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■IT 26. 1972 lenis L. llayi's. F BessemtT lirth of a )ctol;pr IT, lal. E. Wilson, Park, an- son, Wctl- njs Moan McAb('i>, cniio, Hi'.s thP biiili y, Octoa-i' )spital. ?e Phillips, aounce the .Saturday, antaln ho.s- loy Clark, , iltesspmrr lirth of a ■ 21. Kinfjs el D. Fore. , Gastonia, I son, Mon- i Mountain ddie las' Bessemer rth ol^L Ic'toher tal. us E. ,T;u'k , announre ter, Thurs i Mountain ur. Tharsday, October 26, 1972 THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Page 3 HERALD SPORTS By GABY STEWABT Southwest Conference On Its Way To Becomlna Most Unbalanced Loop The Southwestern Conference is on its way to becom ing the biggest conference in the Western N. C. Activities Association, but is also on its way to become the most unbalanced. The 10 present SWC .schools have voted to let three (Jaston County teams ^ Bessemer City, North Gaston and East Gaston—into the conference next fall, raising the leagues membership o 13 teams. Although the final decision will be in the hands of the 39 pre.sent schools within the association, it is defin ite that the three new schools will be admitted. I can see admitting the.se three new schools but the present plan for alignment of the SWC is ridiculous. Take a look at the'situation, and you can decide for yourself wHelher or not it's a good setup. In a meeting last Tuesday in Shelby, the 10 SWC .schools voted 6 to 4 for this division setup: Division A would con.slst of Kings Mountain, Shelby, South Point, North Gaston, East Gaston and Lincolnton .. the six schools that perenlally have the best football ^ims. Division B would consist of Bessemer City, Cres', Burns, Chase, East, R-S Central abd Cherryville ... or the seven teams that perenlally have the worst football teams. At the end of the .season, the two division champions would meet for the right to represent the SWC in the associaiOn playoffs, in.stead of the two teams with the be.st records playing, as is the present Setup. If this present alignment setup is permitted to re main, the SWC‘Will be an instant replay of three years ago, when division champions met in the playoffs. And, as you recall, every year an undefeated team played an other team which had struggled to break even all year long. For instance: In 1969, Shelby won the SWC Division One title with a perfect 10-0 record. Lincolnton played in the same division and had a 9-1 season. Mistakes Continue To Plague Mountaineers Need Last Two Contests For Winning Season ii:X^ AIMINC FOR BURNS — Senior Chrt. Johnson, a two-way per former at holfbadc for the Mountaineers, is aiming his throwing arm at Burns for this Fr doy night Johnson played a strong deiensive game last week against Crest and has ben one ot the team leaders for the Mounties in that deport- men;. WNCHSAA I Standings I NORTH PIEDMONT CONFERENCE DIVISION 1 Conf. All Comes L W T L MoimUesAnd Bums Match I Identical Marks I Klng.'S MounttU^i's Mountaineers, i l.asers ot three strai:?ht game.s and four of ttielr last five, take the I road tor their final two .Scuth- I wo.stern Gonl'arenoe contests. j I This Friday, the .Mountaineers ! travel to Bums to test the league’s II most improved outfit and next wwk they travel o Uneoanon to meet the always-tough Wolfpack. Tile Mountatneers and Bulldogs will match identical records Fri day night when Bur as will try to capture its first victory ever over the Mountaineers. Crest ac- I fomplishcd that teat here last ' week and the Mountaineers will ‘ be working overtime in hopes ot i guarding against a similar per- • iormance by 'Burns. i ' However, Burns has extra incen tive gcting also. In that the Bull dogs are trying to win as many game.s this year (five) as they , have in their five previous years cf football. The Bulldogs have a , 3-4 SWC mark and 4-4 overall char.;. | I The Bulldogs, under first-year ' mentor Steve Curtis, have deleat-1, i ed i-red T. FV>ard, Lincolnton, Chase and Cherryville. They play ed Bast Rutherford and R-S Cen- j tral down-to-the-wire finishes, i Their only smashing defeats were at the hands of Shelby (41-7) and Crest (26-2). J' / T t I r w MooresvUle 6 0 7) ^ jrth Rowan 6 0 7 1 Xo. Davidson 2 4 2 1!; . its only loss be-1 We.-It Rowan 2 4 2 f ing to Shelby, Chase finished with a 6-3-1 record, but was p'trth Stanly o 6 2 ( the top team in Division Two, so the Trojans played' „ „ division ii Shelby in the playoffs and were ran off the field. . f i 1 t In 1^0, Shelby again won Division One with a perfect Davie County 3 3 4 4 rec»rd and South Point finished second in the same di-I^arth iredeU i 6 i 7 vision with a 9-1 mark, .its only loss being to Shelby i northwestern conference i aooarent logses into bis sains But who played Shelby In the playoffs? R-S Central, the' division i Division “Two champ, which had a losing record of four: Alexander wins and six defeats. All five teams in Division One' Central 5 2 (Shelby, South Point, Kings Mountain, East Rutherford^ and Lincolnton) had better records than the Hilitoppers. 2 5 the ■ Valdese t- -. . SI* V ‘ < 1% Hi TfSiPij Sophomore quarterback Ricky Slims is the ringlt^ader of the Burns crew, Iiavlng already pass ed for 11 touchdiwns. He's also a strong runner and is simlLair to KM’s Tony Falls as he often uses his scrambling abilities to turn Division champions probably should play for right to advance in the playoffs, but the conference division ii adiould not be set up so the toughest teams would be in wui^ Central 7 0 8 0 one division and the weakest teams in the other. ; ^‘'"^“^onov-er 5 6 2 In my opinion, the (wnsible setup would be on a geo-i Wafancra s ? ’s t »pbical basis. I^t South Point, East Gaston, North I Hudson 3 5 3 6 Bton, Kings Mountain, Cherryville and Bessemer City' McD^weii 3 5 4 5 in one division and Shelby, Lincolnton, R-S Central, East south piedmont conference Rurtiherford, Chase, Burns and Crest in the other. That setup tvould mean not as many miles to travel,would be better rivalries and would be more-balanced. If the schools aren’t going to arrive at a sensible alignment, they should either leave the conference as is or ask the state to re-classify the schools. That would mean Shelby and possibly South Point would become 4-A and Bessemer City, Cherryville and Chase would be 2-A. Coach Bobby Jones of Kings Mountain has attended southwestern conference tile meetings arid reports that the three new schools have division i not been aUowed to vote. In the 6-4 vote last week. Crest, j Rutiierfordton 3 i 3 3 i 4 Biuma, Chase, R-S Central, East Ruthenford' and Cherry- ^ \ * vule voted for the current setup of divisions while KM,: ,,, , 1 < Shelby, South Fohrt and Lincolnton voted against it. Sev- ^ 6 i ' Statesville T:.;.masvillo S.'jisbury Alromarle Ai.iicbOTO C.iia-ord Lexington , Kannaipolis I S'.utli Rowan HARD RUNNER — Senior fullback Javon Smith, above, helped ipork Kings Mountain's Mountaineers to 191 yards rushing last week against Crest, but the Mounties still came up on the short end of a 22-14 score. Smith and teammates try to break a three- gamo losing streak Friday night at Bums. The Bulldogs will also be tid ing to regain their first place position in Division One oL the split SWC. Last week’s loss to R-S | Central dropped the Builder one-' half game behind the pace-set- j ting HUltoppera. i Jones: Going To Have To Cut Out Mistakes Two Fumble.^, Penalty Give Crest 22-14 Wm I -Mi.stakes continues to kill (ho I Moiintaincf-rs lie)e Friday nigiit as they dropped Dieir fii-i fool- ball game ever to Cre.-i hi'.di school, 22-14. ' All throe Charger toiiclidowns I came us a result ot .Moiailuine:'! , mistiik ’s. The lo.ss was Ire thlid ! .straight aii.l loiirtli in live ‘ games for the- Mountaineer;;. Thi victory .sn.ipped a three-g.ame los- ; iiig streak for the Chargers. Kings .Mountain overcame an 1 eariy 7 0 efio't to lead l;y 14-7 at halftime. 3ut the Char.gers came )fai k with a touchdown in each o’ . the last I wo (riid-rs to win it. Kings Mountain he.'d the upia- ' hand in total yardage and first d'm-ns, but t!ie Mountaineers l-sst two fum.;!cs, had one pass inler- : cetjte i an.l were p<-nalized 60 yaiJ.s. A l.">yard faee mask penalty set up the Cha’-grrs' f rst toucli- down in the oof-ning stanza and . King.s Mi'Uiilaln’.s two lost fum bles led to tii- nth'^r two score.-;. The 'untaineers had the Chargers ba.-k up in their own territory in the first period when the .Mountaineers wei'e taxed 15 yard.s for ta-kling by the face ma-^k. The penaliy gave Ciest a fir 1 and 10 at t!;e KM 4.5, from which point halfback Ronnie Ros.. teok a p tell out from C|uarlerback Dennis Fink'er, then tossed a 4.5 yards touchdown pn.ss to end E!- vin Weaver. Gary Morrow kicked the extra point for a 7-0 cushion. The Mountaineers .shook off that .scare, then marched for a pair of second quarter touch downs and a 11-7 ha'ftime lead, Tonj- Falls scored from one yard out to tie the score, then the sophomore quarterback tossed a 20-y irl touchdown pas.s to Har- lee Davis to put the .Mounties out .. t 1 -.1 fc' HB STARTERS — These two Mountaineers will be starters at halfback Friday when the locals travel to Burns in hopes c breaking a three-game los ing streak. In top photo is My ron George a senior starter on dclense, and in the bottom pho- t( i.s sophomore Johnny Byers, slrats on offense. Byers was named player of the week fol lowing his outstanding tunning performance in last week's loss to Crest. Adams Talking With Oificials In San Diego Kings Mountain needs the final two games for a winning season. The Mountaineara have had only one winning seanon since J.SS4, finishing 7-3 in 1970. The Moun ties broke even test year (4-4-2) but had a losing 3-4-2 SWC maj'k. The ilountalnecrs pr bably will again be playing without the services o4 junior linebacker Den nis Hogue, who sat out last week's game with a broken wrist. front, John Bridge.s convertc-d following both scores. j George Adam.s, former Kings Kings Mountain threatened tn. Mountain High and Gardner- break fne game open early in Wei)b College basketball All- the .second half, dr ving to the .American, Is in San Diego talk Crest 25. But ends Davis and Jer- in? wiith officials eg that .AB.\ ,,,, TT- i. . r\- Va'enfine both dropped perfect club about the possibilities of f School linebacker Dennis Hogue, who.^j^sps from Falls on third and lii^ signing a contract with them, football coach Boeby Jones must is out with a broken wrist, and '[o,,,.,!. (towns . be wondering if his Mountaineers they played the second half with- -phe chargers forged into tlie wm ever win-another football out tackle Jake Bridges, who be, |(.ad with eight minute.s left in the game. Not too many weeks ago, the Mountaineers were off to a 3-0 start and were the talk of the Southwestern Conference. TTiey appeared to be headed fer a su o playoff berth. Now, the Mountaiiicers arc 3-4 in the Southwestern Confer- at halftime and didn’t; Jerry Valentine, an end, filled in once, 4-4 overall, on a three-game era! other t»8sH)le alignments wwe dlscu-ssed but they division u «we never ybted upon. i sheiby 7 o “I don’t ^ike this setup at all," Jones said frankly.' South Point 6 i “If we have to beat all those teams (referring to his divi-i Last slon teams) jUst to get Into the playoffs, it’s going to be' Rutherford 5 i i tough. And, at the end of the year, it’s going to be just j ^mgs MUi. 3 4 like three yea)"]? ago when an undefeated team played a lincolnton 3 4 team with ? ^»ng record.” j ^ , — Jones-say^ he prefers a geographical setup such as' PAtnAfc ITQ|| the one I ixieiltibned or else let the two teams with the; » best records go to the playoffs. That latter idea, however, > fivet CftlltACt would be almost impossible ,since there is no way every i*^**®! vUIllCal for Hogue and played well, Coacih Bobby Jones tried several lineup ohainges last week in hopes of finding a winning oom- binatkin but Die same mistakes that have plagued the Mountain eers aiU year oontinued to be the team’s downfall. losing streak and faced with the task of having to win their fin. I tw-o games for a winning .sea son. Their 28-19 loss to South Point came 11] return. ’’We missed them." Jones said. ’" ut that’s not why we lost the ba!) gime. We ju;t made stupid mistaices that cost us the victory.’’ fo]; - woiikl idve tu-- Mountrdneers a sure v'.ncry I-'n- ilay night -.’.■her, they iravc] to Burns, but Jones feels his .Moun taineers wii: have their hand.s full. ’’Thej- re about like us," Jones said of the Bulldogs. "We both game. The Mountaineer.s had the Charcers baekty] up deen in their Saturday. Adams had hoped to join the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA over the weekend but the 76eD had not contacted him MonJ/iy after selling a player to Chicago Oi Year, 6-0 Central Junior High’s Pat riots dropped their first game of ^Ijnost impossible , s team in iJtt conferuhOe play the other. Theifihal vote as to whether or not 'the three team ) are allpim in the SWC will come before the WNCHSAA moiabfiipp pext month, liven H the schools vote not to let the GtiMap schools initjiere’s a stror^ possibility that the ^te Igpociation will |^ce the WN(5iK.AA to admit the -Peking The Winners Last week's grid picking wasn’t easy. Four misses gave mg a season's cpaH of 64-22-5 and a .733 percentage. So, hW we go Agiiin, trying to increase that average a.s the season heads down the home stretch: South point at East: East needs a win to stay in the running for a playoff berth. South Point might be down after last week’s loss to Shelby, but Raiders should prevail, 21-7. Kings Mountain at Bums: Mounties continue to make mistakes. Burha needs a victory for 'its first break-even the AThley^defeaT segapn in history. 1 hate to say this, but I think Burns wlirtake it, 19-14. Shelby at Chase: No contest. SheJby, 55-0. Cherryville at R-S Central: Could be an upset. But we’ll’ Stick tvith the Hilitoppers, 14-0. Oest at Lincolnton: A toss-up. Wolves appear to be improving, BO we’ll call for a 14-8 Lincolnton win. South Cir6Iina at N. C. State; Gamecocks could sur prise, ibut Wblfpaok is playing before the home folks and ^ould win,-31-24. Careoit-Newmon at Lenoir-Rhyne: Bears are capable of pulling 4h Upset. But Carson-Newman is highly ranked and dhould'irln, 28-21. BucknOil at Davidson: A sorry game between two sorry teti^, We'll call for a 35-33 Davidson nod. Dlara mil at Gardner-Webb: Hgmecoming for the BuUdon They should please the home folks and old gradk -^-19. Clii9tion at Wake Forest: This could be first ACC win for Maiiens. But we’ll stick 'With the favorites and call In the Mbuntakieers’ four vie- j last week’s 22-14 loss to g! tories, only one came against a i were giveaways. , winning, team. That was a 14-71 “There is no reason in the ; triumpih over East Rutheirford in ^ world why we should have lost J i the thltd gaime of -the season. The that ball game," said Jones aft- . Mountailneers’ other victories er seeing his team give the game f. Came over Bessemer City, Chase to the Chargers on a silvcf I and Cherryville, all of those clubs platter with two costly fumbles i being wiiiiless at the time they and a penalty. I lost to the Mounta-tneers. Bes.se •' mer City and ChenyvlUe have J since posted a vfctoiy but the I Trojans still ore looking foi their first win. was a mild shocker 'but not total-1 have 3-4 conference records and ly unexpected. Their 31-12 loss to ] 4. ovora!) records. But thev have Shelby was expected. But tlieir 12-7 defbat to R-S Central and Crest '.vn tcrritnrv. The visitors punt- O'! to the Kings Mountain 43 and the hail took a Crest hnume. T vi tr .-d to f:eM the nunt .a." it '■o meed ovi-’,' h;, i.e-a-t. touch- I 'io bn.'l and Crest le-ovored on tie 21. At tlt.it pui.nt. Slnklcr toss- • i ;i sh ft nasc to en.l Larry i'lnit. who pit'-hed back to half- "•ark Ross and lie covered the 21 y.ards to the end zone. The Cha’-gers lined up in kick formation for the conversion but faked it and Sinkier pas.sed to Weaver for a two-point conver sion and a 15-11 The Chargers picked up an in- sur.ance touchdown with three im'nutes left when Kevin Johnson picked up a Fal's fumble at the KM 49 and raced untouched to the, something we don't. They’ve real ]y improved and developed a lot of pride. They think they can win." Askeel what liis team will have to do in order to win, Jones s.aid simply "we’re going to liave en j zonerMorrow’s PAT from to quit giving games away. We’re placement accounted for the final going to have • to quit making 22-11 margin. tiiese stupid mistakes.” ThU year, garbage coliectoia in 22 citlea will jeoaver an estimat ed 2.25-billioin. aleei cans for re- the season l^t Wednesday ibagiietlcaUy separat- Gastonia, losing to undefeated htg them fron) trther waste; Ashley by a 60 score. Ashley took the second half kickoff and drove 41 yards for the lone score of the game. Ar nold Floyd scored on a 21 yard run and the PAT attempt failed. The Patriots, who had won their first five games, threatened four times but couldn’t score. Cen tral was scheduled to end their season yesterday at Marian against West McDowell. "We have no excuses,’’ com 'You look at the statistics,” Jones added, “and you see us there with 300 yards and Crest with 100 an-d it’s awfully hard to understand how they could have won. Sometimes, I just can’t In- derstand our boys. If we find out we an win a game, we ease up and give It away.” The Mountaineers played last week without the services of Freshmen Host Ashley Thursday Appaladiian Enjoys Wn Over LR. Hosts Etft Tetmisssee Saturday ; Kings Mountain High’s fresh- I man football team will be try- ! ing to salvage its season when it : host Ashlev and Southwest Ga.s- tonia in its final two 1972 con tests, i Coach John Blalock’s Little I Mountaineers are 2-3 in Tri-! First Downs S 'Countv Conference play heading ■ Yaixls Rushi!i,g .... 50 into their 4 p. m. game tod-av at' Yaixis Passing 59 City Stadium against Ashley’s Passes Att 9 Cougars. They host the confer- Cuntiniird On Page Six The Mountaineers finished with 191 yards rushing, most of those- j coming through the hard-nosed i efforts of senior Javon Smith I -and sophomore Johnny Byers, j Kings Mountain’s defense, spark ed again by linebacker Mark; ' George, held tlie Chargers to 50 ' yards rusliin;: and 59 passing but h s stellar performan.o couldn’t makeup for the mistakes of other Mountaineers. THE -STATISTIC.!; ! C Adams left Louisville, Ky„ at 7 a.m. Mot'.day t - fly to San Diego md ttiik ! there bus jct the fi me- :,.-,Llcg great iias uo; .jcr:'. in v::- .. : witii anyone ho: c. A,-carding to Gardner • Woob Coach Eddit Holbrook, Adam.s la-.vter, Hero Rudoy of Chicago, "got tired >f waiting on ttiem (tlic 76or.s) to make a move." Philadelphia had told Adams tiiat the> would try to make a trade to make room for him on the 76erE .squad. Saturday, the 76er.s sold a player to Chicago fer ea.sh a;id next year’s top draft choice tout did not get back in toucii witli Adams. ■'George'.-' lawyei told him that they can't sit around and wait all year on Philaielphia,” le- ported Holbrook, "and I agre-' with that IOC percent.” Adams, wlio was cut by the XE.\ Milwaukee Bucks the day before tlie legulaj season began, has been staying witli former Gardner-Webb teammate Artis Gilmu- (■ .since. Gilmjcrc lives in L.ui.seille, w-here he plays center tor tcii Kentucky Colonels ot tlie .NBA. The Bucks, who replaced .\dams cn tlieir roster with for.mer South Carolina star ‘Gary G.-egor. whom they bought from Philadelphia, have told Adams tha' he will play In the semi-p: ' a ter.p ' play- ■: thc.v K.M 11 191 821 league, he will be th- 131 er they recall in case Continued On Page Six mented Coach Porter Griggs on We h^ our BOONE — Thsre w«b little] meetings, and in each game the ffttce’s newest school Southwest,] time 'this week for Appalachian j resul -'was deckled in the final in their season finale next week. State UnWeraity head tootball' minim of actSon. i The L'ttlc Mountaineers lost coach Jim flrakefield and hisj Thice years ago East Tennsa-I^. nndf'ff't'tcd .team to enjoy Saturday night’s'3^^ took a 9-7 decision at John- . I 42-13 vdotooy over Lenoir Rhyne,; The Buccaneers won ^6- i Shelby^ and, ' t-hA<v> firat uiIti ol-niva a.T» S .n —j KlJlgS MoUTltmnS OPiV tWO i Gaidner-Webb Hosts Mars Hill In Homcesming Contest Saturday for 10 (Semson victory, :e vs. Navy at 'Norfolk: Navy might take Duke after surpriains; Air Force last week. But we’ll IddiW, 21-17. Teres shtmld •win on home sittinf it,out with an injury ijaQitl/f after the ■■it- if A1 JalMr-at-l3. Byers Nained j Player Of Week BOILING SPRINGS—.Vfter dntp-; ping a 34 to 17 decision to the powerful Carson-Ne'ivman Ejtgle.-- at Jeffcr.von City, Tenn., the Bull dogs of Gardner-Webb are aim ing for a homecoming vlcto.-y Saturday afternoon when they' entertain the .Mar.-; Hill Lions at] 14in iBaone inl970,Md lastyeac^^,j,r cres, and 18-0 oversh Irlu Appalacv'hian won 28-24. tviotories wore shutouts ’’0-0 scoring chances and did noti^^*^- Referring to the Lenoir Rhyme- Crost and lS-0 over Mount ca.sh in on them. But our boys .-1^ good to win,” said game, Brakefield said: ’^r first; played an excellent game despite Brake^ield, ‘’especially against a team did the best job the loss." lorit thne rival oSte Lenoir Hhyne Rhyme A1 Eddlns again led the Pat- w’vf^ to^et Uireatened when we had riot attack, gaining 103 yards in ^y fonS^^toughgame^a- ^hem in the game. The defense! 15 carries. He has been over the * consistently gave the offense the 100 yard mark in rushing every baU in good field position." game this season. ftrakeHeld has special praise, „ . , Coach Griggs cited Eddlns, for defensive tackle Ron Reymolds, I „ Soph°more halfback Johnny Bruce Valentine and Peter Brown Stadium. Game time wlU ^ ^ Byers li Eu’ton’s player of the for their offensive play and |g.^lg«ties fer us,” 'Brakefleld oaJd. | die Ingram, William Thonipton | ^ Has been our most oon.sistent ® and Leonard Roberts for their | ^^^‘^““Has^^d wbll Is | , lo^ to Crest defensive play. ^ ,1 ^ He had an outstanding first half! in^the scoring column contin^S Satur.lay'.s gamp will mark the third time the two Baptist schools have met on tlie gridiron since GardnCT-Wc-bb trifered the senior run up the score as tiigh as p«*- .-;ole. 'But, with the e.xceptlon of the second quarter the Eagles had more than tliey could han dle. Gardner-Webb outscored the Eagles 10-7. The fir.st quarter the score wa.s 3-0 Gardner-Webb via a 33 yard field goal by Mike Stephens of Greer, S. C. Gardner-Webb’s de fense contained the Eagles and did not allow them to make a first do'.vn in the first period. The college rank.s. Two years ago at Bulldogs were able to rack up six homecoming the .Bulldogs won a first dotsms. thriller by defoaiing the Lions The second quarter was all Car- son-N'i-wman. The Eagles scored Cougars. 155 yards to 125 yards. TOE sTA'nsncs c First Downs 8 ■yards Rushing 141 Yards Passing 14 Passes 4-7-0 Fumbles Lost 1 Punts 3-26 Yards Penalized . .. 3-25 received Defensdve Player of the ! Week ihonors in the Sou'them j Conference tor his performanice. “The offensive team soored the first two times It had the ball," Brakefleikl continued. “Steve Lof- a close game 124-23) to Ohio Val ley CtetSecenee leader Tetmesaee Tech.” Games between the two toter- state ri'vals Mrie been dose, par- tloulaiily Blnce ithe series'Was re-1 „ , w -1 » ..u .... w „ newed three yeats ago. A wtojl ‘lua-^erback) threw the :bell of eight points have separated the two teanw 111 the past three Air Force at Arteona State: TVo of tl» nation's best cla'sh in this one. We’ll call for for a 35-21 Arieofta State victory. ** recedvers did a good job oatcjting the ball Dwlglit Oates caught five passes for 121 yards and two -touchdowns. Fresh man hoKbteM Ohairlte Raugabraok oaoded tat 86 yarOi and two two toudidaiwna.” to -’"e the Mountnineens’ most consistent runner. His long gain ers, most of them coming on op- t'on pitches from quarterback' Tony Falls, sparked the KM of-1 tense to a near 300 total yards, i As a result of hein.g named player of the w-oek. Byers will re ceive a gift from the men’s de partment of Fulton’s. Previous players of the week were Jake Bridges, Tony Falls, Mark George (twice), Hariee Davis. Alfred Ash. Jerry Valtn- tint and Dennis Hogue. tor>- as a senior college at Spang ler Stadium. Last year the Lions defeated Gardner-Webb 27-13. Going into the game the rivo teams will be sporting similar records. Gardner-Webb has two wins four losses while Mars Hill lias won two and lost five. The "big play" wa.s the story in Saturday’s loss to the seventh ranked N.4I.A Carsjm-Newntwn. .Ifter losing to Elon and dropping from second to seventh in the NAIA ratlTigs the Eaglce \^e 28 points in long dri\e.s which weree set up by the big play. With only seconds to gc in the first half Ray Hannon of Greer, S. C. hit John Mallory of Ashsah, V t. on a 14-yard scoring play. The extra point by Stephens was good. Dennis Dukes of Spindalo scor ed Gardner-Webb’s last touch down on a five yaird run capping oK a 85-yard drive at the close of the fourth quarter. Mike Stephens’ extra point 'waa again good mak- in« tShm Bnnl Bom Otwag fired up and were deterndneid to I niati 34 G«rdn«r-We1»b 17.