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Page 4A-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Thursday. August 26, 1982
CO-CAPTAINS -
Kings Mountain High
School football coach Dan Brooks is pictured
above with his two senior co-captains who'll
Stowe.
lead the Mounties into action Friday night,
Mounties To Scrimmage
Independence Thursday
Kings Mountain High’s foot-
ball team will get some idea how
it will stack up against
Southwestern 3-A Conference
Opposition Thursday night when
‘it travels to Charlotte to take on
4-A Independence High School.
The Patriots are said to be one
of the powers of North Carolina
prep football this fall and feature
an outstanding passing attack.
Coach Dan Brooks, who has
not yet decided on his starting
lineup for the September 3 SWC
opener against Burns, says the
performance of players in Thurs-
day’s scrimmage will probably
determine the lineup. ;
Brooks is looking at a lot of
possibilities. For the first time
since 1979, when the Mounties
went 8-2, the team is deep in the
running back positions and has
some veteran performers on the
line.
“We’re ahead of last year on
offense,” said Brooks. “On
defense, we’re playing a lot of
different people but I feel like
we'll come around.”
As the Mounties go into the
scrimmage, it appears only a few
positions are set. Senior Mike
Dixon, a co-captain, appears to
have the tight end position lock-
ed up and Thomas Putnam is
slated to start at the flanker posi-
tion.
At most other positions, at
least two people are still in the
running.
“We're going to try to start as
many different people as we
can,” says Brooks. “We’ll have a
lot of cases where we’ll have two
people fighting for a position and
one will start on offense and the
other on defense.”
Brooks has been well-pleased
with his backfield situation. He
has talented performers at every
position and is deep enough to
where he can have fresh people
in the game at all times.
Chris Champion, who was a
backup quarterback last fall, ap-
pears to have a slight edge at the
signal-calling position.
“He’s matured a lot,” says
Brooks. “He can run and he’s
been throwing the ball well. He’s
been a good surprise for us. We
feel like he can do the job.”
Trent Hullender, who started
at quarterback last year before
being sidelined with an injury, is
another possibility, but he’s cur-
rently on the injured list with a
dislocated shoulder. Brooks said
he’ll definitely miss Thursday’s
scrimmage but hopes hell be
ready to play by the season’s
opener.
Todd Cloninger, a southpaw,
is also competing for the position
along with Brad Reynolds.
“Cloninger, fundamentally, is
the best quarterback we’ve got,”
Brooks said. “But he’s not as
quick as Champion. Reynolds
has had a real good pre-season
and will help us a lot.”
Brooks has one running back
returning, and the addition of
one youngster who moved into
the school district and two
others who sat out last year after
playing their sophomore year
has given the team much-needed
depth in the backfield.
Curt Pressley, who was one of
the team’s leading rushers as a
sophomore last year before suf-
fering an injury that sidelined
him for the second half of the
Photo by Gary Stewart
September 3, against Burns High. Left is tight
end Mike Dixon and right is tackle Vernon
season, is the returnee. Tracy
Johnson is a transfer from North
Iredell and shows a lot of pro-
mise. Roy Mathis and William
Short, who played as
sophomores but sat out last year,
have both had good pre-seasons.
“We have quite a group of
good running backs,” Brooks
said. “I have no idea which two
will start, but all of them will see
a lot of time running the foot-
ball. All of them will probably
start on defense.”
Bringing even more smiles to
the faces of the coaching staff
are running backs David Parker
and Calvin Goode, who are up
from the jayvee team, and
sophomore Eric Odems, who
shows a lot of promise at
fullback and as a linebacker on
defense. 4
Brooks has experience on the
strong side of his offensive line,
with Dixon at tight end and
Clint Graham and Vernon
Stowe at tackles. Stowe is serv-
ing as co-captain along with Dix-
on.
Stowe’s getting a lot of com-
petition at quick tackle from
David Puntam. Jay Schronce
will probably start at split end
but Hullender could also see a
lot of action there after he
recovers from his injury.
Brooks said he’ll choose his
center and strong guard from
three prospects, Jeff Stokes, Tom
Potter and Quinton Rikard.
Shawn Rainey and Alan Chap-
man are battling for the quick
guard spot.
(Cont. On Page 6A)
Bryan Jones Fourth
In State Tourney
Bryan Jones of Kings Moun-
tain finished fourth in singles
competition and teamed with
Victor Meir of Raleigh to take
second place in doubles in the
boys 12 division of the North
Carolina State Closed Tennis
Championships in High Point
August 9-14.
kJones won four matches in
singles competition before losing
to his doubles partner, Meir, in
the semi-finals, 7-6 and 64. Meir
went on to win the singles com-
petition over John Yancey of’
Morganton, 1-6, 64, 6-1.
Jones opened the tourney
with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Gary
Hill of Chapel Hill. He then
defeated John Fergeson of
Greensboro, 6-1 and 6-1, and
Jimmy Simons of Greensboro,
6-2 and 6-2. In the quarter-finals,
he whipped Thad Langford of
Lexington, 7-6, 6-1.
Jones was down 6-2 in the tie-
breaker in the first set, but came
back to win 10-8. Langford was
seeded seventh in singles and
Jones was seeded fourth.
In a playoff for third place,
Jones lost to Jim Rodgerson 6-2,
64.
Jones and Meir, seeded
number two, opened doubles ac-
tion with a bye and then won by
default over William Grasky and
Brink Sirmons in the second
round. In the quarter-finals, they
defeated Jeff Davenport and
Shane Mobley, 6-0, 6-2, and in
the semis, they whipped John
Yancey and Murali Basham 6-1,
7-6. In the finals, they lost to the
top-seeded team of Kevin Grot-
sky and Jim Rodgerson, 6-4, 6-3.
Jones tuned up for the state
tourney two weeks earlier by
winning both the singles and
doubles. crowns in the Western
SE
Carolina League Tournament at
Hickory.
In singles competition, he won
the title over his brother, Brad
Jones, 7-6, 6-5. He teamed with
Brad to win the doubles crown.
Photo by Gary Stewart
TOUGH IN STATE - Bryan Jones of Kings Mountain had a
stro showing recently in the North Carolina State Closed
Tennis Championships. Playing in the 12-year-old division, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jones finished fourth in singles com-
petition and teamed with Victor Meir of Raleigh to take second
place in doubles.
“inger,
14 Women
Participate
In Handicap
Tourney
A field of 14 women par-
ticipated in the Kings Mountain
Country Club 1982 Handicap
Tournament Saturday and Sun-
day. Winners of the 36-hole
event were as follows:
Championship flight: Peggy
Jackson, net 135. Runner-up,
Casey Durham, 145.
First flight: Shirley Austin, net
138. Runner-up, Jean Curtis,
146.
Second flight: Scarlett Cook,
net 148. Runner-up, Janet Tate,
149.
Other participants included
Doris Cloninger, Sue Ann Clon-
Elaine Grigg, Doris
Howze, Connie Ledford, Lynne
Mauney, Sylvia Neisler and
Anne Pouchak.
Men from the club served
sandwiches and drinks. Prizes
will be awarded in September at
the annual Club Awards Ban-
quet.
* x %
The Ladies Club Champion-
ship is set for September 11-12.
The fall two-day Foothills event
will be held at Rock Barn Golf
Course in - Conover on
September 13-14. Information is
available in the pro shop.
BOYS CLUB
The Kings Mountain Boys
Club has returned to its fall
schedule. The club meets each
Tuesday and Thursday from 4-8
p.m. and each Saturday from 10
am. until 3 p.m. at Central
School. Any adults interested in
coaching in the Boys Club
Basketball League should con-
tact Joey Hopper or Tom Ben-
nett at the Boys Club.
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