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Page 4B-THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Wednesday, April 5, 1989
Senior Games
Are Slated
Registration is still being accept-
ed for Cleveland/Rutherford
County Senior Games to be held
beginning April 24 at Gardner-
Webb College's Spangler Stadium.
All field events, men's and wom-
en's shuffleboard and basketball
shooting will be held the first day.
The second day's competition
will include golf at Woodbridge
Country Club and tennis at
Gardner-Webb. Wednesday, men's
and women's competition in cro-
quet and table tennis will take
place, and bowlers will compete at
Major League Lanes, Shelby, in the
afternoon.
The final day's activities on
Thursday will include swimming
and billiards at Gardner-Webb in
the morning, and putt putt at
Cleveland Mall in the afternoon.
That evening, at Cleveland Mall,
gold, silver and bronze medals will
be awarded to winners in all
events. Winners will qualify for the
state finals in the fall at Raleigh.
Special in the Senior Games this
year will be Silver Arts competi-
tion. All visual arts entries will be
displayed at Cleveland Mall
Tuesday through Thursday, and
judging of first, second and third
place winners will take place at
that time.
Registration fee is $2 if paid be-
fore April 10 and $3 for registering
after that date. The fee includes
lunch on Monday and allows par-
ticipation in as many of the events
as desired.
Bridges Winner
In Wrestling Event
Eleven-year-old Kenny Bridges
won a gold medal in freestyle
wrestling Saturday at the Tar Heel
State Classic at Pembroke State
University. Over 450 wrestlers
from North and South Carolina,
Virginia and Georgia competed.
Bridges defeated his opponents
18-0 and 19-0 to finish on top of
the 95-pound weight class.
Gastonia Wins State AAU Crown
Gastonia defeated Raleigh 56-42
Sunday to win the 13-year-old
State AAU Basketball Tournament
at the Kings Mountain High gym.
Gastonia, along with second
place Charlotte Sonics, will ad-
_ vance to the national tournament in
July in Indianapolis, Ind.
“After losing to Gastonia, Raleigh
forfeited the silver medal game to
the Sonics. The Sonics had beaten
Concord 74-63 in the consolation
finals.
Kings Mountain's entry lost both
of its games in pool play. KM fell
to Concord 72-39 and Raleigh 66-
44,
Other pool game scores were
Gastonia 86, Harrisburg 15;
Clemmons 48, Charlotte Royals 44
in double overtime; Charlotte
Sonics 82, Salisbury 46; Statesville
54, McDowell County 43;
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TWO FROM INSIDE - Gastonia's Antonio Wallace (34) makes a
strong move inside for two points in Sunday's 13-year-old State AAU
Basketball Tournament championship game against Raleigh at the.
KMHS gym. Gastonia won 56-42. Gastonia and the second place
Charlotte Sonics will advance to the national tournament in July in
Indianapolis, Ind.
Gastonia 79, Statesville 55;
Charlotte Sonics 82, Stokes County
15; McDowell 70, Harrisburg 34;
Salisbury 84, Stokes 52; Charlotte
Royals 62, Foothills 48; Clemmons
66, Foothills 60; Statesville 105,
Harrisburg 26; Gastonia 75,
McDowell 37; and Concord 74,
Raleigh 69.
In the quarter-finals, the Sonics
defeated Statesville 75-57,
Gastonia outscored Salisbury 79-
62, Raleigh whipped Clemmons
53-40 and Concord edged the
Charlotte Royals 50-49.
In semi-finals action, Gastonia
stunned the pre-tournament fa-
vorite Sonics 58-57, and Raleigh
edged Concord 52-46.
Members of the KM team, spon-
sored by the Kings Mountain Boys
Club, were Johnathan Adams,
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Kings Mountain Junior High's
baseball team remained unbeaten
Tuesday with a 5-4 victory over
East Lincoln.
The Patriots were scheduled to
host Crest this afternoon. Next
week, they travel to West Lincoln
Monday and East Lincoln
Wednesday and return home on
Thursday to face Shelby in a 4 o'-
clock game. ;
Coach Tommy Wease's charges
built a 5-0 lead after three innings
Tuesday but Stephen Fisher had to
return to the mound to put out the
fire as East Lincoln rallied for four
runs in the seventh inning.
David Jenkins, the first Patriot
hurler, got the win. He faced 11
batters and struck out seven of
them. He gave up only one hit and
issued only one walk.
Fisher came on in the fourth and
left the mound in the seventh. East
Lincoln got a couple of hits off
Benji Ingle, and the Patriots made
several errors, and East Lincoln
was able to cut the margin to 5-4.
Fisher returned to the mound with
ane out and got out of the inning.
Fisher faced 14 men and struck
out four. :
Fisher led the KM plate attack
with three hits and Ricky Marr
added two.
Jenkins' triple drove home
Robbie Ruff for a 1-0 KM lead in
the first. Marr tripled and scored on
a single by Todd Ware to make it
2-0 in the second, and then the Pats
See Patriots Page 5-B
STEPHEN FISHER
Saves Patriot Victory
Photo by Gary Stewart
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