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a 5 i Vv i “ i 4g he = w “ we o ne Ww yi wt » Pe w a a @* ry ow FH TNREEY PEARY U2 % § 5 OSE CRASS RETIRE Cer PERE FER INET FUNG STFRIN IR OARYES > » nN wy ~ o BOILING SPRINGS - Artis Gilmore is among five former ath- etes to be inducted into the Gardner-Webb University Athletic Hall of Fame Saturday . Also to be inducted are former football stand- outs Jim Garrison and Frank Taylor and basketball standouts Lewis Young and Carolyn Dewberry Greene. i The dinner ceremony will be held in the Ritch Banquet Hall of the Dover Campus Center at 5 p.m. Tickets are $10. Contact Pam Seruggs at (704) 434-4341 for reservations. © Gilmore was a two-time All- American and led the G-W Junior College basketball team to national “tournament appearances in 1967- 68 and 1968-69.He scored 1,530 points, averaging 22.5 per game, and had 1,150 rebounds, an aver- : age of 16.9 per game during his ® two-year career. Gilmore went on to earn NCAA ivision One All-American honors Lat Jacksonville University, guiding the Dolphins to the NCAA champi- ~-onship game his senior year. He then embarked on a professional career of 17 years in the ABA and NBA, playing with Kentucky, i Chicago, San Antonio and Boston. § During his NBA career he rw” 3 CHEER » yews EE L »: A § « i RX =: A HEXEN PTET K = FL — hed) LL hg Bast reaTe K does re PE EAT BART scored 24,941 points for an 18.8 average and grabbed 16,330 re- bounds, an average of 12.3 per game. He was named an ABA first team all-star five times and holds ABA and NBA records for career field goal percentage with .557 and .599 respectively. ‘ He was ABA Rookie of the Year . and League MVP in 1971-72 and i led the 1974-75 Kentucky Colonels : to the ABA championship. After ¢ ending his NBA career he contin- y : ued to play professionally in : Europe. : Garrison was a two-way starter ¢ at running back and defensive back ¢ for the undefeated G-W football : teams of 1951 and '52. He was All- ; State as a sophomore and was the : Golden Isle Bowl MVP. He was al- ! 50 a letter-winner in basketball. : He went on to play football at ¢ Western Carolina where he earned : All-Conference and All-State hon- ; ors, and he served as an assistant : football coach at G-W from 1955- i 58. i Greene was a four-year starter i for the G-W women's basketball iteam and averaged over 20 points iper season. She was team MVP : three times and scored 30 points or “more 12 times. She was the school's all-time women's scoring leader with 1,809 {paints and leading rebounder with 1873, Taylor was G-W's first freshman runhing back to break the 1,000 x3 1 i i i i ¥ i i { “Former NBA star Artis Gilmore going into GWU's Hall of Fame yard barrier. His efforts helped lead the Bulldogs to the 1973 Poultry Bowl, the team's first appearance in a bowl game as a four-year insti- tution. He finished his career as the school's all-time rushing leader with 2,602 yards. He scored 16 touchdowns on the ground and was the first back to run for over 200 yards in a game. Young was a standout basketball player from 1975-79. He was a third team All-American his junior year and scored 1,875 career pints. During his four years at G-W the Bulldogs compiled a 108-167 record. Young played professional bas- ketball in Europe. Bulldogs lose 38-10 to Carson-Newman BOILING SPRINGS - Carson- Newman built an early 14-0 lead and rolled to a 38-10 win over Gardner-Webb in SAC-8 football action Saturday night at Spangler - Stadium. Former South Iredell star Tyrone Westmoreland scored three second half touchdowns for the Eagles on runs of four, 63 and 17 yards to put the game out of reach. Matt Penland's 45-yard run and Kendall James' 26-yard touchdown catch from Penland led to the 14-0 lead. GWU got a 32-yard field goal from Brian Ritter with 7:04 left in the half to cut the margin to 14-3, but the Eagles responded with a 39 yard field goal from Bryan Stand to make it 17-3 at the half. The Bulldogs got a 5-yard touchdown run from Shed Harris in the fourth quarter. Halloween Bash set at Community Center The N.A.W.A. returns to the Kings Mountain Community Center October 28 at 8 p.m. for a Halloween Bash. The main event will be a world tag team championship bout featur- ing the champion Ringlords against Kevin Kirby and Jake Mulligan. The American G.I. and Dozer from Kings Mountain will defend their U.S. titles against Damage Inc. Scotty Hot Body will face Jeff Victory, and other stars on the card include Johnny B. Goode, American Ninja, and the Texas Outlaw. A special guest referee will preside over the matches. Tickets are $6 at the door and $5 in advance for adults and $ at the door and $3 in advance for ages 6- 12. There will be a special Halloween costume contest for the children. Tickets are available at Floating Affections and Mountain Fitness Center. For more information call 739-8564 or 734-1781. WENDELL BUNCH Tuesday, November 7th CITY COUNCIL AT LARGE MORE ABOUT WENDELL - Graduate of Kings Mountain High School and Western Carolina University (BS Industrial Technology) Drill Sgt. US Army Reserve (Rank E6) «US Army Rifle Team «20 Years Service in plant management (Bunch Inc.) #25 Years experience in “trouble-shooting” for industry «Currently serving on: Cleveland County Solid Waste Advisory Board, KM Housing Authority, KM Lake Commission, KM Vocational Advisory Board and Charter Member of the KM Consortium «Owner-Operator of Town & Country BBQ *KM resident since 1957 PAID POLITICAL ADV. 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