‘KM Streaks Past Mustangs
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Thursday
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September 14,
1989
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SPORTS
Section
Ross
Scores
Three
If Kings Mountain football fans
thought they were seeing streaks
before their eyes at Friday's non-
conference game at East Lincoln,
it's because they were.
The streak was junior wideout
Darius "NuNu" Ross, who electri-
fied the crowd with two touchdown
catches and a pass interception
which he returned for a touchdown
to lead the Mountaineers to a 30-6
victory.
Ross,
who is quicker
than a hiccup,
has had similar
games in the
past. In one
game last year,
he touched the
football three
times and scored
ae three touch:
{7771 downs. With his
ROSS good hands,
quick feet and outstanding moves,
it's almost impossible for any de-
fender to stay with him one-on-
one.
"He had an outstanding ball-
game," said KMHS Coach Denny
Hicks. "Our fullbacks did a great
job of running the ball inside and
our linemen blocked well on the
inside and that enabled us to get
the ball to the guys on the perime-
ter, which is what we do best."
The Mountaineers were sluggish
in the early moments, allowing the
host Mustangs to gallop straight
downfield following the opening
kickoff for a 6-0 lead.
East Lincoln, which fell to 1-2,
surprised KM by going to the air
right off the bat. The Mustangs
drove 70 yards for the go-ahead
TD in just six plays. Sophomore
quarterback Scott Garrett, making
his first start, connected with
Doran Johnson for a 41-yard TD
pass with nine minutes remaining
in the first quarter.
"We expected them to pass but
not in the first part of the game,"
said Coach Hicks. "They had
brought up the sophomore quarter-
back just this week and we knew
passing was his strong point. But
we felt like they'd let him get his
feet wet first. They kind of out-
foxed us with that strategy."
The Mountaineers were able to
get their defense settled down and
began getting great pursuit from
the front four and linebackers.
See Ross, 2-B
THE YARDSTICK
KM EL
First Downs 1177
Yds. Rushing 189 15
Passes 4-7-1 6-27-4
Yds. Passing 86 103
Punts 3-35 6-22
Fumbles Lost 1 0
Yds. Penalized 115 45
Score by quarters: T
KM 0 18 12 0 --30
EL 6 0 0 0 --6
Scoring:
EL - Johnson, 40-yd. pass from
Garrett (Kick failed)
KM - Williams, 8-yd. run (Kick
failed)
KM - Ross, 15-yd. pass from
Hollifield (Kick failed)
KM - Ross, 37-interception re-
turn (pass failed)
KM - Gash, 1-run (pass failed)
KM - Ross, 30-yd. pass from
McClain (kick failed)
RUSHING - KM - Gash 10-61,
Ross 4-48, Lockhart 7-43,
Williams 7-45, Moore 2-6,
‘Hopper 4-5, Bell 1-1, McNeal 1-(-
5), McClain 4-(-5), Hollifield 2-(-
7). EL - Johnson 6-11.
PASSING - KM - Hollifield 3-5-
1-56; McClain 1-2-0-30. EL -
Garrett 6-27-4-103.
RECEIVING - KM - Ross 2-45;
Wilson 1-18; Honeycutt 1-23. EL
- Johnson 2-40, Thomas 2-28.
GOOD CATCH - East Lincoln receiver Brian Hopkins (2) makes
an outstanding over the shoulder catch of a pass as he is hit by
Kings Mountain defensive back Petie McNeal (10) in Friday's non-
conference football action at the East Lincoln stadium. The
Photo by Gary Stewart
Mustangs of the Big Six 3-A Conference drove the opening kickoff
in for a 6-0 lead but Kings Mountain came back to win 30-6. The
Mountaineers travel to Crest this week.
LR
EOCCER COMES TO KMHS
Mounties
Shut Out
Crest 2-0
Kings Mountain High's soccer
team won its first-ever home match
Wednesday night at John Gamble
Stadium, blanking Crest 2-0.
It was the first shutout for Coach
Dan Potter's team, which had earli-
er beaten Crest 5-2 and tied
Ashbrook's jayvees 2-2.
"Tt was a big win for us," said
Potter. "We were a little disap-
pointed that we didn't score more
than we did but we were under all
kinds of pressure. We had a lot of
good shots but just didn't get them
in."
Stephen Fisher scored both KM
goals with assists by Keo
Chanthphaeng. Kevin Blalock and
Lenny Wright split time at the goal
for KM and did a good job of
keeping the Crest shots out of the
net.
Kings Mountain was scheduled
to host R-S Central's Hilltoppers
last night. The Mountaineers go to
Shelby next Monday and host
South Point next Wednesday at 7
p.m.
Mounties
At Crest
This Week
Kings Mountain's Mountaineers
will renew their rivalry with the
Crest Chargers Friday night at 8
p.m. at the Crest Stadium.
The two teams haven't faced
each other since the Chargers left
the Southwestern 3-A Conference
for the 4-A ranks. Kings Mountain
dominated the series in its early
years but Crest won the last five
meetings between the two schools.
Overall, KM leads the series 7-6-1.
"Crest will be one of the two
best teams we've played so far,"
says KMHS Coach Denny Hicks.
"They have good size and speed
and show you a lot of different
looks on defense. Their defense
creates a lot of problems for their
opponents."
The Chargers are 0-2 but both
losses were to powerful 3-A clubs
Burns and Shelby. Both of those
teams are regarded as contenders in
the SWC and Shelby has won the
state championship two of the past
three seasons.
Tailback Ronnie Ross heads the
Charger rushing attack but they al-
so have a potent passing game.
Junior quarterback Kelly Upton
gives the Chargers a wide-open of-
fensive attack.
See Crest, 3-B
KMHS Netters
Lose Opener 5-4
Kings Mountain High's girls ten-
nis team opened its season
Thursday at Hibriten with a 5-4
loss.
The KM ladies were scheduled
to go to Crest Tuesday and they
host East Lincoln Thursday at 3:30
p.m. They travel to Myers Park on
September 18 and host Crest on
September 19.
Singles winners for KM last
week were Susan Hendricks, Lee
Ann Masters and Betsy Mcintyre.
Doubles winners were Hendricks
and Christy Dixon.
In a practice doubles match,
Jennifer Gibson and Becky Bridges
of KM won 8-0. :
THE RESULTS
(Singles)
Katie Griffin (H) def. Paula
Morris 6-0, 6-3; Lorene Lampreia
(H) def. Ashley Champion 6-1, 6-
4; Susan Hendricks (KM) def.
Carrie Austin 6-3, 6-3; Lee Ann
Masters (KM) def. Stephanie Grier
SUSAN HENDRICKS
Double Winner For KM
7-6, 6-1; Betsy McIntyre (KM) def.
Jean Faber 6-3, 6-3; Andrea
Dockery (H) def. Laura Moss 7-5,
6-5.
(Doubles)
Griffin-Lampreia (H) def.
Masters-Champion 8-4; Hendricks-
Dixon (KM) def. Austin-Grier 8-3;
Faber-Dockery (H) def. McIntyre-
Morris 8-2.
KMSHS Spikers
Win SWC Openers
Kings Mountain's girls volley-
ball team opened defense of its
Southwestern 3-A Conference
championship with victories
Wednesday over North Gaston and
South Point and Monday over
Shelby and Burns.
Coach Diana Bridges' ladies
were scheduled to host East
Rutherford and R-S Central yester-
day. They play South Caldwell's
junior varsity and varsity next
Tuesday and host North Gaston
and South Point next Wednesday.
At North Gaston last Wednesday,
Kings Mountain defeated South
Point 15-6 and 15-6, and North
Gaston 15-8, 15-1.
At Burns Monday, KM defeated
Shelby 15-3 and 15-1 and Burns
15-1 and 16-14. The KM jayvees
lost to Burns 17-15, 10-15 and 15-
2 and defeated Crest 15-8 and 15-
13.
Last weck, the KM ladies
whipped R-S Central 15-11, 15-10
and 15-7.
In a thrce-tcam match at Crest,
the KM ladics defeated Crest 15-11
and 16-14 but lost to Providence of
Charlotte 15-5 and 15-8.
CARMEN SMITH
Helps Lead KM Win