f^7l Thursday, November 18, 1971 THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. Pag* 3 r ” Bow; C., lujrhtof s Moun- o R. Mar- a.stoniu, ■th of a >or l.'i, 1 W!)it(\ . C., an- in, Sun- ^ Moun- i Cary birth of bcr 14. Mi‘ss(»r, onia, N. rf a son, Surmtlo, ICO lh(* Momlay, lountain id Col<»- Bolmont, lirtih of laughter, , Kings Michael . Dallas, rth of a Payne. innounee [Inesday, lountain JiBliiiit HERALD SPORTS By GARY STEWART All-Conleience? Falcons And Sabres Tousfh r f I hit the ceiling every lime I open my mail and find an All CoiUorence athletic team. Of course, it’s impossible to put everybody on the team and its hard to dioose the 22 best players (in case of lo itball) in the league. But, sometimes, I get the notion that cjaches are voting for schools and fellow coaches and nt for football players. li some ci the players voted to this year’s All-South- v.eslinn Conference team (shown elsewhere on this page) ui\ tlic )>eEt in the league, Id hale to .see the worst. Aiui, this thing of choosing the conference coach of the ytai a id player of the year is unreal. It never fails that t le eoa(*h of the first place team is named the coach of the year, oven if his team was the pre-season pick to romp live.' everybody. And, the player of the year is always a back who scored a bushel of points and gained a- lot of yards and iijvor a lineman who made it possible for him to gain tl.jsc yards. I 'j'his coluirn is hound to make a lot of people mad. . . csp 'c ally coaches. So go ahead and get mad and call me a 1 o those bad names. But, there are a few things I have to :A\y. K.rst off, llic coaches made a good choice in naming Scott Crawford as player of the year. I agree he’s one of the lop backs in the state and he deserved the honor. Tommy London of Shelby and Eddie McKinney of C’ a.'.c' f nished second and third in player of the year vot ing fhn not saying they aren't the second and third best playt'i'.s in the S\VC. But let me ask the coaches this. If (. has'^’s McKinney is the third best player in the SWC, why wasn t lie good enough to earn a berth on your All-Confer ence team? And. h.ow about your coach of the year? I agree that .) ni Higgorslaff of South Point has done a great job build ing the Haiders' football program. But wasn’t his team the pie-scason choice to win the Southwestern Conference? A coach of the year is someone who has done the best coaching job with what material he has. South Point had tin best material in the conference. A coach of the year, in my opinion, is someone like Jerry Carpontci' of Cherryville or Max Beam of Crest. I'liosc two teams were picked to finish near the bottom. . . and in Cherryvillo's case, on the bottom. The Ironmen won t’nrco games, which was three more than they were sup- po iod to, and Crest won the Division One title. I have to praise the coaches in the South Piedmont Conference and the Northwestern Conference for recog nizing the worth of linemen. In the South PiedmonJ, the coaches selected Concord's Andy Troxler, a ccnler-Iinebackcr, as their player of the year. In the Northwestern conference, the coaches voted Lenoir’s Lee Boddio, a tackle, as the second best player in the league. South Point-Newton Lot’s get away from the All-Conference teams and look to this week’s bi-conference playoff battle between South Point of the SWC and Newton-Conover of the North western Conferened. South Point should rate the edge, but only because of its defense. Nc.wlon-Conovcr’s olTense is similar to South I-oinl’s and the teams are pretty evenly matched in that department. Wlulo Hie Raiders depend largely on the running of Scott Crawford, the Heii Devils, who have a 10-1 record compared to South PoinPs 11-0 mark, have two fine half backs in juniors Greg Corponing (player of the year in the NWC) and Willie Williams. The Red Devils also have one of the slates finest linebackers in Marcus Trivelte, who relumed a fumble 51 yards last week to beat Alexander Central, 15-7. South Point, w'hich beat Lincointon 34-20 last week, could have one small offensive edge in passing. New'ton- C’onover sticks almost entirely to the ground, but the Raiders’ Bill Hannon has been known to go to the air. The two teams have played only one common foe, Lin cointon. Newton-Conover thrashed the Wolves 42-13 in an oarly season non-conference game. South Po7 t blanked liic Weaves 42-0 in an oarly-scason contest, then spanked the Wolfpack again last week in the playoffs, 34-20. I saw Newton-Conover whip Alexander Central last Friday and was impressed with its offense. It’s defense, iiowiwe.', didn’t look tiiat lough and I'll have to go with South Point. KM Pee Wees Defeat Glen Alpine 22-C In Mountaineer Bowl Event I im , TALKING NEW RULE — Elaine Froneberger, left. Kings Mountain High's girls basketball coach, talks with seniors Diane Cornwell center, ond Corol/n Mitrhem. The Mountalnettes will be playing boys rules this winter but Fronebergcr expects his cluV to be strong in the Southwestern Conference. KiVlHS Cagers ^’ye 197L72 Season mg ISPrsspecIs. Nine Returnees Mountainettes Will Be Playing By Bfjys Rules Kings Mountain’s pco wee foot ball team evened its season rec ord at -M l Saturday by defeat- ing (Pen Alpine 22-14 in the fi- n.il game of the second annual M au '^aineer Bowl at John Gam ble Stndl\ m. icings Mountain's Mighty Mite l(*a:n fought (Ten Alpine to a 00 tic in an earlier contest. (Mier .s •ores inchidod Morgan- 1 m 21. Kvenintg Optimist of (ias- K)nia 0 in a mighty mite game; I'venir. - Optimist 20, Morganton 0 in a p^'e wee game; Lowell 3S, raU'm () in a pee wee game. Kings Mountain’s pee wees st u; k eurly for a fiO lead and le t hy 11-0 at halftime. Jimmy 'I Mtleiohn and Charles Turn’s loan sirel^Iit'd the lend to 22-0 ir; the tliinl (pinrter before Olen t’n» f?nn with two fourth (|iiar‘er touchdev' ns. Peter returned the nnenin'' Id he'd to th'' Glen Al pine to '■^t on KlM's fir.st louch'lown. Billy Garner ran it r rv iiom that point for a 00 le''d. A Dunt bv Te^hanks to Del- "'ort Di''on. S’eve Pakor. Chirck Austin, the Kings Mr ntain Res- ■-'iip Sou'^d. Ki’ngs Mruntnin Rec reation department nnd Kln^s Mountain city schools for help ing make the event a success. Kings Mountain high boys bas- kelbaii coach Allen Dixon is drill ing 15 players in preparation for the 1011-72 basket Dali season. Dixon, in his second year as Mountcincer mentor, says he ex pects a much belter ciuo tiijn tne one tliat won only four of 20 games last year. Nine players roiurn from last year’s squad and seven of them started ai one time or anotiier. The .Mountaineers lost only three players, Geeper Howard, Chuck Carpenter and Bill Loitin. Of the 15 players on this year’s team, there are nine sen iors, five juniors and one soph omore. . Dixon, who has been working with l>;s club since C.-* oer is, says better depth will be tlie big diiicrence between last year’s team and this year’s squad. “Last year,” he explained, “we had very little depth. W’o had no one to go to when we got in tiou- blc. But this year wo h^tve (j ite a few goam. Gorald Hippe: led the winners wii.i a i-U i*ne and 344 set while ucne Aixiuse s 122 inie and Rich ard Bridges’ 322 set led the los- eis. lEill Mullinax scored a 134 line and 348 set to lead Cnilder s Roof ing and Healing to three wins over Cub’s paint Service. Ronnie Culbertson led the losers with a 124 line and 329 set. Mixed League Ronnie Culbertson had the pins flying in mixed league action Thursday night, scoring a 168 line and 392 set to lead iiis team to three wins over Dilling Heating. Jolin Diiiing led the losers wiln a ilO line and a 29S set. Ranny Blanton’s 143, lino and 357 set led his icam to three wins over Clarence Plonk's outfit. Bel ly lluUenvier 121 lino and l^lonk's 322 sot led the losing team. The teams of Bob Ramsey and Bob Herndon split a lour-ga.ne sot. Ramsey led his team with a 123 line and .324 set and Hern don led his team with a 129 line and 355 series. Ladies League Jenny Oates won scoriniT hon- o.j in iatiies’ league adkm Tues day, scoring a 129 line and 339 sot 1o lead Oates .Shell to a 2-2 split with West End American. High scorer for the West End team wa.s Doris Ware with a 123 line and 311 set. Drews Tax Service won our SeiA iee. Betty Fite's lOS line and V.’innie Fulton’s 290 set led the winners while Backy Barnette’s 122 line and 399 .set 'qjpt'd the losers. Bobbie MrGee s.*ored a 119 lin^' and 323 set to lead Plonk Brnth- ers to four wins over American Legion. Edna How’en led the los ers with a 109 lino and 287 set. Under old conditions, King.s Mountain High girjs' bask< oall v-CLii .'laine Krone.jcrger would rate hi- 1971-T2 team as a con- tcii lt; for t!ie .Southwestern Con icrence championship. But und<;r the new rule which all.w.s girls to play boys rule.^, From uerger says lie has no idea how hi.s team will fare. “We have eight girls returning fn m last year's 11-9 team” says Kicnebergt., "and I’d have to .say we’ll be a contender. But I don’t knov'» how this new rule is going to afk.i us or the other teams in the conference.” Froneberger will know ceme November 30 when his Mountain ettes host Bessemer City in a nc.i-ccn.erence game. The KMHS lassies will play a 20-game reg ular season schedule. Of the eight returnees, seven are seniors and have a lot of ex perience. "But, they’re going to have to work very hard” says Froneberger. "I don’t know if they can stand up to the strain of playing full-court. We’ll have to have at least eight or nine girl.« playing a lot of biesketball.” Junior Deborah Crockett and sc-niojs Diane Cornwell aiiU ^.aro- lyn Miuhem head the list o; re turning leilermi.'in. Mitchem was an All-Conference performer last year but has missed several prac tice sessions and is behind. Froneberger says both CTOickett and Coinwell have performed well in early pracilce ses-ions and should oe set for good sea- SO.lc.. Other returnees include Jane Lovelace, Jean Henderson, Susan Casa, Dt buie Lee and Deobie trancU. Ftclla Noisier, a starter on Iasi year’s club, transferred ircm KMHS to a priwTte school, tliu,;, will net be on the squad. Fioncbt.gci plans-to run a 1-3-1 ofiense Wiih v.urnwcll at the tjv.int and Mitchem and CVockvil insi ie. The other five returnees will prcba-bly alternate at the wing p..s.tio'iU. “I belic.e *ho sccres will de crease a* fir.st,” says Froneberger. the g Is learn to play full- ccuit basketball, there will be a lo: of urncver.s. But I’m real anxbus to see what’s S»ing to ha] ^:cn.” ARA Drait Pick Pxitcheii Leads St. Augustine If Harvey Heartley'.s basket ball coaching .su*.ces.s (»| past years ivds oit on bus si. Au,;us- tine's College team, Uie Mighty Falc*ons wii] be hard to iiaiKiii' in the first annual Kings M-uin lain Invitational set lor I'liday and Saturday, Dec. 3-4, at Kn. Mountain Community Cemci. The Clayton native, older i)ioili- er of former N. C. Siuio sian i out Al Heartley, won nj li. s than 10 championsivips as a h.go school mentor in Gaiesvlho, N. C-, Clayton, N. C. and Rale.gJi. Hes won live Coach Oi tae Veai awards and his 19uU-(>7 Raloigii Ligon loam won the state 4-A championship. Heartley, w-ho won All-Ameri can iionois as a basketball play er at North Carolina College in Durham in 1955, is in his first year as coach of the Mighty fal cons and he looks lor a good year. Heartley, who.so loam plays Gardner Webb's Bulldogs in ijie Dev-ember 3’s 9 o’clock contest, i.s hif hly ojiiimisiic about his team's chances of winning the Kings Mountain event. The .Mighty Falcons own oiu* of the nation’s fino.st small college playcM’s in 6-5 louvard Curtis p--p pr'ichetl. who averag ed 20.9 points and 15 rebounds ai.si year, was .selected in this yar’s ABA draft and is a de.'iniu- pro pro.spect. Pritoheii, a native of Black- stone, V'a., liit on 59 per cent of his field goal attempts last year in leading the Mighty Falcons to a 9<1)1 re.x>rd mder Je.sse Clem ents. Heartley, who has a coacli- ir>g record of 32S victories against only 75 defcat.s, expects that rec ord to 'bo much improved tins year. St. Augnstino ret. rns one other starter in senior William Flemings, also a candidate for post-season honors. Fleming, a 6«t forward, averaged 16.2 points and 64 rc:)oimds per gam<‘ list season. Fleming, like Prit liott. made All-Confcron:o last .«en.son. Lloyd Merriman, Wendell Sport and Lacy Flintall. tliroe seniors who saw considerable action last year, are expected to r<»und out St. Augu.sfine’s starling unit. S: orl, a 6-3 .ward from Brook lyn, N. y., is a good shooter and will be a strong candidate for post-season honors. One of .sit. AngiKstine's lop re serves will be 6~4 freshman gi .nrd Farley McGill of (Tasionia. M’Bill helped lead the Hunter Huss basketball team to il.s first winning .season in hi.story last year. The Mighty Falcons will hold their annual Bkio-White g.ame on November 29, then op^»n Their regular season on December 1 again.'’-! Paul. The game will he part of the (Napital City dou'hlehcnder at Horton arena in Raleigh. The other game ther'' will oil Sha-.v University against T^orth Carolina Central. St. Augu.«>iiro is higlily favor ed over Saint Paul and will prob ably bring a 10 record into its otrening game in Kings .Moun tain. T‘ kets for the K'l Invitition- al are now on sale at K’*' s Miuniain Dntg and Herman B!a- lo'k Grocery. Admission is ?2.00 for adMis and .?1..5(l for s>\ udent.s. N. C. TURKEYS North Carolina farmers have a big st.ake in the big holiday “eating season" of November and Dcemher. It’s at this ti-me of -the year that turkey is most frequent ly a main meat dish, and Tar Heel farmers pnxiuce a lot of tur keys. Gross income from this farm commodity in 1970, for ex- amr le, was over $.38 million. a Gastonia Roys Rynum, Garvin lead B-Scotia I.o.vking for a darkhor.so in the Kin ;. Mouni iin Invitafional? no Ic thcr than Concord an^J llat.jcrS: tia (Mllege. Tlu- Saore.s. wlu. have accorr- idi iiid ■jcai .s...dcs the past itsv year- und(*r Coach Al Coe- fa ld ,•(•■’1.1 < Imr.i to h-indle in ihc iir.-t annual Kings Mountain < •, .e lulc'l i( .• i j-.tlay and .S.iiur.!a>. Deccmocr 3-1, al Kings Ni-ai.... V .tnnunil\ Center. g.cbci-. ./!i;> will (jiK’n the t'.nn ii( ii ,i\ Lcc( nv.)(. 3 at 7 ; :n. a-'.i.1' K -.i ’ ‘ nr.slian.K. Klon i.s ranked 10th in the naiion am.>.ig NAi.\ CHAMPION Bob Boyd receiv ed the trophy as the Shelby Skeot club champion at the annual bonquet at Hager Res taurcuit recently. Boyd, auto mechanic at Wade Ford shot a perfect round, SO targets, in the recent shoot-off held in Shelby. Gardner-Webb Cagers To Host Olympic Team BOILING .SPRINflS, N. C.—Gard ner-Webb College, one of the .small Cv>Ilege haskethall powers, will play 1k>sI Decemb(*r 6 to the .\u.':tralian Olympic Team whiv;h is on a 17-ga'me tour o( the Unit ed States. Gardner-Webb ha.s been ranked fifth in the National Association o. inti rcoliegiaie Athletic.s pre- .^•eiuson -poll, flu* Bulldag.s had a 2(;-4 record la-^i yc’ar and .Ixsod Ovu tne S\ with a .seventh pia.e rating in the national N.\L-\ pMl. t «>ac*!i Eldie IT.llirook lost only Gill- man. Guard Jack Metiill, Siaie.-;ville, lioin liis .squad and he ha.s recruited several l<>p notvli t.r : year nnm. 'ine All: Iraljan.s will be one ol ilu* in i)>woriul teains e.ci plav in Iki.si iMiysaal Education Ludcling an the college's campus. in i.ic ulymidv.s m Hh»4 tiu- .•\u t:aliar..s fini bed n.ntlV -and all indivalions ])oint to an even higher linish in the games in Munii-.i next Pall, i here are .six memcc.’c (. tile pre.senl team wiiicii Jia\e ]. .<‘Viou.s]> ])layed in \Vi..Id oi (-tj^mpic competition. While in l-hD jouniry the team will I i.i\ .'juch team-: as NMrtli western lllinoi.s, Ind.ana, Ohii 8.ate. Mi:li.gan Stan, Minne.soia, Indiana State Michigan. WLseon- s.a, Iowa. Providence. Davids.>n and Vale a.-- well as Gardner- \.eob. llU* team is nut eX(e{)lionalI> tall as the averttge heiglu is 6-4 wil.i tlu* two talh’.'l playeis, 6-9 and 6-'i. However, it is a very ex perioiueci t(‘am and th<‘ average age Ls 24. .M./Sl oi the playi.s ha\e cempTted their college cli- gibdd..’. 1 iU- Tulldcg• will . -ji tlieir '•eas.m N-).. 23 vv.n Pjedmcni o.‘ Li .nucs., Ga.. ai 7:36 in Bast Cj.y nina.sium. Goid’u . - Wi ld)‘s Cullclcgs, the lilili-ra;/n-.i .\A1.\ team in the land, will iday .St. .Augustine's al !» l.K'.-; l.-eat ainiM 3. The two lijs( • • p: ly [<,. the cons lation in.t .i> < - 'vhek on Dc'ro.n'hoi 4 »n I the iw < winners play fev the ( t;jniii.c»n.di,p Decrmlx’i 1 at 9 Tickets lor the event are now f"' S(<.’e at Kings Mountain Dnuj and Herman Blalock Gro erry. Adult admi.ssion will be SkOO one! stud.ats will be ad- i.uHe*’ to. SI.SO. .,1 h:i,| itiv bi’sl sea- on eV( . ,11 : .1 kethnll ia.st ycai an 1 i)u . > ..(■ pi^ri.r.g i(ji (.on great 9,,,^.. in 19T1-T2 sin ( ail --i .siay'c.s return. i.v.' G.a*l>r,..i pif’lui .-s. Larry G.irvin and En. i> nurn. n:<’ tlu* lea■ more guird, .orth played theii high s. hool basketball at Gas tonia .V-hle\. Their laf l two years there tlie\ h(*Iped lead the fireen \Va\e to the stale 4-A tourna- men.. i>)Hi will face lough opposition opening night here. Garvin will be goMig aaginst one of the fin- v’.-t guard- in college basketball in PiU'.i’.'s 6-3 .\ll-.\rneri:'an Tom my Cole. Cv>le made t’vvo All- /’ nci, an .squad - last .setson and i- being Hcculed by several pro icams. Byr.um will he matched up a- gaii];! Lion's 6-7 All-Carolmas v' r.cren.t .-landcul. Lai.y Iraut- w< ;n. Tiaulwem averag(‘d 15 p in:.-' ])( . game la.-.l year in lulpin- lead t;ie Fighting Christ- iar..--’ !) the Carolinas rnferor.ee icgiilir sea.-'oii and Kurnaimcnt cliampian.ships and 3?r’s also be ing pu-lu-d loi All-.\merican hon- i;arh( r-S. uiia is a young team widi only three seniors on the ro.c'k.. Ai.s) incliuird on the ros- i( .■ are oru- junior, five sopho rn< .‘c and .ive ircshmen. But. (1 n’l let tliat yjulh fool y .1. C’oaiii Ceeiield is quick lo tell yc.vi that hi? youngsters are V( ialc-nu. d. and tiiat’.- ohvijus simc i.iey de.e.itc'd Gardner- Wea:), .1 team which finished last «ea. ;i w;:ii a 20-4 n’cord and rankc I .se.emii in tin* nation. Bulldogs Beat Georgetown BOILING SPRING.4. Gaixl- ner-Webb's Bulldogs wil] be out ftu’ win numlXM ic. r f.ii- the 1971 sc»ason and a new s(*nior college win r(*co!‘d for C'. acli George Lu ton’s m(‘n when they tang.e wiih Die Maryville t'ollege .Sv-ots id Maryville’, Tenn., (ui .Saturday afternoon in Maryville. The Bulldogs won their third game of the s(‘ason Saturday afternoon whiitping (>e()rgeb)\\n College 3Ti3. Tills hi-.i. ,s ihi‘ 1971 mark to 3-6. Last year, tlu* first >ear as a senior college*, Gardn(*r-\Vehh won two and lost eight. In thi.s past Saturday’s game ilie nfer(V’!'sX' Cca h of the Y(,ai. Jim Bigger'-taff an.'I the Player of the Year. Sof/M C mwford. Second in the Co.a.h of t!io Yea.- ball, ling wa« Jerry Cari>en ter r ■ ; )u ryville. Carpenter c mired the Ironmen to n 3-7 recard in his first y(*ar tli(*re. C’herryvilli' w.is winhv-.s in 10 gr.nc.a la.si fall. Max Beam, wh.i coached Crol f :!ir DivisK n Cnc’ title and Rkr 2jsh of Cliase tic’d for tliird in the C(»ach of the Year voting. Jun e: Tommy Lond m of 8hcl- .5>, who made the AlI-SW.^ t(‘a'n » l:n(*haekffinh-'ied .second to Crawl )rrl in Player of the 5’eai \. *ing. Eddie M:Kinney fl Clrase war third but did no: receive a bei:h m the AITSWC tea.n. Only three playerc ma le b''Vh the oflen-five and dc.'on.' ivc l< tmrhey were Gric. and Mike MeWhirter and Tciy Beale of South lh>int. MfWhirter I- an end and B<*ale a tackle. MeWhirter ])Iayed undo: K.M eoarh Jone.-' al Lowell Holbrcolc be .'ere tran.sfer ring tj South P Inf \'’>en Ilil- b“ock and Gastonia Ashley solidated. The eompk’te follows: OFFENSE POS PLAYER K .Mike MeWhirter K RaiK'rt Lit>s;'omb T Ben Roach T Tony Beale G Hay (’rocker C Harold ParrUlr C Bill Slone QB J )lrir Lawing 112 Seott Cravvford IIP Ured Daliymple FJ Jolin Gr.er DEFENSE K M:k( K D ug K Vi.gil T reny T Stac> B: uec All-SWC team SCHOOL S. Point (■'ha.Sf K. Ruth. S. Point C’lu’irryville Cie.^I S. Point Lincointon S. Point Lincointon K. .Mountain McWiiii ter Benfield Petty P.< ah' Parrott Watkins Joh:i Grier Tcmmy L)nd')n Rc. ert I!a;r;s rp:in I\est( . David R .X rts Cu.tig S. Point Lincointon Shelby S. Peinl SlHn)y ('base K. Meunlain She]h> (’ha-e S. point Siielby S. Point ALL SWC — Jolm Griet, obore, is Kings Mountain's only rep- res>:ntativ( on the 1971 All- Scuthwe>tern Conference foot ball Ssiuod Griet wa^ namod as o fullback and linebacker.