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—— Rn nS RTE Thursday, February 13, 1986 Calvin in-aid to p South Carolina. ink the 6-2, 765 pounder. Stephens ha mitment fo the USC, NCAA guidelines. Stephens was a two-wa Mountaineers, who had best offensive lineman. INKS WITH GAMECOCKS - Kings Moun- South Carolina. Looking on, left to right, are tain High football standout Calvin Stephens, KMHS coaches Denny Hicks, John Goforth seated, inks a grant-in-aid to play football at. and Chuck Gordon. With South Carolina Kings Mountain High football standout phen : Calvin Stephens Wednesday signed a grant- Carolina in the annual Shrine Bowl game at ay football at the Gamecock assistant coach Jim Washburn history. : of Shelby was in town Wednesday morning to Satlier ma de a verbal cots All-Conference teams, Stephe day major colleges could sign players under Charlotte Observer All-Piedmont first team, eir best season All-Star game in July in Greensboro. ever last fall with an 11-2 overall record. He = St 1 ' was All-Southwestern 3-A Conference as both major colleges, including UNC, Clemson and an offensive and defensive tackle and was Florida. He first caught the eyes of South voted his team’s most valuable player and Carolina coaches last summer at USC’s an- Stephens Signs Stephens was a starter on defense for North niversity of Charlotte: He was KM’s first Shrine Bowler since 1957 and ‘only the third in the school’s In addition to making the Shrine Bowl and ns was also y.was the first Selected to. the: “All-Gazeiteland team, and honorable mention All-State. He has also starter for the been chosen to play in the annual East-West Stephens was heavily recruited by several nual summer football camp. Jayvees Win Two, Now 16-1 Kings: Mountain High’s jayvee basketballers won two more big games during the past week to run their record to 16-1 heading into Friday afternoon’s season finale at Shelby. Coach Gary Brigman’s Mountaineers edged North Gaston 63-55 Friday and then blasted R-S Central 85-57 Tuesday afternoon. Both Kings Mountain and Shelby have lost only one game this year. Shelby fell to KMHS 60-57 in overtime and KM fell to Burns. : “This last game will be our biggest one of the year,’ said Coach Brigman. ‘If there was a conference champion- ship in jayvee ball, this game would be for it. Our kids know SWC Tourney Next Week At G-W R-S Central Sweeps KMHS Clubs Tuesday Kings Mountain High’s basketballers lost doubleheader to first place R-S Central Tuesday night at the KMHS gym but but local clubs appear to have wrap- ped up berths for the sec- tional tournament set for two weeks from now at Gardner- Webb College. All eight Southwestern 3-A Conference schools will com- pete in the conference tourna- ment beginning Tuesday at Gardner-Webb and the top six SWC schools will advance to the sectionals. However, if a team which finishes lower than sixth in the regular season advances to the con- ference tournament finals, it would replace the sixth place team (possibly Kings Moun- tain girls) in the sectional field. The KM teams complete their regular season Friday at Shelby. The KM boys are alone in fifth place, three games behind fourth place Shelby and two games ahead of sixth place South Point. So, the Mountaineers will make the sectional field. The KM girls are tied for fifth-sixth place with Chase. They could finish either fifth or sixth, but no lower than sixth as they have a two game lead on seventh place South Point. If South Point or eighth place North Gaston should advance to the con- ference tourney finals, Kings Mountain, if it finishes in the sixth Josition, could be knocked out of a sectional "berth. The conference tourna- ment pairings next week are as follows: (Girls Division) ? Tuesday, 5 p.m., fourth place vs. fifth place; Tues- day, 6:30, first vs. eighth; Wednesday, 5 p.m. three ver- Photos by Gary Stewart SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS - Kings Mountain’s Vince Sullens (left photo) and Roderick sus six; and Wednesday at a 6:30, two vs. seven. Thursday, 5 p.m. winners of four vs. five and one vs. eight; Friday, 5 p.m. winners of three vs. six and two vs. seven. : Saturday, 6:30, Thursday’s winner vs. Friday's winner for the championship. (Boys Division) Tuesday, 8 p.m., first vs. eighth. Wednesday, 8 p.m., two vs. seven. Thursday, 6:30, four vs. five; 8 p.m., three vs. six. Friday, 6:30, winners of two vs. seven and three vs. six; 8 p.m., winners of one vs. eight and four vs. five. Saturday, 8 p.m.; Friday's winners play for champion- ship. : If the current standings do not change as a result of Fri- day’s final regular season ac- tion, Kings Mountain's boys would meet arch rival Shelby in the 6:30 game on Thursday night. KM’s first round oppo- nent could also be North Gaston as Shelby has a chance to overtake the Wildcats for third place in the final standings. Turn To Page 11-A Girls Whip North Gaston, Wildcat Comeback Beats Boys Kings Mountain High's basketballers split a Southwestern 3-A Conference twinbill with North Gaston Friday at the KMHS gym, the irls winning 52-26 and the ys losing 61-46. The girls had little trouble in handing the North Gaston ladies their 45th consecutive defeat. After a 10-5 lead after one period, the Mountainettes raced to a 27-14 halftime Jead and 39-22 lead going into the fourth quarter. . Regina Brown led the KM attack with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Laura Crocker ad- ded 14 points and Licia Mc- Clain had eight points, 12 re- bounds and four assists. North Gdston’s boys staged a strong fourth quarter com- eback to win the nightcap and take over third place in the SWC standings behind R-S Central and Burns. Kings Mountain led 30-19 at halftime but turned cold in the second half. The Moun- taineers scored only four points in the third period but still led 34-31 going into the final eight minutes. North Gaston outscored the Moun- ties 30-12 in the fourth quarter to win going away. Tracy Armstrong led the Wildcats with 23 points and Eric Newton added 12. Jerry Jordan and Denorris Wilson Sore eight points each for BOYS GAME KM (46) - Jordan 8, Rayford 6, Sherer 4, Crocker 4, Hollifield 6, Wilson 8, Woods 2, McCullough 4, Smith 2, Pettis 2. NG (61) - Armstrong 23, Newton 12, Jackson 7, Mor- rison 6; Mintz 8, Chapman 1, Carter 2, Watson 2. GIRLS GAME KM (52) - Moore 6, Helms 4, McClain 8, Crocker 14, Brown 18, Chaffee 2. NG (26) - Sailors 6, Wilson 8, Friday 3, Barnette 2, Mit- chem 7. . the importance of the game and are real excited. They’re looking forward to it.” The Mountaineers Boyce (right photo) won their weight championships to lead the Mountaineers to the Sec- tional Wrestling Tournament championship Friday and Saturday at West Mecklenburg. Sullens, Boyce, Daron Schenck, Daron Hillman and Tony Parker will represent the Moun- taineers in the Regional Tournament Saturday at A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis. The outscored North Gaston 17-10 in the fourth quarter Friday to break open a close game. y KM led only 30-29 at halftime and 46-45 after three quarters. : Brent Bagwell, who finish- ed with eight points, hit six straight foul shots in the fourth quarter to ice the vic- tory. Cliff Meeks led the KM scoring with 16, Gary White added 14 and Brian Jones had 12. “The key was that we played a better fourth quarter and hit all but two of our foul shots,”” Coach Brigman said. Joe McClain scored 20 points, Bagwell 19, White 17, im Goode 11 and David Shaw six in Tuesday’s bi victory over an R-S Centra Turn To Page 10-A top four wrestlers in each weight class there will advance to the State Tournament next week at Winston-Salem Parkland. Kings Mountain’s Vince Sullens and Roderick Boyce won their weight championships to give the Mountaineers the team championship in last week’s Sectional Wrestling Tournament at West Mecklenburg High in Charlotte. The Mountaineers, Southwestern 3-A Conference regular season and tournament champs, compiled 113% points to edge West Meck, which had 109%. Hunter Huss finished third. Kings Mountain qualified five wrestlers for Saturday’s Regional Tournament at A.L. Brown High in Kannapolis. The top four wrestlers in each division there will qualify for the State Tournament next week at Winston-Salem.Parkland. Mountaineers qualifying for the Regionals were Boyce at 155 pounds, Sullens at 145, Daron Hillman at 138, Daron Schenck at 126 and Tony Parker at 105. Saturday’s sectional pe was the se- cond for the Mountaineers in their nine years under Coach Steve Moffitt. They have also been con- ference and/or tournament champions five times under Moffitt. The victories by Sullens and Boyce in the finals were necessary for the Mountaineers to claim the team trophy. Sullens, who won all of his earlier matches on first period pins, decisioned Willie Phillips of Huss in the 145 championship match. Boyce decisioned Reggie Miller of Garinger for the championship in the 155-pound match. xf Vince had lost, Huss would have won the tour- nament,”’ noted-Moffitt, ‘‘and if Roderick had lost, we would have tied West Meck. So both of those Mountaineer Wrestlers Win Sectional Crown matches were equally important and I felt like both Vince and Roderick did a super job.” Sullens suffered a slight leg injury in his semi- finals match, but Moffitt hopes his undefeated senior will be back in top form in time for Saturday’s Regionals. : : “We probably have as good a chance as anybody to win the regionals,” Moffitt said. “Kings Moun- tain, Huss and West Meck all qualified five men.” KM’s Parker, a sophomore, finished second in the 105-pound division, losing his finals match on a technical fall to Rodney Lynch of Huss. Schenck, another soph, was third in the 126-pound division. He pinned Michael Henderson of Olympic for third. Hillman, a junior, was fourth, losing on a decision to Cedric Moore of Huss in the finals. TE me
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