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Pag* 6 KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD Tuesday. December 2. 1980 KMHS Comeback Nips Lions 69-67 Kings Mouniaiii High's basketball Ians are reviving the ehant "we’re number one," wineh was so laniiliai during almost every year ol the sixties, alter a second impressive v ietorv over 4-A power West C'harkrtte Wednesday night at the KMHS gym. I he Mountaineers, who i)|vn Southwestern 3-A t'onlerenee play tonight at home against l ast tiaston, staged a big lourth quarter eomebaek W ednesday to loree an overtime, and then posted a 69-67 victory to go with their season-opening 67-59 win at West Charlotte two nights earlier. A three-|X)int play by ler- renee HlaliK'k with 1:32 lelt in regulation put the Mounties in business, and they bla/ed to a quick eight-point lead in over time belore the visiting lions closed the gap with several buckets in the final minute. West Charlotte, which got a game-high 33 point effort from f rank Henderson, jumped to a 9-2 lead in the opening minutes and appeared to be on the way to a revenge victory. 1 he I ions led 14-10 at the first quarter break, 28-22 at halftime and 44-39 going into the fourth perirxi. But the Mounties got hot dur ing the final three minutes of regulation and Blalock's three- |X)int play at the 1:32 mark tied the game at 56-all. Kings Mountain ttxrk its first lead of the night when ixrint guard Carl Smith sank a pair of free throws to make it 58-56 with 39 seconds left. West Charlotte tied it at 58-all with 25 seconds lemaining on a basket by Henderson, and had a chance to win when Kings Mountain was forced into a tur nover with six seconds left. But the Lions couldn’t get off a last- \h ■tf* ■ in 53-46 victory ... second shot and the two clubs went into the three-minute extra periixl. 1 he Mountaineers controlled the overtime lap and held the ball for most of the llrst minute. Demetrius Goode worked inside for the go-ahead basket (60-58) with 2.08 remaining. Another bucket by Paul Ingram at the 1:51 mark and two consecutive buckets by Smith pushed the lead to 66-58 with 1:10 remain ing. W'est Charlotte closed the gap to 67-65 with five seconds left, and would have had one last chance to force another over time had one of the Lions not V iolaied the lane on a missed free throw by Blalock. After the violation on the front end of a one and one, Blalock sank two free throws to push the lead to 69-65 and ice the victory. Gerald Byers, who had a big first half which included a slam dunk, paced the Mountaineer of fense with 22 points, including 15 in the first two periods. Blalock added 15 and Goode and Smith II each. Smith, playing despite a painful ankle injury, helped spark the fourth quarter comeback with his playmaking and ballhandling. BOYS GAME KM (69) - Byers 22, Blakxk 15, W'ray 2, Goode 11, Smith 11, Ingram 8. WC (67) - McClain 14. Henderson 33, Carmichael 4, Medlev 8, Mclnnis 4, Smith 4. Kings Mountain’s girls built up a 12-point lead during the fourth quarter but had to hold on for a 5346 victory in the opening game. The win gives the Mountainettes a 1-1 record. Kings Mountain dominated the game inside with Sheryl Goode and Diane Williams scor ing 18 and 16 points, respective ly, and also controlling the offen sive and defensive boards. Kings Mountain led by 14-10 after the first quarter, 25-24 at intermission and 38-29 going in to the fourth period. “We just lacked the killer in stinct,” said Coach David Brinkley. “We couldn’t put the game out of reach. We need to work on more aggressive play. When we get up there to a big lead we need to stretch it on out. “Williams and Goode both did an excellent job of rebounding,” he went on. “1 was real pleased with our inside play. We just need to get more consistent overall.” KM's Sheryl Goode guns for two of her 18 points GIRLS GAME KM (53)-Williams 16, Goode 18, Bolton 2, Glass 8, Bell 6, Hamrick 3. WC (46) - Blocker 2, Grier 6, Robinson 18, Easter 8, Standifer 4, Mahatha 2, Reeves 1. , .'f- KM’s Carl Smith draws foul while going in for layup ... Jayvees Win Pair Kings Mountain High’s jayvee basketballers opened 1980-81 play on a succe,ssful note last week, defeating 2-A Bessemer City in a pair of non conference games. The Little Mountaineers, coached by Danny McDowell, won by 75-52 on their home court Monday night and took a 53-35 decision Tuesday in Bessemer City. Frank Parker, who broke all the school scoring records at Kings Mountain Junior High last winter, led the scoring in the two games with 24 and 20 points. The Mountaineers got off to a stow start in their season opener, leading by only 16-15 after one quarter and 36-29 at halftime. But they began to break the game open in the second half and held a 54-35 advantage go ing into the fourth quarter. “We were a little tight at the beginning,” said Coach McDowell. “Our transition game was very good. The point guards pushed the ball up court, and our zone press and full court man to man pressure started taking its toll right before halftime.” Bessemer City managed to score only six points in the third period, and that was the big dif ference in the game. The Moun ties maintained a 20 to 25 point lead in the fourth quarter. Kings Mountain hit 64 per cent of its shots from the tioor. Avery Grier played a good all- around game, hitting nine of 11 shots from the floor. He scored 20 points and grabbed 12 re bounds. David Hager pulled down nine rebounds and Parker and David Peeler dished out six assists each. “1 was pleased with the team’s effort for a first game,” said McDowelL "h'i'ijilwjiys good tk start your season oh a winning note.” The story was much the same Tuesday at Bessemer City as the Little Mounties used their pressure defense to break the game open after a slow first quarter. KMHS was out front by only 14-10 after one period but the defense forced numerous BC mistakes in the second quarter and the Mounties built a 32-13 lead by halftime. The Mounties hiked their lead to 43-24 after three quarters. Bessemer City made a strong bid to get back in the game in the fourth period and cut the dif ference to 12 points with five minutes left. “Our shooting was off. We shot only 35 percent from the floor after shooting 64 percent (hei' rirgwr btfdfe'.’' Mcd6W4ii said. “Biit we had a very good defensive game.” The Little Mountaineers open Southwestern 3-A Conference play today at 5 o’clock against East Gaston. The Little Moun ties will be playing preliminaries to the varsity games during the remainder of the season since KMHS is not fielding a girls jayvees team. Registration Is Scheduled The Kings Mountain Parks and ReeVeation Department will conduct basketball legistration for boys ages eight through 12 through Thursday night at the Armory. Interested players may sign up from 6-8 p.m. each night. The cutoff date for all ages is October 1. For more information, call George Adams at 739-9631. MONDArS GAME KM (72) - Parker 24, Grier 20, Barnette 10, Young 5, Hager 4, Wilson 3, Odems 2, Peeler 2. J. || Barnette 2. BC (52) - Ross 12, Farris 11, Haynes 10, Noah 10, Woody 3, Dulin 2, Floyd 2, Fraley 2. TUESDAY'S GAME KM (53)-Parker 20,Grier II, J. Barnette 7, C. Barnette 5, Hager 4, M. Champion 2, C. Champion 2, Peeler I, Young 1. BC (35) - Haynes 8, Floyd 8, Noah 5, Woody 5, Fraley 4, Ross 2, Farris 2, Williams 1. • •• Junior High Grapplers Eyeing Another Big Year Phil Weathers eyeing another good season Kings Mountain Junior High has never known anything but how to win in wrestling, and this season should be no exeption as Coach Phil Weathers’ grapplers w ill again be one of the teams to beat in the Western Junior High Athletic Association. The Patriots oixMi 1980-81 ac tion Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the Central School gym against West McDowell. On Wed., Dec. 10, the Pats host Crest in a match that could decide the league championship. The Patriots have won the conference championship in every year of its existence. Weathers, a Shelby native, is beginning his fourth year as head coach after serving for several years as an assistant to Steve Moffitt, now at KMHS. Coach Weathers is working with 40 prospects, including 10 returning starters. He has 12 ninth graders, six eighth graders and the rest seventh graders. “The conference will probably be as well-balanced as it has ever been,” says Weathers. “Burns improved more than anyone last year and they’ll be tough. But Crest will be the toughest con tender we’ll face. “This is going to be one of the toughest schedules we’ve had,” he went on. “We face some real outstanding non-conference teams. But we’re hoping for another good year. Our guys have a good, positive attitude and arc working hard.” Weathers has several returnees who were unbeaten last winter, including Mike Smith, who is trying for his third straight undefeated season. Tim Hamriek and Roger McClain were also unbeaten last year. Others back arc Jeff Stokes, Todd Gos.sett, Calvin Goode, Dale Moore, co-captains Randy Whitaker and David Parker, Neal Seism, Robert Bradshaw and Rodney Ross. "1 feel like we’ve got a lot to go over,” said Weathers. “This first match has sort of slipped up on us. We’ve also had some bad luck with injuries. Roger Mc Clain has had a broken leg and I doubt if he’ll be ready by W'edncsday. Moore has a hip in jury and Rocky Lutz has a pull ed muscle in his back but I hope they’ll be ready to go.” Weathers’ seventh and eighth graders show a lot of promise. Some of them have junior high experience and many of them also participated in Coach Mof- fili’s summer program. Eighth graders include Lutz, Jordan, Vince Sulicns, Kenneth Smith, Roderick Boyce, Trent Rhea, Charles McClain, Andrea Byers, Steve Ingram, Paul Terry, Calvin Stepheson, Wesley Burns, Sidney Brown, Thomas Goddard, Steve Stamper, Seott Bryant, Todd Maples, Dwayne Brooks, Chris Phillips and Kent Boheler. THE SCHEDULE DECEMBER 3 - West McDowell 10 - Crest 17 - at Burns Dale Smart, Jody Sellers, Doug Sipe, Targe Wofford and Jarvis ' Young. Seventh graders are Derek JANUARY 7 - at E. McDowell 14 - at Shelby 15 - Castle Heights 21 - at Cre.st 28 - South French Broad FEBRUARY 4 - Sullivan
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