The Easy Part’s Over...
King! Mountain High's
defense recorded Its fourth
straight shutout and the
offense had Its most con
sistent performance of the
season Friday night at
John Oamble Stadium as
the Mountaineers rolled to
their most lop-sided vic
tory In 31 years, a BO-0
romp over ^ssemer City.
The BO point spread
represents the biggest vic
tory point-wise for the
Mountaineers since 186B,
vtdien KMHS opened Its
season with a BO-0 waits
past Bessemer City. That
year, the Mountaineers
went on to an undefeated
season under Coach Shu
Carlton.
The victory, aided by
South Point’s 18-12 victory
over Bast Oaston, moved
the Mountaineers Into sole
possession of first place In
the Southwestern Con
ference standings. The
Mounties are now 8-0 In
league play and 4-0 against
all-comers. It was the
fourth straight loss for the
Yellow Jackets and their
88rd straight defeat over
the past four years.
Kings Mountain’s of
fense rolled up 228 yards
rushing and 07 passing for
Its best overall effort since
the Mounties’ opening
season 30-0 victory over
Crest. The defense had Its
biggest night yet, holding
the Yellow Jackets to 36
yards total offense.
The Mountaineers cut
their pass interceptions
down to sero, and their
fumbles lost to one, but
were still plagued by
penalties. KMHS was
taxed 180 yards In penal
ties with one of them
resulting In a nullification
of a 30-yard touchdown run
by sophomore quarterback
Jimmy Hall.
But, despite the penal
ties, the Mountaineers
moved the ball at will
against the Yellow
Jackets. Most of the
scoring drives were short,
however, as the strong
Mountaineer defense time
and again handed the of
fense the ball deep In
BCHS territory.
KMHS had the YeUow
Jackets down 334) before
moat of the 8,000 spectators
got settled In their seaU,
and from the second quar
ter on Coach Bobby Jones
substituted more freely
than he’s been able to In his
previous five years as
KMHS coach.
The Mountaineers got
their first score with 10:80
left In the opening quarter
when Steve Laughter
recovered a BC fumble at
the three and Dennis
Owens bucked over on
KM’S first play from
scrimmage for a 6-0 lead.
Moments later, BC’s
Tommy Parker was
backed up to the one for s
punting attempt and
defensive end Terry
McOidn charged past the
BC blockers and blocked
the punt out of the end zone
for a safety and an 8-0 lead.
Bessemer City’s free
kick cairled only 10 yards
and two minutes later
sophomore David Ray
Robinson bulled his way
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Thursday, September 30, 1976
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Kings Mountain’s
Mountaineers begin the
"hard” part of their foot
ball season Friday night
when they travel to Forest
City to take on ae strong
East Rutherford team.
The Cavaliers, 2-1 In the
Southwestern Conference
and 8-1 overall, were the
pre-season pick to win
the title but were upset by
Chase, lB-18 two weeks ago
to fall from the ranks of the
undefeated.
The Mountaineers carry
a perfect 8-0 SWC mark
and 4-0 overall figure Into
the 8 p. m. contest. KMHS
Is the lone undefeated
team In the is-team
league.
Kings Mountain
Iscomlng off Its easiest
^victory In 21 yesirs, a 60-0
smashing of winless
Bessemer City. After
losing to Chase two weeks
ago. Bast Rutherford
snapped bacK last week
with a 21-7 victory^ over a
strong Cherryvllle team.
Although KMHS sports a
better record than the
Cavaliers, the Ekist team
has played a tougher
schedule thus far. East has
beaten R-S Central 20-0,
North Oaston 84-4 and
CherryvlUe 21-7 while
losing to the Trojans.
KM has beaten Crest 30-
0, Chase 8-7, North Oaston
38-0and Bessemer City, 60-
0. The KM offense, despite
the big scores, has been
Inconsistent and most of
the KM scores have been
set up by Its unscored-on
defensive unit.
Coach Bobby Jones of
the Mountaineers says
there Is no doubt that
Friday’s game will be his
team’s toughest test to
date.
"We’re Just going to
have to play good,
aggressive footbsdl,” says
the KM mentor. "I’m sure
that’s what But la going to
do. I hope we can get
another good defensive
game and a good offensive
showing. We’re going to
have to move the badl on
offense and not stay on
defense all night.’’
KM’S biggest problem
thus far on offense has
been penalties, fumbles
and pass Interceptions.
The Mounties cut down on
two of those three problem
areas last week, but still
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LOOKING FOR ROOM - Kings
Mounfain fullback Dennis Owens (88)
takes handoff from qnarteiback Jimmy
IhU (6) and looks fer some running
' room In Friday's game with Besaemer
aty at John Oamble Stadium. Owens
I scored the first KM touchdown on a
three-yard ran, setting Re stage for an
offensive display that netted the
Mountaineers their biggest margin of
vtctory In 81 years, 60-0. The win was the
fourth straight for KMHS, which travels
to East Rutherford Friday night.
were assessed 180 yards In
penalties.
"We can’t afford to give
up a lot of territory on our
own mistakes,’’ says
Jones. "We’ve been
playing aggressive and
edien you play aggressive
football you’re going to
have some clippings and
things of that nature. Too,
we’re really a young team
and young kids sometimes
make a lot of mistakes. But
as long as they get after
them, we’re satisfied.’’
Looking back to last
week’s win over BC, Jones
said he was pleased with
KM’S overall performance
against a Yellow Jacket
team which he said "was
better than the Bessemer
City teams we’ve been
used to seeing."
Every KM player saw
action In the contest "and
that’s real good for our
team morale,” Jones
noted.
Bast, Jones said. Is a
solid football team all-
around. The Cavs are
strong In the running and
passing departments, has
a defense comparable to
the Mountaineers and has
a strong kicking game.
The CavaUen are loaded
with experience both on
offense and defense and
should be by far the Moun
taineers’ toughest test to
date.
Coach Steve Curtis, In
his second year as Bast
head coach after serving
as an assistant at Qardner-
Webb College, has 19
Isttermen back from last
year when the Cavaliers
finlahed 7-3-1 and missed a
playoff berth by tying
Chest.
Don In^e Is one of the
league's top quarterbacks,
both In the running and
passing department, and
tailback CUnt Mlchalova Is
one of the BWC's top
rashers, averaging over
100 yards per game.
Fullback Scott Padgett,
a returning starter, Is the
Cavaliers' power runner
and flanker Tsrry Miller la
one of Ingle's favorite paas
targets.
Up front oflanslvaly, the
Cavaliers have Ricky
Smith at tight and, Mlek
Davis at split end, Ricky
Millwood and Jeff Brldgea
at guards, Tim Moore and
David Phllbeck at tacklea
and Keith Leach at canter.
Padgett, at Uiwbacker,
and free safety Billy Shel
ton are two of Bast's
dafanslve leaders. Shelton
lad the SWC In paas biter-
captions a year ago with
seven.
Others on defense In
clude Tim Smith at strong
safoty, Tim Ledford and
Chuck McCuriy at comer-
back, Alvin Keith and
Leroy Kelly at end, Daimy
Dotson and Romo Logan at
tackle and Ricky Smith
and Wayne Pruett at
guard.
over from the three and
Bruce Valentine added the
point-after from place
ment for a 16-0 lead.
Richard Ross scored his
first of two touchdowns
with 2:42 left In the quarter
and Valentine added his
second PAT for a 22-0
cushion. Roes added his
second TT> from five yards
out with 8:03 remaining In
the first half and Valentbie
converted again for a 39-0
halftime lead.
^lor quarterback Mike
Bumgauner, last year’s top
touchdown passer In the
SWC, hurled his first TD
strike of the season with
10:08 showing In the third
quarter, a 41-yard toss to
q>llt end Peter Brown, who
saved face after dropping
two perfect TD passes In
the first hadf. Valentine
converted again for a 86-0
lead and for the moat part
after that Coach Jones and
his aides turned the game
over to the reserves.
Hall, who filled In well
for Bumgarner a week
earlier while the regular
signal-caller waui nursing
an liijury, scored from
seven yards out early In
the fourth period and Scott
Ellis booted the point-after
soccer-style for a 48-0 lead.
The Mounties closed out
the scoring with 4:46 left
following a fumble
recovery by A1 Bddlru.
Charles Jenkins criss
crossed his way 17 yards
through the BC defense
and Bills added hla second
straight PAT.
Kenny Bell, KM’s
leading rusher but a non-
scorer Friday, was the
game’s top rusher with 88
yards In only 12 carries.
Owens added 40 and Ross
84.
Besaemer City managed
only three first dowru, 24
yards rushing and two
passing against KM’s
defensive unit. Hall and
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BLOCKS PUNT - Kings Mowtabi
defensive end Terry McCTaln (8) Is
shown here blocking a punt by Bessemer
aty’s Tommy Parker (76) In Friday’s
Southwestern Conference football game
at John Oamble Stadium. The ball went
out of the end aone for a KM safety. The
Mountaineers went on their big lest
scoring spree In 21 years, blasting the
winless Yellow Jackets by 60-0.
Alone at
the top
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THE STATISTICS
SWC OVERALL
BC..KM
W L T W L T
First Downs
8 13
KINGS MOUNTAIN
8
0
0
4
0
0
Rushing
34 338
South Point
8
1
0
8
1
0
Passes
3-6 4-7
East Gaston
2
1 0
2
2
0
Yds. Passing
3 87
East Rutherford
2
1
0
8
1
0
Passes Int. By
0 3
Chase
2
1
0
8
1
0
Fumbles Lost
3 1
Shelby
3
1
0
3
3
0
Punts
6-39 3-24
R-S Central
3
1
0
3
0
Yds. Penalized
66 180
Cherryvllle
1
3
0
3
3
0
Bums
0
2
1
1
2
1
SCORE BY
Oest
0
2
1
0
8
1
QUARTERS
Bessemer City
0
8
0
0
4
0
TEAM 1
2 8 4-T
North Gaston
0
4
0
0
4
0
BC
0 0 0 0
KM 22
7 7 4-60
LAST WEEK'S
SOORINO
KM — Owens, 8-run
(kick failed)
KM — Safety, punt
blocked out of end zone.
KM — Robinson, 8-run
(Valentine kick)
KM - Ross, 1-run
(Valentine kick)
KM —Ross, 6-run
(Valentine kick)
KM —Brown, 41-paas
from Bumgarner
(Valentine kick)
KM - HaU, 7-run (Ellis
kick)
KM — Jenkins, 17-nin
(EUls kick ).
RESULTS
KINGS MOUNTAIN 60, Bessemer City 0
Chase 26, Crest 20
South Point 18, Bast Gaston 13
Ehst Rutherford 21, Qierryville 7
R-S Central 21, North Gaston 6
Shelby 36, Burns 14
FRIDAY'S GAMES
KINGS MOUNTAIN at East Rutherford
Oest at Besaemer City
RrS Central at Chase
Shelby at Bast Gaston
North Gaston at Hunter Hues
South Point at Aahbrook
OierryvUle at Bums
Jayvees
At Home
To Shelby
Kings Mountain High
School’s Jayvee foot
ballers, Impressive despite
a 6-0 loss to Crest In their
season's opener last week,
host undefeated Shelby
tonight at 7:80 at John
Gamble Stadium.
Tile Baby Lions bring a
perfect 8-0 record Into the
contest against (^ach Bud
Bumgardner’s Little
Momtalneers.
Tile KM eleven gave a
good effort last Thursday
night against a Crest team
which was undefeated
against Southwestern Con
ference rivals. The Little
Chargers’ only loss had
been to 4-A McDowell.
Crest scored Its lone
touchdown In the second
period after a long gain put
the Chsu’gers In scoring
position Inside the KM 10.
Except for that one
series, the Little Moun
taineer defense stood tsdl
against the much bigger
and more experienced
Crest team.
Kings Mountain never
threatened seriously, but
got an outstanding running
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TOP RUSHER — Kings Mountain’s Jody Deaton (46)
tries to escape the gra^i of a Crest tackier In Thur
sday’s Junior varsity football opener at Gamble
Photo By Gary Stewart
Stadium. Crest won the game, 6-0, but Deaton claimed
Individual rushing honors with 188 yards In 13 carries.
The Jayvees host county rival Shelby tonight at 7:80.