i BOBBY GLENN Helps Lead KM JVs over Burns Jayvees Host Lions In 'Biggie’ Kings Mountain High's junior varsity football team won its fourth straight game Thursday night at Burns, 26-8, setting up a show- down for first place in the Southwestern 3-A Conference Thursday when the Mountaineers host Shelby at 7 p.m. at Gamble Stadium. Shelby handed previously un- beaten East Rutherford its first loss last week, leaving Shelby and KM as the only teams that haven't lost inside the conference. KM is 4-2 overall. The Mountaineers scored all four of their touchdowns in the first half last week and then the de- fense stopped the strong Burns of- fense on several occasions. Freshman fullback Jermaine Grier rambled for 40 yards to set up his own one-yard scoring plunge early in the first quarter to give KM a 6-0 lead. Later in the first period, Diron Bell scored on a 15-yard run and Pat Ross ran for a two-point con- version to give the Mountaineers a 14-0 lead. Bell intercepted a pass and re- turned it 26 yards for a touchdown and Robbie Ruff scored on a 15- yard run to give the Mountaineers a 26-0 halftime lead. Burns scored its only touchdown in the third pe- riod on an eight-yard run. Head Coach John Bumgardner cited Bobby Glenn, Tony Young, Antoinne Brown, Bell and Ross for their defensive efforts and Bell, Grier, Ruff and Jamie Goforth for their play on offense. Mocanu Still Leads In Duckpins Wally Mocanu continued to set the pace in Mixed Duckpin Bowling League action Tuesday night at Dilling Heating. Mocanu rolled a 150 line and 424 set to lead his team to a sweep of Johnny's. Mocanu needed all of those victories to stay ahead of Lib Gault, whose team has made great strides in the past several weeks and swept John's Tuesday to stay within a game of first place Wally's. Wally got some help from Betty Hullender Tuesday. She added a 111 line and 301 set. Johnny Dye led his team with a 116 line and 333 set. = ES = = @ Lib Gault had a 134 line and 381 set and Jack Barrett added a 129- 354 to lead Lib's over John's. John Dilling led the losers with a 115- 318. The standings: Wally's 14-10, Lib's 13-11, Johnny's 13-11, John's 8-16. 1 lf 1 1 i) / od | SOCCER ACTION - Kings Mountain (in white jerseys) and Shelby soccer players battle each other for control of the ball in Western Piedmont Conference match Wednesday night at KM's John Gambl Stadium. KM won in double overtime to stay alive in the race for a state playoff berth. KMHS Boots Shelby Wednesday Kings Mountain High's soccer team split a pair of Western Piedmont 3- A Conference match- es during the past week, edging Shelby 4-2 in double overtime Wednesday night at Gamble Stadium and then falling to league- leading South Point 3-1 Monday at South Point. Coach Dan Potter's Mountaineers, 7-5, were scheduled to host St. Stephens last night at 7 p.m. at Gamble Stadium. Kings Mountain and St. Stephens are bat- tling for the third playoff seed from the WPC. Kings Mountain scored goals by Jack Ladara and John Forrest early in the second half to grab a 2-0 lead against Shelby last week but the Lions came back strong at the end of regulation to force overtime. In the second 10-minute over- time, Forrest scored the game-win- ner and then Keo Chanthaphaeng added an insurance goal for the Mountaineers. It was the second straight over- ) i] = Sd = == == == fii 1 fl /] i li Ml 1 10 T time for the Mountaineers, who had edged R-S Central two nights before. "It was a very, very climactic game," noted Coach Potter. "Several teachers who had never seen a soccer game came out and were very excited about the sport when I talked with them the next day. Our players were really excit- ed, too. We out-played Shelby in the first half but went into halftime 0-0. We had several good scoring opportunities that were just a little bit high or little bit wide. "But we really did a great job," he went on. "We came back out in the second half and let down a little bit but still had some great scoring opportunities. It says a lot about our team when another team comes back on us and forces an overtime and we still have the character to really stick it to them in overtime. We played excellent in the over- time periods. We showed a lot of heart." REESE WITH A TRUCK FROM MOORE'S TOYOTA « DAIHATSU 89 Toyota4 X 2 | 1847 East Dixon 1] Despite the loss at South Port} Potter was impressed again witht his Mountaineers. South Point has had very few close matches Eh year. oA "They weren't really expect too much from us because of Sor of the scores we had had and Sor they had had with the same Opp nents," Potter said. "They hadjust beaten R-S Central 10-0 and 'R had taken us into overtime. They expected us to be a push-over but that's not what they found. "We hit the goal post on several scoring opportunities but they missed some good scoring oppor- tunities, too," he said. "We gave them a whole lot more than they were expecting. If you have to lose, that's a good way to lose. W- put forth a great effort and it rea) was a good tune-up for an imp tant game with St. Stephens." Ladara scored KM's goal or outstanding pass from Step Fisher. 9 Toyota4 X 4 TRUCK OF THE YEAR Plus Tax and Tag J Moore's OIE Daihatsu oulevard Shelby, N.C. 1-800-334-4504 Inside N.C. 1-800-843-5940 Outside N.C. 482-7341 - 482-3295 i

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