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tS arma ta a i pit ER Page 4A-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Thursday. January 13, 1983 RIBBON WINNER - Stuart Spires of Kings Mountain displays Photo by Gary Stewart the red ribbon he won for finishing 20th in the one-mile fun run during last Saturday's Charlotte Observer Marathon. Spires Finishes 20th In Observer Fun Run Twelve-year-old Stuart Spires of Kings Mountain finished 20th in the one-mile fun: run in the Charlotte Observer Marathon Saturday. Stuart is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Millage Spires of Colonial Apartments. The Central School sixth grader ran the course in’ six minutes and 35 seconds. He was presented a red ribbon for his efforts. The run was the third for Spires, who has been running for two years. He finished first in his age division in the last two West School Can Do Runs. He plans to participate in a fun run in Wilmington in March. There were 369 runners in the event. Also participating from Kings Mountain were Daniel Long and Stephen Mauney. Stuart hopes to move up to the six-mile run in a couple of years. : Several Kings Mountain run- ners competed in the marathon, which was won by Rich Bogaty of Pittsburgh, Pa., with a time of 2:20.27. : “That was the fastest I’ve run "the mile so far,” he noted. “There were all age groups entered, up to 70 years old.” Doug Lawing had the best finish of the KM entrants, finishing 165th among 735 run- ners. His time was 3:13.24. John Bryson finished 243rd with a time of 3:24.42, Ronald Franks was 423rd with a time of 3:45.05, Jerry Ledford was 470th with a time of 3:51.21, John Gamble was 546th with a time of 4:04.06 and Jerrie Cates was 668th with a time of 4:41.42. Parks Neisler of Kings Moun- tain competed in the six-mile run. Boys Club Cagers Open With Victory The Kings Mountain Boys Club’s midget basketball team (ages 7-10) won its first game of the year Saturday morning, defeating arch rival Shelby 28-16. Timmy McClain led the scor- ing for Coach Bobby Bell’s Little Tar Heels with nine points. Spencer Brown added eight and Tony Currence six. David Is Still Unbeaten David Baptist unbeaten record intact Tuesday by defeating Resurrection Lutheran 43-35 in Church League basketball action at the Community Center. Bob Bolin led the winners with 12 points. Reggie Blalock had 11 for the losers. In other games, Long Creek ran its record to 4-1 with a 78-58 win over First Wesleyan and Central Methodist edged First Baptist 38-36. Billy Robinson scored 30 points to lead the Long Creek win. Bart George had 19 for First Wesleyan. David Brinkley scored 14 to lead Central over First Baptist. Doug Stover had 12 for the losers. : In games on Tues., Jan. 18, Resurrection will face First Wesleyan, Long Creek battles First Baptist and David takes on Central Methodist. Action begins at 6:30 p.m. STANDINGS: David 5-0, Long Creek 4-1, First Baptist 2-3, Resurrection 2-3, Central 2-3, First Wesleyan 0-5. " - : General George A. Custer ranked last in his West Point graduating class of 1861. ABIX SETA A PATE ACN Ei kept its. rm Cm ements an : dr The Little Tar Heels will play Concord this week. Members of the team are Tony Currence, Jeffrey Rogers, Eugene Webber, Spencer Brown, Jason Gardner, Dremiel Byers, Reggie Gamble, Lee Potlow, Tyronne Crocker, Tim- my McClain and Tahuan Williams. The Kings Mountain Boys Club’s junior league basketball action got underway Wednesday and Thursday with four con- tests. : The Nuggets, coached by Bob- by Maner, defeated the Lakers, coached by Kenneth Wilson, 40-34. Gary Carroll led the Nug- gets with 12 points, followed by Joe McClain with 11 and Joel - Lineberger with eight. Jamie Surratt scored 11 nd Julius Pagan eight for the Lakers. The Hawks, coached by Mike Neely, defeated the 76ers of Coach John Gamble, 42-38. Roydell McClain had 22 and Paul Hendricks 10 for the Hawks. Scott Dye scored 12 and . Anthony Holland 10 for the 76ers. The Jazz defeated the Super- sonics 43-38. Reggie Logan was the leading scorer for the Jazz. The Nets, led by Bryant Chambers’ 31 points, defeated the Celtics 62-44. Legue action will continue on Wednesday and Thursday nights at Central School. Game times are 6 and 7 p.m. The Boys Club’s senior team, coached by Danny McDowell, continued its winning ways Saturday with a 63-51 victory over Cherryville. The Golden Mounties were led in scoring by Jerry Jordan with 18 « points, Aubrey Hollifield. with 17 and Johnathan McClain with 10. Raynard Roberts was cited for his excellent defensive play. The senior team will test its 3-1 record against undefeated Concord Tuesday night in a doubleheader at Shelby. KM Grapplers Knock Off Warriors 31-25 Kings Mountain High’s wrestlers pulled off one of their biggest victories ever Thursday night at East Gaston, knocking off the Warriors 31-25 to break their 26-match winning streak. The Warriors, who have won the past two Southwestern 3-A Conference championships, had not lost a home match in five years under Coach Doug Smith. The East Gaston matters ap- peared to have their 27th con- secutive victory locked up as they went into the final two mat- ches with a 25-22 lead. But Kings Mountain’s Clinton ‘Graham pulled a major upset over Gaston County Invitational champion Lloyd Mercks in the 195-pound match to tie the score at 25-all, and heavyweight Dale Moore of the Mountaineers pin- ned Bobby Kirkland in the final bout to swing the match in KM’s favor. “Clinton Graham really came through for us,” said KM Coach Steve Moffitt, who ‘has been runner-up to East Gaston the last two years after winning con- ference championships in two of Shelby Defeats Mounties Kings Mountain High’s varsi- ty cagers fell two games off the pace in Southwestern 3-A Con- ference basketball action Tues- day when they lost a doubleheader at Shelby. Both Kings Mountain teams are now 5-2 and trailing unbeaten teams. In the Moun- ties’ case, theyre two games behind an 11-0 Crest team. The Mountainettes are two games behind unbeaten East Ruther- ford. The local fives. return home Friday to host East Rutherford and Chase comes to town Tues- day to complete first round ac- tion. Shelby led most of the way in both games Tuesday. The Lady Lions outscored KMHS 15-6 in the second period to build a 25-14 halftime lead and they were out front 46-31 going into the fourth quarter. Kings Mountain continued to get fine inside play from Trina Hamrick and Sonya McClain, who combined for 41 of the team’s 56 points. Hamrick scored 21 and McClain 20. Game scoring honors went to Shelby’s Barbara Cannon who scored 27 points. Lisa Smith add- ed 10. Shelby’s boys jumped out to a 21-12 first period lead and heid the upper hand the rest of the way. The Lions were out front 42-30 at halftime and 5547 go- ing into the fourth quarter. Balanced scoring was the key for the Lions, who placed three players in double figures. Rodney Littlejohn led the way with 19, followed by Tyrone Dillingham with 18 and Ter- rence Petty with 14. Kings Mountain placed four men in double figures, with Frank Parker leading the way with 15 points. David Hager ad- ded 13, Lavar Curry 11 and Tyrone Grier 10. GIRLS GAME KM (56) - Hamrick 21, Mc- Clain 20, Roberts 8, Stowe 4, Ingram 3. SHELBY (62) - B. Cannon 27, Smith 10, Mitchell 4, Oglesby 4, Chamberlain 7, A. Cannon 7. Camp 3. BOYS GAME KM (66) - Parker 15, Curry 11, Hager 13, T. Grier 10, A. Grier 6, Peeler 3, Jordan 8, Crocker 2. SHELBY (77) - Henshaw 2, Cannon 2, Littlejohn 18, Young 7. Poole 2, Borders 9, Heaton 2, Hamrick 2, Petty 14, Dillingham 18. TTF PAPRIKA PRIKA { Paprika is one of the most concentrated sources of Vitamin C, DALE MOORE his first three years at KMHS. “4 know East Gaston thought it was a win for them when they went into the 195-pound match ahead by three points. But Graham went out and wrestled real tough and tied it up for us.” The match see-sawed . back and forth all night, with East Gaston taking the lead 25-22 on a superior decision by Chet Spurill over KM’s Jeff Stokes in Girls Lose First CLINTON GRAHAM the 187-pound bout. “That’s one of the biggest win we've ever had,” said Moffitt. “If it’s not the biggest, it ranks right up there. : “But things won’t get any easier for us,” he added. “Every conference match is a big one.” The Mountaineers, 1-0 in the SWC and 3-1 overall, face another tough test tonight at tough match,” 7:30 at the KMHS gym when they face Shelby. The Lions handed the Mounties their only loss of the year earlier in the season in a non-conference match. “This is going to be a very said Moffitt. “We're hoping all of our fans will be out tonight, because we'll need all the support we can get.” : THE RESULTS . 100 - Reggie McDowell (EG) pinned John Fleming; 107- Tim Hamrick (KM) pinned Jerry Holden; 114- Farris Turner (KM) dec. Scottie Holden 9-6; 121- Dale Smart (KM) dec. Jerry Davis 6-2; 128 - Scott Smith - (EG) pinned Calvin Goode; 134- Darren Smith (EG) dec. Jimmy Watkins 4-3; 140 - Todd McDowell (EG) dec. Zack Roseboro 9-8; 147 - David Bradley (KM) dec. Gray Drum 9-3; 157 - David Parker (KM) and Randy Spencer (EG) tied 7-7; 169 - Tommy Welch (KM) pinned Cam Melton; 187 - Chet Spurill (EG) won superior dec. over Jeff Stokes 15-2; 195 - Clin- ton Graham (KM) dec. Lloyd Mercks 8-5; Unl. - Dale Moore (KM) pinned Bobby Kirkland. Mounties Win Pair, Still In Second Place Kings Mountain’s boys basketballers won two more games last week to maintain their second place standing in ‘the Southwestern 3-A Con- ference, but the girls fell out of a tie for first place after losing to East Gaston. The Mountaineers defeated East Gaston 63-51 Tuesday night and Burns 5644 Friday. The girls were upset by East Gaston 47-39 Tuesday “and defeated Burns 5342 in over- time Friday. East Gaston’s girls, who scored their first win of the year, spent their entire Christmas vacation working on a game plan to stop the high-powered Mountainette ~ attack. They couldn’t stop Kings Mountain’s talented senior center, Trina Hamrick, who had 19 points and 15 rebounds, but they did suc- ~ ceed in holding down everyone else. Hamrick was the only player in double figures. East Gaston held a 19-15 first half lead and a 27-26 edge going into the final eight minutes. The KM girls had to play Fri- day’s game without the services of Hamrick, who was nursing a knee injury, but got a super ef- fort from junior Sonya McClain, who scored a career-high 29 points. Kings Mountain jumped out to a 124 first quarter lead but Burns came back to lead by 19-18 at halftime. The Moun- tainettes held a 28-27 lead going into the fourth period but had to have a last-second basket from McClain to send the game into overtime. The KM five outscored Burns 11-0 in the ex- tra period. ; * k % Frank Parker scored 17 points and Lavar Curry 14 to lead the Mounties over East Gaston Tuesday. The Mounties held only a 16-12 first quarter lead and a 30-28 halftime edge, but gradual- ly pulled away in the second half. Curry and Tyrone Grier scored 12 points each and Parker added 10 to lead the Mounties over Burns Friday. Burns failed to place a player in double figures. ] Kings Mountain trailed 14-12 after the first quarter but came back to lead by 24-23 at the half and 37-29 going into the fourth quarter. + The two KM teams face a tough conference test Friday at home against East Rutherford. The East Rutherford girls are undefeated and the Mountainet- tes need a win to regain a share of the league lead. The two KM teams host Chase next Tuesday. SONYA McCLAIN ...5cores 29 At Burns TUESDAY GAMES (Girls) KM (39) - Hamrick 19, Curry 4, Roberts 4, Stowe 4, Mc- Clain 8. : EG (47) - Brooks 18, Ken- nedy 7, Hogan 7, Moore 12, Burrell 3. (Boys) % KM (63) - Parker 17, Hager 8, Curry 14, T. Grier 4, A. Grier 6, Crocker 6, Farley .2, Pressley 6. EG (51) - Shipp 19, Cavin 8, Skidmore 8. Nichols 2, Wallace 10. Randleman 2, Wright 2. sri BURNS (44) FRIDAY'S GAMES (Girls) KM (53) - McClain 29, Curry 12, Stowe 8, Roberts 2, Ware 2. BURNS (42) - Shuford 11, Haynes 8, Clyde 10, Brown 4, Williams 9. - (Boys) KM (56) - Curry 12, Parker 10, T. Grier 12, A. Grier 9, Pressley 5, Jordan 2, Peeler 2, Hager4. «© - Poston 6, Peeler 8, Curry 3, Brown 5, Whitworth 2, P. King 5, Richards 8, Mauney 2, G. King 2, Banks 3. ar a I —— ssi aaa a
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