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Pag* 4A KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Tu*«laY. April 21. 1981 f •/y / Ricky Proctor ...Beats Shelby Wednesday Patriot Netters Win Kings Mouniaiii Junior High's tennis team edged Last MeDowell 6-5 Wednesday in a VVeslern AssiK’ialion niaieh al the KM eourts. Robyn VVarliek and Shane .Adams of the Patriots defeated Beth Young and Jeff Austin of East in a mixed doubles tie breaker after the two teams divided the first 10 matches. I he two teams split six singles matches and four doubles mat ches to force the tie-breaker. Singles winners for KM included Warlick, who defeated Melinda Murphy 6-1, 6-0; Susie Mrxvre, who defeated Beth Young 6-2. 7-5; and Caroline Harper, who defeated Leslie Mace 6-0, 6-0. Shane Adams of the Patriots fell to Jeff Austin, 6-0, 6-1; Jeff Barnette lost to Richard Seigel, 7-5. 4-6, 64; and RiKky Lut/ lost to Eric Skidmore 64), 64). Doubles winners for the Pats vxere Laura Wright and Mary Starnes, who defeated Cross and Morris in a pro set, 8-1; and Becky Bolt and Wendy Smith, who defeated Cioforth and Mc Call 8-2. Losing in doubles competition were Ttxld Hughes and Davey l.ovelace, w ho fell to Set/er and Bailey, 8-1; and Rainey Haigler and .Amy Austin, who lost to Clore and Jones, 8-1. The victory left the Patriots 4-2 in the conference, both losses cominc to Shelby, which is 64). JVhip Shelby, North Gaston KMHS Still Alive I Kings Mountain’s Moun taineers kept their playoff hopes alive last week by claiming back- to-back victories over Shelby and North Gaston in Southwestern 3-A Conference baseball action. The Mounties whipped Shelby 4-2 Wednesday night at Lancaster Field and defeated North Gaston 6-2 Thursday in the completion of a game suspended because of rain Tue.s- day. Coach Barry Gibson’s nine has a 74 conference record and trails South Point and East Gaston in the race for the two Eastern Division playoff berths. South Point leads the loop with an 8-2 record and East Gaston has a 7-3 mark. The Mounties, who were scheduled to host Randolph Henry High of Virginia in a non conference game last night, are idle tonight. They close out regular season play with games against South Point on the road Friday and East Gaston here Tuesday. The top two teams from the Eastern Division will play the top two from the West in best-of- three sets to determine the SWC champion and the league’s representative in the state 3-A playoffs. Kings Mountain won the SWC last year and finished second in the state tourney. Ricky Proctor went the distance in Wednesday’s win over Shelby to notch his third win in four decisions. He scat tered five hits and struck out six Golden Lions. Kings Mountain grabbed the lead early on a first inning homer by Terry Bullock, and stayed out front the rest of the way. The Mounties added another first in ning run on a walk to Alan Van Dyke and double by Robert Anderson. Singles by Todd Blalock and Leard Keeter, and a Shelby er- Making Your BUSINESS Harder Than It Is? The Mounties broke the game open with three runs in the fifth. Blalock and Brent Bell singled and Keeter walked to load the bases. Blalock scorer' jn a throw ing error on a force play at the plate and Boyce laced a double to drive in the other two. THE LINESCORE By innings: R H E S 000 002 0 2 5 1 KM 200 no X 4 8 1 • • Bridges and Tucker; Proctor and Keeter. WP - Proctor. LP - Bridges. Six different players had a hit apiece for the Mounties off three North Gaston hurlers. Wade Price started for the Wildcats and took the loss. He was reliev ed by Alex Saylors in the first and Ronnie Robinson in the fifth. THE LINESCORE By innings: R H E NG 000 200 0 2 3 1 KM 201 030 X 6 6 3 Price. Saylors (1), Robinson (5) and Carpenter; Blalock, Mathis (4) and Keeter. WP - Mathis. LP ■ Price. LEARD KEETER ror, led to another run in the fourth, and Tony Boyce slamm ed a solo homer in the fifth to give the Mounties a 44) lead. Shelby scored both of its runs in the sixth on a two-run single by Chuck Spangler. Bullock went 2-for-2 to lead an eight-hit KM plate attack against Jay Bridges. Jeff Allen had two hits for the Lions. Anderson’s two-run single in the first inning last Tuesday night had given the Mounties a 24) lead against North Ga.ston before the rains came as KM came to bat in the bottom of the third. The game was resumed at that point Thursday, and the Moun ties picked up right where they left off when Keeter walked and scored on a double by Terry Chapman. Righthander Todd Blalock was working on the mound for the Mounties but the Wildcats got to him for two unearned runs in the top of the fourth and sophomore Roy Mathis came on and held the Wildcats hitle.ss after that to pick up his first win of the year. North Gaston got two in the fourth on two hits, a hit batsman, sacrifice and error. SAVE $150 ON AN ARIENS RIDING MOWER! Ariens Riding Mowers feature: ‘Flex-N-Float” mower deck Positive action steering Easy cutting height adjustment Much more! • ‘ Save on Ariens Riding Mowers during ARIENS ORANGE TAG SPECIAL! OFFER GOOD AT PARTICIPATING ARIENS DEALERS ONLY OFFER EXPIRES APRIL 30th, 1981 PHIFER HARDWARE CO. 110 S. Railroad Ava. Phone 739-4731 ^NAPA^ Handy parts for handymen. WeVe got over 50 yean experience. You have enough to do without trying to layout and design your own graphic communications, or searching for the right person to print the job. 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