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Thursday. October 20, 1977-MIRROR-HERALD-Page 7A ft Unbeaten Red Raiders Here For Friday Game Kings Mountsdn’s Moun taineers will be trying to pull the upset of the year In Southwestern 8-A Con ference play Friday night at John Oamble Stadium wrhen they host undefeated South Point. Ihe Red Raiders bring the SWC’s highest scoring team here and they will be heavily favored to win their eighth straight con test. But one person who won’t be taking the Moun- 1 -, > IS ns I I l<P IIhi I Mill 11*1 i.iiiiiw!*iiwiii|iiiiiwiii 'ng» Mountain IwRHs'ta Photo By Gary Stewart Tnajor and ; snail coUe^^ >. tt. "tim- reasons tor Kings MotaitalPi WtfMlm In Moimtalneers hope to upset unbeaten football over the past ttirse seasons have South Point Friday at Oamble Stadium, been linebackers Scott Ellis, left, and they'll have to continue to get super play Bruce Valentine, a pair of seniors who from these two, plus many others, are being heavily recruited by several talneers lightly will be South Point’s veteran coach, Jim Blggerstaff, who saw his 1I17S Rtdders drop their first regular season SWC game In over three years to the Moun taineers, 88-30. Tbe Raiders went on to lose three more games that year for a 6-4 record, their worst since Blggerstaff took over aa head coach In 1969. Kings Mountain went on to finish 4-6-1 for their worst season since Bob Jones took over as head mentor In 1971. Many of the players that are seniors on today’s South Point euid Kings Mountain squads were sophomores then, and one of the KMHS sophomores, linebackers Scott Ellis, was the key figure In the Mountaineers’ upset vic tory. Ellis broke through the South Point line to block two punts (Hi con secutive Raider kicks in the second half to turn the game into Kings Moun tain’s ta.vcT. If the Mountaineers are to pull a similar upset Frl- lay night, Ellis and his lefenslve pals will have to give their greatest effort sver. The Red Raiders have already produced 284 points In seven games and nave limited their op ponents to Just 42. Most of the points scored against the Raiders have come late In the ballgame when victory was assured. The only close game for South Point was against Chase, when the Raiders jumped off to a 14-0 lead t !• pl6- ’ mor TsrohMot OM - JOB OPPORTUNITIES Urgg iMliitrial natal iMahiaa aaJ atsamUf firm oaatiJariag laaatiag ia Baataa Caaati-Kiagi Maaataia araa. Campaai will paf abara avaraga wagas anti prafMa aiaallaat friaga baaafH paakaga. Campaai hat aaaJt far tha fallatriag paaHiaas: • Engineers — (Industrial, mechanical, etc. Technicians Tool and Die Makers Machinist Machine Set up Machine Operators Assemhiers Inspectors Clerical Material handlers REPLY IN STRICTEST CONFIDENCE TO Gaston County Plant Survey P.O.IestnA Oaslenle, N. C. 28662 1.0.1. NAME. V ADDRESS PHONE JOB EXPERIENCE OR TRAINING Job Tltl*/TTalnlng/Y*ar» and won 14-6. They have gone over the 40-polnt mark four times, and over 60 once, that In a 61-16 waltz past Bast Ruther ford, a club which defeated Kings Mountain 14-12. Against common op ponents, the Raiders are 6- 0 while the Mountaineers are 8-2. South Point defeated Ashbrook 28-7 while the Mtxmtles lost to the Green Wave 21-7. Both clubs defeated Chase, North Gaston and R-S Central. The big guns offensively for the Raiders have been quarterback Joe Shepherd, one of the league’s top passers, and halfback Steve Davis, one of the SWC’s top groundgalners and scorers. South Point’s power run ner is Femsuidez Orler, a I 200-pound junior fullback. { Unebacker Mitch Painter heads up the defensive | unit. I Kings Mountain has been ^ an up-and-down team on offense, but the defense has performed well In moat of the games. The Moun taineers have allowed more than two touchdowns to (Hdy'two teams, Ash brook and Shelby. Ellis and Bruce Valentine have keyed the defense from their linebacker positions. They are completing their third season as two of the lesigue’s top linebackers. Others who have given a consistent pertormance Include Norman Phillips, Kelly Land, David Gordon, Steve Laughter, Terry McQaln, Kale Goins and Tracy Cook. KM’S defensive secondary, which has Improved greatly since the first of the year, will probably receive Its toughest test to date In Shepherd. Shepherd com pleted two bomba last year at South Point to give the Raiders a 20-18 upset vic tory over the Moun taineers. Andy Loftln, Jody Dea ton, Bryon White, David Ray Rbb^nson, Jim Hall and Steve Boggan will likely be covering a lot of receivers Frtday night. Offensively, the Moun taineers have averaged better than tour yards per play, but turnovers have limited their movement. In order to upset the Raiders, the Mountaineers will have to eliminate the fumbles and pass Interceptions that plagued them In the first seven ballgamea. Kenny Bell, rounding out a fine three-year career, leads the rushing attack with 60S yards despite sitting out the Chase game with an Injury. In tha games ha’s plsyed, his lowest output was 72 yards against Ashbrook and his best night was 106 yards against Crest. The Raiders can't afford to stack their defense solely against Bell, how ever, because fullback David Ray Robinson has churned out 426 yards despite playing most at the season with Injuries. 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