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Thursday, November 18, 1971
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HERALD
SPORTS
By GARY STEWART
All-Conleience?
Falcons And Sabres Tousfh
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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
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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<l Web-
and Tracey Cook fet up
se-^ond te’ chdown In the
It^econd period. Two plays after
the blocked kick, Brown scored
Irom 45 yards out on a reverse
play. Ronnie Wilson passed to
Kevin Tinsley for a Kvo-point
conversion, making the score 14-
p at intermission.
Wiison connected with Tins
ley again for a 21-yard toucli-
down in the third quarter and
Garner ran the PAT to make the
score 220. Glen Alpine’s two
fourth (juarter scores came on a
r)«2-yard pass play and a 55-yard
interception return. Both scxjres
came against KM’s second unit
defense.
The Kings Mountain Optirndst
club, whrch sponsors the two KM
elevens, presented trophdes to
the winning teams and also pre
sented a sportsmanship trophy
to the Salem team.
All pr' ceeds from the 'Moun-
•tptnrtK'r B^'wl will be used to
send the two KLM teams to At
lanta for a Falcon’s game.
Rowl directors Burns and
tlejohn expres«;ed >^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 go<?d players and we’ll be
better off because of it.”
The Mountaineers open their
season at home on November SO
against 2-A Gessemer Ci‘y.
One of Bessemer City’s stars
of a year ago, Randy W'higo.
will lie playing for the Moun
taineers liiis year. The G-1 junic-r
is expected to add to KM’s inside
sli'cngth.
Returning starters i n dude
Vernon Crocker, John Grier, Jeff
Hecldcn. A1 While. Jim Jolly and
Mike Thumbs. Others seeking a
s.larting spot are Marshall Log
an, Tim Hunter, Danny Rhodes,
Mike Baity, Wendell Dawkins,
Harlee Davis and Butch Blalock.
Blalock is the only sophomore
on the team.
“No positions are settled yet,"
says Di:;on. “Evcrythir»/s wide
open.”
Dixon says he’s been pleased
thus far with the progress shewn
by Thombs, Brewn, Crocker,
Hcdden, Blalock and Jolly. Jolly,
a 65.iunior. will bo counte'd on to
shoulder most of the .Mour.'iain-
eer rebounding load b t Crocker,
a 6-3 senior, impreved in thav
department toward the end of
last season.
Coach Dixon points to Crest,
South Point and Shelby as the
teams to beat in the Southwest
ern Conference. Looking at Ins
own team’s chan es, he comment
ed, “we’ll be much stronger but
so will everyone else. Just aihcut
every team in the conference
has everybody back.”
MCUNTAINEEP SCHEDULE
NOVEMBER
30 —Bessemer City
DECEMDEP
34 Burns Tipoff Tournament
8—at BeSvsemer City
40 South Point
14 -at Croat
17 at East Rutherford
JANUARY
4 (Lincointon
7 'Burns
11—at Cherryville
It- Shelby
15 *R'S Central
21— 3t Chase
25 at .‘^outh point
Crest
FEBRUARY
1 East Rutherr<»rd
4- at Lincointon
8- - at Burns
11—Cherryville
45 at Shelbv
R-s Central
22— -Chase
SENIOP PROSPECT—Ben Brown,
a senior guard is one of the
returning starters on this year's
WMHS basketball team. The
»Tfttin**»’-^eers are preparing for
their 1971 opener against Besse
mer Cit^
rig/if down
I youpa/ky,
Men's League
Rod Houser gained scoring
honors in men’s league action
blonday night at Mountain Lanes
BovViing Center, rolliiV/ an even
403 set to lead Albert Brackett's
team to a four-game sweep of
Quality Sandwich.
Houser combined single games
of 134, 12S and 138 for his total.
Brackett chipped in wiib a 3o4
set while Bob Ramsey led tne
losing team with a 114 lino and
330 series.
Diiiing Heating won three
games from Mull Ramsey’s
li>am.
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<I( ‘ v; ih(' Cnnr-.r. I -ehord --ind
a \vi .(■ k( laei-:-: in the
S:* r<‘..' SS-tS3 Ujesot oi riardner-
Wei:;. Iasi yea..
Bynam, a G-1 .s.rphomore for-
v.aid, and ('lai .in. a 6-G sopi >■
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 <dfenso came lo life as it has
at iiii oiner time tiiis season. The
total oifense ni'iied 394 yards in
cluding 270 yards on the ground
and 121 in tne an.
Di’nnis Dukes, ireshman run
ning hack irom Spindale. gainc’d
1.33 yard.s in 17 carries to set a
v;.ir(lnei'AV(“l.*|) rushing record as
a senior colU'ge. Dukes has low
gained 129 yards in eight games
and a .5,1 yard per carry aver
age. Dukes had a 7.7 per carry
average in the Georgeti/wn game.
!!(* also lan on.e for 41 yards
again.sl Georgetown, the be-t ol-
tensive run oi tiie seasod lor the
} ’ulldngs.
Grier
Mounlie On All-Conference Team
F.r the .second straight year,
J 'im Grier is Kings Mountain
High Srho)I’s only representative
on the AlkSouilvwestern Confer-
er.jo football team.
Griev, a 195-p()und senior, was
named to the team as an offens
ive fullback and defensive line-
backc:. He wjs selec ted as a line-
bc .‘kcr cn last year’s team.
Crier playing his first season
in the backfield. was the leading
rusher and sc.')rer as the M.nin-
tainoers finished 4-1-2 under first-
y.c-: mentf.r Bobby Jones. Grier
sored eight touchdowns for IS
p: int:'<.
Ibis marked the'*' .'•eventh
.straight year that KMfiS has had
only one representatiive on the
all conference team, which is se
lected by the 10 head coac*.hos in
the Southwe.^tern Conference.
Conference champion Soul h
Point had four players on the
tff(*n«^ive team and foiv on the
dcicnsive unit. The Raiders al.s)
furnished the <'c>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.