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North Gaston 34-0
Kings Mountain's
Mountaineers jumped on
top early and went on their
biggest scoring spree of
the season Friday night at
North Gaston, blanking the
Wildcats 34-0 for their fifth
straight victory.
The win gives the
Mountaineers a 4-1 South
western 3-A Conference
record and 6-1 overall
mark. They host South
Point Friday In a game
that could determine the
SWC champion.
"We did pretty much
what we wanted to do,”
commented KMHS Coach
Dan Brooks, who saw his
charges equal their victory
output of last season, their
first under him.
"We got on top of them
early,” he said, "and got to
play all of our players
again. We started 21
people. Mark Schuman
was oiu* only player that
started both wavs.”
Kings MounU. i, ''ad Its
best offensive night ^
year, rushing for over 300
yards and hitting three of
five passes for 40 yards.
One 90-yard touchdown
pass from Jeff Clonlnger to
Schuman was nullified on a
holding penalty.
Kevin Mack, KM’s
highly-touted senior
tailback, had the best night
of his career, gaining 186
yards In 10 carries, and
scoring touchdowns on
runs of 66 and 74 yards.
Mack and Clonlnger both
sat out the entire second
half.
"Jeff threw the ball real
well and did a resd good job
of running the team,” said
Brooks. “We also played
good defense and our
running backs did a good
job. We sat them out In the
second half to see how we
could do with Mike
Woodberry running the
team, and he did a real
..WAl TO GO, KMI-Kings Mountain High
cheerleai.br Wendy Strlngfellow Is happy with the
Mountaineers’ performance In Friday’s Southwestern
3-A Conferen. ""me at North Gaston. KMHS posted Its
flfth straight vK rv 34-0.
good job. Sometime, he
could be real valuable to
us.”
Woodberry ran the first
unit offense, except for
Mack, during the third
period and Brooks went
entirely with his second
unit In the fourth quarter.
"We didn't play any
regulars at all In the fourth
qusirter,” Brooks said. "So
everybody got to play a
large amount of time.
Ihat’s the only way to get
experience. You can
practice and practice but
you’re not going to get
experience until you get In
a ballgame.”
Clonlnger engineered
three touchdown drives In
the first half and Wood
berry called the signals for
the final two KM scores In
the third period.
Mack went 86 yards In
the second play of the
game and Tony Boyce
booted the first of four
extra points for a 7-0
margin. The next time KM
got the ball. Mack covered
74 yards for a 14-0 lead and
midway of the second
quarter, Clonlnger hit tight
end Tim Leach with a 20
yard touchdown pass for a
21-0 halftime advantage.
Clonlnger's 90-yard pass
to Schuman came with just
18 seconds left In the half.
Backed up to their own 10
following a Wildcat punt,
Clonlnger threw a perfect
00-yard strike to Schuman
along the KM sidelines and
the talented senior split
end broke away from his
defender and outraced the
Wildcat secondary to the
endzone. The KMHS
cheerleaders and fans
went wild until the yellow
flag was spotted near the
for endzone.
Avery Smith, who
gained 79 yards In 11
carries while alternating
between tailback and
fullback, scored on a 88
yard run early In the third
period and KMHS closed
out the scoring late In the
third quarter on a six-yard
run by Chris Wright. That
TD was set up by a fumble
recovery at the six by
tackle Darryl Strong.
North Gaston never
threatened. The Wildcats
had only 70 yards total
offense and most of those
came In the fourth quarter.
North Gaston didn’t pick
up a first down while the
KM first unit defense was
on the field.
The loss was the sixth
straight for the winless
Wlldcate.
RETURNmG PUNT-Terry Chapman (26) of the
Kings Mountain High Jayvees Is shown returning a punt
80 yards for a touchdown In Thursday’s game with
Photo by Gary Stewart
North Gaston at Gamble Stadium. The TD was called
back on a penalty but KM won anyway, 20-0.
. .TOP RUSHER-Curt Pressley (11) Is shown picking
up some of his 63 yards rushing In Wednesday’s KM-
East McDowell Junior high Jayvee game at Gamble
Photo by Gary Stewart
Stadium. KM won 8-6 to hold on to Its first place stan
ding.
IN THE CLEAR—Kings Mountain’s Avery Smith (47) Gaston. Blockers Include Mike Chambers (87) and
breaks through a huge hole nude by the offensive line Mark E. Smith (61). KMHS won 34-0.
to pick up good yardage In Friday’s game at North
If
.. BIO NIGHT- Kings Mountain’s Kevin Mack Is shown
picking up good yardage In Friday’s game at North
Gaston. The senior speedster gained 186 yards rushing
In only 10 carries and scored two touchdowns to lead the
Mountles to their fifth straight win, 34-0.
Blank North Gaston 21~0
Jayvees Win First
Kings Mountain High’s
jayvees put together four
quarters of sound football
TTiursday night at Gamble
Stadium to defeat North
Gaston 21-0 for their first
win In six outings.
The Little Mountaineers
built up a 14-0 heJftlme
lead and ate up the clock In
the second half. The KM
offense held the football
the entire fourth quarter
and the defense limited the
visiting Wildcats to one
first down In the-- fourth
period.
Terry Chapman
returned a punt 80 yards
for a touchdown the first
time KM touched the
football, but his run down
the home sidelines was
nullified by a 16-yard
penalty for an Illegal
block.
Kings Mountain broke
the Ice In the second period
when Carlos Owens went
over from one yard out.
After penalties of five and
16 yards on the ^xtra point
attempt, John Barnette
went 23 yards on a flanker
Still Leading Conference
Little Pats Win 8-6
Kings Mountain Junior
High’s jayvee footballers
came from behind In the
second half Wednesday at
Gamble Stadium to defeat
East McDowell 8-6 and
remain unbeaten In
Western Junior High
Athletic Association play.
Arnold Jordan scored on
a three-yard run with 39
seconds left in the third
quarter to tie the score,
then Curt Pressley circled
right end with the winning
two-point conversion.
East McDowell had
taken a 6-0 lead on a 10-
yard touchdown pass with
10 seconds remaining In
the first half. But the KM
defense tightened and
stopped a running play on
the two-point conversion
attempt.
Both teams played well
defensively. KM stopped
the visiting Trojans on four
straight running tries from
the one yard line In the
first half and the Little
Patriots had a 40-yard
touchdown run by Curt
Pressley nullified on a
clipping penalty In the
second half.
"The win was due to a
great team effort,” noted
first-year coach David
Heffner. "The defense
played a tremendous game
and the offensive line did a
good job of blocking In the
second half.”
KMHS Girls Sweep
Bums And R-S Central
Kings Mountain High’s
girls volleyball team swept
Bums and R-S Central
Wednesday to run their
Southwestern 8-A Con
ference record to 9-6 and
assure themselves of a
winning season.
The Mountainettes
whipped Bums 16-11 and
17-16 and R-S 16-11 and 16-
6.
Coach Kathy Brooks
cited Tammy Bolton, Mary
Ann White and Diane
Williams for their good all
round play.
"All three of them
played real well around the
net,” Brooks said. "We
had several real good
spikes.”
KMHS was scheduled to
close out Its season
yesterday at South Point
against South Point and
East Gaston.
Kings Mountain had 120
yards rushing with
Pressley leading the way
with 63 yards In 10 carries.
Thomas Putnam carried 12
times for 23 yards and
Jordan three times for 11.
The Patriots had six first
downs and East five, all of
the Trojans’ coming In the
first half. Jordan In-
intercepted two passes.
Including one which set up
his touchdown run, and
Quinton Rikard recovered
a fumble.
Jordan had four tackles
and one assist, Pressley
four tackles and four
assists, Eric Odums three
tackles and one assist and
Jeff Chapman one tackle
and two assists. The
defense also recorded
seven team tackles.
Coaches Heffner and
John Bumgardner cited
Pressley, Putnam, Jordan,
Todd Clonlnger, Rikard,
Randy Whitaker and
Robert Appling for their
offensive play and
Chapman, Jordan,
Pressley, Odums, Charles
Short, Tyrone Grier and
Shawn Rainey on defense.
KM, now 4-0-1, travels to
Hickory Wednesday to
take on second place
College Park. The Patriots
close out their season at
home next Wednesday
against Shelby.
reverse for the two-point
conversion and an 8-0 lead.
Late In the half Kings
Mountain quarterback
Jerry Tatum completed a
pass to Richard Ellison at
the five. Ellison fumbled
foe ball Into the endzone
and Dana Camp of the
Mountaineers fell on It for
a touchdown and a 14-0
advantage.
Kings Mountain drove
foe second half kickoff all
foe way to the one-inch line
before losing foe ball on
downs. On North Gaston’s
second play from scrim
mage, Owens and Eric
Borchert made a hard hit
on the Wildcat quar
terback, causing a fumble.
Travis Bell recovered It In
foe endzone for a TD and
Rupert Stevens kicked the
extra point for the final 21-
0 margin.
Coach Charlie Bums was
well pleased with his
team’s performance.
"That’s by far foe best
game we’ve played all
year,” he said. “We’ve
played better before In
iq>urt8, but finally put four
quarters together.
"Keeping the ball the
entire third quarter had a
lot to do with It,” he went
on, "especially when we
were already ahead 14-0.
Alan Van Dyke did an
excellent job on defense,
Carlos Owens played real
well on offense and Eric
Borchert played well even
though he was hurt.
"We had 182 yards
rushing,” Burns con
tinued, "so that’s an In
dication that the offensive
line blocked well. We still
had some penalties that
hurt us, but I was real
pleased with the way we
Idayed.”
The Little Mountaineers
host Shelby Thursday In
their final home game.
They complete their
season next week at Crest.