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It’s Do-Or-Die For KMHS
By GARY STEWART
Sports Editor
Photo By Gary Stewart
KM DEFENDERS — Two senior
defenders who’ll be counted on to
help turn Kings Mountain High's
season around during the final six
games are guard Kelly Land, left,
and tackle David Gordon. Both were
All-Conference performers a year
ago.
Patriots Seek Third
It’ll be a do-or-dle
situation In each of the
next six ballgames for
Kings Mountain’s
Mountaineers If they
expect to win the South
western 8-A Conference
fbottaU Utle.
ITie Mountaineers,
who dropped their first
conference game last
week to East Ruther
ford, 14-12, can clinch at
least a tie for the title,
phis an assurance of a
spot In the state 3-A
playoffs. If they win
their remaining games.
However, one more
loss and the Moun
taineers can kiss the
title goodbye, because
it’s highly unlikely that
the other contenders
wllllose two ballgames.
Coach Bobby Jcnes,
whose club was picked
as one of the top four
contenders along with
Shelby, Chase and South
Point, has not been
pleased with his team’s
play and says If the
Mountles are to make a
run for the title the
receivers. Quarterback
Dennis Russ kept the
Cheu'gers In the game
against Freedom and
Shelby with his passing.
The Chargers lost to
Freedom, a contender
In the Western 4-A Con
ference, 21-18 on a last-
second field goal, and
they had Shelby tied at
7-all until the last four
minutes.
Charles Norris,
Warren Banner, Earl
Hoey and Ozzle McFar
land give Coach Sid
Bryson four good
running backs, and
flanker Larry Fullove
and ends John Dover
and Cecil Clark give
Russ three good pass
receivers.
Most of the Chargers’
linemen go both ways,
but they’ve been out
standing despite their
lack of depth.
"Defensively, they
want to play and they’re
real scrappy,’’ says
Jones. "It makes a
difference when you put
11 men out there that
want to play.’’
The Mountaineers will
try to counter Crest’s
balanced passing and
running attack with a
tough ground game,
which has only been
tough In two of four
games.
return of quarterback
Jimmy Hall, who was
Injured early In the
Chase game and sat out
last week’s loss to East
Rutherford. Hall Is
KM’S number three
rusher with 106 yards
and a 6-8. average.
KM’S top rusher to
date Is fullback David
Ray Robinson, who has
picked up 840 yards and
Is averaging 6.8 yards
per carry. Kenny Bell
has ground out 286 yards
In three games for a 6.4
average.
The Mountaineers
have gone to the air only
14 times In four games
and have completed
four passes for 92 yards
and one TD. Steve
Boggan, who started
last wpek In relief of
Hall, has completed all
four of the passes.
Jones said he may
make some changes this
week as he feels many
of the Mountaineers are
not playing up to their
capabilities.
"We have a good
bunch of boys, but
there’s something
missing," he says,
’"niey’re not playing
with the Intensity and
desire they did last
year. ’Their will to win Is
not as strong.
"But the potential’s
there," he added. "We
can still have a good
team but this game
Friday Is a must."
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Kings Mountain
Junior High’s Patriots
go after their third
straight victory today
when they travel to
Hickory to face Grand
view In a 4 p. m. game.
’Ihe Patriots opened
their season with a 14-0
victory over West
McDowell and a tough
14-0 over a go<^ Crest
team..
Grandview, like West
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and Crest, should
prove a tough test for
Coach Joe Speight’s
club.
"’They have a very
large ballclub,” says
Speight, “and we don’t
look for them to do
anything we haven’t
seen before."
Speight has been
seniors will have to start
playing football.
‘”nie seniors aren’t
playing as well as they
did last year,” noted
Jones, who says his club
has played only one-
good game this year,
that a recent 18-12
victory over Chase. “If
we’re going to have a
good ballclub, the
seniors are going to
have to play the best
they’ve ever played.”
’The Mountaineers
fao» their first do-or-dle
PP&K Day — Mayor John Moss, left, hands
Wade Tyner of Wade Ford a proclomatlon
declaring Saturday Punt, Pass And Kick Day In
Kings Mountain. Center Is Bob Myers, chairman
of the event which will be held Saturday at 2 p. m.
at Gamble Stadium.
exceptionally pleased i sltclstioi&Jfxlday; aA^.p^
with hlsi{ team’s per-ft me'attt€!rest-against a-
fomuuice thus far. He
has gotten good of
fensive blocking, good
running and a super
defensive effort.
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Kings Mountain
High’s girls split a pair
of volleyball matches
during the past week,
losing to North Gaston
’Iliursday and defeating
Bums Monday.
’Ihe Mountalnettes,
who were scheduled to
play at Chase yester
day, host R-S Osntral
today at 4 p. m.
KMHS won 16-18 over
North Gaston In the first
set ’Ihursday, but then
dropped 16-7 and 16-8
decisions to lose the
match two game to one.
Monday, the Moun
talnettes swept two
straight sets from
Bums, 16-18 and 16-8.
"Everybody played a
real good game," noted
Coach Kathy Brooks,
who substituted freely
throughout the game.
"Against North Gaston,
we played well both
offensively and de
fensively in the first
gams but Just fell ^art
after that."
club that wasn’t re
garded as much In pre
season but has
developed Into a con
tender. The Chargers
are 2-1 In the SWC and 2-
2 overall.
"Crest has a good
team," noted Jones.
’"They beat East
Rutherford, which de
feated us, they played
Freedom a three-point
ballgame and played
Shelby to a 18-7 score.”
’Die Chargers have
one of the best back-
flelds In the league, as
well as a strong group of
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HuUender^s Team Winner
Betty Hullender’s team
continued to lead the way in
Thursday night mixed bowling
league action Ihursday at the
Dilling Heating lanes,
sweeping four more games for
an early-season mark of 8-0.
Harvey Hullender led the
way with a 129 game and 344
series as the HuUenders
whipped Johnny Dye’s team.
Dye scored a US game and 322
set.
In other action, Lib Gault’s
bowlers won three of four
from John Dilling’s team.
Gault led the winners with a
121 line and 354 set and Dilling
led the losers with a 119 and
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