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Senior Sammy Bell, who
made AU-Southwestem 8-A
Conference In three sports
during the 1078*79 school
year, won the Mirror*
Herald Athlete of the Tear
Award at the annual
Mountaineer Club All-
Sports Banquet Friday
night at the Kings
Mountain High cafeteria.
Carl Tacy, head
basketball coach at Wake
Forerst University, was
guest speaker.
Bell, a senior, was All-
Conference In cross
country, wrestling and
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track and In wrestling had
a perfect 18-0 regular
season and was 20-1
overall. Bell won the
Gaston Invitational, South
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Photos by Gary Stewart
. TROPHY WINNERS—These three KMH8 athletes right are Mark Schuman, most Improved In baseball;
won trophies at the annual Mountaineer Club all-sports ITm Leach, most valuable player In baseball; and
banquet Friday night at the KMHS cafeteria. Left to Bernard Womlc, most valuable In cross country.
..ATHLETE OF YEAR—Sammy Bell, right, needed
help from Wake Forest basketball Coach Carl Tacy to
I# hold all of his awards at Friday night’s Mountaineer
, Club AU-Sports Banquet at the KMHS cafeteria. BelL h
talented senior, won the most valuable wrestler award
and the Mirror-Herald Athlete of the Year trophy. Taegr
was guest speaker tor the event.
Vitamin Bees,
‘Legion Winners
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In minor league games
played last Wednesday
night. Vitamin Bees edged
Plonk 011 5-2 and American
Legion defeated Optimist
15-1.
Raynard Roberts hit a
grand slam homer to key
Vitamin Bees' five-run
- rally in the last Inning.
^ Plonk carried a 2-0 lead up
to that point.
Trent Sanders hurled a
one-hitter for Vitamin
Bees. Rusty Bumgsurdner
took the loss despite giving
^ up only two hits.
* Mike Houser hurled the
win and Ware took the loss
In the Legion-Optimist
game. Optimist scored Its
only run In the first InnlOH
for a 1-0 lead but Legtoa
took the lead for good with
two In the third. Ths
winners added eight mors
In the fourth and five in ths
fifth.
TTmmy Adams led ths
plate attack for the Legion
with two singles and a
double. Bryant Wells had
two singles and Houser a
double and single. Monty
Deaton and two hits and
Robert Price one for
Optimist.
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. .MORE TROPHY WINNERS—These KMHS athletes won trophies at
the Mountaineer Club all-sports banquet Friday night at the KMHS
cafeteria. Lett to right are Angle Hickman, most valuable In track and
volleyball; Darrell Austla, most valuable In golf; Roxanne Tate, most
valuable and Jan Fryar Memorial Award winner In tennis; Barron
Wilson, most valuable in tennis; Barbara McClain, most valuable In
track; Chris Keeter, most valuable In tennis; and Darlene McClain,
outstanding cheerleader.
Hardin Catches Big Fish
( David Hardin of Kings
Mountain will be awarded
a citation In the North
Ckrollna Saltwater Fishing
Tournament for a red
drum weighing 44 pounds,
eight ounces caught at
i Avon, N.C.. May 17.
Hardin, his wife, and
. family were fishing off the
‘ Avon Pier near Hatteras
Island, when Hardin
'landed the prise winner.
. Hardin took the fish to a
'nearby weigh station and
was told It was a "cltatloa’*
fish because It welghad
over 40 pounds.
"I really don’t know a M
about the details," aaM
Hardin. "We didn’t m
down there to fish In a
tournament. It’s something
that ]u8t happened.”
Hardin's citation will bs
awarded by the Division of
TVavel and Tourism of the
North Carolina Depart
ment of Commerce.
Teams Play For First
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. Kings Mountain Knit and
'Foote Mineral battle at 6
p.m. tonight for first place
In the Kings Mountain
Industrial League
Slowpltch Softball stan
dings.
1 Both teams sport 9-1
league records and three
! ^me leads over Eaton,
IKlnmont and Kings Tam.
.'all with 6-4 marks. K Mills
,l)as a 8-7 mark, along with
Park Tam, and Carmet
brings up the rear with an
0-10 record.
In games last week,
Foote defeated Baton 17-7,
KM Knit edged Park Tam
18-12, Klnmont defeated K
MlUs 12-8, Kings Tara
outslugged Carmet 18-7,
KM Knit whipped Klnmont
13-10, Eaton defeated K
Mills 22-7 and Foote
defeated Kings Yarn 10-4.
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BASKBTBAIX, VINNERS-Ike athletes pictured above won
basketball trophies at Friday night’s booster club all-sports fete. Lett
to right are Diane WlUlams, Coach’s Award; Priscilla Rlckenbacker,
most valuable; Jeff Prescott, Coach’s Award; Annette Littlejohn,
most Improved; Timmy Adams, moot valuable; and Vernon Bell, most
Improved. Rlckenbacker was also most valuable In softL^.
Southwestern Sectional
tournaments. His only loss
was In the Western
Reglonals at Hickory.
Bell was an outstandlag
mller In track. He was All-
Conference In cross
country and wrestling for
two years In a row.
In addition to winning
the Athlete of the Tear
trophy. Bell sdso won the
most valuable wrestler
award.
Several other athletes
also won two awards.
Priscilla Rlckenbacker
took MVP trophies In girls
basketball and softball,
Roxanne Tate won the
most valuable player
award and the Jan Fryar
Memorial Trophy In girls
tennis and Angle Hickman
was most valuable player
In volleyball «uid shared
the most valuable player In
girls track with Barbara
McClain.
Other most valuable
players Included Tim
Leach, baseball; TTmmy
Adams, boys basketball;
Bernard Womlc, cross
country; Darrell Austin,
golf; Kevin Mack, boys
track; and Chris Keeter
and Barron Wilson, tennis.
Most Improved player
trophies went to Mark
Schuman In baseball and
Vernon Bell and Aiuiette
Littlejohn In basketball.
Also In basketball, Diane
Williams smd Jeff Prescott
were presented the
Coach’s Award.
Darlene McClain won
the outstanding
cheerleader award and
Annelle Robinson, vice
president In charge of
projects for the Moun
taineer Club, received a
special award of ap
preciation given by the
boosters.
Kyle Smith, president of
the boosters, was master
of ceremonies and John
McOlll gave the In
vocation. Robert McRee,
who will assume the duties
of KMHS principal In July,
and current principal
Forrest Wheeler, gave
brief talks and Superin
tendent William Davis
Introduced Tacy.
Trophies were presented
by coaches Dan Brooks,
David Brinkley, Sue
Swanda, John Blalock, Ed
Guy. Steve Moffitt, Kathy
Brooks, Denise LaVene,
Bob Jones, Joe Rountree,
Barry Gibson, Mayor John
Henry Moss tuid Mirror-
Herald Sports Editor Gary
Stewart.
Mack, MVP In track,
was not present as he was
In Rsdelgh participating In
the North Carolina High
School Athletic Association
track meet. Coach Dim
Brooks accepted the award
for Mack.
All senior athletes, In-
dudlng several who played
gtree and four sports, were
presented plaques.
Bishop Wins
At Gaffney
GAFFNET, S.C.—
Billy Bishop, Spartanburg,
driving the Petty-buUt
Oamaro, will be looking for
win number four In the lata
model sportsman division
at the Cherokee Speedway
here Saturday night.
Bishop grabbed his third
win of the season last
week, beating Gastonia’s
Bob Cooper to the
checkered flag. J.C.
Eaves, Cherryvllle also
made a strong finish to
gain third place money.