. Kings Mountain's biggest wins, point-wise^ were against Cherry- ville and Crest. The Mountain eers blanked the Ironmen 41-0 and defeated Crest in Homecom ing, 4a-.19. The Mofuntbineers' big»?est loss was to conference champion Shelby by a 44.-14 score. in were in it until the second half, (Continued on Page SiocJ EYES SEASON — Bloine Fronebetger, above, head coach of the girls basketball team ot KMHS, is eyeing better times on the court this winter. His Mountainettes won only three games last year, one of them an npset over county-rival Shelby. HNAL FOOTBALL STANDINGS NORTH PIEDMONT CONFERENCX pJay host to Bai^ber Scotia of Concord at 7:30. Coaches Named FoiWintei Kings Mountain High athletic director Bill Bates has announced the coaching staff for winter ath letic season. It Is as follows: Varsity hoys basketball, Alan Dixon. Varsity girls ba^etball, Blaine Froneherger. Jayvee boys haaketball, Edgar Guy. Jayvee gilrls basketball, Bill Bates. Freshmen basketball, Tomimy Pruitt. Wrestling, Warren Goforth. In addition, Bates announced that the ninth grade haskettoall team will again play its home I games at Central Junior High, a- ' long with the Central eightlj grade team which is coached by John Blalock. The eighth and ninth grade teams will again oompete in Iht Bl-Cowity Confer- eacf, w ^ i I DIVSION I North Rowan North Davidson North Stanly West Rowan Mooresville DIVISION U East Rowan Davie County South Iredell North Iredell W L T W L T IP® 13:45 pjn., Morganton vs. Boil ing Springs, 95-pound. 2:05 pJn., Morganton •vs Shel by, 120-pound. 6:45 p.m., Glen Alpine vs. Cherryvllle, 80-pound, 8 ixm., Glen Alpine m Shclby- Pallston, 95-pound. 9:15 pjn., Glen Alpine vs, Mt. Holly, 120pound. All process of the toumameiit will go toward sending memibers of tli t’wo KM tooims to Atlan ta for a profesSiotial football game. Central Sets Parent-Teacher Cage Twinbill There will be a faiculty-parent basketball doubleheader at Cen tral Junior High on November 20 at 7 p.m. In the flirst game, the women teachers will play a team of par ents and Immediately following, the men teachers will play a game ogainat parenti. All proceeds go to the Cen tral athletic progitoi. NORTHWESTERN CONFERENCE DIVISION I Taylcrs\’ll}e 7 2 8 2 Lenoir 6 3 7 3 Valdese 2 16 3 16 Morganton 117 118 DIVISION II Marlon 8 19 1 Newton-Conover 6 3 7 3 Watauga 5 13 6 13 V/Ukes Central 4 14 5 14 Hudson 3 6 4 6 SOUTH PIEDMONT CONFERENCE DIVISION I Salisbury 7 1 0 8 2 C Thoma.sville 6 11 7 12 Concord ^ 5 3 7 3 I .\lbemarle 2 6 3 7 South Rowan 0 8 19 , DIVISION ir * Lexington 5 12 6 13 , -Vsheboro 3 14 5 14 I Kannapolis 3 5 4 6 , Statesville 3 5 4 6 1 SOUTHWESTERN CONFERENCE Rutherfordton 4 5 5 S i Crest 3 6 3 1 Burns 2 7 2 8 I Chernville 0 0 0 1C DIVISION II Shelby 9 0 9 1 ( Belmont 8 19 1 East Rutherford 6 3 7 c Kings Mountain 6 3 7 ^ Lincclnton 5 4 5 f PLAYOFFS: East R<M’an vs North Rowan at Catawba College Salisbury vs. Lexington at Ltw- ington Taylorsville vs. Marlon at Mar ion Rutherfordton vs. Shelby at Shelby n-2970 Piedmont winners play at Catawba College Western winners plav at Shelby >11-27-70 WNCHSAA 'Charnplon- ship at Shelby or Lenoir RhjTia. Dixon Says KM Team Has Much Work To Be Done Nine members of the football team came out for practice for the first time Tuesday, giving, King.s Mountain High .School’s | new basketball coach, Alan Di.x-; on, 21 boys to work with. i Di.xon, who oeachcnl the jaj'Vces : the past two years, said ilio: Mountaineers hav’e a lot of work ^ to do before opening season pla\ , on De*c. 1 at B(\ssemor City. Coac-h Dixon said the Mountain eers arc working mostly on de fense and getting into shape. Only Geeper Howard, who i.s | one of the nine players from iht football team, and B<*n Brown, a i junior guard, have had mudi game experience. Both played key .-eserve roles in lost year’.s 23-1 ' season and Howard has started :iT times during his career at' KMHS. The only otlicr returnees from la.st year’s entire squad are jun ior guard A1 White and senior guard Chuck Carpenter. The team will be comprised mostly of sophomores and Jun- ior.s. ; Dixon had 31 candidates open | ing day, but cut down to 12 last ■ Friday. ••.\s most people know, we lost some line players last year and I'm just hoping these new boys come around and surprise a lot of people,” said Dixon. Th* biggest player on the team is G-4 sophomore Jim Jolly, wlio shows a lot of promise on of fense. Other new'C'omers who, have been impressive include Mike Thombs, Vernon Crocker ■ i and Paul Manning. The girls team, under third- year coach Blaine FTont4)erger, has .some experience but the Mountainettes lost four .starters j off last year’s team, including most v-aluable player Andrea Huffstotler. Coach Froneherger does wel come back sev'eral girls wlio play ed a great deal, among them Su san Cash, Renee Goins, Debbie ': Francis, Debbie Lee. Diane Corn ; well, Ann Alexander. Carolyn I ‘ Mitchem, Jeanne Goforth and ’ j Jane Lovelace. The Mountainettes also have I some sophomores who led Coach ' Bill Bates’ freshman team to the ‘. Southwestern 3-A Conference Di- I' vision Two championship last * I winter. I For the first time in four years, \ the boys and girls will play the same schedule this srason. After a pair of noti-confcrence bouts with Bessemer City of the Gaston County Conference, the KM .squads go to Shelby for their first SWe game. Kings Mountain's first home conference game i.s on Doc. 14 a gainst Linoolnton. All games will get underway at 7 p.m. THE SCHEDULE DATE TEAM PLACE Dec. 1 Bessdmer City * Away 9 Bessemer City^ Home 11 Shelby Away 14 Linoolnton Home' 18 South Point Home Jan. 5 Burns Away Chase Home Crest Away R-S Central Away East Rutherford Homo Cherr>ville Away Shelby Home Linoolnton Aw’ay 4 ♦ '-/S’' - A Yr .4- ■ SCORES TWICE — Senior end Ray Hughes was on the receiving end of two touchdown passes by Geeper Howard in Kings Moun tain’s 27-18 win over Llncolnton last Friday. The victory gave KM a final record of 7-3. Bates Says Football Is On The Rise Again President Nixon recently signed a bill giving Secretary of the Treasury David M. Kenedy author ity to inctrease the interest rates of U. S. Savings Bonds effecth-e Juno 1, 1970. The increase comes in the form of a bonus of H per cent on all Bonds which are hold to maturity or beyond. The bonu.s raises the effective rate on new Bonds frewn 5 to 5H9< when held to maturity. 8 12 15 19 22 26 29 Feb. 2 South Point 5 Bums 9 Chase 12 Crest 16 R-S Central 19 East Rutherford 23 Cherryville * Non-eonference .AH games 7 p.m. Away Away Home Home Away Home At the first of the year, not | many grid prophets expc^ctcni Kings Mountain’s Mountaineers to finish near the top of the ^ Southwestern 3 - A Conference ^ standings. But Head Coach Bill' Bates says his team's 7-3 final . record is no surprise to him and his coaching staff. ] ‘•VVe sort of felt like we should be about 7-3 or 8-2,” said Bales* after his Mountaineers defeated i Llncolnton 27-18 in the season fi nale last Friday. “The game that upset us (th4' coaches more tlvan anything else was East Rutherford KM lo.-^T 12-91. We felt like we should have won that one. We knew that Shelby and Belmont bu.h had better ^ personnel than wo did. It's just a ^ame that we didn’t have some of the tough game.s at i home." ! The Mountaineers, who enjoyed ! their best season since 1964. were undefeated in their four gamins at John Gamble Stadium and finished with three wins and three losses on the roa{i. At home, the Mountaineers de feated Chase. Cherryville, R-S Central and Crest. On the r<xid. they defeated Bos.'^emer City,; Bums and Lirv*olnton while los-‘ ing to South Point (Belmont K East and Sfudhy. j “It s<H'ms that every year wo' have a gao^l balU luh our sche-1 dole goes against us.” added' I Bates.” j Bates, who has been head coach j I at KMHS sinc'c 1962. i^aid he Rh'Is i that football is on The rise again ^ i in the Mountaineer City after I ■being down, so to .speak. siiuV| ’ the championship days of *63 and ^ : ’64. 1 1 “We lose onlv five starters and ‘ *4 r 'jjN LOOK AHEAD — Kings Moun tain High football coach, Bill Bates, says he was not surpris ed with his team's showing in the gridiron this fall. He looks to even better records in the fu ture. games. „.\p between teenage and ; 10 play(*rs off this years team. aduU u:iemplo\Tnent has widen- ! he said, “so were going to have during the past decade. In some gooi personnel back next ■ ^-oulh unemplovment was season. The main problem next 33 unemployment, year will be just getting ’ Youth imemplo>'nient had risen nel at the right position. 55 limes aduU unemploy ment The Mountaineers lase quarter- ; ^ 1^9 back Geeper Howard, ends John- — nio Hogue, Ray Hughes and Terr>'4.at Centra?, are b* Putnam and guard Arthur Car-1 in high school. O DEFENSIVE STANDOUT — John Hogue, Miilof detootive end. pktYed Cl iMf vole !■ Klagi Mouatedn'e MoMa-Mding 27-18 vie tary ovM LiMolatMi nrUtar in Ltmeolutea. By 1980, the number o<f women at work. 37 miUtan, wiU double the IRBO figure, IS nuflion. HERALD SPORTS I roll off the starting team. Other : .seniors were Bill I.oftin, Chuck Carpenter, Mike Swofford. Carl Fulton and Jack King. “We (the coaching .staff) think ' football is ('oming back.” continu ed Bates. “Our javvees wt^e 6-1-1 this year. Our ninth grad(* team ran into so-me injury problems I and was not real strong but had ' some good ballplayers. “Just now. our .seventh and sports here but 1 feel like foc4- eighth graders who have played ball is t'oming back." ::n.g to get '■ •>r< next -r *up to i L'i.ghth or '61 .-.rid eighth year will be the have played st'v* grade football sin. wium the iiigh svh<. ' grade was tog<’ther at I't'nt-.'al.” Bates feels the p'.'.i 'v M-ccram wti,\'h is now wen-.'’'.’ar:;4.t‘d will help put hK)tball hji'k on top- ‘'Si'orts go in eyvU’s.” In* says. “The past few yxxirs, basketball and baseball have been the big
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