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ers will shoot within five points of
each other in any given match.
Huffman estimates he shoots
12,300 rounds of ammunition a
year and spends 60% of that time
in competition. "I never worry
about what my competitor is shoot-
ing. I shoot against myself," he
said.
Concentration, breath control,
and good physical shape are all
three requirements shooters learn if
they excel in the sport. North
Carolina High Powered Rifle
Association enforces strict safety
rules and conducts two training
sessions each year. Huffman, who
is NRA certified on pistol,shotgun,
and home firearms safety, has
taught several courses to women
and Scouts and is interested in
teaching courses locally.
Shooting a high-powered rifle is
a highly competitive sport.
Shooting at a known distance, at a
paper target or punches can take up
to four hours to complete a match,
depending on the number of relays.
Shooters start as early as 7 a.m.
and don't quit until 7 p.m. Scores
TOP SELLER - Brian Scruggs, age 5, is all smiles as he shows off
unreal. David Tuss, the 1988 high
powered rifle champion, shot 2,381
with 118 x's and was declared the
civilian champion. The high civil-
ian female champion shooter was
Norma Jean McCulloch who
shot2,350 with 99 x's.
Finding a place to practice isn't
easy. Huffman, who would like to
practice his shooting twice a week,
finds it difficult to go to the firing
range as far distant as Pineville
since he is the city executive and a
full-time banker at First Union
National Bank. Huffman is a mem-
ber of Cleveland Rifle & Pistol
Club and practices on that club's
range on the west side of Shelby.
He also drives to Charlotte and
Tryon. Unfortunately, says
Huffman , Uncle Sam has placed
all the military installations in the
eastern part of the state which re-
quires shooters like Huffman who
practice there to get up early and
travel long distances. This is the
first year he has missed a state
meet due to surgery but he was
deer hunting four weeks after
surgery.
Huffman likes golf and football
and most all sports but prefers out-
door activities.
A M-IA 308 caliber rifle is what
Huffman fires in competitions. The
rifle weighs 11 pounds.
the $150 check he won for selling the most tickets in a recent Dixie
Youth baseball fundraiser. Brian is the son of Scott and Tammy
Scruggs.
Anderson
but he is anticipating a master's be-
fore he retires his rifle.
Huffman has been in the bank-
ing business since 1966 and came
to Kings Mountain First Union
National Bank in 1985. He has
been active in the Kings Mountain
Kiwanis Club, United Fund, and
Ducks Unlimited. The family at-
tends Ascension Lutheran Church
in Shelby. Mrs. Huffman works in
the Shelby office of the N. C.
Department of Transportation.
Their son, Mark Huffman, 27, is
married and lives in Shelby.
Daughter, Jill Jones is married and
lives in Asheville.
Huffman killed a bear on a trip
three years ago. "Most of us are
afraid of anthing that is a predator
but actually animals are afraid of
us," he said. Unless an animal is
with young or is penned up it won't
attack," he said. Barbecued bear
meat is delicious, says Huffman,
who says he and his wife like to
camp in Canada when they go
hunting and then enjoy the food
with Canadian friends.
"Deer hunting gives me time to
think and time to watch the world
come alive. It's relaxing and fun,"
said Huffman.
He recommends firing the high-
powered rifle to anyone who en-
in those woods away from the tele-
phones and feel the best I have ev-
er felt and my wife and I have both
found hunting to be a perfect vaca-
tion," he said.
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IN DISTRICT TOURNAMENT - Kings Mountain's 13-14 year old Dixie Boys All-Stars are competing
in the district tournament this week at Bessemer City. Front row, left to right, Chris Blanton, Rick Marr,
Sheldon Smith, Chris Rider, Ty Ross and Doug Bridges. Second row, Steve Fisher, TeeGee Goforth, Doran
Moore, Mike Smith, Chad Huntsinger, Robbie Ruff, Caje Ormand. Back row, Damon Putnam, coach
Tommy Goforth, coach Mike Smith and coach Terry Bullock.
Dixie Boys In Tourney
Kings Mountain's 13-14 year old
Dixie Boys All-Stars will battle
Tryon and Bessemer City in a
The winner of the three-day
event will advance to the state
tournament beginning July 22 in
Southport.
Kings Mountain will play its
TTRACTIVE
first game in the district event
Thursday at 7:30 against Bessemer
Kings Mountain teams which com-
peted in regular season action
against Bessemer City, Tryon and
Chapel Grove. Chapel Grove is not
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p Huffman qualifies as an expert x if ew and wolf hunting to ~~ roundrobin district tournament be- Putnam, Rick Marr, Todd Ware,
y anyone who loves the outdoors and ginning Thursday at Bessemer The local all-star team includes Benji Ingle, Steve Fisher, Doug
2 the solitude of nature. "I can get up City. players who played on the two Bridges, Chris Blanton, Chris
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By LANGSTON WERTZ JR.
Pressley Anderson says he loves
kids. Anderson's friends say the
kids love him, too.
Anderson has been coaching and
umpiring Dixie and Babe Ruth
baseball as well as NSA and ASA
softball for 21 years. He's looking
forward to many more years of ser-
vice.
"I love to be around kids,"
Anderson, 42, said. "I started out as
a coach and I played myself in lit-
tle leagues. This stuff just grew on
me and I liked it."
Anderson doesn't umpire games
for the money. He does it, he says,
because it makes him feel young
"and a part of things."
"When I started out, I got $5 a
game, when I got paid,” he said.
"Now guys can get up to $15, so
still, the money's no big object. I
love to see the kids' happiness
when they get a base hit or when
they hit one out of the ball park.
"I love the excitement, the ela-
tion, the joy. The more you spread
it, the more you've got. I just like
to see the kids be competitive as
well as have a good time."
Anderson is single and works for
Kings Mountain Petroleum World.
He also is an assistant Sunday
school teacher at First Wesleyan
Church in Kings Mountain.
Though he keeps a busy sched-
ule, Anderson wouldn't think of
slowing down.
"You better know I'm gonna
keep goin'," he said. "As long as
I'm healthy and can flex these mus-
cles and keep one foot in front of
me, I'll keep doing it."
Anderson has seen a lot of
"I've seen a little league boy hit
three homers in a game," he said.
"I've seen a team come from be-
hind when they were eight runs
down."
Sometimes when his little league
games are one-sided, Anderson the
umpire will talk to the trailing
team, urging them on.
"I kinda say, 'Come on guys, you
can do better than this. Don't give
up; the game's not over 'til the last
person's out.' I don't do anything to
help that team and I only do it
when a team's getting slaughtered.”
Anderson's expertise has earned
him a following in Kings
Mountain.
"I think the kids respect me and
receive me well," he said. "If it's a
championship game and if it's
something prestigious, I think they
want me. I want them."
"You won't find a fairer or more
honest person than Pressley," said
Roy Pearson, 60, retired Kings
Mountain Recreation Department
athletic director. "That's what you
need with the kids.
“That's his life, umpiring his lit-
tle bitty boys. He's just a really
good person, and he's dedicated.
Those little kids...they just love
him to death."
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"The kids are like my family,"
he said. "Over here in Kings
Mountain, some of the coaches say
I am to little league baseball in
Kings Mountain what Jerry Lewis
is to muscular dystrophy.
"If they play baseball, they're
Pressley's kids."
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