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mi sp ym HJ« « «►Thursday, January 14, 1954Mountaineers Drop Two Basketball Games To Hilltoppers At SpindaleKings Mountain's first Invasion of Rutherford County was thrown back last Friday night as Rutherfordton ^ Spindale high school's Hilltoppers captured a South Group Western AA Conference twin bill at Spindale, It was the first action for the Mountaineers since the holidays.In the opcnbr, the Rutherford-ton lassies got off to a fast start and dumped Kings Mountain 42 to 33.The winners “froze out” a close contest in the afterpiece, as KingsMountain's quint pressed into too* -many fouls in the last few f 4fgd trying to make up a four- Ban-eu, t ‘ 1K, J. Huffstickler 12.The winners took a four-point lead at the end of the first period, 31-7, and didn't slip much, 22-19, by haiftime. Kings Mountain out-scored the Hilltoppers 14-13 in the third canto to trail by only two points at the start of thb final chapter.It was the first meeting of the Wo schools on the hardwood this season.The box scores:GIRLS Kings MountainPlayer, Pas. a2point deficit. Thb final count was 49-39.Nora Jane Deese and Rutchle Houser paced the Kings Mountain sextet with 13 points each. Sheila Mayberry and Esther Kirby had 32 each for the winners, who were fcteld down in the scoring column by Kings Mountain's alert guards.The Rutherfordton - Spindale boys put the clamp on Kings Mountain’s Milton Hope and managed to shake their three big boys loose for enough points for the win, Hope got 9 points, as did * Richard George and Oilie Harris topped the teffort with 14 markers. Doug Padgett shook the nets for 18 points, Rollins got 14 andLocal Long-. rDistance Track ServiceAgents For B. S. Motor Lines, Inc. of Nashville, Tenn.LOCKRIDGEButehle Houser, f 5Derice Weir, f 0Rachael Jolly, g Gwendolyn Pearson, g Jww Ormand, g Pit Precmin, g Mary Owens, g Jackie Ametle, gTOTALS ISRuth-SpindaleSheila Mayberry, t 5 Martha Padgett, t aEsther Kirby, f 6Judith Dockery, f ®Shelia Lyles,f 0Julia Hudgins, f 0 Sara Hodge, t 0Jane MarUn, t 0Marian Haney, g Glenda Wreg, g Sara Ford, g Frances Houser, g Bonnie McGinnis, g Pat Spiawn. g Cook, g Sparks. gTOTALS ItSCO BE BY PEBrODSi rardgMTiv;FG051a0TP4133130lt;33) rr ftm0 3128121000001 2 0 00 40 0 5 0 0 01 2• • t(42)2 0402110o2a202200is10BOTH- SPINDALEopticlalsT”toWall, timer.BOYS Itings Mountain Player. Poe. GRonnie Layton, f 1Milton Hope. £ 4OlUe Harris, e 5Don McCarter, g 2Richard George, g 4 TOTALS v IS Ruth.-Spindale E. J. Huffstickler, I 5 Wade Byrd, t Carpenter, f Doug Padgett, c Roll Ini, g Daggerhart, g Sherrill, fTOTALS SCORE BY PERIODS; KINGS MTN. 7HUTH.-SPINDALE 1110ISOwens. Mtnti Dosy0 0 7 71 1SiPG11401720 0 4 01 0 7TP3 9144 938120018143249(39)PF FTM0 32 . 1 4 12 21 0 8 7(49)2 2026010IIla111413€—3814—40OFFICIALS: Camp, referee; Kanupp, umpire. Buddy Murray, scorer; Danny Wall, timer.
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Kings Mountain Herald
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, US
Thu, Jan 14, 1954
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