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RUMley Mounties Champs
Klngi Mountain High’s
top SMd, 'nm Riddle, out
classed the Northwestern
Conference’s top-seed,
Butch Dunn of Wilkes
Central 6-1, 6-3 Frtday at
Shelby High to give Riddle
the Individual singles title
and the Mountaineers the
team champtonahlp In the
Northwestern- i
Southwestsm Conference
tennis tournament.
Ihe victory gave the
Mountaineers their first
tennis championship ever
and It came In the final
year of competition In the
Western N. C. High Schools
Activities Association, ’rha
Mountaineers and other
SWC schools move Into tha
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I SLUGS HOMER - Jim Hall (M) and
I Danny Bolin (center) congratulate
I ttnice Valentine after bis second Inning
f homer Iie4>ed stake KMHS to a T-S lead
against South Point Wednesday at
Lancaster Field. South POM came hack
to win 13-10, then copped the SWC title
FMday night at Belmont with a T-4
vlctoiy over the Mountaineers.
KMHS Baseball Team
Ousted By South Point
Kings Mountain High’s the top of the second In-
baaeballsrs reached the nhig, but came storming
end of the line Friday night back behind the hitting of
at Davis Pai* In Belmont, designated hitter Karl
I losing 7-4 to South Point In Wltzke to eliminate the
; the final game of the Mountaineers.
' Southwestern Conference Wltzke, who normally
- best of three championship starts at first base, drove
‘ series. In five runs, clearing the
The victory gave the Red bases In the second with a
Raiders a 16-3 overall three-run double and
record and the right to adding a two-run single
represent the SWC In the when the Raiders scored
bl-conference playoffs three In the fourth.
Tha Mountalnoors
matched the Raldem In
hits with five, but Coach
Barry Gibson’s youngsters
left nine men stranded on
the basepaths. South Point
left only three men on
base.
Righthander John
Conner went the route for
South Point, walking Juit
three and tanning seven.
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against Hudson. ’That best
of three aeries begins
today In Hudson.
The loss left the Moun
taineers with a final 11-13
record, but the Moun
taineers finished 10-6 In
j SWC play. Six of their 13
: losses were In non-
! conference action.
? The determined Red S. Point
^ Raiders spotted the under- *^*'’**-
i dog MounUes a 3-0 lead In Wltzke, lb
f Painter, c
larger North Carolina High
Schools Athletic
Association next year.
’Ills KM vlctoiy also
unssatod Shelby High as
ths King of NWC-SWC
tannla. TTia Uens had won
ths last sight SWC crowns
and ths last five bl-
cenfsrsnee Otlss.
’Ills Mountaineers, who
scored 14 team points to IS
for Shelby, needed Rld-
dls’s victory In the «wai« to
claim the championship.
■Mlby had battled Into
contention when Its
Bumber one doubles team
cdSklp Warrick and Kevin
Ghayeon dafeated KM’s
Kevin Morehead and Scott
•ummltt 7-6, and 6-3.
As the bl-conference
(Kitfes champion. Riddle
wlU be one of the favored
glayera for this week’s
WeetarnN. CHlgh Schools
Actlvltlos Association
Iwmament, which wlU be
played Thursday and
Friday on the Shelby
esurU.
Summitt and Morehead,
who defeated the Shelby
taam of Buddy Hobbs and
lUih Gibson, 4-6,6-4 and 6-
1 to reach the finals, will
also be competing In the
aaoclatlon event. AU other
KM players, both boys and
girls, lost out In the
epanlng round of the bl-
aanferonce event and did
aat qualify for the
association.
Following KM and
Shelby In team points were
Wilkes Ontral 11, R-S
Central 10, East Ruther
ford nine, Watauga eight,
Chase, and South Point six
each. Bums and Lenoir
three each and Oest and
Hlbrlten one each. Hudson
and CheriyvUle failed to
score.
In girls competition,
Shel^ won with 18 points,
foliowed by Lenoir 13^
Watauga ll. South Point
and R-S Central eight
each. Bums and Wilkes
Central Kx each. Beat
RuOierford five, KMHS
three. Crest two and
Cherryvllle one. Chase
failed to score.
Kings Mountain won the
bl-conference event this
year In exactly the same
way Shelby took It from the
Moiintaineer Boxscores
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Richmond, 3b-p
Shepherd, 2b
Lowing, rf
Sausedo, rf
Stowe, dh
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Barker, ss
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Hall,cf
White, If
Robinson, ss-p
Lancaster, p
Tinsley, rf
Wilson, p
Deaton, pr
Whitaker, dh
Chapman, 2b
EUla,c
Bolin, 3b
Loftln,rf
Valentine, lb
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E - White 2, Robinson, Tinsley, Chap
man, EUls, Bolin 8, Loftln, Valentine 3,
Richmond, Barker. 2. LOB - SP 9, KM 8.
2B - Painter 2, Shope. HR - Valentine,
Robinson, Stowe. SB-Davls.
Pitcher: ip H R ER BB so
Shope (W) 6 2-3 4 10 7 4 9
Haynes 0 0 0 0 2 0
Richmond i-a 0 0 0 0 0
Lancaster 3 3 8 110
Robinson (L) 3 1-8 6613 3
Wilson 3 1-8 6 4 10 0 s
Save - Richmond. WP - Robinson. HBP •
Bolin, by Sh(q;>e; Loftln, by Shope;
Valentine, by Shope, Hall, by Shiqpie.
Hall, cf 8 0 0 0
Wlilta,as-lf 8 110
Robinson, p-ss 4 110
Ellla,e 4 0 1 0
Whitaker, rf 8 0 0 0
Lancaster, ph 10 0 0
BoUn, 8b 3 10 1
Chapman, 3b 0 0 0 0
T1nBley,dh 3 0 1 0
Loftln, If 3 10 0
Wilson, p 10 0 0
Valentine, lb 8 0 13
’Totals 38 4 8 8
S. Point
Davis, cf 3 3 0 0
Conner, p 0 0 0 0
WltBke,dh 8 0 3 8
Painter, c 3 0 0 0
Shope, lb 8 0 0 0
Richmond, 8b 8 0 0 0
Shepherd, 3b 8 110
Lawlng, rf 8 3 10
Sausedo, rf 0 0 0 0
Barker, ss 3 10 0
MoeB,lf 1111
Totals 33 7 8 6
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Pitcher
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Wilson
Conner (W)
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Mountaineers a year ago.
A year ago, ths Moun-
telnaers went Into the final
round leading the Uons by
a point but ths Shslby club
came back to win by a
point. ’This year, Shelby Isd
by a point going Into ths
fhisl round only to see ths
Moiaittes come back to
edge them out by one.
’Ihe key victory for ths
Mwsitslneers, other thaa
Riddle’s championship
win, was ths seml-finsla
doubles victory Morehead
and Summitt won over
Shelby’s SHobbs and
Gibson. Had the Shelby
taam won that match. It
would have ended KM’s
hopes of a team Utle.
“Morehead and Summitt
went through their first
round matches rather
easily,’’ noted Coach Ed
Giqr. "but the Shelby team
put the pressure on them la
that semi-finals match.
Morehead and Summitt
lost the first set, 6-4, but
came back real strong and
won 6-4 and 6-1.
‘"Ihey played real well
against Warrick and
Grayson In the finals,''
added Guy, “but It’s hard
to beat two Shelby teams la
the same day. We would
have liked to have won tha
doubles title, but second
place Is still pretty good.’’
Riddle, as many ex
pected, had UtUe trouble.
The only surprising thing
about his play was how
easily he defeated Duim,
who finished second In the
association last year.
“Durm’s a good player,"
noted Guy, "so this victory
should put ’Tim In a good
position for the association
tournament. I’m
prejudiced, but I’d have to
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BI-OONFBBENOB CHABIPION -
lOngs Mountain High Junior Urn Riddle
added the Ninthwesteni-Soufliwestern
Conference tournament singles title to
Us list of tennis accomplishments
Friday when he swept through the event
at the Shelby High courts. Riddle
soundly defeated Butch Dunn of Wilkes
Ckntral 6-3, 6-1, In the championship.
Dunn was the runner-up In the
association teomay a year aga. UK
victory gavew the Mountalnoors their |
first team tennis title In history as they
edged out perennial champion Shelby by
a sUgle pout. Riddle end the dobblee
team of KevU Morehead and Scott
Summitt will be competing U tha
association tourney Thursday and
Friday at Shelby.
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