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a SR Section B . SPORTS Page 1-B - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1985 59 Points Tie School Record KM Celebrates Homecoming With 59-0 Win Over Chase Kings Mountain’s Mountaineers bounced back from their only loss of the year to blank Chase 59-0 before a homecoming crowd of over 1,700 Friday at John Gamble Stadium. The victory gives the Mountaineers a 1-1 Southwestern 3-A Conference record and 4-1 overall mark heading into a tough conference battle Friday night at Burns. The team tied a school record for points and placekicker Rusty Bumgardner set an in- dividual record for points scored on kicks when he accounted for 11 points on one field goal and eight extra points. The 59-0 victory matched a 59-0 win over Bessemer City by the 1955 team which won the SWC championship. It was the fourth time a Mountaineer team has scored 50 or more points. The 1954 team defeated Mount Holly 54-18 and the 1976 team. defeated Bessemer City 50-0. “I was very pleasantly surprised,” said KMHS Coach Denny Hicks after the breather. “We had a tough situation the week before when we lost a hard-fought ballgame to Shelby. Sometimes, it’s hard to i up after a tough loss like that. I enjoyed watching them play. For the first time in 19 years of coaching, every phase of our game produced points.” : Although a 59-0 score doesn’t indicate it, the key to the Mountaineer win was again defense. After the Mounties marched 78 ~ yards for a 7-0 lead on a 37-yard pass from Roderick Boyce to Edwin Sherer, all other touchdowns were either scored or set up by the defense. The final score would have been much higher had the Mountaineers not been stopped three times in the shadow of the Chase goalline. : Kings Mountain rolled to a 31-0 halftime ad- vantage. After Sherer’s score, Raynard Roberts recovered a fumble by Sam Smith in the endzone for a 14-0 lead, Smith scored on a 13-yard run to make it 21-0, Bumgardner booted a 30-yard field goal to make it 24-0 and Jerry Jordan returned a pass interception 45 yards to make it 31-0. Boyce scored on a 12-yard run midway of the third period to make it 38-0 and then Coach Hicks and staff turned the game over to the reserves, who accounted for the final three touchdowns in the fourth period. Roberts scored on a five-yard run and Jordan closed out the scoring by going 48 yards on a quarterback keeper and returning a pass in- terception 40 yards. Bumgardner had a near perfect night kick- ing. He barely missed a 25-yard field goal in the first period after Monyel McCullough recovered a fumble inside the Chase 10. He was true on all eight of his extra point at- tempts. Coach Hicks gave the credit for the lop- -sided victory and the team’s ability to bounce back after the loss to Shelby to the Moun- taineer fans, players and assistant coaches. “The fan support was tremendous,” he said. “The visiting side was way down and we still had over 1,700 people. The kids felt like the fans were still behind them. The cheerleaders have done a super job creating Turn To Page 2-B GOAL LINE PRESSURE - Kings Mountain defensive tackle Wayne Brazzell (75) goes high into the air to knock down a pass by Chase quarterback Jay Davis in Friday’s Southwestern Conference game at Gamble Stadium. Kings Mountain won 59-0. Mountaineers At Burns Friday Kings Mountain’s Moun- match 1-1 taineers hope to overcome an records. They are in a four- to one of their worst records in history, 1-9. : conference old stumbling block on their & ‘way to a state 3-A playoff position Friday when they travel to Burns for a key i Southwestern Conference dir ‘has been a thorn in the side of the Mountaineers for years and has been one of the big reasons the Moun- taineers haven’t qualified for the state playoffs since 1964. The Bulldogs and Moun- taineers, both big and physically strong ballclubs, om team logjam for third place behind unbeatens Shelby and South Point and the winner ‘will move into a tie for second with the loser of Friday's Shelby-South Point game. “The top three teams from the in the running for a state” Starting seven seniors. SWC qualify for the state playoffs. Burns, which was supposed to be rebuilding last year, knocked off the Mountaineers 16-6 in the opening game en route to a 5-5 season. The loss sent the Mounties stumbling Stewart’s Slants By Gary Stewart When Opportunity Came, Gabriel Took Advantage Roman Gabriel, former N.C. State and professional foot- ball great who someday hopes to coach a professional football team in his native North Carolina, believes in making the most of every opportunity, and that philosophy poid off for him as a quarterback with the N.C. State Wo fpack, Los Angeles Rams and Philadelphia Eagles. “I believe that when an opportunity comes, the most impor- tant thing is to do the best you possibly can. A lot of people gave me an opportunity. I was not an overnight sensation. That just doesn’t happen,” he saig Thursday while in Kings Mountain to address the weekly meeting of the Kings Moun- tain Rotary Club at the Holiday Inn. He also spoke later to a group of fourth graders at West Elementary School. Gabriel was a three-sport athlete at New Hanover High School in Wilmington, making All-State in football, baseball and basketball. He was a first team All-American at N.C. State, where he was also a first team Academic All- American, and later spent 16 seasons in the National Football League. He played 11 years with the Los Angeles Rams, twice leading them to the NFL championship game, and five seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles. He was the NFL’s most valuable payer in 1969. Gabrie is now associated with George Shinn and the Rutledge Educational System in Charlotte. Shinn hopes to Queen City and, if a football Gabriel expects to be the head coach. He served several ~ someday land pro basketball and football franchises for the team is recruited for the area, Turn To Page 3-B Kings Mountain has won over the Bulldogs only once in the past four years and just twice in the decade of the 1980’s. In 1975, when the Mounties were 8-2 overall and Playas position, the Bulldogs eat them in the last game of the year to knock them out of the playoffs. In 1979, when the Mounties were again 8-2 and led by now-NFL standout Kevin Mack, Burns whipped them 16-6 in the season’s opener. “We haven't had the best of luck with Burns,” says KMHS Coach Denny Hicks, whose club is 4-1 overall. “They always play well against us. Their talent is as good as it’s been in years, so -this is going to be a tough ballgame. They haven’t given up more than 14 points against anybody.” The Bulldogs, 2-3 overall, have beaten Chase and Cher- ryville while losing to 4-A teams East Burke and Crest, and to East Rutherford in the SWC. They lost to East Burke, a ranked team, 14-6, Crest 6-3 and East Ruther- ford 8-3. They were picked by many coaches to win the SWC. ‘Burns has exceptional size,” says Hicks. “And to go with that size, they have ex- SIGNS AUTOGRAPH - Former Los Angeles Rams quarterback Roman Gabriel, left, signs an autograph for Kings Mountain’s Carl DeVane at Thursday’s meeting of the Kings Mountain Rotary Club at the Holiday Inn. Gabriel is now associated with George Shinn of Charlotte who is trying to land a pro basketball and pro football franchise for the Queen City. ceptional speed. They list all of their speeds in the 40 in their football program, and if those figures are correct, hey have several players with college speed. Their defensive front averages 6-2 and 211 pounds and they're eir slowest lineman, who is 260 pounds, runs a 5.1 40, and they have some backs runn- ing 4.3,4.4 and 4.5.” The Bulldogs, much like the Mountaineers, have a talented offense that hasn’t played up to its potential. Tailbacks Terry Bess and Derwin Briscoe are two of the fastest runners in the con- ference. ‘They alternate playing time and both are oustanding runners,”’ Hicks said. Quarterback Tripp Merritt does an excellent job of operating the Burns offense and is also a talented passer. Hicks says fullback Frankie Oates, a 180-pounder, ‘is a real good runner on dives and traps.” Defensively, the Burns front goes well over 200 pounds, led by tackle Steve Herring, a 260-pound senior, Tackle Ben Tuft weights 220, nose guard Eddie Crotts 210 and linebacker Anthony Pryor 209. Another outstan- Turn To Page 6-B CHASE First Downs 2 Yards Rushing 9 Passes 6-24 Yards Passing 28 Passes Int. By 0 Fumbles Lost 2 Punts 3-26 Yds. Penalized 10 Score by quarters: T C000 o 0 KM 14 17 7 21 59 Scoring: KM - Sherer, 37-pass from Boyce (Bumgardner kick) KM - Roberts, recovered fumble in endzone (Bumgardner kick) KM - Smith, 13-run (Bumgardner kick) KM - Bumgardner, 30-field goal. KM - Jordan, 45-pass int. return (Bumgardner kick) KM - Boyce, 12-run (Bumgardner kick) KM - Roberts, 5-run (Bumgardner kick) KM - Jordan, 48-run (Bumgardner kick) KM - Jordan, 40-int. return (Bumgardner kick) MOUNTAINEER RUSHING Player Carries Yards Jordan 8 80 Smith 7 60 Roberts 16 51 Wilson 3 14 Boyce 3 18 Brooks 2 4 Total 39 227 MOUNTAINEER PASSING Player At. Comp. Int. Yds. TD Boyce 5 2 0 55 1 MOUNTAINEER RECEIVING Player Catches Yards TD Sherer 2 55 1 Southwest Conference Standings Conf. All W-L W-L Shelby 2-0 4-1 South Point 2-0 2-3 Kings Mtn. 1-1 4-1 East Rutherford 1-1 4-1 Burns 1-1 2-3 #2 R-S Central 1-1 2-3 Chase 0-2 0-5 North Gaston 0-2 0-5 Photo by Gary Stewart FRIDAY’S GAMES Kings Mtn. at Burns Shelby at South Point R-S Central at Chase East Ruth. at N. Gaston LAST WEEK’S RESULTS Kings Mtn. 59, Chase 0 Shelby 39, R-S Central 7 East Ruth. 8, Burns 3 South Point 26, N. Gaston 13 Ne VES
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