/ 22, 1973
fThursday, February 22, 1973
THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
PAGE THREE
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HERALD
SPORTS
By GARY STEWART
Girls Play East Today, Boys Play Saturday
The Kings Mountain and East
I Rutherford girls will oixm the
ann ua 1 Southwestern Confe>rene(»
ba.skelhall tournament this after-
no.in at Burns High S.dKol but
as of Ihi.s vvriiing the Mountain-
eois worm’ sun
Tosld Talks Golf
When Bob Toski talks, people listen, especially if the
subject is golf.
The former PGA great, now known world-wide for his
ability to teach the greatest golfers in the world, was hero
iiig round opp-rirnl would bt*.
T'he KM girU finished fifi.h in
the final SWC standings with a
10-8 n?;rord wh'ile Kast finished
; one nort h ahead with an II-T
mark. They'll battle at 5 j).m. in
what .should he a barnburner a>‘
. , , , . th(» tu ><lubs split their regular
Friday to look over Kings Mountains newest golf course,: games. (Mch winning on
Woodbridge Country Club, and took a few minutes to dis- \i^ heme floor,
cuss golfs past history and it’s bright future. The .Mnuntainetn.s fini.shed in
Toski says the game’s changed a lot since his tour a lie with Rums for fifth and
days in the fifties, but that players aren’t any better. ■'i'oh spot, thus a rein flij> win
‘They’re better in some aspects of the game,” he tletcrmine their secxlings for tlio
noted, "but their overall consistency as players isn’t bet- f r-?"-
ter. I would say their finesse or the number of shots they ;
can play aren’t as great as the players of 20 or 30 years
ago.”
The main differences in golf, he says, are equipment
and the-strength ol the performers.
"Today, the ckrbs are built for them to perform
with,” he said. “We used to he able to perfoi*m with fewer
types of cliibs. Take the .sand wedge. In Hobby Joneses’
.day.s, they used to play sand shots with a pitching niblet
Vr a nine iron.
"The only thing today’s players have that the players
of 20 or 30 years ago didn’t have is strength. They hit the y .
ball farther now. And, I would say the majority of the ' ’
younger player.s are better putters. But they aren’t the
shotmakers that thc.se players were 20 or 30 years ago.
They simply boom the ball off the tee, grab some club
and knock it on the green and hole it. The artistry of the
game is not nearly what it \^as \\hi*n I started playing.
‘T’ve been in two generations of golfers.” he continu
ed. "I started young with the great players like Ben Ho
gan. Byron Nelson and Sam Snead. And, I’ve seen the
modern players like Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmei, (!iary
Player and Lee Trevino. And I would say that outside of |<
the real good player.s like those four, the rest are just
good strong hitters. Thoy ro not the great shotmakers like
Nicklaus and Palmer and the others."
— Could Still Play On Tour
Toski, who played on 1h(' tour from 1919 until In.'S?,
has very little tinu' for the playing phn.se of golf now.
He spends most of his time teacliing. writing, commentat
ing for Hughes Sports Network and .speaking.
And, he’s entered a new business venture which
brought him to Kings Mountain. He’s part of the Tale,
To.ski and Gibson architectural firm which plans golt
coui’ses. "We have only started in this field in the last
three or four months,” he said, ‘and wo have very fortu
nately started out quite fast."
only about 18 holes a
toumaTneot.
If th(* Mountaineers tak(* fiftli
pIa:-(‘, 1h(‘y’]l pl;»y fourth plare
Souili Prdnt .Sa'lurday at 6:30.
Th(* Mountaineer.'-: and Raiders
split iheir re^^ular .^cns in games
u})o their opoji-i Soulh Point had a 10-8 record in
lea^^uo jy] ly.
II the M.:ulU^ine{'^^? take sixth
place, they'll mr^et ihiid ph; e
Ea.sl Rurhcifcr.',! SiUorday at 8 p.
ni. The Mounta'ineors also split
r(gular M confo.sis with t.jir»
; ivaliers, who fini.sh(»d with a
13-5 (.•onforence mark.
Three game.-^ ar(‘ card(*d for
lh(‘ first fc-ur nights of the tour
nament. The :ham})i'.n'>hio games
are .•scheduled for n(*xt Tuesday
n^iiit. The tou.'ney winners wiil
join regular .sea.son cham:>ions
Burns girls and Shelby boys in
the as.sociation tournament ncx»
week at Catawoa Coll^^ge :ii
Salisbury, i; tlu? regular .s<*a.s{m
(liarrips win the tourney title al
so, the tourney runnor.-^-up will
a!.-a g.) to (lie a.>.sociation tourna-
iTKmL
KiO"! rc'eilar .'^ca.sr.m .sta'nriing-:
showed two t'io'j, one in each di-
\ Lsion. In the girls division, Cha.se
a.ii'l hincolitten lied fre seventh
and eighth jdaees 'with 6-12
mark.s, so thoyTo in the same
boat as th(‘ Mounlain(M?rs and
Burns, no-i knowing wii > their
opening foe will be.
The Cherryville and R-S Cen
tral gills o:td the Ch<*rry'\1lle and
Cha.se boys failed lo (jualify for
the louniaoKMit, as only the top
eight clubs in each division ad- today wi-th Ka-sf but the Mcun-
vance. tainettes .should ra'fe a slim fa\
Games tonight, jn addition to crite a.s they've C(yme on str.-nc
the KM-Ead girls b.Utle, will lo win their la.st four cMilisi'.
.«o(‘ ih(* first }>la<-e Burns gi-rJ.s Last >-ear, theMounlainctte-ista,;
taking on eitiior I has<' or Lincoln- erj a similar late-.sea.-ion T.-ivc a: i
ton at 6:.3i) and the first place they advanced all the \.ay
Shelby boys taking on LiiK’olnton the a-ssor-iation .sr‘mi-fi:::;i in-
at 8:.30. f(r(‘ lasing a narrow oik'-; >ir.:
Friday night, the .ShTdby and decision to M'cBc.well r>unty.
Crest girl.- c- -en play at .5 p.m. De^oorah 'Crorkett has .x on the
Sheihy finished third with a 12-6 se:iS(.n-]ong .scoring hsuTr fo.-
rccrvrd and Cre.>! took si.xlh with liie M >untainettes but C
a 7-11 mark. S(‘cond p]ac(* .'^>uth
Point gills will meet either Chase
nr LLncol.nton at 6:.30 and the
.sc-jcnd plart* Crest b":ys will lake
on seventh place H-S Central at
8:3P.
The KM girls will take a I2-S
ouMall re:xyrd iino thidr gam *
Blaine Froneberger ba.s gotten
dcuble-digit st-.-ring fr.-m Kath;>
Li'dfoid, Karen UMiford and .San
d-n Byer.s and Myra .MeiJinnis ard
Joan P.^cx-tor ha\-o j)layed well
<.n d(‘fen.><\
Tile -Mountaineers fini-Iied fad
also, .vinning five of their la.^t
Ji
Although he average.s playing
week, he hasn’t lost, his touch.
"I think I’m as good a player
than I ever was,’’ he says. ‘Tm a
if not a heltei* playec
much sounder player.
And I’m a much more of an inlelli-
TALKING GOLF — Former PGA greet Bob Teski, left, d sciisEes
Kings Mountain's newest golf course, Woodbridge Country Club,
with Jim Hamrick of Hamrick Development, owner of the new
layout near the Kings Mountain Buffalo Creek water project.
Toski has very definite ideas about the future of professionol
goL (see Herald Sports).
her infoi
Dol at Ga,
itact: Diro(
fol, Gaixlnei-
ng Springs.
OIL
)s or trees
landscape
ijarden soils.
Dccial ty|X‘.
» University
that plants
Irons, nza-
4 and their
hrive in or-
1. They like
'ell supplie<l
4
;'s shouldn't
turtles and
loy do not
Ration, ac
rolina Stab'
s. The tur
sick fish or
the s-tring-
more good
goes for
ers and her-
do no real
ence around
scwiery. B('-
against the
My swing is soundc
gent golfer.
"To give^ you an idea,” he went on, “I liadn't played
^n a tournament in over a year and I played in the
Cia.ssic at Hilton Hoad Island and shot a 66 the
^^inal round which wa.s just one shot off the fourso rt"f?>Td
on one of the toughest golf (•oui'S(*s in llu' woi'ld. And I
finished up shooting a 2S9, which is a prt'tly good score.
To.ski feels he could rejoin the lour with no troublo-
“Compotitivoly and fundamonlalh' anti psychologicall:,
Tm still a good striker of the ball,” Ik* said. ”1 could go
on the tour right now and still play and possibly win if
i I wanted to go out and .sacrifice the time and effort. Bui,
i of cour.se, desire is the mosl important thing.
Although Toski wouldn’t choose a best player of all-
time he did say Sam Snead is the mo.st consistent golfer
1/) ever play the game.
, “I don’t think there ever wil'r lie a player who will
play a.s long and as well as he has,” Toski declared, "Sam
is over 60 years old and he shot a recorri 26S .score in the
Seniors Touimament about tw'o weeks ago. That's better
than the score Nicklaus shot when he won the PGA on
the same course. The cour.se was a little shorter but still
the hole doesn’t get any wider.’
— Helped Hinson Win NO Open
Toski told of a Scot—"a follow Oelaloni”—who built
the hickory shaft clubs, recognized as some of the best
in the world.
"He came over to this country on tour, recalled
Cagers Sweep Central
In Home Cage Finales
King.-' Mountain High'.s varsity lor the Mounlainc'ttc.s who con-
eagor-; cnciort tlioir hemo season timio to make their w'ay toward
in impressive la.<hion Friday, a first division spot in the final
night, .^weeping a pair cf South-iSvVC standing.s.
western Conference eonle.'-t.s from I *
K-'-'' Centr'd i Mike Thombs continued lus hot
‘ ‘ ' (.^coring spree In the nightcap,
The girls had an ea.sy time of
it, ,55-25, while the beys had to
jr.
TToski, “and he said if some of these old players who |
played when golf first began would play Nicklaus and
■ Palmer with the hickory shaft clubs they’d heat the hell
out of them. So that shows lhat every man has his era
and picking he greatest golfer of all time would bo im
po.ssible.” ' . , ^
Toski foresees new coiu’ses being built shorter, as
they were in the Jones - Gene Sarazen era, as compared
to the long, wide courses of today.
"Many ot the English and foreigner think that Amer-
kican courses are too w-ido and too long, ho said. You
^just get up on the t.ce and bell the hell out of the bail
and hit it anywhere, then hit an iron onto the green.
“I agree that there isn’t enough accuracy placed off
the tee, so that the player has to concentrate on hitting
the ball in the playing area.” . ,
Toski spoke of tlie fine young golfers, including Larry
Hinson, whose grandmother, Mrs. Grady Rhea, and othoi
relatives live in Kings Mountain.
"I have instructed Larry,” Toski recalled. “He and I
are very good friends and, incidentally, the yTar ho won
the New Orleans Open I happened to be teaching him
that week. On the practice lee, he came ov'er and asked
me for some advice and I think I contributed to his suc
cess in that tournament.
"How great a prayer Larry becomes depends on him.
He certainly has all the tools to become a real fine play
cr. I think some people are just destined to be groat
players and I don’t think Larry is one of them. There err
very few people w'ho are destined to become great like
Palmer or Nicklaus. The rest are real fine players and
Lan*y could come to the point of close to greatness. But
that will depend on how much Larry wants to pay the
price for success. He has all the shots. He is a fine coir
petitor and he’s a good putter hut l.arrv has the ten*,
ency to become a woirier and psychologically he puts too
much pressure on himself.”
Toski said youngsters today have competitive snir’*
and experience, due largely to good teaching pros and col-
leg' coadhes. ^ .
"Kids today compete at the age of 10 and 12 , he
said, “and by the time they’re 17, they’re hardened vet-
erar^. We didn’t have this kind of competitive experi-
etRce '*
Toski. however, is afraid the continuing interest
CONTINUED ON PAGE ^
tht o.T a determined ;:roup of I
Hilltcpper.^ for an 86-78 revon;;c
ViV'tniy. ;
Pehorali CTock(*tt and Siinclra,
Byor.s .supi'dicd the .';?or;r.g puni'h |
for tlio Mountaini'ttc'S. c.amhining
talents for 37 points, far more
rlian till' entire li-S'Central team
could muster off a flo.-:e-knit
KMHS defense. Crockett, the
team's leading .scorer, had a
game high 19 points and Byers
had her highe.st paint total ol
the year, adding 18.
i They w'(>r* the only double
I digit .scorers in the game but
■ Katliy and Karen Ledford con
tinued to score well for the
Mountainetle.s, adding eight and
dx points, respectively.
The Mountainoltcs led all the
way but didn't start to pour on;
the ■cck'il until the second half.
It was a low-scoring 16-8 game,
at intcrmi.s-sion.
The victory' was the third
draight and fourth in five game.S'
d .Vsli caoped off a bril
liant '.vrt::;!r.ng .season last wec'k
in bury, winning the VVoit-
'■> 1 i'. • .1 Car.'.lina' High Schools
A 'i.i.ie. A:-; ; iatiim cinmipi >n.
.s. ip n file U’7-p on ! i.v.si n.
T/ie vi gavi* the p »pular
:<■ - M, ■ .:;=;n High S:h)>l .sen-
1 . ; erfe.r 21-6 re : 1. 19 cf
.ii, ’ vlvrjri(.s coming cn ping
A-^,1 s\v(_.t j>ast five pin*
ning lour (f tlnm, t.) toke thi.‘
lop pi’ize. in addiii. n ic wanning
h;-; a:\i i n Title. Ash wa.s al.s >
name 1 : ■ tae All-Ccnf. renc(‘
.earn f.r N'.; :ln\o.deir!->r-Uih-
.ve-u.rn L; .ence and wa.-' also
v.vc' ler cf tlie yc.ar i.i
tiu? IC-tcam Uaguc'.
A-h'.s car-Gi. Warren 'Bji .Go-
iCrtii. w.a-: dated ever .Alfred h.m-
ing away witli tin* champ'i.m h.p
tr.-,h\. ‘-Tiii.^ is ju-;: wAiit v..*
no( d 1 ' .vate ire :o ir,h're.-t r.
Wri.st! ng here*,” he .'^aicl, ‘“an I.
of cou.'.:e, Alfred is very dewr. -
ing '•! t!io re:;gniticn he revOiv-
ed.”
Kings Mountain i.s i:i only i’s
i fourth year of wrestling and Ash
is the only athiele in the schooT''
history to participate in the sport
throughout his high school career.
Kings Mountain is only one of
two SWe schools with a wTestl-
' ing program, tiie other being
Cha.se.
! Although the M.:>untaineers fin-
1 ished last in the NWC-SWC with
a 0-9 conference recoiid and 1-15
overall chart, Ash raised many
' an eyebrow with his strength
and ability to take out his oppon
ents early in the match. In 80
percent of his matches, be pin
ned his foe within 30 .seconds of
the fir.st round.
College coaches ha\'e sliown a
tremendous amount of intere.st
in him, and the talk is he Is
leaning toward Appalachian State
to further his educ-ation and par
ticipation in wro.stling.
Catawba coac h Dutch Myers
tossing in a game high 23 pdnts has follmved .A.sh’s progress
as the Mountaineers avenged an throughout the .season, having
earlier overtime lass at R-S Cen- Urst talked to him when the Ca-
tral. ' tawba wrestling team c-ame here
The Mountainec'rs led most of • early in the .?ea.son to give the
the \\.iy but were never able to Mountainetrs some tips.
coming on pins.
.Asli had a .siring of 2s -traignt
pins broken in his 'nvular .sea-
.v-n finale against Wilkes On-
trai.
“He could have pimied his man
in the fir.st round tiiat night.’
ncted Goforth, “but we uanled
liim lo go three rou:Kl< to get
in sha;x.‘ for the a.s.sociation tocc-
nament. Then, in the third r.'^jrd,
I guess he was tired and couldn’t
pin his man and had to sc'ttle fc;-
a clealsiaH.”
A .h is the third aihk-te i'l
K.M.LS h;st:>.'y to win an a-’.:: ia-
li'’;n ' ehiunpionship. John V in
Dyke wen the a.s.-;ociati!>n g dJ' Ti.a:n:i.mon: hut haw* lo-: a
t-ui:iament in 1966. .<hootin,.; a f’.:e rc'o.hln^ the L.iais.
rc.ord score of 147. and Dar’.a
Md AiLCoafereKce Mi Wrestler
01 Year Honors For IHred Ssh
by G( orge
the a'so
game bef .
8c \ i‘
l;avc g.ne
King.s 'Mountain’.s .Alfred A'.h
ha.s been named wre.siler of tin*
year in the Northwestern-South
western Conference after regis-
tei ing a perfect 21-0 rcK'ord and
winning the Western N. C. High
Schools .Activities A.s.sociat i cn
champion.ship in the
division.
.Ash was Kings Mountain’.s cnly
wTostler to be named to the? .All-
Conference team and he headed
a list of three in his weight di
vision. Other All-League selec-
Patriots Finish
With l?A Mark
Freshmen 7-7
ALL-CONFERENCE
pull away from the Hilltopipcr.s,
\vlU‘ were led by Earr.v Hrnes
with 21 markers. It was 40-32 ;d
haUiime and the .M^untic.s main
tained lhat eight-point cushion
during most of the second half.
Three other players hit in dou
ble f;gure:s L>r the Mountaineers,
led by leading soccer Butch Bla
lock with 22 points. Randy Wingo
added 18 and sophemore Tcny
Fall- 12.
It wa.s the fourth win in five
ouling.s for the Mountaineers.
wlKT improved their overall mark
to 12-9 heading into Tuesday
night'.^ regular seasen finale at
Cha.sc.
GIRLS GAME
K. Mtn. (55t — Crockett 19, By
ers 18, Karon Ledford 6, Kathy
‘Elon also talked to him at
the a.ssociation tournament,” Go-
f: rtli noted, “but the thing is.
mc.st cf these schcxils give little
or no aid to wrestlers.”
Catawba, which hasted the as-
Sv'.'laticn tourney, Is talking to
Ash about the possibility of a
■c^mihination football - wre.s^ling
scholarship. .Ash .started at tackle
fcT three years for the Mountain-
ter gridders and wa.s one of the
team leaders in each campaign.
This year's trip to the associa
tion tcurney was the first for the
KMHiS wrestlers and many per
sons feel that had ihe Mountain
eers gone to the event la.st year.
.Ash wculd luue won the title as
a junior.
He fnlshed with a 14-1 record
Ledford'S, Proctor 2. McGinnis 2. last winter, winning his last 13
R-S Central (25» —Lyles 2. jmitches, all on pin.s. Thus, he
Omill 3, LIttlejchn 41 Miller 8, currently has a string of 31
Co7itiniif'd On PttRe Four i sliraight victories, 32 of them
BO.
IE
v
10134imaoi
Central Junicr lligh'.s Pal riot*
elcsed out another succes.sfui .sea
son Tuesday doxcai.ng Gasion
Day 43-27 for a final record cf 12
wins and only two lo.5sos.
The K.MHS freshmen split a
pair of games la.st week to finislt
with a break-ever 7-7 record.
Central, coached by Porter
Griggs, had the .-ijest record in
the Iri-Ccunty Junior High Con-
ferenre, thanks largely to Grier’s
upset victory c'ver Ashley cn
Tuesday. Ctntr;il had last to Asfi-
ley Thursday, 39-38.
William Thempsen tepped tiuj
Patriots in scoring in both of
their games, hitting 14 in the
loss to Ashley and 17 in the vic
tory over Ga-'don Day. Mark Mcn’
cier chipped in with 10 in the
Tuesday win.
In the narrow loss to Asltley.
the two clubs were even at the
end of the first two periods, the
.score tud at 8-8 aftt'r one thrr)-
ter and 18-18 halftime. A-hley
cutscored tlie Patriots 15-14 in
the third period and that was the
difference in tlie game.
The fre.shmen wliipped Ashley
54-47 Thursday before losing to
Cre.-it 47-39 in their finale Mon
day.
Jimmy Thompson led the win
over Ashley, scoring 21 pr-I.its.
Tommy Manning addev'l 14 and
Clev'eland Mackey 10. KMH8 It:!
Qll the way. The sccre was 27-26
at halftime and 42-34 heading
into the Hnal eight minute's.
fix's! led all the way in whip
ping the frosh Monday. KAnS
failed to place a player in dou
ble figures.
CENTRAL BOXES
Central (38t — TJiompson 14.
Mcrcler 8, Re bert.s 6, Ingram o,
Eddins 5.
Ashley (391 — Fays.-Joux 10.
Ccoke 6, Parks 8. Pratt 11.
V7GT
NAME
SCHOOL
98
'Marc I airdl
Watauga
105
.Mickey Hrrdlh
Valdese
Eilly keo.*'e
Watauga
112
B.lly A.aeite
Wilauga
'3y.; n .-Mexander
Alex-
(’ontral
119
Mike Eritiain
Valile.-;e
Rodney Butler
Newt
120
Randy Dula
Jiadson
R .bert S.Ti th
Newton
132
\ auglin Fresh.>ur
Mv Dowell
Lddle Taylor
Hud.'un
138
Garv Vate.;
Watauga
Mila* Elddix
Avery Co.
14.5
D- u;Ias Stanberrv
VVaiau’a
Fran.sie Smith
U
155
Larrv John.smi
A. ( . V Co.
Greg WiUan
Huds'.n
JiK'K L.mon
NI:-DawclJ
Quincy Robcit.s Wilke.s Cen
Michael Cook
Watauga
167
Roland Young
Xcvvuxi
Staniev Atw.. d
Waiauga
185
Alfred A-h King.s Mtn.
R^be.r E'elm.st(*r
.4iex-
Central
Gill Ec:k
Iu?no;r
195
D-irroll Pritchard
Hu-dson
Hwt.
Greg Lail
Hudson
Bustei G(>r(*e
M. Dow ell
F\cd Walters Alex. Central
FINAL STANDINGS
Team
Watauga
Huclcn
Alexander
.Avt*.“v Cauntv
McDowell
Valdcse
Wilkes Cenlr.il
Newt cn-C jnov i-r
Lc'nclr
Kings .M mntain
Won Lost
six games f.ar a 9-9 'conferc'nee
le ';rd and 13-9 overall mark,
liie .M ;untaineers’ only loss i.n
:iu' fijial .vix was to league
. .;ainp4(ai Snrlby.
Buuh Blalock continiK's to lead
lac Mcunlainecrs in .scoring but
I . iicli Allen Di.xon has alsj gc-t-
d.uble digit .s. oring from s(v-
( -. I playei.s, including Mike
'i 1 anhs, T(jny Fii.s, Randy Wingo
a" ' VV( ndi iFDawkins.
This is the .Mou.ntaineer.s’ f;*!
V. lar.infe s(*a.son in three years un
der Dixen. i'hey \v nipped ev<;v
team in the c'onference at least
( n'*e with the ex:'eption of Crest,
, h ran the Mountie.s off the
'rt twi-e In regular .-w'a-son
a) »v.
Ash Wins Association 'Championship,
RunsUnbeaten SeasonRecordTo2l-0
W.
Sarvis ^'he.n'd the :i.ss K-iati* n
1:' tltl(* uvi> years a/o.
in tei:n .-j) rts. tin- .Mauntl'*.-
h.'ue captuia 1 only o”T •
1: n title. In 196‘t, the KMII.-';
ba-'- -all t( am vvi-nl all tlu* w ;y.
wiiipping .S::itc.-;ville 2-h in Pk'
fhom])! m.shij) game on a \M)-
!iitl(‘. !^y laj.MV G l. itli. wlio »v.?n
t’ne a >r> •! I ion'.-; (.utstai; li):.;
pkiver a A aril.
Ti'e lO,'*;-; hasketball team, lei
Adams, advancel lo
•itati ai .aam; iai'shia
e 1 >-Ing to K'U'.na;
r.'il -.he:- K.MII ^ team-
to tlu* a v- i;
V
UDii^
tion.'i in the lS5-p>un<l cla.-s were
Rc )( rt Fc .mstev ff Alexajidf-:
Cent.al and Gill Heck of Lenoir.
King.s Mjuntain bad the
league's tep wrestler do.spiie fin
ishing la.-:1 in Hu-* lU-ioam league
with a (»-9 record. Tiie Mountain-
185-paund eers were 1-15 overall.
In wTostior of the year hona.n^,
.A.sh nosed cut 145-p<iund Dr.uglas
Stanoerry ol Watauga and 126-
ir .und Randy Duia of Hudsc.n.
Bill E.mwn, who .rcache.l Wa
tauga to -a i>erfect 9-0 reoord in
emferen'e action, won coacli ol
the v'ear lionons. K.n Byeily ol
Hud.=(m fiidslu’d second and Jerry
Murray Valdese third.
Tlu* ccmplete all • .*anTronie
team and final NWC-SW^' .'•'tniici-
in,:.-- 1( llf.w;
ALFRED ASH
. .. Association Champ
f4?!s Capture
Fourth In Row,
Boys Win 85«81
King.-; .Mountain'^ var.'ily cag-
'or'* vlo.scd our regular .sea%.n play
'liuv.lay night at Cha.se with a
dejhleluuler sweep, the girls
winning .54-32 and the boys win
ning 8.5-81.
The v'ictory gave the Moun-
lainette.' a final 10-P Southvve.st-
ern Conference record. It wa.s tlu*
fourth .'straight victory for Blaine
Fiv mebergcr’.s 1 a.s.si(.*.s.
Tlu* Mountaineers, '>vho sot a
school fcoring record with 166
p;.:nt' in an earlier victory over
Tiie 'iVojan.s, finished with a 9-9
roi'crd in conference action and
tied Burns for fifth place.
Tltrre players .scored in double
figures as tlie Mcuntainett(*.s
. nnpU'ti'lv cu'icla.'v'Cd the Lady
Trojan-', who finished with a 6-12
mark. Kathy IvOdford led tlte way
with 15 joints, Sandra
adde.i 14 and Karen Ledf jrd 10."
Deborah (faockett barely misstti
djurde figures 'A'ilh nine points.
Cliase wa.s close, 21-16, at in
torrais Ln but the .Vlcimtainette.*
cenGnued to be a second hab
balLlub, outscoring their host.s
30-16 over he f.nal two periods.
Eutdi Blalo-jk had his highe.st
.scorhig game of the year in the
nigiiitai:, ic.ssing in a game-high
32 jvoin:.s i.; lead the Meuntam-
(-ers to their narrow win. Randy
Wingo added 17 ix>ints, Mike
Thembs 12 and Wendell Jenkins
11. giving the Mcuniaint'er.s four
double-digit ^^'ortrs.
Tlio Mountaincers led most of
t’ne w.ty out were never able to
put the game or; ice. They we-e
up by 12, 45-33. at halftime but
the livjan.^ <ramv rcari.ng back In
t.he late .stages cl the ga.me ;o
make it iiireresting.
GIRLS GAME
K. Mtn. (54) — Crockett 9,
Karen Ledford 10, Kathy Led-
I'.rd 15. Byers 14, Proctor 6.
Ch.UJO (32) — C'Tomer 8, Sims
6. Hawkins 2, Pridge.s 2, Dedrrain
1. McAddo 2. Padgett 2.
BOYS GAME
K. Mtn. (S5) — Blalock 32,
Da'wkir.s 11, Thombs 12, Wingo
17. Fall.-- 4. DaG.; 2, Smith 2. M;--
G,.!'; 1. A larn^ 2, Plonk 2.
Cha.sL '81) — Ilinscn 23. Pad-
cell 20, Fowler 18, K '.;::sjn 10.
Harrili IS.
Little Mounties Whip Chase
F.-S, End Year With i3-7 Record
4E
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CENTRAL PATRIOTS HAVE 12-2 MARK — The Central Junior High baskettall team, above, finish-
ed their season with a 12-2 record# best in the Tri -County Conference. Kneeling is manoger Noah
Gardner. First row. left to right Rick Hinnant Leonard Roberts, Mike Bumgarner, Kenneth BelL
A1 Eddins, Eddie Ingram and Tim Oliver. Back row# Don Henderson# John Roberts, Steve Lan-
conter, WilUcEm Thompson# Mark Merder, Arthur Morgan and Wesley Nerrom
Central (13) — Thrmpsen 17.
Mercicr 10. Lanca.ster 2. Rohi d.s
2, Ingram 4, E^Idin.s 4. Hinnant
1, Edwards 2, Waddell 1.
Ga.ston Day (27) G. Henry
2, B. Heni-y 8. iBrcvvn 5. M.x>re 6,
Smith 4. Merrow 2.
FROSH BOXES
KM (5D — Thomps.m 21, Man
ning 11. Ja.kscn 6. Mackey 10,
Yarbrn 2. M.'Kinnr\ 1.
A'ihley (47) — Andcr.?on 13,
Adaras 4. lihynt* 12. Sadler 6.
Matthews 4. Young 4, Muatz 2.
Floyd 2.
i KM (39) — Tliomps.m 7, Man
ning 8, Jackson 7, Mackey 2, Y’ar-
! bro 2, MeKinney 4, Jones 2.
Crest (47) — Parks 15. Curlier
i 4, Maddox 15, Littlejohn 5, Wtl-
! eon 4, (Temp 4.
King.-' .Mountain High’s jayvee
o.tgcr. wen games from Cha.se
anJ R-S Central la‘ t week to end
thoi: season with a 13-7 record.
The Little Mountaineers r .'np-
ed ovei Chase. 8<j-42, but had m
c. me frem beidnl In the fourth
quarter t. nip K-.S Central, 60-57.
Dvnv.*:!.- Evan: and La.nai Pay-
scui led Die comelwk against
R-S Central and finished -with 15
and 13 points respectively to lead
the Little Mountle.: in scoring.
R-S Cenir.al held a 41-38 lead
heading into the final chapter
after KM had led at 15-14 after
the first quarter and 32-24 at
halftime. Robert Burnotlc of the
Hilltoppers was the game’.s high
scorer wnth 24 points.
Mike Williams and Byers com
bined for 41 points, just one shy
of Chase's team total, in the lop
sided victory over Die Trojans.
Williams was the game s top seor-
or with 21 and Eyers added 2().
Thuries Bell was al.'<.'» in double
figures with K'.
King.; Mjunlain was in com
mand all Dio way, h*ading 16-9
liter the lirsi pcri. d. 34-15 at
l alitimo and 53-28 headi:ig inti
the final chapter.
CHASE GAME
K. M:n. i86) Smith S. Will
iams 21. Hardin 6, Payseur 8, D.
Byers 20, W. Bell 4, C Bell 10^
Payne 1, J. Byens 2, Gooden 2,
Mix>re 4. 4
CENTRAL GAME
K. Mtn. (60) — Smith 4, WUl-
ianis 8. Hardin 5, Paystw 13, D.
Pyo;.'. 15, Perkins 4, W. 9,
.^ic^cicr 2.
R-S (57» — Keeter 10. Little
john 6, Logan 4. omey 11, Ford
6, Burnetla 24. .