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1 I Ian better mage at the know b( the Inter- lea — ame a U he Sure, eatre. nnber Jwaya r for Lve he him I . He’U lowing . Mike many nd get room \4 |V It ;u€ could r time 16 the bunty) laguea uf the I were Kinga thank le who e It to o the kve ua c. bt the hold ittable leh the irents, n your d bleaa IKINS ly way. lurder Ida— nlnal V > .1; r Ihursday, August 9, 19Te-MIRROR-HERALD-Page 5A Jones h Optimistic KMHS Grid Drills Begin Today TENDING CHORES - BIU Caahlon, former Kings Mountain High aaeUtant football coach, will be spending theae bot August afternoons working In bis lawn and garden Instead of attending Mountaineer football iwactlceB. Oashlon resigned as KMHS line coacb recently Photo By Gary Stewart after 16 seasons with the Mountaineers. He had earlier served as assistant coach and two years as head coach at ThylorsvIUe High Scho<d. Cashlon’s shown here picking tomatoes as be recalled some of his experiences In the coaching ranks. Kings Mountain High opens pre-season football practice this afternoon at John Gamble Stadium. Coach Bob Jones and his assistants will put the Mountaineers through six days of conditioning drills before getting Into heavy work a week from today. The Mountaineers, who open their season on Sept. 3 against Crest, will be try ing to improve on a 4-5-1 season of a year ago, their lone losing campaign in five years under Jones. Jones is looking for a much-better season and feels the Mountaineers could possibly be a South western Conference con tender If some young players mature quickly. The Mountaineers, though they have many re turning players, lost some key players at key positions and Jones will be looking to rising sopho mores to fill those posts. “I feel like we have enough players back to form a good nucleus," Jones says, “but we still need a lot of help. We lost most of our' ends and defensive backs, and we won’t have too much depth at running back." The Mountaineers return quarterback Mike Bum- gardner, who led the con ference In touchdowns thrown last fall and should rank among the top slgnal- crllers In the state. However, the remainder of the backfleld was almost entirely wiped out by graduation. The Mountles return only two part-time starters, Kenny Bell and Richard Ross. Up front, Jones lost several key players. In cluding starting guards John Yarbro and Nathaniel Smith, but the Mountaineers return several good prospects, including center Bruce Valentine, g\iards Kelly Land, Mark Moore, Tim Spicer and David Gordon and ends William Thomp son and Dennis Putnam. One of Jones’ biggest problems will be replacing his most valuable player. Chris Johnson, who was one of the league’s best ends and defensive backs for three seasons. “One thing that’s working In our favor," Jones pointed out, "Is that we’ll have more time to get ready. We've been opening our season the last week of August." In the beginning, the KM defense will probably out shine the offense since Jones has nine players that started on defense last fall. “Our defense showed a lot of Improvement toward the end of last season," Jones noted. “At the first of the year, we couldn’t win because we couldn’t stop other teams from scoring.” BOB JONES MKE BUMGARNER But, Jones added, just because he has nine defen sive starters returning doesn’t mean those same players will automatically earn a position. “Everything’s wide open right now,” he said. “We plan to give eveiybody an equal chaince and we’re going to try to play as many boys as we can. When you consider 11 players on offense, 11 on defense and 22 on the specialty teams, that takes in a lot of people.” Jones, whose best team at KMHS was 7-2-1 In ’74, says this year’s team has the potential of being the best he’s had here, and feels a year from now the Mountaineers will be at their peak. “We’re real optimistic," he summed up. “Five or six of our returning players are some of the best players we’ve had since I’ve been here. If we get some of the young boys to come out we can have a good football team.” If ^ .^GkRV riEWhRT Km BOl CasUon WiU Be Missed bi Coacldng Banks When Kings Mountain High Sct^l opens Its pre- -aaaaon (oodka&^pMtctl^tl^ sutte|^||^n, a familiar face will be missing. “ Bill Cashlon, KMHS line coach for the past 16 seasons, resigned recently and will most likely be spending these hot August afternoons fishing and woriclng In his yard and garden. Although he still has a lot of good years left, you could say Cashlon was the last of the "old coaching staff" at KMHS...the staff that led the school to some glory years In the late fifties and early sixties. Recalling his years of coaching In between garden chores, Cashlon said his happiest times In coaching were spent In 1963 and '64, when the Mountles put together back-to-back unbeaten seasons In winning a pair of Southwestern Con ference titles. ‘"nie thing I can miss when I compare athletes of the sixties and today," Cashlon said, “Is that today’s athletes seem to have more ability but aren’t nearly as dedicated.” Cashlon called Jimmy Medlln, a guard on the ’63 Mountaineer team, "the most dedicated player I’ve ever woriced with." Cashlon’s football career, both as a player and coach. Is familiar to most KMHS followers. He played a tough fullback for KM during the middle forties, and many of the older KM fans still recall the night In 1946 that Cashlon scored the winning touchdown In a 6-0 victory over Shelby. “Since we never won a championship when I was In high school,’’ Cashlon noted, “that had to be the highlight of my playing career." After high school, Cashlon went on to play college ball at Gardner-Webb and Newberry, then entered the coaching ranks In ’66 as an assistant at Taylorsville High School. After three years as assistant and two years as head coach at Taylorsville, Cashlon had the op portunity to come back home In 1960 as line coact under the late John Gamble. KMHS was already enjoying banner seasons under Gamble, BUI Bates and Don Parker, and Cashlon was more than happy to Join the band wagon. Cashlon says two members of that staff, Parker, who was his coach In ’44, and Gamble, who had to retire the foUowlng season because of multiple sclerosis, had the biggest Influence on his coaching career. Cushion said he’s had no disappointments during his 16 years at KMHS and the decision to step down wasn’t an easy one. “I guess the main reason I’m leaving coaching," he says, “Is that I’m getting older and I’m Just not enjoying It as much as I used to. A coach needs to get out there and move with the players and as you get (Uder It gets harder every year, "I guess what I’ll miss the most," he continued, "Is the boys. As a coach, you’re In contact with the finest boys In the school.” CKshlon said quitting first entered his mind three or four years ago, but when each season roUed around he Just had to try It one more year. "It’s going to bo iMU-d staying away from It," Cashlon said, “but I’m looking forward to getting In a lot more fishing and working around the house.” For the next several weeks, however, Cashlon’s wlfo, Joyce, will probably be keeping an eye peeled from her grocery store across the street. For BUI might Just be leaving those yard chores and sUpplng off to football practice. m ® ^ ^ ^ 9 /I jj 11 ji n y y 17 CO. FT. ^irlpool Whirlpool REFRIGERATOR -FREEZER • 19.1 CU. FT. • CONVENIENT MEAT PAN • TWIN CRISPERS • FACTORY- INSTALLED ROLLERS • EQUIPPED FOR ADD-ON ICE MAKER NO FROST! v6 v? 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