By FEARLESS
William Tell is a legendary
hero of Swiss independence who
was required to shoot an apple
from his son’s head with a
crossbow.
As you can see, he missed the
apple.
I’m William Tell’s son, “Don’t
Tell.”
William shot an arrow into
the air. Where it fell-boy, do I
know where!”
Last week Fearless was 4-5,
(ouch!) giving him a 9-7 (boo!)
record for the young season.
I overheard a conversaion bet-
ween a little girl and her grand-
father the other day.
Little Girl: “Grandfather,
make like a frog.”
Grandfather: “What do you
mean, make like a frog?”
Little Girl: “Mommy says
were going to make a lot of
money when you croak!”
Automation came along; then
computerization. The world
hasn’t been the same since.
The other day, I watched Dar-
rell Austin put a coin in a ven-
ding machine and he looked on
helplessly while the cup failed to
appear. One nozzle sent coffee
down the drain while another
poured cream after it.
“Now that’s REAL automa-
tion,” Darrell said. “It even
drinks for you!”
I overheard two girls talking
about me recently.
One of them said, “He’s the
kind of guy that can really creep
into your heart and mind. In
fact, you’ll never meet a bigger
creep!”
Lincolnton’s having a tough
year after many excellent ones.
Their coach, Von Harris, is a
real great interview. Several
years ago I covered a Lincolnton
vs. East Lincoln opening game
of the season which was plagued
by turnovers, penalties, and
mental mistakes.
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Don’t Tell, But Fearless Picks Warriors
After the game, Harris said:
“I’ve seen more excitement at
the opening of an unbrella!”
Well, let’s go with our Fearless
Gardner-Webb Students
Combine Religion,
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. —-
Two Gardner-Webb College
students are busy combining
religious studies and football on
and off the playing field.
Wayne Roberts and Dale
Gilleland are two religion majors
on the 1984 Bulldog football
team.
Roberts, a junior, divides his
time between a family, religious
studies and football practice at
G-W.
“Wayne is one of our most in-
spirational and mature leaders
on the team,” said Woody Fish,
head football coach. “This isdue
to his added responsibilities of
being a husband and a father
along with his school work and
football duties. He’s a hard
worker and an exceptional per-
son.”
Roberts started at tight end
for the Bulldogs in 1982 and
caught 20 passes for 305 yards
averaging 15.2 yards per recep-
tion. He caught three of those
passes for touchdowns.
Roberts transferred to
Valdosta State College in the
spring of 1983 for one quarter.
He returned to G-W the next
fall. “Gardner-Webb was the col-
lege where 1 started school and
it’s where I'm going to finish,”
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Football
Roberts said.
“He’s doing a good job for us
in 1984,” Fish said. “He starts at
split end this year and we want
to get the ball to him as much as
possible because of his 6-7, 225
pound size.”
Roberts combines his athletic
ability and Christian testimony
by speaking to youth groups in
the area. He is a member of Plea-
sant Ridge Baptist Church in
Shelby, a member of the Kings
Mountain Baptist Association.
After finishing his studies at
G-W, Roberts says he plans to
play more football. If not,
Roberts says that he will possibly
go to seminary but will definitely
pursue a career in full-time
Christian ministry.
Dale Gilleland had the chance
to attend college on a football
scholarship after his 1980 high
school graduation. He had not
made a career choice at the time,
so he decided not to further his
education.
Gilleland, now a freshman at
Gardner-Webb, chose full-time
Christian service in August 1984
as his career.
Given the opportunity to pur-
sue religious studies, he has also
decided to try a college football
career.
“I always wanted to try and
play college football,” Gilleland
said. “I’ve trained for it and I'm
going to keep working hard to
fulfill my desires.”
Gilleland is an offensive
lineman for the Bulldogs. He is a
member of Center View Baptist
Church in Maiden, North
Carolina.
Gardner-Webb is a liberal arts
college affiliated with the Baptist
State Convention of N.C., offer-
ing associate, bachelor and
master’s degrees. The college is
noted for its independence of
federal funding.
prep picks. Ashbrook and
Hunter Huss are open this week.
The Southwestern 3-A Con-
ference has some big games,
however.
Kings Mountain is ‘at East
Gaston, South Point at North
Gaston, East ‘Rutherford at
Crest, Shelby at Burns, and R-S
Central at Chase.
Kings Mountain has lost two
at home. East Gaston had lost
two on the road. Somebody has
to win because in SWC games,
they have no ties. If the regula-
tion game ends in a tie, they go
into sudden death. The last time
these two teams met at Ar-
rowhead Stadium, East Gaston
seemingly had a lock on the
game.
But led by Tracy Johnson and
Curt Pressley, Kings Mountain
drove 88 yards in the final two
minutes and 12 seconds of the
game, scoring a touchdown and
getting a two-point conversion
for a 21-14 ‘win.
Last year in Kings Mountain
Johnson and Pressley again pac-
ed a 20-8 Mountaineer win. East
Gaston looked real good in the
second half in its 37220 loss to
South Point last week.
Kings Mountain has had trou-
ble moving the ball. East Gaston
can score.
I’m going to call it 21-13, East
Gaston.
South Point lost for the first
time to North Gaston last year
in one nightmarish finish for the
Red Raiders. You might well
remember that game. South
Point held a 10-6 lead with only
32 seconds remaining in the
game. They had the ball on
North Gaston’s 15 with fourth
and four.
It looked like an 11th con-
secutive South Point win over
the Wildcats. It wasn’t to be.
The Red Raiders tried a field
goal, it was blocked by Buster
Benton, and Toby Gwinn picked
up the ball and raced 75 yards
for the game-winning
touchdown as the fans sat stunn-
ed. It wound up as a 14-10
Wildcat win. :
This is another year, and
although South Point has never
set the woods on fire when its
played at North Gaston, the
Raiders should be able to hold
off a good Roger Dixon team.
I'll call it 17-7, South Point.
And here’s how I see the other
games: Shelby 22, Burns 6; Crest
14, East Rutherford 8; Chase 16,
R-S Central 14; Bessemer City 7,
Mt. Tabor 6; Mooresville 20,
Cherryville 14; Lincolnton 21,
Newton-Conover 20; West Lin-
coln 21, East Lincoln 16.
If I miss most of these picks,
please “Don’t Tell.”
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