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* Thursday, March 21, 1985
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Mounties Whip Huss,
Lose To Hilltoppers
Kings Mountain High's
baseball team split a pair of
games during the past week,
defeating 4-A Hunter Huss 5-1
Thursday in their final non-
conference game and losing
to R-S Central 54 in eight inn-
" ings Tuesday in their opening
Southwestern 3-A Conference
contest. :
Coach David Heffner takes
his Mountaineers to Burns
Thursday. The Mountaineers
will host Chase Tuesday at 4
p.m. pi
Sophomore righthander
Rusty Bumgardner went the
distance Thursday to pick up
his first high school win. He
scattered five hits and struck
out four. :
His teammates backed him
with a seven-hit attack and
also played flawless defense
for the first time this year.
Hunter Huss booted the ball
five times.
Kings Mountain grabbed a
1-0 lead in the first inning and
went on to build up a 4-0 ad-
vantage before Huss scored
its only run in the top of the
fourth.
Thomas Breakfield singl-
ed, moved to second on an er-
ror and scored on a single by
Ritchie Gold in the first to
score what turned out to be
the winning run. The Moun-
taineers added two more in
the second on a walk to Paul
Neisler, Kelly Stewart's
a three-run double Tuesday to tie Kings Mountain’s
Southwestern 3-A Conference baseball game with R-S Central
at 4-4 and force extra innings. The Hilltoppers pushed across
a run in the eighth to win 5-4. The Mountaineers travel to
Burns Friday and host Chase Tuesday.
Junior High Wrestlers
~ Honored With Banquet
Kings Mountain Junior
High’s wrestlers were
honored at a banquet last
week at the Western Steer in
Shelby.
Sharing the most valuable
wrestler award were Dallas
Stacey and Daren Schenck.
Stacy had a 10-1 record and
Schenck finished 11-0.
KM Track
Team Nips
Hunter Huss
Kings Mountain’s
1600-meter relay team won
the last event of the day to
defeat Hunter Huss 72-69 in a
non-conference track meet
Tuesday afternoon at John
Gamble Stadium.
The Mountaineers of Coach
. John Goforth were down 69-67
going into the event.
Members of the winning
team were Junior Melton,
Derek Spann, Aubrey
Hollifield and Monte Huff-
stetler.
The Mountaineers won
seven other events, with John
Foster and Calvin Stephens
winning two apiece. Foster
won the 1600 and 3200 meter
runs and Stephens won the
discus and shot put.
Thurman Thompson took
first place in the pole vault:
Jerry Currence, Tony Moore,
Eddie Blanton and Andre
Byers took first in the
800-relay, Melton won the
400-meter run and Huffstetler
won the 800-meter run.
The Mountaineers travel to
North Gaston today to face
the Wildcats and South Point.
Bradley Henderson won the
most improved wrestler
award, Jason Dover the
sportsmanship trophy and
Schenck the quick pin award.
He pinned one of his op-
ponents in eight seconds.
Other trophy winners in-
cluded John Turner, Ton
Parker, Tracy Sullens,
Johnny Nations, Jimmy
Sanders, Lynn Goddard, An-
thony Hillman, Jamie York,
Sterling Feaster and Wayne
Brazzell.
“I really enjoyed working
with this group,’’ noted Coach
Phil Weathers, who
presented the trophies.
““They really worked hard
and well together. They have
a lot to be proud of.”
The Patriots won the
Western N.C. Junior High
Athletic Association for the
ninth straight year and had a
10-1 overall record. Their on-
ly loss was to Lincolnton in a
non-conference match and
they claimed two victories
over South Carolina power
Sullivan.
The Patriots also received
word this week that they had
been declared co-champions
of the tough Carolinas Open
Tournament at Sullivan,
which attracted some of the
top junior high clubs from the
two Carolinas. Sullivan,
which had edged Kings
Mountain and Union, S.C., for
the team title, had to forfeit
all of its victories last week
after one of its wrestlers was
ruled ineligible. : :
“This was a total surprise
to me,” said Coach Weathers.
“We had no idea this had
taken place but were really
glad to have been declared
winner of the tournament.’
This was quite an ac-
complishment for our team.”
a ek ‘a fielder’s choice. =
SLAMS THREE-RUN DOUBLE - Keefer Ballew slammed
sacrifice and singles by
Roderick Boyce and Todd
Fleming. Jarvis Young
doubled and scored on a
single by Bobby Pearson to
make it 4-0 after three inn-
ings.
After the Huskies cut it to
4-1 in the top of the fourth, the
Mountaineers closed out the
scoring on a single by Keefer
Ballew, a stolen base and a
Huss error.
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R-S Central punched out
three singles in the top of the
eighth off KM relief pitcher
Marty Bridges to claim Tues-
day’s victory. The Mounties
made five errors and left 11
men on base.
_Righthander Rodney Har-
ris went the distance for the
Hilltoppers. He gave up six
hits and struck out eight. KM
Pitchers Bumgardner and
Bridges gave up nine hits and
fanned 11.
Charles Proctor led the KM
hitting with three singles.
Ballew added a three-run
double and Fleming and
Pearson each had a single.
Kings Mountain never led
but was in good position to
win the game on several oc-
casions. The Mountaineers
left the bases loaded without
scoring a run in the first and
second innings, left one man
in scoring position in the
third, two in the fourth, and
one in the seventh and eighth
innings. :
R-S jumped to a 2-0 lead in
the top of the third but the
Mounties cut it to 2-1 in the
bottom of the inning. Young
walked, moved to second on a
fielder’s choice and scor
The Hilltoppers picked up
runs in the fifth and sixth to
stretch their lead to 4-1, but
Ballew’s bases-loaded double
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left to right, are Abbey Coach Ann Payne,
KMHS Coach Diana Bridges.
Kings Mountain High basketball standout
: Doreen Pettus signed a grant-in-aid Mon-
day to Belmont Abbey College.
Lady Crusader Coach Ann Payne-was in
Kings Mountain to ink the 6-0, All-
Southwestern 3-A Conference standout.
“We expect Doreen to give us some im-
mediate help at the center and forward
: positions,” said Payne, who coached her
irst Abbey team to a 12-14 record this past
rd let
Pettus averaged 20 points and
bounds per game for Kings Mountain,
: which finished 8-10 and in sixth place in the
tough SWC. She represented the school in
the All-Conference team which was recent-
THE JONES BOYS - The whole town and most of the state
will be talking about the Jones Boys from Kings Mountain
before this high school tennis season is over. Freshman
SIGNS WITH ABBEY—Doreen Pettus, Kings Mountain High School basketball stan-
dout, inks a grant-in-aid with Belmont Abbey College Monday afternoon. Looking on,
Doreen Pettus Signs
With Belmont Abbey
‘We expect her to improve every 1 | C : I
sv Fr «wc. Payne says she’s hoping to sign five or six
0 re-
Bryan Jones, left, and his brother, Brad, have teamed for
three doubles victories and Bryan has won all of his singles
matches in tennis action this year.
Photo by Gary Stewart
Doreen’s mother, Mrs. Clarence Adams, and
ly announced. She scored in double figures
in every game except one and had a
season’s high of 35 points in a victory over
East Rutherford. :
“I feel like she’ll do very well for the Ab-
bey,” said KMHS Coach Diana Bridges
“I’m pleased with the choice she made
Coach Payne is a very good coach and has a
lot to offer Doreen besides basketball. She’ll
fit right into their program.’’ oy ;
Pettus is Abbey’s first recruit this year.
players to make up for the loss of some
players through grades and injuries.
“We don’t graduate anybody, but we're
still looking for at least four players who :
can play right away,” says Coach Payne. :
~ Netters Win One Of Three
Kings Mountain High’s ten-
.' nis team lost two of three non-.
conference matches last
week. The Mountaineers fell
to Freedom 6-3 and Ashbrook .
5-4 and defeated East Lincoln
8-1. ;
Freshman Bryan Jones of
the Mountaineers won all
three of his matches and
teamed with his brother,
Brad, a senior, to win all
three of their doubles mat-
ches.
FREEDOM MATCH
(Singles)
Bryan Jones (KM) def.
John Yancey 6-4, 2-6, 6-4;
Paul Puckett (F') def. Brad
Jones 6-3, 7-5; Clay Yancey
(F) def. Paul Ware 6-0, 6-1;
Charles Suh (F) def. Todd
Wilson 6-0, 6-0; Mike Link (F)
def. Wes Thompson 6-1, 6-2:
Todd Rhyne (F) def. Eddie
Scruggs 4-6, 6-1, 7-5.
(Doubles)
Jones-Jones (KM) def.
Yancey-Puckett 6-4, 6-2;
Yancey-Suh (F) def. Ware-
Thompson 6-1, 6-0; Wilson-
Scruggs (KM) def.
.Thompson-Biggerstaff 6-2,
6-1.
(Practice Matches)
Daryl Chen (KM) def. Matt
Gupton 6-1, 6-2; Hamilton-
Lovelace (KM) def. McLean-
Link 64, 64.
ASHBROOK MATCH
(Singles)
Bryan Jones (KM) def.
Jason Spargo 6-1, 6-1; Brad
Jones (KM) def. Will
Seabrook 6-0, 6-0; Mark Par-
rish (A) def. Mike Reynolds
64, 6-2; Dean Abee (A) def.
Todd Wilson 6-1, 6-1; Benji
Schwartz (A) def. Wes
Thompson 6-1, 6-4; David
Elerbee (A) def. Paul Ware
6-4, 6-2.
(Doubles)
Jones-Jones (KM) def.
Spargo-Ellerbee 6-1, 6-3;
Seabrook-Parrish (A) def.
Reynolds-Wilson 7-6, 6-1;
Thompson-Ware (KM) def.
Schwartz-Taylor 4-6, 6-3, 7-6.
(Practice Matches)
Eddie Scruggs (KM) def.
Mark Taylor 8-2; Daryl Chen
(KM) def. Sterling Pendleton
8-2: Lovelace-Hamilton
(KM) def. Abee-Robertson
3-6, 7-6, 6-0; Scruggs-Chen
(KM) def. Cates-Pendleton
6-2, 6-2: Blake-McCloud (A)
def. Lovelace-Henderson 6-4,
6-4.
EAST LINCOLN
(Singles)
Bryan Jones (KM) def.
Lindsay Dellinger 6-0, 6-1;
Brad Jones (KM) def. Ken-
dall Ross 6-0, 6-3; Mike
Reynolds (KM) def. Tom
Furr 6-2, 6-1; Todd Wilson
(KM) def. Joe Myers 4-6, 6-3,
7-5; Graham Perkins (A) def.
Wes Thompson 7-5, 4-6, 7-6;
Paul Ware (KM) def. Mike
Motto 6-1, 6-3;
(Doubles)
Jones-Jones (KM) def.
Dellinger-Ross 8-2; Ware-
Thompson (KM) def. Furr-
Perkins 8-6; Scruggs-
Reynolds (KM) def. Myers-
Motto 8-7.
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