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J> Page eA-MIRROR-HERALD-Thur»day, February 1. 1»TO ' 'if < r KM Junior High Patriots Go After Western Title SPORTS •> ) V, I 1 1 - f j Mountiea, Cats get set for rebouna.. Mounties Sweep Cavalier Teams KM’» Lisa Baity, left, fouled as she fires short jumper... Kings Mountain High’s girls broke a two-game losing streak and the boys edged closer to the .600 msirk by sweeping a South western 8-A Conference doubleheader against East Rutherford Tuesday night at the KMHS gym. The girls copped a 60-41 decision to get back on the winning track after back- to-back losses to Bums and Chase. The Mountalnettes now sport a 9-6 3WC record with three games remaining. The boys scored 12 unanswered points mid way of the third period to break open a tie game and went on to win a 71-60 decision to bring their SWC record to 7-8 and their overall mark to 10-8. The two KMHS teams travel to R-S Central Friday, come back home next Tuesday to host South Point In their final home games, and Journey to Crest on Frl., Feb. 9 for their final regular season contests. The Mountalnettes broke to a 80-16 halftime lead and had little trouble dumping the Lady Cavaliers, who are suffering through a dismal season. Eight players took part In the scoring act for Kathy Brooks' ladles and three Mountalnettes scored In double figures. Annette UtUeJohn led the way with 16 points, Priscilla Rlckenbacker scored 14 and Diane Williams 18. The Mountaineers maintained a slim lead throughout the first half but were not able to pull away until the third period. East battled back from a 31-26 halftime deficit to tie the game at 83-aU with six minutes remaining In the third period. But the Mountaineers scored the next 12 points to put the game away. Ten players scored for John Blalock’s charges with lour hitting double figures. Timmy Adams led the way with 16, Vernon Bell had 16, Kenny Guinn u and Jeff Prescott 10. Lemuel togan of the Cavaliers was the game’s top scorer with 22. Adams and Bell also had big nights on the boards, pulling down. 14 and 13 reboimds. respectively. GIRLS GAME km (60) - Hickman 6, Rlckenbacker 14, Williams 13, Uttiejohn 16, Goode 6, Glass 1. Appling 8, Odums 2. ER (41) — Phllbeck 4, Logan 10, Bates 10, Bailey 14, Turner 8. BOYS GAME KM (71) - Dixon 2, Prescott 10, Adams 16, Bell 18, McClain 8, H. Hager 6, Quinn 11, McGill 2, Wof ford 2, Spears 6. ER (60) — Vance 9, Hardin 7, Logan 22. Funderburk 8, Davis 2, Keltt 2. Benefield 2, Carter 6, Bridges 2. Kings Mountain Junior High’s Patriots will host Grandview of Hickory this afternoon In a basketball game that should decide the Western Junior High Athletic Association cham pionship. Both clubs go Into the contest with ll-l con ference records. Kings Mountain knocked College Park out of a three- way tie Monday In Iflckory, breaking open a close game In the second half for a 67-40 victory. Carl Smith scored 26 points, Todd Wray 14 and Jimmy Brown eight and Wray and Tim Bell pulled down eight rebounds apiece. Kings Mountain shot 60 percent from the field and 62 percent from the foul line. Hie Patriots Jumped out to an early 10 point lead but went Into their four- corners offense and College Park trimmed the halftime margin to three points (26-88). College Park grabbed a one point edge at the stsu’t of the third quarter but the Patriots cut off the hosts Inside game and built up a 48-88 lead after three periods. Todd Wray at one point hit five straight baskets to put the Patriots In an el^t point lead, and It was all Kings Mountoln after that. “After that, we started dominating play Inside and got our fast break un derway,” noted Coach Ken Napier. "Demetrius Goode did a superb Job on their that was a big key for us." Brown came off the bench to play an excellent floor game and Kings Mountain’s 76-Z zone press defense caused numerous College Park turnovers. “It was a great victory for us,” said Napier, "but It’s all going to boll down to our game today with Grandview. Our guys are playing well and I feel like we have the material to go out there and win It. If we execute like we’ve been doing In practice, we can blow them out of the gym. i) Photo By Gary Stewart DRIVING FOR TITLE - Terrence Blalock, 44, drives for the basket In a recent Kings Mountain Junior High basketball game. The Patriots host Grandview of Hickory today In a game that should determine the Western Junior High Athletic AssocUtlon cham pionship. Girls action gets underway at 4 p. m. and the boys game will begin around 6:18. big man (James Dula) who down here. But Goode held scored 27 points against us him to Just 12 points and “Our big task will be stopping their two big men, 6-8 Ronald Carlson and 6-4 Greg Newton, sind they also have an outstanding point guard In Lee James. We’ll have to keep Carlson off the boards. The last time out against us, he had 27 points and 20 rebounds.” Grandview Is the only team to defeat the Patriots this year. Grandview’s only loss wsui to College Park. Kings Mountain’s Jayvees pulled back Into a tie for first place with Crest Monday by defeating (>>llege Park 42-38 In a game played at the KMJH gym. Frank Psu’ker led the scoring with 16 points and Marcus Hager hit a pair of free throws with five seconds left to clinch the victory. Coach Danny Mc Dowell’s charges now sport an 8-3 record. Adams, Napier To Play At G-W BOILING SPRINGS - On Saturday, February 8, the Alumni Basketball Players from Gardner- Webb College will coming back to Boat Gymnasium to play an exhibition game with the 1978-79 Bulldog team. Past Gardner-Webb standouts that will be playing against the number one ranked NAIA Bulldogs are players like All-American George Adams, Dennis DeScantls. A1 Graves, Jack McGill, Bill Ellis, Ken Napier, John Searlght, Doug Turner, John Palt. Norm Mukes, Len Dugger, Carl Martin, and more. Gametime for this special event will be at 7:80 CHOICE CHOICE CHOICE Jayvees Cop Second Straight Against ER Kings Mountain High’s Jayvee boys won their second straight game and fourth overall Tuesday afternoon at homo, do teating East Rutherford’s Wrestling Monday Terry McClain of Mounties charges into a Cavalier... Mid-Atlantic champion ship wrestling returns to the Kings Mountain Community Center Monday at 8:16 p. m. In the feature match, world tag team champions Jimmy Snuka and Paul Omdorff take on former champions Rlc Flair and Greg Valentine. In single matches. Skip Young meets Swede Hanson, The Cobra battles Steve Musulln and David Patterson grapples with (3ary Young. Advance tickets are on sale at the community center. Reserve seats are $8 each, and general ad mission Is $4 for adults and $2 for children ages 11 and under. Cavaliers 44-41. Coach David Brinkley’s charges led most of the game biit had to fight off the determined Forest City team In the final quarter. Hie Little Mountaineers led 28-20 at Intermission and built a lO-polnt lead at the beginning of the fourth quarter. "We played a pretty good game for three quarters,” noted Brinkley. “But we Just got too relaxed In the fourth quarter and they almoet took It away from us.” Wsilly Davis led the KM scoring with 18 points and Tony Perkins added 12. Chuck Surratt of East Rutherdord was the game’s top scorer with 16. “I was real pleased with Davis’s performance,” added Brinkley. “He not ally led us In scoring but played a real good game on the boards. It was by far his best game of the season.” Kings Mountain hosts R- S Central tonight In a doubleheader. Girls action gets underwaay at 6:80. 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