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er been any lower than a six-
team league. If there are two
five-team leagues it appears a
Gaston County School would
have to come out to join one of
those leagues.”
The advantage of a 10-team
conference over a five or six-
team league is that it would be
allotted more playoff positions.
A total of 339 schools were
classified, including parochial
schools, federal schools, and
public charter schools that have
the right to be members of the
Association. A new Gaston
County high school, Highland,
will join the Association during
the realignment period and was
classified as 1A based on a pro-
jected enrollment of 525 stu-
dents. The school will not com-
pete in football.
A total of 48 schools changed
classifications, including peren-
nial football powers Anson
County, which dropped from
4A to 3A, and High Point
Central, the reigning 2A state
champion, which moves up to
3A. High Point's other city
school, Andrews, which Kings
Mountain defeated in the 1997
state labs, Sropped from 3A
to ZA.
The Realignment Committee
used a formula of placing the
largest 25 percent of schools in
4A, the second 25 percent in 34,
third 25 percent in 2A, and the
smallest 25 percent in 1A. The
4A numbers ranged from 1,315
to 2,523 students, with
Charlotte Myers Park being the
largestand Havelock the small-
est; 3A’ ranged from 967 to 1,308
students with Triton being the
largest and Smoky Mountain
the smallest; 2A ranged from
679 to 957 with Hibriten being
the largest and Mountain
Heritage the smallest; and 1A
ranged from 24 to 677 with
West Columbus being the
largest and Ocracoke the small-
est.
Overall, Kings Mountain is
the 128th largest system with
1,099 students and falls in the
middle of the 3A schools.
The NCHSAA will be busy
between now and the fall, when
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Hr SAtter the NCHSAA staff
- drafts conferences, schools will
have two months to give input
and make suggestions on how
they might be improved, McRae
said.
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Gastonia Office
Regional meetings are sched-
uled for March 14 (West
Regionals at a place to be deter-
mined) and March 16 (East
Regional) that will include
mandatory meetings for all
schools to attend. After a gener-
al meeting, McRae said schools
will break down into classifica-
tion groups and discuss the
draft and how it can be im-
proved.
McRae said that schools re-
questing to play out of classifi-
cation must make those re-
quests by March 31. Schools
normally are not allowed to
play out of classification unless
there is an extreme geographic
hardship.
The Realignment Committee
will meet on April 6 to discuss
all of the information it has re-
ceived from schools and meet-
ings, and compile a second
draft of conference assignments.
That will be mailed out to mem-
bership and they will be given a
second opportunity to give in-
put.
On June 13, the Realignment
Committee will meet again to
finalize the last draft. Schools
will then have until October 1
to appeal their conference
placement, and then can only
appeal if they think something
has been done that is not in
compliance with the rules.
McRae said appeals will be
~ heard on November 29 by the
NCHSAA Board of Directors, -
and on November 29 the board
will vote on the final plan.
McRae said schools whose
enrollment figures change dras-
tically at the first part of re-
alignment can appeal to the
NCHSAA to change their classi-
fication for the final two years
of the four-year realignment.
He said that clause was includ-
ed in the plan because of so
many new schools that are be-
ing built all over the state.
“While we think our best
source of information about
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thesuperintendents of the
“schools involved, if something
changes drastically the associa-
tion reserves the right to make
adjustments later on,” McRae
said.
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Herald/Times
January 20, 2000
GARY STEWART / THE HERALD
Kings Mountain’s Torrey Cureton (24). PPies some light pressure to East Rutherford point guard Brad Logan in Friday’s
Southwestern 3A Conference basketball game at the KMHS gym. The Cavaliers, co-leaders in the Southwestern 3A Conference with
R-S Central, built a big early lead but had to withstand a late rally by the Mountaineers to win 71-63.
Lady Mountaineers lose
47-28 to Charlotte Latin
RAIDERS
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GIRLS GAME
KM (49) - S. Cole 19, C. Cole
10, Moore 7, Thomas 5, Gill 5,
Bennett 3. on
SP (42) - Van Pelt 15, Henier a
5, Atkins 5, Smith 5, Sadler 5,
Bacon 4, McCuen 2, Fotinos 2.
5
= BOYS GAME
KM (53) - Young 13,
Henderson 8, Williamson 6,
Odoms 8, Cureton 4, Leach 1,
Byers id Houze 4, Goode 6.
SP (54) - Jeremy Jackson 20,
Alexander 16, Ensley 4, Lowery
2, Jarien Jackson 8, Donaldson
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most caught up before bowing
at the end to the unbeaten
Cavaliers.
Led by their outstanding
guards, Brad and Donte Logan,
the Cavaliers breezed to a 20-11
first quarter lead and 35-27 half-
time advantage. The Cavaliers
led 55-43 going into the fourth
period before the Mountaineers! ..
got them back in the game.
Kevin Henderson scored
three lay-ups off the fast-break,
and Qwenshon Goode muscled
_in three baskets from inside as
the Mountaineers cui the mar-
gin to 60- 59 with 3 1/2 minutes
left
But Brad Logan, who led all
scorers with 29 points, stole the
ball and went in for a lay-up to
increase the lead to three, and
later added a pair of free throws
to put the game on ice for the
Cavaliers.
Donte Logan added 16 points
and Michael Sheppard 10 for
the Cavaliers. Goode led the
Mountaineers with 21 and...
© Vinee Yotiig and Kevin
Henderson added 13 and 12,.re=
spectively.
GIRLS GAME
ER (54) - Hardy 23, Ten Brook
13, Miller 5, Williams 5, Byrd 4,
Brooks 4.
KM (57) - S. Cole 15, Gill 15,
Ramey 8, C. Cole 8, Cash 6,
Powell 3, Thomas 2.
: “BOYS. GAME
ER (71) - B. Logan 29,D.
Logan 16, Sheppard 10,
= Litilcjoip. 6, goanetie 4, Surratt
| 2, Hines 2.7
. KM (63).- Gonos. 21, Young
+13, Henderson 12, Bess 8,
. Williamson4, Odoms 2, Houze
2 Bolly
Kings Mountain High's girls
basketball team lost to
Charlotte Latin 47-28 last
Monday night at the KMHS
gym,
Latin jumped to a 16-8 first
quarter lead and never looked
back. The Hawks led 28-13 at
the half and 34-21 going into
the fourth quarter.
“We were simply over
matched,” said KM Coach
Kevin Moss. “They have an out-
standing team. They had good
guard play and were very big
inside, and were just too much
for us to handle.”
Former Kings Mountain play-
er Renee Hall led the Hawks
with 12 points. Shonda Cole
was Kings Mountain's leading
scorer with 10 points.
Latin (47) - Murphy 7, R. Hall
12,]. Hall 8, Bainbridge 4,
Crawley 6, Schmitt 4, Beatty 4,
Owens 2.
KM (28) - Ramey 6, C. Cole 7,
S. Cole 10, Bennett 5.
Free Throw Challenge set
Saturday at new KM YMCA
Boys and girls ages 10-14 are
invited to.compete in:a basket-
ball free throw shooting contest
Saturday, Jan. 22 at 4:30 p.m: at
the Kings Mountain YMCA.
The contest is open to youth in
Cleveland County.
The Knights of Columbus
and the Kings Mountain YMCA
are co-sponsoring the local
Knights of Columbus Free
Throw Challenge. Three local
winners will go on to district
competition with those winners
going to state competition.
Youth will compete in three
age divisions. Boys and girls
ages 10 and 11 compete togeth-
er in Division I. Division II is
for boys ages 12-14. Division III
is for girls ages 12-14. The par-
ticipant’s age as of January 1,
2000 is the official age. Proof of
age, such as a birth certificate, is
required to participate. :
The youth shooting the most
free throws in each division will
receive a new basketball, $50
U.S. Savings Bond, certificate,
and the opportunity to compete
in the district competition. All
participants will receive a cer-
tificate of participation.
The Knights of Columbus
council is a men’s organization
from St. Mary’s Roman Catholic
Church in Shelby and Christ
The King Roman Catholic
Church in Kings Mountain.
For more information, call
Steve Thornburg at 484-4000 or
487-8867, or Charles Thomas at
730-9297.
Shelby Women’s Clinic is pleased to
aloo Lois J. Smith, RN, CRNP to:its
staff.” Lois is certified Bon Adult Nurse
Practitioner from the American Nurses
Credentialing Center.
Ms. Smith is a graduate of University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Lois will be available to see new patients
for annual physicals, pap smears, and
gynecologic exams, starting January 17.
Call 487-5258 to schedule an appointment.
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