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'niunday, September 22, 1977-MIRROR-HERALD-Page BA ^Gutty^ Mountaineers Nip Chase 13-12 ☆☆☆ East Cavs Here Friday Klnge Mountain Hlgh’a Mountalneere, craning off raie of their most Impressive vic tories In years, host a tough Bast Rutherford team Friday night at 8 p. in. at John Oamble Stadium. Bast sports an 0-2 . Southwestern Con ference figure, but the Cavaliers, 1-2 overall, dropped both of those contests to contenders. South Point and Crest. "Bast Is real big and strong,'and they've got a real good passer In Don Ingle, who burned us ran a long touchdown pass up there last year. They’re always aggres sive, so I’m sure we’ll have our hands full,’’ says KMHS Coach Bobby Jones. Bast Rutherforo’s Icne victory to date was a season’s opening win over 4-A McDowell County. McDowell Is (Aie of the favored teams In the Western 4-A Conference, which Includes such perennial powers as Ashbrook, Hunter Huss, Hickory, Freedom, Asheville, and others. The Cavaliers, -who lost to KM 14-8 a year ago for one of only three defeats under Steve CkuHs, are an Inex perienced team. But like Ashbrook, which upset KMHS 21-7 two weeks ago, the Cavaliers are Im proving every game. While East as a whole Is Inexperienced, mgle gives Curtis one of the league’s most experi enced quarterbacks and he certainly Isn’t afraid to put the ball In the air. That, In Itself, Is a cause for concern for the Mountaineers, who gave up 177 yards passing to Chase In Monday night’s 18-12 victory. The Mountaineers will be playing at lesa than 100 percent strength, as several starters are nursing Injuries. But, Jones and Ms assistants are hoping the Moun taineers will continue to play with 100 percmt dedication, as they did against Chase. One person who Is likely to be out of the lineup Is quarterback Jtonmy Hall, who suf fered a shoulder separa tion In Monday’s gams. ! Jones said there Is a ; slim chance he can pla} ; this week but h« i probably won’t be read) j until at least next week I when the Mountaineer! I travel to Crest. Stave Boggan, who : took over for Hall : Monday and directed ! one TT> and pasaad for i another, will likely bo : the starting quartsr- : back, and will also be ; doubling as a safety on ; defense. Jones also has E Joel Wright who could : see some duty at i|dr quartaibaok. Fullback David Ray Robinson, who Is KM’s loading rusher after three games with 277 yards, also suffered a alight shoulder separa tion against Chase but will probably play. His running mate, tailback Kmny Boll, sat out with a hip Injury against Chase and Is still doubtful for Friday. If Bell’s not ready, half back will be In the capable hands of Avery Smith, who was called up from the Jayvees, and Dennis Owens, who picked up some key yardage and scored the winning touchdown against Chase. GOOD GAIN — Kings Mountain quarterback Jim Hall circles end for big gain In Monday’s 18-12 victory over Chase at Oamble Stadium. Hall was Injured moments later after a 36-yard gain and will probably miss this Friday’s home game with Bast Rutherford. In one of the most ex citing games and before one of the largest crowds in history of John Oamble Stadium, Kings Mountain’s "gutty" Mountaineers stunned a favored Chase High team 18-12 Monday night In one of the big gest games of this Southwestern 8-A Conference campaign. The two clubs went Into the contest as two of the five pre-season con tenders for the SWC title, and when the final whistle blew not many of the 6,000 fans at tended would deny that It was a tltle-callbre football game. The two rivals banged bodies for a full 48 minutes, each club pulling out all stops to win despite playing without the services of their top ballplayers. Chase’s Keith Cren shaw, last year’s SWC player of the year, and KM’S Kenny Bell, the number two rusher In the SWC behind Cren shaw In ’76, both stood on the sidelines and tried to fire up their teams. Both were nur sing hip Injuries. Tb make matters even tougher for the Moun taineers, they lost their hard-charging fullback, David Ray Roblnsrai, and their starting quarterback, Jimmy HaU, late In the first half with Injuries. But the Mountaineers, who figured they had a lot to prove after losing 21-7 to Ashbrook a week earlier, got a super job from their remaining starters and reserves and claimed their sec ond straight cne-polnt victory over the Tro jans. Ironically, Chase lost the football game by trying for two-point conversions after both of their touchdowns. Kings Mountain defeated the Trojans a year ago, 8-7, when Robinson ran for a two- point conversion which erased a 7-6 Chase lead. "We felt like a lot of pec^le were down on us and might have counted SI us out after losing last week to Ashbrook,’’ noted Coach Bobby Jones. "But our men iutted It up and did a real outstanding job.’’ lOngs Mountain never trailed after taking a 7-0 lead with 60 seconds left in the first half, but the Mountaineers played hold-on ball the rest of the night as Chase’s highly-touted passing quarterback, Alan Stroud, filled the air with passes. Stroud passed for 177 yards — Including a 79- yard scoring strike to Randy Phillips which pulled the Trojans within striking distance at 13-12 with 5:66 to play — but the Mountaineer defense made the Mg plays when they counted Stroud’s biggest prob lems In throwing the football were four KM defensive linemen — Scott Bills, Steve Laughter, Chris Bumgardner and Kelly Land — who con tinuously broke through the Chase offensive line to keep the pressure on Stroud and dump him for several big losses. In one four-down series In the fourth period. Bills broke through to dump Stroud on a passing attempt on first down. Laughter dumped him on second down, and then dumped halfback Chuck Mc- Swaln on a third down running play. For the night, Stroud hit on 7-of-18 aerials and had two picked off. One Interception, by Bryon WMte, halted a Chase drive at the 26 yard line. Andy Loftln intercepted the other at midfield. While the KM line was putting pressure on Stroud and making the THE YARDSTICK C KM First Downs 11 18 Yds. Rush. 94 160 Passes 7-18 2-4 Yds. Passing 177 46 Int. By 2 2 Fumbles Lost 2 0 PunU 8-33 6-81 Yds. Penalized 70 82 big plays when they counted In the middle of the field, the biggest plays of the night came on the goal line. Late In the first half, the Trojans marched to the KM two with a flrst- and-goal but Robinson pounced on a fumble to halt that scoring drive. Following Chase’s first TD early In the sec ond half, Valentine broke through for a super one-on-one tackle to halt a two-point conversion attempt, and following the second Chase TD In the fourth quarter, pressure from the defensive line forced Stroud to throw a two- point pass In the ground. Kings Mountain opraied the game on a sluggish note, but after Steve Boggan ran for a first down after mis handling the snap from center on a punt, the Mountaineers began to nnarch almost at will. Robinson, who finished with 141 yards rushing despite playing less than hcdf the game because of the Injury, was hitting the Chase line for huge galiu but after three straight KM first downs, a iB-yard penalty for holding halted the march. The Mountaineers were on the move again In the final two minutes when Robinson was carried off the field after a jarring gang- tackle following an eight-yard gain. He suf fered a alight shoulder sq>aration but returned to the game late In the fourth quarter for some more big gains which ate some time off the clock. On the next play. Hall rolled around right end for a 86-yard gain to the Chase 26, but he was also injured and was rushed to the hospital along with Robinson. The spirit of the Mountaineers and their fans were slightly dampened at that point, but somebody forgot to tell reserve quarterback Steve Boggan and he came on to direct the Mountles the final 26 yards for a 7-0 lead. (Turn To Page 6A) All Mens Short Sleeve SHIRT SALE DRESS & SPORT SHRTS Group No. 1 “Manhattan" DRESS SHIRTS 'alues To *13.00 $488 Group No. 2 “Norris” DRESS SHIRTS Values To *10.00 $388 Group No. 3 Plain and Fancy SPORT SHIRTS Values To *9.00 *3 44 Thurs. - Fri. - Sat. 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