15.>\ Thursday, December 7, 1972 THE KINGS MOUT^TAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. PAGE three Whip Shelby 57-53 In Finals Mounties Cop Cleveland County Tournament ^Jdor*. ■City , Box Santa Claus made an early v:sit to the Allen Dixon household last weekend and presented Coach Dixon with the championship trophy of the second annual Cleveland County Tipoff basket ball tournament. Dixon’s Kint^s Mountain Moun taineers eased past Burns and Sho’by Friday and Saturday nijthl at Crest high schoo’ to cop the two-day event and replace Shelby as the top ::asketbaU team in the ' county. T h e Mountaineers stopped ' Burns 56-d9 in the toumament’s lopenini? game F'riday night, then i defeated previou.dy unbeaten ! Shelby 57-53 in the championship game on Saturday. Host Crest, which dropped a narrow 5S-57 decision to Shelry On opening night, soundly troun<* wl Burns 75-.)i) for consolation Honors .‘Saturday niglit. Hutch Blalock, the lone junior in Kings Mountain’s staiding line up, wa.s the big gun for the Moun taineers, scoring 23 i;o:nt< in the, oix'iiing game victory and .drip-i ping the nets for 29 in the cham pionship contest. j C’oach Dixen. who was disap pointed in his t(‘arn’.s failun* lo play as a unit after a narrow 47- -14 viidory over 2 A North Gas ton two weeks ago, said both of the tournament victories came as a result of a i(*am effort. “We played leal well as a team both nights,*’ he said. win, we must play a.-; a team. We did a good job of playing detcn‘-;e and I'ebound ng and Pdalock did an outstanding job of setting up th<‘ offense and running th(* ball club.” T;ie .Mountain(‘cr.^ ))lat ;•:! thr^'r* players in doul)’e figure.s in both vl'^t<<:*ies W!ru*o hit for 13 and Ilarlf'c Davis added 10 to aifi the win o\er Burns and Mike ThomKs t.illierl l.O anrl W'ingo added 10 in the \ictorv over Shel' y. A hot-shooting night l)y the Miurntrcncer- ww the AY GAMK Kings Mountain (.57) r -Dawkins 1 F Thombs 15 C Wingo 10 -Blalock 29 G ^Adams Subs: Davi.i 2. ."'ho! by (53) F RriJge.s 16 F vSurratt 1 (' -Gontry 1 T AlrKissick 9 G -I lopocr 6 Subs: Cooper 2. Byers 10. Halftime: Shelby 30, KM 2.5. Fiosh, Central Host Mt. Holly In Openers The Kings Mountain High frcFhman team and the Centra! Junior High Patriots open their 1072-73 >asketball season Mon day at Central when they host Mt. Holly. Gametime for the tw'in'Ull is 4 p.m. Freshman coach Tommy Pruitt will probably start Tommy Man ning, Jimmy Thompson, Wendell I Jacks'^n. John Yarbro and C!eve- I land Mackey. I Others expecting to «oe a lot i of action for the frosh include Pete Jones, Charles Witherspoon, Gary Smith. Kenny Bali’es. Rich ard Anderson. Curtis Hickman, Alfred Jimison, Ronnie McKin ney, Chris Johnson and Simon McClain. Coach Porter Griggs of the Patriots w'ill start Lronard Rob erts. Edgar Ingram, William Thompson, Mark Mercier and Steve Lancaster in hopes of bet tering last year’s 9-5 record. Others expected to see action for the Patriots include Rick Hlnnant, Wesley Narron. John Edwards, Arthur Morgan, Kenny Bell, Mike Bumgarner, A! Ed- dins, Tim Oliver and Don Hen derson. Cagers Sweep Bessemer; Play South Point Friday Cagers Test KART INJiniED South Point's Shirle Hart, last year's SWC player of the yeor was injured In a prac tice session Tuesday and might m*ss Friday's game against Kings Mountain. Hart has been bothered with a knee problem since the beginning of pre- season proctice. Wingo Has Big Night Against Former Mates Kings Mountain High’s varsity ' | (agci.s opened the home portion of their basketball season Tues-• day night and swept a double-' header from 2 A Bessemer City i to keep their unbeaten records intact heading into the opening | : of .Southwestern Conference play. ^ I The Mountainettes romped ■ over the Yellow Jackettes 61-27 ; for their second straight victor\' and the Mountaineers romi)e'J past the KC lads 73-52 to lun their record lo 4-0. The G1 points ‘scored by the girls represent the highest point rota! ever recorded, by a Blaine . Froneljerger-coached team. How ever', that total tell far short of. the school record. ! Kathy Ledford, a newcomer to the starting Lineup, tallied 15 j points to lead the Mountainette I attack. Deborah Crockett addofl 13 an(d Denise Byers 10. j The Mountainettes were in con- ' troi all the way. They had the i game wrapped up at halftime ‘.when they enjoyed a 30-14 ad vantage. Randy Winco, playing against his former teammates, played one of the best all-around games of his career in the nightcap, scor ing 17 points and hauling down 16 rebounds as the Mountaineers avenged a pair of :o.«^-scs to the Yoliow Jackets last year. ‘ Junior Butch Blalock was a- , gain the top scorer for the .Joun- hitting 24' point.s. Mike Thombs and Wonde!] Dawkins helped Wingo out in the rebound ing department, getting 12 a- piec'e. The Mountaineers enjoyed their second 50 percent plus shooting night, hitting 53 peu*cent of the floor attempts. A fast start which saw the Mounties ahead 25-10 at the first quarter break was all I Aden Dixon’s charges ppdc*d to ^ assure their fourth straight win. GIRT S GAME KinDS Mtn. (61» —Kathy i.edford 15. Crockett 13. Karen Ledford ; 4. McGinnis 7, Falls 4, Ryer^ 10. Proctor 6, Rhodes 2. IB. Citv (27) McConnell 19. i ; Brooks 2, Bowen 2. Reynolds 4. i BOYS GAME | I Kings Mtn. (73) - Dawkins 6. ; I Wingo 17, Thombs 6. B’alcck 21. | : Adams 3, Davis 6, Loach 2, Me- ■ I Gill 2. Hamrick 2. B. City (521 Byers 22. C. ! Alexander 2, O. Alexand'w 6. j Eury 4, Brown S. Ramseur 2. 1 McNeal S. \ i STARTER — Karen Ledford has broken the starting iineup for the KMHS Mountainettes and is one of the main factors in the team's early success. The Mountainettes face their tough est challenge of the year Fri day when they travel to South Point. mwum I r/ghf down \youra//ey. J Raiders Friday, I Crest Monday Kings Mountain’s Mountaineers, j still on cloud nine after winning j the Cleveland County Tipoff. I tournament last weekend at| 1 Crest, begin Southwestern con- ‘ feronce play, Friday night when | they travel to Belmont to take; on a rebuilding South Point team. The two KMHS var.sity spounder who had a 14-1 recoid last year, pinned: Country Day's Robert Al>cfn\athy| in the first round of thelr^^fnateh. ] I Country Day won the other 12 matches on pins. The Mountaineers host Hudson tonight at 7 p.m. in their first Norlhwest-Southw'esl Conference match and Ash will be gunning for his 16th t'ictor>- in 17 outings. Xext w'eek. the Mountaineers host East Lincoln on Wednesday and travel to Valdese for their second conference match on Thursday. Results of the KM-Couniry Day match include: 95 pJ.--Joey Reid tCD) pinned : Hal Glass (KM); 105-pd.- David Chanter (CD) pinmd Ronnie Terry iKM»; 112-pd.—Slow’c Rose (CD* pinned Kenny Palmer KM); ’ 119-pd.—Dew*ey Dorset: (CD) pin- I ned Billy Cashlon (KM); 126-pJ. ;-Chlp Rich (CD) pinned Hllar> i Pouchak GOD; 132-pd.—Arthui I Whedon (CD) pinned Scott Moss (KM); l38-pd.--Mike Magam (C D)—pinned Tony Beam (KM); 145-pl — Judd McAdams (CD* pinned Ronnie Momson (KM); 155-pd.—John Purser (CD) pin ned Chris Tindall (KM); loT-pfi. Woody Upchurch (CD) pinned Robbie Eng (KM); lS5-pd.-Ai- fred Ash (KM) pinned Robert Aiiernethy (CD); Hwl. David Terry (CD) pinned Keith Biddi> (KM); 195-pd.-John MUler (CD' pinned Reggio Whitmire (KM). Jayvees Play Belmont Friday Edna Howen and Betty Wells | Slate star Dand Thompson was had 397 sets for the losers. a senior at Ci*est. Charity Tignor’s 107 line and This year's club is paced hy 6-6 299 sot lei Amt*rican Loudon to i Jerry Hunt, thus, the Mouniain- 1 Coiithiurd On Paro' Five) jeers will be at a big height dis- I SECTION TWO > ^ advantage. Tho Mountaineers will Mountaineers Third In All-Time SWC Standing By GARY STEWART Herald Sports Editor Their first undefeated, untied season under Coach Gerald Allen has enablewer in ’61 and have been atop the loop stand ings ever since. Shelby began to dominate the conference in 1968 when the Lions won their first of three straight conference titles. The Lions have now wn four of he la.st fb e conference champ ionships. Shelby now has 21 more vic tories than lits closest foe, Lin- coflnton. which has an all-time record of 86-44-8. Kings Mountain isn’t far behind with a 7B-47-13 iigure. In titles won or shared, Kings ■Mountain is sevond with fi\'e. Then comes Lincolnton wiih foiu', Kasi Rutherford with threi* and r.-S Central and South Point with >no a;)ieco. Cn four ot'casions in its 19 years of existence, the SWC has had co-cham'pion.s. Co-titlists in cluded Kings Mountain and For- o.st City in 1955, Linexjinton and Siirlby in 1962, Kings Mountain and Shelby in 1963 and East Rutherford and Lincolnton in 19o.5. The FWC had tri-champions in 1959 when Kings Mountain. Ruthorfardton and Shelby shared the title with 4-1-2 records. Eight times, tho SWC champ ion has gone undefeated and un tied, including the last four .sea sons. Unbeaten, untied champ ions include Shelby in 1961, ’69. '70 and '72, Kings Mountain In 1964. East in 1966, Lincolnton in 1967 and South Point in 1971. On e-iglit other occasions, only ties prevented tlio champions or co champions from having undefeat ed c.almipaigns. The only tiimes a oTiampion has euffored a oonferenra loss wort ■ in \54, when Shelby was 5-1, *57 when the Lion.s were 5-1 and '59 i when the Liens. K.M and Ruther- i fordton were 4-1-2. In other conferences in the ! WXCirSAA, Moor(‘sville leads in titles won in tlie Xorth Pietimont , with five, Albemarle in the South I Pioiimont with seven and Hirckory In the North'we.stern with se\'en e\*on though the Tornadoes left that league to go 4 A in 1967. Lexington has won three A’orth PitvinDont and two South Pied mont titles for a total of five and .Asheboro ha.s won two North Piedmont and four South Pied mont titles for a total of six. A- mong actiw NWC teams, Wilkes Central is tho top title winner \^’ith four, Lenoir with thret* and V^aldesc* with two. Watauga. Tay lorsville and Newton - Cono\’er have won one apiece. Albemarle’s dominance of titles in the SPC i.s a result of a pow- erhouic in tho early years of the W?JrHSAA. Albemarle won or j^harod fi’rst six South Piedmont chaimpionshiipe. That school, how ever. has been in the limeltglht since it iharad the SPC opown witk A^eboeo ii 1MB. ^ rely on defense and hope they can keep the Chargerj fiom get- j ting the ball inside to Hunt. Junior Butch Blalock is sett ng f the early scoring pace for the [ Mountaineers :.ut the Mountie.s 1 have had three nlayers in doub’e i figures ever; game. ..ast year’s ! leading scoi’er Mike Thombs, Hai - lee Davi.- and Randy Wingo have all hit double figures in recent games. Kings Mountain’s junior var-ily boys basketball team will open regular season play I-Yiday at 5 p. m. at Belmont. The game will ce the first game of a junior \ar- sity-varsity triple-header. Coach John Blalock will prob ably start Thomas Perkins and j David Bell at the guards and I Greg Burris, Denoris Byers and ' Lamar Payseur at the forwards. The Lillie Mountainwrs will be out to improve on a 16J record but Blalock says that will take some doing. ’‘We’re inexperienc- , ed,” he says, ’'out if we come ; around like I liope we lAdll we • could have a winning season.” I The jayvees have a game sche duled for Monday at Crest but it will be re.-.hedujed until later in the year bt^cause of the upcom ing Kings Mountain Lions club lootball banquet. Kings Moimtain’s jayvee girls team, coaciied by Candy Alber- gine, will not open season's play ' until Dec. 14. when it gtK‘3 to East Rutheri'oi'd. Albergine play ed her high school basket;:a!l at East, where she made All-Con fer- j ence and helped the Lady Cava- ; liers win a Southwestern Confer ence championship. Most home jayvee games this year will be played on Monday ami Thursday nights with the j giiia playing The first game at 7 I o’clock. ALL-TIME SWC STANDINGS Teoms Shelby Lincolnton King.c Mountain Ruthoiiordton Belmont (South Point) East Rutherlord (Forest Crest (^ase Cherryville Burn.s UST OF 1954—Shelby, 5-0-1 19.55—Kings Mountain & Forest City, 5 0-1 1956— Kings Mountain, 5 0-1 1957— ^Shelby. 5-1 1958— Shelby. 54)-l L959—Kings Moiintain Shelby Rutherfordton, 4-1-2 1960— iUncolnton, 90-1 1961— Shelby, 7-0 1962— DtnocflntiOfn Shelby, 6-0-1 w L T Pet. 107 23 8 .804 8G 44 8 .652 7S 47 13 .609 1 68 60 8 .528 66 65 6 .504 65 65 8 .500 17 27 1 .377 28 77 3 .269 30 101 7 .238 5 40 0 .111 City) CHAMPIONS 1963— —Kings Mountain & Shelby, 6-0-1 1964— Kings Mountain. ' 1965— East Rutherford & Lincolnton, 64)- l9c36-HEnst Rutherford, ' 1967—4iincolntx>n, 7-0 iq69_Shelby, 8-0-1 1969—Shelby. 9-0 197a^-Shelby, 9-0 197b—South Point, 9-0 19T2-She]by. 9-0