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Kee And Bulldogs
Too Much For KMHS
TuMdoy. SaptamlMt 9, ISSO-KINCS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Pag* 3
Susan Goforth Is $75 Winner
Lightning flashed across the
eastern sky throughout Fric|^y
night’s opening season
Southwestern 3-A Conference
football game between Burns
and Kings Mountain at John
Gamble Stadium, but its strikes
weren’t nearly as dangerous as
Burns’ flashy senior tailback
Timmy Kee, who streaked for
three touchdowns and 156 yards
rushing to lead the visiting
Bulldogs to an impressive 27-8
win.
As many of the fans were
wondering if they shouldn’t run
tor cover, Kee and his fellow
Bulldogs ran roughshod over the
inexperienced Mountaineers and
proved to the more than 3,000
fans that they’ll be a definite
threat in the tough SWC in
1980.
After a scoreless first period in
which the host Mountaineers
failed to capitalize on a couple of
good scoring opportunities, Kee
flashed two quick touchdowns
on the board to give the Bulldogs
a 14-0 halftime advantage.
Burns put up two more
quickies in the second half for a
27-0 lead before the Moun
taineers finally managed their
only score in the final five
minutes.
The big backbreaker for the
Mountaineers came with no
time remaining on the clock in
the first half when Kee took a
pitchout from quarterback Al
Floyd and streaked around left
end for a 63-yard touchdown
run which made it 14-0 at
halftime.
The play started with just six
seconds left in the half, and it
was identical to the one earlier in
the period which resulted in a 27
yard TD run for Kee.
Burns started testing the out
side after the Mountaineer
defense proved too tough in the
middle of the line. Kings Moun
tain held Burns’ 22S-pound
fullback Frank Porter in check,
but couldn’t handle the fleet-
• footed Kee. •
The defense forced a fumble
out of Porter on the third play of
the ballgame at the Burns 34,
and the Kings Mountain fans
were feeling good despite the
threat of a thunderstorm. But in
four plays the offense was only
able to move the ball nine yards,
and Bums took over.
On their next possession, the
Mountaineers used the running
of Tony Boyce and Chris Wright
to move to the Burns 12 for a
first down, but then penalties
began to push them back. The
Mounties had 100 yards in
penalties for the night and Burns
had 95.
While the Mounties weren’t
able to cash in on their oppor
tunities, Burns was. After a punt
that carried only five yards at
the Mountaineer 27, the
Bulldogs went to Kee and he
gave them their first score with
5;56 remaining in the half.
Following another short punt
with only 56 seconds left in the
half, the Bulldogs took over at
their own 36 and after only two
plays and a 15-yard penalty were
on the board again.
For all practical purpoaes,
that was the ballgame. The
Mounties couldn”t recover, even
though quarterback Mike
Woodberry engineered an im
pressive touchdown drive under
heavy pressure from the Burns
defense in the fourth quarter.
Before that, though, the
Bulldogs lit up the scoreboard
two more times. Kee scored from
two yards out in the third
quarter to make it 20-0 and
Floyd passed eight yards to
Charles Walton early in the
fourth quarter to make it 27-0.
Woodberry, who hit seven of
12 passes for 115 yards, went to
the air after that and moved the
Mountaineers 65 yards for their
only score.
The key play in the drive was
a 51-yard pass to Markus Hager
to the nine yard line. He then
found Hager again in the end-
zone for the score. Boo Robin
son ran a reverse for the two-
point conversion.
MOUNTAINEER GRIDGRAPH
B
KM
First Downs
12
8
Yds. Rushing
195
121
Passes
5-10-1
7-12-1
Yds. Passing
64
115
Fumbles l-ost
1
0
Punts
4-26
4-22
Yds. Penalized
95
100
Score by quarters:
Burns 0 14 6 '
K.Mtn. 0 0 0 1
Scoring:
B - Kee 27 run (Floyd kick)
B - Kee 63 run (Floyd kick)
B - Kee 2 run (Kick failed)
B - Walter 1 pass from Floyd (Floyd kick)
KM - Hager, 15 pass from Woodberry (Robinson run).
MOUNTAINEER RUSHING
Player
Carriers
Yds.
Chris Wright
9
66
Tony Boyce
10
44
Dougy Wright
7
11
Mike Woodberry
8
4
Totals
34
121
MOUNTAINEER PASSING
Player
Att. Comp
Int. Yds.
TD
Woodberry
12 7
1 115
1
MOUNTAINEER RECEIVING
Player
Catches
Yds.
TD
Hager
3
88
1
M.F. Smith
2
21
0
Boyce
2
6
0
KMHS Jayvees Beaten 6-0
Thursday Night At Burns
Kings Mountain High’s
jayvees gave a heavily favored
Burns team all the defense it
could stand, but the Little
. Mountaineers couldn’t come up
with any offense and dropped a
6-0 decision to the Bulldogs in a
game played Thursday night at
Burns.
The host team drove 50 yards
for the only touchdown in the
third quarter.
“We didn’t play well,” noted
Coach Charlie Bums, who saw
his Little Mountaineers drop to
1-1. “We should have won the
The Mountaineers came back
to drive into Bums territory
again, but their attack proved to
be too little, too late. The drive
was halted by a pass intercep
tion, and the Mounties touched
the ball only one time after that.
Burns had only a slight edge in
total offense, gaining 259 yards
to 236 for the Mounties. Chris
Wright led the KM rushing with
66 yards and Boyce added 44.
Susan Goforth of Kings
Mountain has always been a
football fan.
The Williamsburg Court resi
dent and third grade teacher at
North School had never before
entered a football contest.
But the $75 prize offered by
the Herald in its first weekly
“Pick the Winners” grid contest
last week caught her eye.
"This is the first time I’ve ever
entered a football contest,” she
said after being informed she’d
won the prize. “I just can’t
believe it. 1 don’t know anything
about the teams. I just guessed at
it.”
Miss Goforth guessed 16 of 19
winners, same as Thomas W.
Cloninger of Shelby. Miss
Goforth won on the tie-breaker,
predicting 27 points in the
Ashbrook-South Point game.
Cloninger predicted 37 points to
be scored in the game, which
ended in a 7-7 tie.
Miss Goforth missed South
Caldwell’s win over Hibriten,
Rock Hill’s victory over Gar-
inger and North Carolina School
For The Deafs win over Gaston
Day.
CLoninger missed the Bums
victory over Kings Mountain,
Charlotte Latin’s win over
Bessemer City and Mooresville’s
victory over North Iredell.
The contest scores included
Bums 27, Kings Mountain 8;
Ashbrook 7, South Point 7;
Crest 13, West Caldwell 7; East
Lincoln 7, East Gaston 0; Shelby
20, Hunter Huss 0; Charlotte
Catholic 26, Cherryville 8;
Newton-Conover 26, Maiden 6;
Freedom 14, Myers Park 13;
Hickory 25, St. Stephens 14;
East Burke 20, Alexander Cen
tral 6; Watauga 14, McDowell
County 0; South Caldwell 7,
Hibriten 0; Latin 6, Bessemer Ci
ty 0; Lincolnton 20, West Lin
coln 6; Rock Hill 18, Garinger 0;
Mooresville 13, North Iredell 0;
Concord 20, Statesville 12;
Asheville 20, Tuscola 13; West
Wilkes 35, Fred T. Foard 20;
and North Carolina School For
The Deaf 42, Gaston Day 29.
The second contest is on page
10 of today’s Herald. Whether
you’re an old pro at picking win
ners, or if you’ve never done it
before, enter. You may be the
next $75 winner.
Complete the contest blank
and return it to us by noon Fn-
day. You may mail your entry to
Herald Football Contest, P.O.
Box 752, Kings Mountain, N.C.
28086, or bring it by our officc
at the intersection of East King
Street and Canterbury Road.
CJ:
BIG SACK—A quarterback often leads a tough life. Kings
Mountain's Mike Woodberry is finding the going rough
agoinst a rugged Bums defense in Friday's football gome at
Gamble Stadium. Woodberry is about to be sacked by a
Photo by Gory Stewart
number of Bums defenders, including Ford Lowrance (88). Kim
Dover (27), Scott Webber (79), Victor Wilson (7), and two uniden
tified Bulldogs. Bums won 27-8.
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game. But we weren’t consistent.
We’d play well for awhile and
then stand around for awhile.”
The Mountaineers drove as
far as the Bums 35 late in the
ballgame, but lost the ball on
downs.
"The line didn’t block well,”
said Bums. “I hate to say these
negative things, but that’s what
happened. Our guys are better
than what they played. We told
them after the game they were a
better football team than Bums.
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THROWN FOR LOSS—Tho Kings Mountain dsfonsa pnnnod But this on* tim*. Mountain**r tackl* Daryl Strong brok*
Burns Bulldogs' tol*nt*d s*nior tailback. Timmy K**, i*w through to throw him for a loss. Oth*r Mounties in photo or*
times in Friday's 27-8 loss to the Bulldogs at Gamble Stadium. Carlos Owens (75), Gory Allen (76). and Calvin Hood (38).
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