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aw. \ Section B Wednesday, October 21, 1987 Photos By Darrin Griggs Story By Gary Stewart fo oo 3 TOUGH RUNNING - Kings Mountain tailback Monty Deaton picks up some tough yardage against R-S Central’s Hilltoppers the game’s top rusher with 95 yar Southwestern 3-A Conference. Y a : J GAINS GROUND FOR R-S - R-S Central running back Wade Shehan picks up some big yar- Friday night in Spindale. Despite a 21-7 KM loss, Deaton was dage for the Hilltoppers in Friday’s 21-7 victory i 3 : 1 over Kings Mountain at R-S. The Moun- ds in 20 carries. The senior standout is the top rusher in the ¢aineers host South Point Friday at 8 p.m. in their annual homecoming game. Mountaineers Lose 21-7 Friday At R-S Central, Host South Point In Annual Homecoming Game With their hopes of a third straight state 3-A playoff berth all but wiped out after last week’s disappointing 21-7 loss at R-S Central, Kings Mountain’s Mountaineers will try to play the role of spoiler when they host South Point’s Red Raiders Friday in their annual homecoming game. South Point, back on track after two sub-par seasons under veteran coach Jim Big- gerstaff, is currently 3-1 in the Southwestern 3-A Con- ference and right on the heels of unbeaten Shelby and Burns in the race for the regular season championship. The top three teams in the SWC will qualify for the state playoffs. Barring a miracle, pre-season contenders East Rutherford and Kings Moun- tain, both playoff represen- tatives for the past two years, will not return and it appears only upstart R-S Central has a chance of overtaking any of the three current leaders. The Mountaineers had one of their most error-free games last week as far as penalties and turnovers are concerned, but played with little intensity and continual- ly missed tackles and assignments in a loss to a Hilltopper team which a week earlier had been em- barrassed 56-8 at Shelby. Coach Denny Hicks tried to warn his Mountaineers all week that R-S Central wasn’t that bad of a ballclub, and Coach Jack Huss Sr.’s youngsters showed it in front of their homecoming crowd. Huss’s own son, Jack Jr., ran a 19-yard touchdown in the second quarter to give the Hilltoppers a 7-0 halftime lead, Wade Shehan turned a short screen pass into a 55-yard touchdown play in the third quarter as R-S built a 14-0 advantage, and the Hilltoppers intercepted a desperation pass in the final seconds and returned it 30 yards for a touchdown to ice the victory. Kings Mountain’s only score came with four minutes remaining when fullback David Leadbetter scored from one yard out. Except for their opening drive when the Mountaineers drove to the R-S 14 before losing the ball on downs, the KM eleven showed little offense. “From a physical stand- point, they just outplayed us,” said Coach Hicks. “They just kept coming after us. Most of their big plays came from our missed tackles and on the screen pass that went for a 55-yard touchdown, we had six missed tackles. “The really big difference was in the intensity levels of the two teams,” he added. “R-S played very physical and very intense and stayed after us all night long. As the game progressed, we went downhill and they got stronger.” Monty Deaton, the SWC’s leading rusher, finished with 95 yards in 20 carries, pushing him to 693 yards in seven ballgames. The Moun- MOUNTAINEER GRIDGRAPH Score by Quarters: T KM 000 0 --7 RS. 0.7 7:7 -21 Scoring: KM RS First Downs 9 1 Yards Rushing 129 129 Passes 5-16 9-13 Yards Passing 57 114 Fumbles Lost 0 0 Punts 5-35 5-32 Penalties 6-50 5-30 RS - Huss, 19-run (Huss kick) RS - Shehan 55-pass from Huss (Huss kick) KM - Leadbetter 1-run (McDaniel kick) RS - Forney 30-interception return (Huss kick) MOUNTAINEER RUSHING Player Carries Yards Monty Deaton 20 95 Anthony Hillman 7 27 David Leadbetter 5 13 Ryan Hollifield 1 -6 MOUNTAINEER PASSING Player Att. Comp. Int. Yds. Hollifield 14 4 1 51 Ramsey 1 1 0 6 Deaton 1 0 0 0 : MOUNTAINEER RECEIVING Player Catches Yards James Roberts 3 32 | Tracy Wright 1 20 Joe McClain 1 5h taineers matched the Hilltop- pers yard for yard in the run- ning department, but R-S held a big advantage in pass- ing. Huss, a 6-3, 220-pound senior who broke several tackles on his 19-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, hit on nine of 13 passes for 114 yards. KM managed only five comple- tions in 16 attempts for 57 yards and the Hilltoppers held sophomore Ryan Hollifield to 4-for-14 and 51 yards. “You'd have to classify it as an embarrassing loss because we didn’t play with the kind of intensity we're: noted for,” said Coach Hicks. “But we are extremely pleas- ed with a lot of our young kids. Our defensive secon- dary was real young when the season started. You look at R-S Central's passing figures and they look impressive but most of those passing yards were underneath. Our secon- dary men, Joe McClain, An- thony Hillman and James Roberts are as good as there are in the league and two of them (Roberts and McClain) are first-year varsity players. “We're extremely well pleased with our sophomore quarterback (Hollifield),”” he added. ‘“He’s gotten better every game. When he has the ‘time to throw, he does an ex-. cellent job. All of our wide receivers are first-year players and have come a long way. We have a freshman (Darius Ross) at wide receiver and he’s one of the best in the conference. From a coaching standpoint, one of the things you always look for is for kids to grow and get better, and that’s been one of our. bright spots. One of the disappointing things is that some areas aren’t doing as well as we expected.” Hicks said he was pleased with his team’s overall kick- ing game last week. ‘I'd say the kicking game had it’s best game and was probably the one area of the game that we won,” he said. ‘Our kicking team did an excellent job on coverage and our return team did well for the first time in several weeks. It pro- duced good field position for us and we were pleased with that.” Kings Mountain’s big line suffered one major setback when two-way tackle Wayne Brazzell left the game with a pinched nerve in his shoulder. ‘‘He’s questionable for this week’s game, but if it’s not bruised too bad and with proper treatment, we hope he’ll be ready to go,” Hicks said. , The Mountaineers will need all the help they can get to stop South Point’s running at- tack which is probably the best in the SWC. The Red Raiders have a three- tailback attack. Biggerstaff keeps a fresh tailback in the game at all times and. The most impressive run- ner thus far has been sophomore Willie Strain and the Red Raiders have also gotten good play out of sophomore quarterback Mike Young. Senior ends Pat Keough and Mike Pannell lead a veteran line. “South Point is a fine foot- ball team,” said Hicks. “They play the game like it’s supposed to be played. They mix it up and keep coming at you. They're basically a power-oriented team and their intensity level stays up... for an entire game, as they proved last week at Chase when they drove for the winn- ing touchdown with 14 seconds left. They play a very physical game and Friday’s game will be a tremendous challenge for us. Standings Conf. All W-L W-L Burns 4-0 7-0 Shelby 4-0 6-1 South Point 3-1 5-2 R-S Central 2-2 2-5 Kings Mountain1-3 3-4 East Ruth. 1-3 2-5 North Gaston 1-3 3-4 Chase 0-4 1-6 LAST WEEK’S RESULTS R-S Central 21, Kings Mtn. 7 Shelby 20, East Rutherford 6 South Point 27, Chase 21 Burns 21, North Gaston 0 FRIDAY’S GAMES South Pont at Kings Mtn. R-S Central at Burns North Gaston at Shelby Chase at East Rutherford DON’T BITE ME! - Kings Mountain trainer Roy remove his mouthpiece on sidelines during last week’ “They run a 50 defense but play it more like an eight- man front,” Hicks went on. “They will dare us to throw the ball. They'll send eight people all night long.”’ The Red Raiders will be seeking their first victory in three years over the Moun- taineers. On their last visit to Gamble Stadium two years ago, the Raiders won 21-18 on the field but then had to forfeit the game on Monday when it was learned they played an ineligible player. After that, Biggerstaff suf- fered through his longest los- TALKS WITH DEFENSE - Kings Mountain assistant coach ing streak (15 games) ever as a varsity coach before finally breaking the skid in the se- cond game of this season. The Raiders’ only losses this year were to 4-A power Ashbrook in a non-conference game and 21-20 to Shelby when the Lions stopped a potential game-winning two-point con- version attempt by the Raiders. After this week, the Moun- taineers will remain at home to play East Rutherford before closing out their season at North Gaston. Bruce Clark tries to fire up his defense in last week’s game at R-S Central. Hilltoppers won 21-7. Mounties host South Point this week. taineers host South Point Friday at 8 p.m. Hammett helps tackle Alan Chisholm s football game at R-S Central. Moun- a A ine
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