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Fearless Goes With Shelby, Mounties, West Charlotte
By FEARLESS
The Great One came
crashing down to earth for
the first time this season in
his prep pigskin ptedictions
last Friday.
We picked South Point over
Chase, East Rutherford over
Shelby, Cherryville over
Mooresville, and East
Mecklenburg over Hunter
Huss. It didn’t happen, and as
a result, Fearless was 6-4 on
the week -- his worst mark of
the season.
For the year, Fearless is
45-12 for a .789 percentage.
That dips the percentage
under the 80 percent-plus
mark for the first time this
-Season.
But Fearless is also
dauntless. So he’s giving his
best shots again.
I’ve got an uncle who's
eighty-six and has twenty
children, the Jounges age
two. I would notify the
papers, but as an old sports
scribe I'm waiting for the
final score.
That same uncle was a lit-
tle embarrassed in
Washington recently. He
trailed a woman in a black
gown and found out it was a
Supreme Court Justice.
Johnny showed up at the
poolroom with his had swath-
ed in bandages. ‘‘How’d you
come to get banged up?’’ ask-
ed his buddy.
“You know that brown-
eyed girl on the first floor
whose husband is in jail?”
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“Yeah.”
“Well, he ain’t.”
Thought for the day. Even
Mason and Dixon had to draw
the line somewhere.
It was a sad day in the
O’Leary house, for old
O’Leary was breathing his
last. His lawyer sat by his
bedside writing the last will
of the sick man as he dictated
it. “The old lady should get
$10,000, my brother Mike
$5,000, my good friend Pat
$3,000 and by Uncle Patrick
$2,000.”
The lawyer’s eyes
brightened. ‘Where is all this
money coming from?’ he
asked.
“Let ‘em work for it like I
did!”’ roared O’Leary.
I had a blind date recently
and I told my friend I came
back home later with a lump
in my throat. ‘You really lik-
ed her, huh?” he said. “No”,
I replied. ‘‘She’s a karate ex-
pert.”
I recently brought home a
library book whose cover
read How To Hug. I rudely
discovered that it was
Volume VII of an en-
cyclopedia!
I said to a girl recently:
“Darling, I've lost all my
money. I haven't a cent in the
world.” i
She replied: “That won't
make any difference, dear.
I’ll love you just as
much...even if I never see
you again.”
“I never go to church,”
boasted a wandering
member. ‘Perhaps you have
noticed that?”
“Yes, I have noticed that,”
@ said his pastor.
“Well, the reason I don’t go
go is that there are so many
hypocrites there.”
‘Oh, don’t let that keep you
away,” replied the pastor,
smiling blandly. “There is
always room for one more,
you know.”’
How about those North
p Gaston Wildcats! They were
0-10 a year ago, but their for-
tunes have been turned
‘around under second-year
head coach Bob Patton.
You like to see a guy like
Patton win. He was kind and
considerate to the media last
year when his team struggled
all year. He goes out of his
way to help the newspaper
and radio people, realizing
they have a job to do, just like
he does. A special Fearless
salute to him.
The Wildcats know they are
going into Friday’s game at
least a three-touchdown
underdog against Shelby,
which handed East Ruther-
ford its first league loss at
Shelby last Friday with an
impressive 20-7 win.
At the same time, the
| Wildcats are fighting for one
of three playoff berths open
to Southwestern 3-A Con-
ference teams this year. An
shocker over Shelby would be
| the biggest football win ever
at North Gaston.
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The Wildcats have trailed
in every game they've
layed, but they’re 3-1 in the
eague and 4-3 overall. That
shows character. Following
Shelby comes Chase and
Kings Mountain. It will still
be a tough row to hoe. Having
already lost to East Ruther-
ford, the Wildcats in all pro-
bability will need an upset
win over either Shelby or
Kings Mountain and a win
over Chase to have a shot at
the playoffs.
I’m going to have to pick
Shelby this week. The Golden
Lions are very tough, their
only loss coming at the hands
of Kings Mountain.
I’ll call it 22-6, Shelby.
Speaking of Kings Moun-
tain, they visit South Point
Friday. The Mountaineers
have a diversified offense
and they're fun to watch
(unless you're the
opposition).
oach Denny Hicks, who
played for former Belmont
High Coach Ray Shelton (who
11 in
Wadesboro by having a
ballpark named after him),
a
has done another fine
coaching job.
At the same time, Hicks is
realistic enough and has been
around long enough to know
you can’t take anybody for
granted. The Red Raiders
are having it rough with an
0-7 season to date. The choice
is for a 27-7 Kings Mountain
win.
East Gaston’s got some
backfield men banged up and
they dropped a 24-14 decision
to West Mecklenburg last
week. They play West
Charlotte’s Lions this week at
home. The choice is West
Charlotte, 27-14.
Cherryville will bounce
back to capture a 20-16 win at
Bunker Hill and West Lincoln
will be too strong for
Bessemer City, 22-6.
And here’s how I see the
other games: Ashbrook to
keep on rolling, capturing a
27-0 win over South Mecklen-
burg; Burns to edge R-S Cen-
tral, 20-18; East Rutherford
to bounce back with a 20-7 win
over Chase; Hunter Huss to
squeeze past North Mecklen- |
burg, 20-14; and Harding to
down Crest, 28-13.
Mooresville Whips Ironmen
In Homecoming Game
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rill, the Blue Devils ate up 207
yards of Rudisill real estate.
The Mooresville defense
also came up with three in-
terceptions, two of which
halted Cherryville drives.
Tod Alexander, who hit the
headlines recently with four
interceptions at West Lin-
coln, picked off a Davidson
pass halting a first quarter
drive.
With 11:55 to play in the
first half, Blakeney went into
the end zone from two yards
and the rout was on. Little's
16-yard run sparked that
drive. Yet another intercep-
tion at the 40 set the Blue
Devils in motion again in
Cherryville territory but
linebacker Shane Brittian, a
junior, recovered a fumble
two plays later.
With 2:23 remaining in the
first half, Blakeney fielded a
Bryan Short punt at his 40,
shook off one tackler, and
sped 60 yards for the second
Blue Devil score, Little ran
over for two points after.
The Ironmen took posses-
sion and Davidson passes
carried them to the 15 where
Mooresville stiffened and
took over. .
Later in the third stanza,
Tod Alexander halted a Cher-
ryville move with an in-
terception in the end zone.
Davidson again sparked the
drive, throwing to tight end
Shannon Bowyer and flanker
Tim Whisnant.
Early in the fourth and
final period, the Blue Devils
gained possession at their 41
and with 7:22 remaining in
the game, the elusive
Blakeney dashed 36 yards as
QB Sherrill ‘‘faked out the en-
tire Cherryville club.” Frank
matthews kicked the 21st
point.
Ronald Foster returned the
kick to the 36 and the
Ironmen had their only |
touchdown five plays later.
Fullback Kevin Clinton raced
in from 12 yards away but a
pass for two failed.
Mooresville, however,
wasn’t through. The Devils
took the kick and moved all
the way to the Cherryville 23
where the locals took posses-
sion with time running out.
With Davidson picking up
16 and 12 yards on two runs
(forced to run after not fin-
ding a receiver), Cherryville
moved into Mooresville coun-
try but the QB was thrown for
a seven-yard loss on the
game’s final play.
The Ironmen face a “must
win’’ situation this week at
Bunker Hill.
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