Pag* 4-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERAU>-Tu*«lay. D*c*mb*r 9. 1980
Lineberger, Robinson Win Two Awards Each
1 wo seniors who were among
I he smallest players on the team
w alked olT with two awards each
at the annual Mountaineer Club
football banquet Thursday night
at Kings Mountain High School.
Senior Co-Captain Jeff
Lineberger was awarded the
coveted Dr. George Plonk Most
Valuable Player Award and
shared the John Gamble
Scholastic Award for the second
Photos by Gory Stowort
TROPHY WINNERS - Those four Kings Moun
tain High gridders won awards at Thursday
night's Mountaineer Club football banquet
held at the KMHS cafeteria. Left to right. Mark
F. Smith, coaches award; leff Lineberger, most
valuable player and scholastic award: Boo
Robinson, scholastic award and coaches
award; and Mark Scruggs, blocking tropy.
MU
MORE WINNERS — The four Kings Mountain
High football players above won tropies at
Thursday night's banquet, sponsored by the
Mountaineer Club. Left to right, Wally Davis,
defeiuive award; Tony Rainey, most improv
ed on defense, Tony Boyce, most improved on
offense; and Markus Hager, best tackier.
Patriots Defeat West,
Host Crest Wednesday
Kings Mountain Junior
High’s wrestlers opened defense
of their Western Junior High
Athletic Association champion
ship Wednesday with a 61-8 vic
tory over West McDowell at the
Central School gym.
The Patriots host Crest
Wednesday at 4 p.m. in a match
that could prove to be one of the
toughest of the season.
Kings Mountain recorded six
victories on pins last week and
Mike Smith, the Patriots’
1.^2-psiunder, kept his career
undefeated record intact with an
11-5 decision over Larry Elliott.
Smith fell behind 5-2 during the
early moments of the match but
rallied to win.
"West McDowell had a very
strong team," said Coach Phil
Weathers, ‘The score really
doesn’t indicate how close some
of the matches were. Quite a few
of our veteran wrestlers had
their hands full. We were surpris
ed with West McDowell’s
strength.”
Iwo KM seventh graders
came through with impressive
wins. Kenneth Smith pinned
West’s Billy Crowe in the
78-pound match and Vince
Sullens of the Pats pinned Doug
Shelton in the 105 pound match.
Doug Sipe pinned Tommy
Hoyle in a 167-pound match and
heavyweight Dale Moore pinned
Doug Elliott in matches that
Coach Weathers called “the
toughest of their careers.”
“We all probably learned a lit
tle bit Wednesday,” Weathers
said. “We made a lot of mistakes
we shouldn’t have and we had a
lot of opportunities that we
didn't take advantage of. But 1
feel like now that we have a
match under our belts that we
can work those mistakes out.”
In preliminary matches,
Roderick Boyce, Randy
Whitaker, Jarvis Young and Jeff
Stokes of the Patriots won and
Paul Terry lost.
THE RESULTS
78 Pd. - Kenneth Smith (KM)
pinned Billy Crowe.
88 - Dale Smart (KM) won by
forfeit.
98 - Derek Jordan (KM won by
forfeit.
105 - Vince Sullens (KM) pinned
Doug Shelton.
112 - Tim Hamrick (KM) dec.
Jimmy Cook.
119 - Calvin Goode (KM) pinned
John Mannis.
126 - Scott Elliott (WM) pinned
Robert Bradshaw.
132 - Mike Smith (KM) dec.
Larry Elliott.
138 - Todd Gossett (KM) and
Eddie McFalls (WM) tied.
145 - Jody Sellers (KM) pinned
Dwayne Goforth.
155 - David Parker (KM) pinned
Bill Barnette.
167 - Doug Sipe (KM) pinned
Tommy Hoyle.
Uni. - Dale Moore (KM) pinned
Doug Elliott.
straight year with Boo Robin
son. Robinson also shgred the
Mountaineer Club’s Coaches
Award with Mark F. ^ith.
The coveted Fred Plonk
Blocking Trophy, the oldest of
all the awards at KMHS, went to
senior center Mark Scruggs.
Other winners included Markus
Hager, BDF Construction Com
pany Tackling Award; Tony
Boyce and Tony Rainey,
American Legion Post 155 Most
Improved Player Awards; and
Wally Davis, Mountaineer
Award for Defense.
Head Coach Dan Brooks
described Lineberger was a
“dedicated, loyal player, who
played a lot on guts. He was hurt
up all year, but never missed a
practice,” said Brooks. “He’d
take a beating on one play and
the next time go just as hard.”
Brooks also called Lineberger
the most versatile player he’s
coached in his three years here.
He played a number of positions
on both offense and defense, in
cluding fullback, tailback, split
end, flanker, cornerback and
safety.
Lineberger and Robinson
were also praised by KMHS
Principal ^b McRae, who
presented the Scholastic Awards.
Both players, he said, have made
straight A’s throughout their
high school careers, and have ac
complished that goal while also
being active in other school and
community activities. Robinson
serves as Student Body President
and Lineberger is President of
four clubs.
Line Coach Steve Foster
described Scruggs as a “consis
tent” blocker. He graded out in
blocking at 90 percent for the
year, which, Foster explained,
means on 90 percent of the
plays, he made the correct block.
Consistent was also the word
used by Defensive Coordinator
David Brinkley in describing
Davis. “Defensive end is one of
the toughest positions to play in
our defense,” said Brinkley, “and
Wally did an outstanding job.”
Backfield Coach Bob Jones
praised Hager for his consistent
play over a three-year period. He
was the only member of the
1980 team to start for three
years.
“He was one of our leading
tacklers his sophomore and
junior years, also,” Jones said.
“He did a go^ job for us. It was
easy to choose him as the winner
of the award because he was our
leading tackier for the year."
Mountaineer Club President
Bill Grissom described the
Coaches Award winners, Robin
son and Smith, as “hustlers who
always gave 110 percent. If the
coaches asked them to play
another position, or do anything,
they did it. They’re little but
they’re tough.”
Boyce and Rainey were cited
for their improvement since the
winter, when they began work
on the weight machines, and
during the course of the season.
Boyce, the team’s leading
rusher, was moved to tailback
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