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Page 6A-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Thursday, January 12, 1984
KM Wins Controversial
Decision Over East Club
Kings Mountain High’s
basketball teams dodged the
bullet against East Rutherford
Friday night in the KMHS gym.
The Mountainettes, tied for
first place in the Southwestern
3-A Conference, had to come
from behind late in the game to
edge the winless East Rutherford
girls 55-51. The Mountaineers,
tied for second in the SWC,
came from behind in the fourth
period and won a 75-74 decision
when a shot at the buzzer by the
Cavaliers was not allowed.
The victory gave the KM girls
a 5-1 SWC record and 7-2 overall
mark. They ended the week tied
with R-S Central and Shelby for
first place in the conference race.
The KM boys knocked East
Rutherford out of a share of se-
cond place with a 42 SWC
record and 8-3 overall mark. The
Mountaineers improved their
mark to 5-1 in the SWC and 7-3
overall and remained in a tie for
second with North Gaston. R-S
Central leads the league with a
6-0 conference and 10-1 overall
mark. ”
Larry Crocker hit the front
end of a one-and-one with six
seconds left to break a 74-all tie
and give the Mountaineers the
victory. But both East and KM
fans felt the thrill of victory and
agony of defeat following
Crocker’s winning point.
When Crocker missed the se-
cond shot of the one-and-one,
East’s David McCoy grabbed the
rebound and raced downcourt
for a final shot at winning for the
Cavaliers. He put up a jumper
from 20 feet which rimmed out
of the basket. Tracy Keitt got
the rebound and put it in for
what East fans thought was the
winning basket.
East fans and players stormed
onto the court to celebrate. But,
with" the noise of the crowd
drowning out the final buzzer,
the referees weren't sure if Keitt
put his shot up before the buzzer
sounded. Basketball rules state
that in the event the officials
cannot hear the final buzzer, the
official keeper of the scoreclock
is responsible for * determining
whether or not a shot is good.
Scorekeeper Bruce Clark ruled
that Keitt’s shot was put up after *
the buzzer sounded, so the of-
ficials ruled it no good. Then, it
was Kings Mountains time to
celebrate.
Kings Mountain Coach Larry
Sipe said he couldn’t hear the
buzzer. “I was drained. I just had
to look up at the scoreboard
because I didn’t know if wed
won or not.”
Senior forward Tyrone Grier,
who has been the Mounties’ top
scorer of late, turned in another
brilliant performance with 21
points and 13 rebounds. He
scored 13 points in the final six
minutes when the Mountaineers
erased a nine-point deficit.
Crocker added 17, Arnold Jor-
dan 13 and Lavar Curry 12.
Keitt led the Cavaliers with a
game-high 37 points.
East held the upper hand
throughout most of the game,
leading by 21-17 after the first:
period, 39-34 at intermission and
5349 going into the fourth
quarter.
KEY BASKET - Anita Ware (32) of Kings Mountain shoots a
key layup in a fourth quarter comeback victory for the Moun-
tainettes over East Rutherford Friday night at the KMHS gym.
The East girls led until the final three minutes when the KM
ladies came back to post a 55-51 win and remain tied for first
place in the Southwestern Conference race.
Game Called Off,
Shelby Here Friday
Kings Mountain High's
scheduled Southwestern 3-A
Conference twinbill with North
Gaston Tuesday night was
postponed because of a leak in
the North Gaston gym.
The two teams were scheduled
to try again last night.
The KM and North Gaston
boys teams went into the game
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tied for second place in the SWC
behind undefeated R-S Central.
Both teams were 5-1 in con-
ference play.
The KM girls went into the
game 5-1 in conference play and
one-half game behind Shelby
and R-S Central. A KM win
would put the Mountainettes
back into-a tie for the lead.
The Kings Mountain teams
have a pair. of tough SWC
doublehead@rs. coming up this
week. Friday night, they host
county rival Shelby at 6:30, and
next Tuesday, they travel to R-S
Central for a 6:30 twinbill.
Kings Mountain’s girls ex-
perienced an ice cold third
quarter and almost fell victims of
the season’s biggest upset in the
opener. The Mountainettes led
14-12 after the first quarter and
28-24 at intermission, but the
Lady Cavaliers outscored the
KM ladies 18-6 in the third
period to carry a 42-34 lead into
the fourth quarter.
The Mountainettes finally
regained the lead at 52-51
following a basket by Sonya Mc-
Clain with 2:10 remaining. Lisa
Ingram hit the front end of a
one-and-one with 2:07 left to
make it 53-51 and Doreen Pettus
iced the victory with a free
throw with 11 seconds left.
Pettus led the KM scoring
with 20 points, McClain added
18 and Ingram eight. Gina
Elmore led the East girls with
31,
BOYS GAME
KM. (75) - Grier (21, IL.
Crocker 17, Jordan 13, Curry
12, Roberts 6. Ballew 2, D.
Crocker 2.
ER (74) - Keitt 37, W. McEn-
tire 13, Byrd 8, Smith 7,
Swann 6, R. McEntire 2.
GIRLS GAME
KM (55) - Pettus 20, McClain
18, Ingram 8, Ware 6, Boheler
2, Woods 1.
ER (51) - Elmore 31, Spratt
12, Sanford 4, Wright 2,
Justice 2.
Photo by Gary Stewart
HIGH HURDLER - No, Casey Roberts of Kings Mountain High's basketball team is not prac-
ticing for the high hurdles which will come up in the spring. He's breaking for a layup in Fri-
day’s game at the KMHS gym against East Rutherford. But the Cavaliers’ Tracy Keitt (behind
Roberts) makes a good play and blocks the ball out of bounds. Kings Mountain won 75-74.
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