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KMHS Baseball Team Young
Kings Mountain High’s
veteran baseball coach, Barry
Gibson, will Held one of his
youngest teams ever this spring,
but, as usual, expects to be com-
petitive in the rugged
Southwestern 3-A Conference.
Gibson has 10 sophomores
and only five seniors on his
22-man roster. The Mounties
open the season on March 9
with a non<onference game
against 4-A Hunter Huss and
begin SWC action on March 16
at R-S Central.
“Well be young and inex
perienced,” says Gibson, “but all
of our players have been work
ing hard. I hope to see continued
improvement throughout the
season.”
Gibson returns four full-time
and one part-time starter from
last year’s 7-8 team. Heading
that list is All-Conference center-
fielder Robert Anderson, who
led the team in hitting with a
.388 figure and should rank
among the top hitters in the
area.
Another All-Conference
returnee is outfielder Terry
Bullock, another .300 hitter.
Others who started full time last
year are catcher Leard Keeter
and infielder Brent Bell. Out
fielder Jeff Moss was a part-time
starter.
Gibson will have to rebuild his
entire pitching staff and the right
side of his infield. He lost his en
tire mound staff-including most
valuable player Todd Blalock
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BARRY GIBSON
and Ricky Proctor-and short
stop Tony Boyce and third
baseman Alan Van Dyke, two of
his most consistent hitters and
fielders.
“I think well have a pretty
good defense,” says Gibson. “In
the past we’ve always had pro
blems finding enough good hit
ters, but we have several good
ones back.”
He’s currently working with
eight pitchers, but none have
any varsity experience. Most of
his pitchers will probably play
another position when not on
the mound.
Anderson will likely see some
mound action, as well as Keeter,
who was the starting catcher last
year. Sophomore John Yarbro
will probably backup Keeter
behind the plate and catch when
Keeter is on the mound.
Other hurlers include Eric
Ballew, Tommy Batchler, Tony
Childers, Jerry McDaniel, Barry
Philbeck and Randy Whitaker.
Other team members include
Skip Birskovich, Chris Cham
pion, Mark Champion, Todd
Cloninger, Kevin Echols, Pat
Melton, ^ad Reynolds, Quin
ton Rikard, Eric Spicer and
Russell Van Dyke.
KM Schools
Participating
In Program
The Kings Mountain Schools
are participating in a one-year
program, sponsored by the NC
Alternative Energy Corporation
and the State Board of Educa
tion, to study options designed
to cut electric power costs.
Kings Mountain Junior High
School is one of S6 schools
selected as a demonstration pro
ject.
Larry Allen, Assistant
Superintendent, is serving as the
project coordinator and Charles
Ramsey, has been named as the
technical coordinator for the
Kings Mountain Schools. J. Fred
Withers, junior high principal,
and his staff make up the re
mainder of the local team that
will be working closely with state
field coordinators. Together they
will initiate and implement an
Electrical Load Management
Program for the school, designed
to save energy dollars.
Various methods are avaialble
for use in cutting costs, including
some that require little or no ex
pense. Management measures
such as shifting loads, heating
water at night, some reschedul
ing of food preparation, monitor
ing electric power use, and cut
ting bapk on usage will be under
consideration.
Electric rates play an im-
porant part in determining the
size of monthly power bills. Cost
projections will be included
among the in-depth studies to
determine the desirability of
switching to a different available
rate schedule or remaining on
the current schedule.
The program is being con
ducted throughout North
Carolina but only S6 school
units will be involved, each with
one school participating. Kings
Mountain Junior High School
will serve as a pilot and model
for other schools. The program is
voluntary, and all participating
'schools have been selected
because local school people have
shown a desire to reduce electric
power costs.
Three members of the varsity
basketball team-David Peeler,
Phillip Campbell and David
Looney-will join the team at the
end of the basketball season.
Gibson, who has won the
SWC Coach of the Year Award
more times (four) than any other
coach in the league, looks to
East Gaston and East Ruther
ford as the teams to beat.
The Mounties will compete in
the Eastern Division of the split
SWC with East Gaston, South
Point, North Gaston and
Shelby. East Rutherford, Burns,
Crest, Chase and R-S Central
will again comprise the Western
Division.
The top two finishers from
each division will advance to the
conference playoffs, and the
winner of those bestK)f-three
series will go to the stale 3-A
playoffs.
THE SCHEDULE
MJkRCH
9 - Hubs
12- at Hum
13- Aahbrook (2 p.m.)
16 - at R-S
19 - Burns
23 • at Chas* ,
26 - at N. Gaston
30 - Shslby (7:30)
APRIL
2 - East Ruth. (7:30)
6 - at S. Point (7:30)
9 - E. Gaston (7:30)
13 - N. Gaston (7:30)
16 - at Shelby (7:30)
20 - Crest (7:30)
23 • S. Point (7:30)
27 - at E. Gaston (7:30)
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