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East Gaston WNCHSAA Champ
KMHS Golfers Finish Third
King* Mountain’!
Mountaineer* finished
third In the final Western
N. C. High SchooU Ac
tivities Association golf
tournament Monday and
IViesday at Rlveihend Golf
Chib near Shelby.
The Mountaineers shot a
two-day total at S46 to
fhilah 21 strokes behind
champion Bast Oaston,
which had a 626. Davie
County was second.
Johnny Gamble, who
was one of four leaders
with a 74 after the first day
of action, led the KMHS ef
fort with a 74-78-162. He
tied Shelby's Alan Shuford
for fourth place In the in
dividual standings.
Bast Gaston’s Grant
Hflffman, who closed out
Johnny Gamble puttt for birdie
on 15, but it doeanl drop^
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Teams Open
Here Friday
Kings Mountain’s two
Senior Babe Ruth teams
will open their 1977 seasons
Friday night at Lancaster
Field with games against A
couple of strong Charlotte
area teams.
The Lowes Foods
Orioles, coached by Don
Ellis and Chuck Boheler,
will get things underway at
6:30 with a game against
Ashley Park. The BDF
Ccnstructlon Redlegs will
play the nightcap at 8:80
against Mint Hill. BDF Is,^
coached by Ray Robinson
and Max Brooks.
The two KM teams will
travel to Charlotte on
Saturday night to play the
same two teams at Har
ding High School. The
Orioles will meet Mint Hill
at 6: SO and the Redlegs will
play Ashley Park at 8:80.
The two KM entries will
begin Kings Mountain
League action Tuesday
night at Lancaster Field
with a game against each
other. Game time Is 7 ;80 p.
m.
The Redlegs and Orioles
will both be using a lot of 16
year old players this year,
but they’ll also be counting
on some returnees to help
their drive toward the
league title. East Lincoln
is also competing In the
KM league, replacing
’Tryon, and players from
aU three teams will make
up the all-star team which
will be competing In
district and state playoffs.
The BDF team Is the
defending league cham
pion. Its players Include
Tim Whitaker, Bruce
'Valentine, David Ray
Robinson, Steve Boggan,
Steve Lancaster, Mark
Schuman, TTm Spicer, Tim
Chapman, Jimmy Hall,
Kevin Tinsley, Beannle
Smith, Shermsui Jenkins
and Scott Yarbro.
The Orioles roster In
cludes Ronnie Wilson,
Bryan White, David Cobb,
Scott BUls, Andy Loftln,
Scott Thronburg, David
McDaniel, Jerry Jackscm,
Scott Hovls, Danny Bolin,
Chip Childers, Chris
Keeter and Cradg Bell.
Albetnaiie
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Here Sunday
Kings Mountain’s A’s
will host the Albemarle
Sluggers Sunday at
Davidson Park In a big
Triple County League
game.
Righthander Richard
Gillespie will open on the
mound for the A’s and
several newcomers su-e
expected to be In the
lineup. Including Larry
Lsuie and Ronnie Ross.
The A’s are Idle
Saturday.
with a thrse-under-par 69
after shooting 76 In the
opening round, was the In
dividual champion with a
76-69-146. North Gaston’s
Larry Penley flnlahed sec
ond with a 149 and Davie
County’s Ronald Webb was
third at 160.
Gamble turned both
aides In 87’s Monday to
grab a share of the first
round lead. But his putts
wouldn’t drop Tuesday and
he fell to a six-over-par 78,
firing 89’s on both Mdes.
The KMHS senior hit the
first eight greens In
regulation and putted for
an eagle on the par five
sixth hole, .but three put
ted. He missed hla first
green when hla approach
shot on number nine fell
about two feet short of the
green.
Maik Sanders had the
second best score for the
Mountaineers, shooting a
79-82 — 161. Hla beat effort
came Monday when he
shot a 89 on the front side.
Darrell Austin was a
stroke behind Sanders at
78-84 - 162. His best effort
also came on Monday
when he shot a one-over 87
on the front side. He also
ran into some troubles
Tuesday, mooting a 41-48—
84.
Herbie Beam, who was
playing on his home
course, scored a 86-88—171.
Hla best effort was on the
front aide ’Tuesday, when
he shot a 40.
East Gaston grabbed an
early lead Monday and
was able to maintain It,
even though the Warriors
hada slight challenge from
Davie County, Statesville
and KM. The Warriors,
Southwestern Conference
co-champs with Shelby,
shot a 818 Monday for a
two-shot lead over
Statesville, a five-stroke
advantage over Davie
County and a six-shot lead
over the Mountaineer*.
All other schools were
out of contention after the
first round, and the other
three fell off the pace early
In ’Tuesday’s round.
Statesville wound up In
fourth place with a 662.
Even though the Moun
taineers diihi’t wrhr the
event, they atlU put forth
the beat showing for a
KMHS team since 1966,
when the Mountles also
finished third In the
association. This year
marked the first time since
’66 that the Mountaineers
have qualified a team for
the association event.
Gamble was trying to
bring the school Its third
Individual title but tsU
short. John Van Dyke won
the association tourney In
1966 and Dana Sarvls won
It In 1970.
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