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Page 8A-THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Thursday, May 19, 1994
Vhiee-sport “athletes Anita
Whitaker and Marcus Bell were
named Athletes of the Year at the
annual Boosters Club spring sports
banquet Monday night at Kings
Mountain High School.
Whitaker was a standout in vol-
levball. basketball and softball for
three years, and Bell was an out-
standing football, basketball and
track star for three straight years.
Both are heading to college on
athletic scholarships - Whitaker to
Mike Ware
Kings Mountain native Mike
Ware. athletic director at
Newberry, SC High School, has
been’named the South Carolina
Athletic Coaches Association's
1994 Athletic Director of the Year.
Ware is the son of Howard Ware
of Kings Mountain and the late
Martha Lou Ware, and is a former
standout athlete at Kings Mountain
High School.
Ware was recognized for the
success of the overall athletic pro-
gram at Newberry, which included
a regional championship and unde-
feated regular season in football,
three region championships in a
row in softball, and a region run-
ner-up spot in baseball.
Ware has been at Newberry for
27 years. working through the
ranks from assistant football coach
to head football coach and athletic
director. He gave up his football
Gardner-Webb University to play
volleyball, and Bell to Catawba
College to play football.
Other trophy winners at
Monday's fete included:
Girls basketball - Free throw
award, Keisha Wilson: coaches
award, Anita Whitaker: most dedi-
cated award, Amanda Halmess.
Softball -
Keisha Wilson.
Cheerleading - Most outstand-
ing. Ann Marie Sanders.
Coaches award,
South Carolina's top athletic director
coaching duties two years ago. His
1976 football team compiled a9-3
record and went to the up-state fi-
nals. One of his former gridders,
Willie Scott. played professional
football.
Ware is a former assistant coach
for the South Carolina Shrine Bowl
team.
Ware was recognized for his ac-
complishments at last week's meet-
ing of the Newberry County
School Board, and next Monday
the Newberry High School football
stadiom will be named the Mike
Ware Stadium in a special ceremo-
ny at the school.
Ware was cited in a recent edito-
rial in the Newberry Observer for
his distinguished career and excep-
tional leadership abilities and for
being an excellent role model for
young athletes.
"He has been a tremendous in-
Swimming - Most outstanding
male, Nathan Mayse: most out-
standing female, Angela Bunzel,
most outstanding male diver,
Bergen Hall: most outstanding fe-
male diver, Michelle Fujita.
Wrestling - Coaches Award,
Kenny Bridges and Michael Bell;
most improved, Gary Hughes.
Men's tennis - Coaches award,
Jason Cash: most improved, Sloan
Goforth.
Men's track - Most outstanding
fluence in teaching the youth of
our community values that are
more meaningful to a successful
life than even some of those
gleaned from the textbook. His du-
ties to the educational world have
not only included his direct in-
volvement with athletics but also
some rather strenuous classroom
activity. For instance, he presently
teaches four classes a day - two in
sociology, one in U.S. history and
one in psychology - in addition to
his duties as athletic director,” the
editorial said.
The editorial further stated that
Ware "personifies what the basic
foundation of education is really all
about. In spite of a multitude of
problems that have interfered with
the general progress of education
throughout America, public educa-
tion in Newberry County has ex--
celled because the classroom at ev-
Whitaker, Bell KMHS Athletes of Year |
in ficht events, “Rron Sams most oe
outstanding in track events, Marcus
Bell.
Boys basketball - Coaches
Award, Marcus Bell and Sharee
Hopper: most improved, Eric ‘Tate.
Golf = Most outstanding, Brad
Ieconard.
Girls track - Most outstanding in
- track events, Amanda Halmess;
most outstanding in field events,
Carrie Hardin. :
Boosters of the Year - Scott and
Sarah Bradley.
eryone of our schools in this
county has a majority of classroom
teachers who reflect the same kind
of dedication and devotion to their
profession as has Coach Ware."
Ware was an All-Conference
lineman at KMHS in 1959 when
the Mountaineers shared the
Southwestern 3-A Conference title
with Shelby and R-S Central.
Ware began his teaching and
coaching career in 1966 at Fort
Mill, SC and after one year there
went to Newberry where he served
several years as an assistant foot-
ball coach under his brother-in-law,
Jim Kimmell.
Ware is married to the former
Barbara Griffin. Their daughter,
Carson, is a rising senior at
Newberry College and their son,
Bucky, will: graduate from
Newberry High in June and plans
to enter the University of Georgia
Spree
KM softball team wins in SWC tourney
Kings Mountain High's girls
softball team defeated Shelby 9-7
Monday in the opening round of
the Southwestern 3-A Conference
tournament.
Patricia Freeman led the
Mountaineers with 3-for-3, Kelli
Stepp was 2-for-3 with a home run
and two runs batted in; Anita
Whitaker was 2-for-3 with a triple;
Keisha Wells was 2-for-3 with two
runs batted in; and Karen Queen
was 2-for-2.
The Mountaineers, 14-9 overall
and third place in the Southwestern
3-A Conference, were scheduled to
face East Rutherford inn a second
round game Wednesday afternoon.
The championship game is slated
Friday at the home of the higher-
seeded team.
Unless a team that finished low-
er than third during the regular sea-
son wins the tournament, the
Mountaineers will qualify for the
state tournament which begins next
week. At present, it appears that
the SWC's #3 team will open the
playoffs at Hickory.
Coach Tony Leigh's team has
made tremendous strides this sea-
son as Leigh has taken a mixture of
experienced seniors and a host of
talented young players and molded
them into a contender.
Senior Karen Queen leads the
Mountaineer attack with a .525 av-
erage and freshman Amanda Burns
is hitting .500. Patricia Freeman is
hitting .426, Kelli Stepp .424,
Anita Whitaker .423 and Keisha
Wells 417.
Patriots end 9-5
Kings Mountain Middle School's
Patriots finished with a 9-5 record
and second place in the Bi-County
Conference this spring.
Coach Ricky Fortner's Pats had a
.358 team batting average. Avery
Turbyfill led the way with a .488
mark, followed by David Clark
476 and Ty Toney .455.
The Patriots hit eight home runs,
with three of them going out of the
park. Scottie Martin hit two out of
the Kings Mountain park and Toby
Sims hit one out at West Lincoln.
Many middle school parks do not
have fences and the other five
home runs were inside-the-park.
The Patriots improved from a
fourth place finish of the past two
seasons.
Ty Toney led the pitching de-
partment with a 6-1 record, and
Seth Denton was 0-2. David Clark
was 1-3 but led the team in strike
outs with 77. He issued only 20
walks.
"His strikeout to walk ratio was
three to one, which is very good,
but we just didn't give him any run
support,” Fortner said.
"We had a great season," Fortner
added. "These players have a'lot of
potential. If they realize that and
work hard they can go a long way."
Mauney is winner
in Foothills golf
Lynne Mauney of Kings
Mountain fired a 77 to win first
low gross in the first flight in the
May Foothills Golf Tournament
May 10 at Catawba College.
Mary Leigh Broadwell of Kings
Mountain was second low gross
with an 83.
One hundred and three ladies
competed in the event. Also partic-
ipating from Kings Mountain were
Doris Cloninger and Doris Howze.
The next Foothills event will be
June 7 at Cowan's Ford Country
Club. Any local women planning
to participate should contact Doris
Howze at 739-5885 before May
29.
Bagwell to coach
foothall at TCU
Kings Mountain's Brent
Bagwell, who graduated from N.C.
State Saturday with a degree in
Marketing, will be a graduate as-
sistant coach at TCU in Fort
Worth, Texas, beginning in July.
Bagwell, who will coach the of-
fensive line, will coach under for-
mer Auburn University quarter-
back and Heismann Trophy winner
Pat Sullivan.
Bagwell played tackle at Kings
Mountain High School for three
years, and played offensive tackle
at N.C. State for three years before
an injury ended his career.
TCU is a member of the Western
Athletic Conference.
KM Wildcats win
over Lincoln County
Kings Mountain's Babe Ruth
baseball team won its opening
game last week, defeating Lincoln
County 11-2. David Clark, Jeremy
Cooke and Ty Toney combined for
a three-hitter, while the Wildcats’
hitters banged out 15 hits.
Leading hitters were Cooke,
Scottie Martin and Kendrick Bell
with two hits each. Trip Roark
added a key two-run double in a
six-run fifth inning which broke
open a close game.
“Members of the 1994 Wildcats
team are David Clark, Toby Sims,
Ty Toney, Scottie Martin, Jeremy
Cook, Trip Roark, Avery Turbyfill,
Josh Turbyfill, Chad Jones, Brian
Cannon, Kendrick Bell and Greg
Jarvis. Coaches are Hayne Neisler
and Dean Clark.
N.C. Ducks Unlimited
sets state convention
North Carolina;Ducks Unlimited
will be’ holding their annual state
convention and banquet June 3, 4
and 5 at Shell Island Resort on
Wrightsville Beach.
The banquet and auction will be
hosted by the Wilmington Ducks
Unlimited Chapter on Saturday
night at the Resort. The event is
open to the general public and ev-
eryone is urged to attend and sup-
port the conservation efforts of
Ducks Unlimited.
Tickets are $75 per couple and
$40 for individuals. For more in-
formation, call 919-261-2126.
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Fax: (704) 487-9303
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Pro wrestling set
May 21 at Armory
Southern Championship
Wrestling comes to Kings’
Mountain Saturday, May 21, at the
Kings Mountain National Guard
Armory.
Bell time is 8 p.m.
The American G.I. (Richie
Scruggs) and Dozer (J.R. Scruggs)
of Kings Mountain will be in ac-
tion along with Ric Starr, John
Sullivan, Kevin Kirby, The Hitman
Hunter Thompson, and others.
Advance tickets are $5 and tick-
ets at the door are $7. Tickets are
available at Floating Affections.
For more information, call 739-
3507 or 739-8564.
Horse show planned
Saturday at Delview
The annual Tri-County Horse
Show will be held Saturday, May
21 at Delview Road in Cherryville.
There will be afternoon and
evening shows, with the first show
beginning at 1 p.m.
Classes included Western,
English and Games, and high point
trophies will be awarded at the end
of the evening show for all three
categories.
A one-year negative Coggins is
required.
Admission is $2.
For more information, call Kris
Hagaman at 435-6836.
Basketball camp
at Middle School
The Lady Patriot basketball
camp will be held June 13-17 from
9 a.m.-noon at Kings Mountain
Middle School.
Girls entering the sixth, seventh
and eighth grades next year are eli-
gible. The cost is $35 and covers
the camp, T-shirt, basketball and
insurance.
For more information,
Candy Albergine at 734-5670).
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