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they've done," he said. "We feel
like the kids achieved a lot more .
than anybody ever thought they
would.
"We were picked to finish fifth
but finished in second place. In the
first round of the playoffs, we
played one of the top four teams in
North Carolina and played one of
the best high school football games
I've ever seen. We beat a good
Burns team twice. I think that
speaks real well of our kids and the
effort and hard work they put in."
Hicks said it's easy to get teams
up for the state playoffs.
"They play at a higher level of
proficiency in the playoffs," he
said. "We had a great bunch of
young men and the coaches really
enjoyed working with them. We
had the best parent support we've
- had in a long time. I think the kids
felt real close to each other."
The Mountaineers played at
their best during mid-season, when
they knocked off R-S Central 11-6,
South Point 42-0 and Burns 20-6
on consecutive weeks. During that
time they had a turnover ratio of
plus 16. In two games against
Burns, which was the pre-season
choice to win the SWC, the
Mountaineer defense forced 12
turnovers.
Kings Mountain players set
three school records during the sea-
son. Petie McNeal caught a 99-
yard touchdown pass from Timmy
McClain in the victory over South
Point and also set a school mark
for pass interceptions with 11. D.J.
Williams returned a kickoff 100
yards for a touchdown against
South Point.
The Mountaineers were small
but had perhaps the quickest team
they've ever had. They had a well-
balanced running attack, led by
Williams, Victor Bell, Jeff
Lockhart and Darryl Gash, had one
of the most exciting punt and kick-
off return teams anywhere, led by
speedster Darius Ross and Daniel
Honeycutt, had a better-than-aver-
age high school passing attack fea-
turing Ryan Hollifield and Timmy
McClain, and had their usual tough
defense.
But one of the most pleasing ar-
eas to Hicks and his staff was the
offensive line, which had to be
completely rebuilt after last year. It
progressed steadily each game and
by the season's end was as strong
as any line Kings Mountain's had
in years,
"Jon Reid, Quan Smith, Steve
Robbins, Reggie Moss and Greg
Beckwith formed our interior line,"
Hicks said. "When we started out
the season that was our weakest
area. But by the end of the season
it was probably one of our
strongest areas. All of them
worked hard and Coaches Bruce
~ Clark and Chuck Gordon did a su-
per job with them. It was a real sol-
id offensive line by the end of the
season. "The production of our
fullbacks and tailbacks in the state
playoffs speaks well of the offen-
sive line," he added. "Our line did
a great job of pass protection
Friday night and Shelby's probably
one of the toughest teams to pass
protect against. The line gave us
the opportunity go get things done,
we just missed a couple passes and
dropped a couple.”
Except for tight end Brent
Wilson, who also came on strong
KM QUARTERBACK RYAN HOLLIFIELD
Looks for someone to throw to in Friday's loss
as the season progressed, the
Mountaineer coaches will have to
rebuild the line again next year.
"We graduate 14 seniors and the
biggest area we'll be hurt is the
line," Hicks said. "We also lose
some good players in the skill ar-
eas, including Petie McNeal,
Daniel Honeycutt and Ryan
Hollifield.
"Daniel was a great all-around
player,” he said. "He contributed in
So many areas. Petie was probably
our number four defensive back
last year but came in and turned
out to be our most productive de-
fensive back, and also did a great
job on offense. In the playoffs,
Petie and Daniel both played ex-
ceptional.
"Ryan never got the opportunity
to reap the benefits of all of his
hard work," Hicks added, "but he
was very important to our football
team. He was very instrumental in
two wins in our first three games,
and having him back for the play-
offs was definitely a plus for us.
He's one of the biggest reasons we
were successful in the first two
rounds of the playoffs.
"Darryl Gash was an excellent
inside linebacker and fullback, and
he'll be missed too," Hicks added.
"We haven't had a real hard run-
ning and blocking fullback here in
quite a while and Darryl was kind
of coming into his own and doing
the things a well-rounded fullback
should do, and that's to get the
tough yards and block real well
and every once in a while get a big
play."
As far as talent, Hicks said this
year's team was as good as the
1985 and '86 teams that qualified
for the state playoffs.
"The people at the skilled posi-
tions put this team in a position to
rank right up there with the top
teams we've had," he said. "Our
biggest problem this year was
depth. Our depth situation was the
worst we've ever had. We couldn't
stand to lose one or two starters.
"But this was the best feed we've
had since we've been here. That's
the biggest area that would make
this team potentially as strong as
any we've had.
“The 1985 and '86 teams were
good, solid, hard-nosed football
players,” he said. "They executed
well and never played in a panic.
The thing they did was play with
consistency. If we'd had the speed
then that we had this year it would
have been hard to say how far
those two teams would have gone.
Both of those teams had good
depth and when one person would
get banged up another one would
come in and hold down that spot.
"We had real good team speed
this year," he went on. "If we had
executed well all of the time we
could have hurt some folks."
Hicks said he's somewhat de-
pressed this week after spending 18
to 20 weeks with the players.
"This is probably the most diffi-
cult time of the year for players
and coaches," he said. "We've gone
through four weeks of practice and
two weeks of mini camp and a 13-.
week football season and it's been
a lot of hard work and long hours.
We'll probably take a week off and
after the Christmas break start get-
ting back at it again and see if we
can't develop another pretty good
team for next year. The basic po-
tential is there. We'll have to find
some offensive linemen again but
most of our skill people are back
and should be better. If they come
back motivated and want to do bet-
ter we should have another pretty
good football team."
Wally's Back In First
Wally's swept Johnny's 4-0 to re-
gain the lead in Mixed Duckpin
Bowling League action Tuesday
night at Dilling Heating.
Wally's now has a 25-23 record,
followed by Johnny's and Lib's at
24-24 and John's at 23-25.
Betty Hullender's 120 line and
Janet Parker's 304 set led Wally's.
Johnny Dye had a 134 line and 353
set and R.W. Hullender a 130 line
and 355 set for the losers.
In another match, John's and
Lib's split 2-2. Jim Hardy grabbed
scoring honors for the night with a
148 line and 403 set for John's.
John Dilling added a 131-362. Jack
Barrett had a 163 line and 394 set
and Lib Gault a 134-389 for Libs.
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Feemster added 12.
"Their rebounding was a big
help for us," said Funderburke.
"Going in, we didn't know if we
had someone who could stay on
the boards with the girls we were
playing. They have a Divison One
college prospect in Tammy Wilson
and T thought she was going to give
R.W. Hullender turned in his
highest career set last Tuesday
night as Johnny's swept John's 4-0
to knock John's out of first place.
Hullender had single games of
149, 117 and 155 for a 421 series,
Judy Hardy added a 128 line and
359 set for the winners. John
Dilling had a 142 line and 402 set
and Jim Hardy added a 117-341 for
John's.
In other action last week, Lib's
won three of four from Wally's, Lib
Gault had a 118 line and 339 set
and Jack Barrett added a 112-320
for the winners. Wally Mocanu had
a 118 line and 324 set and Betty
Hullender a 111-305 for the losers.
us a really tough time. But Suzette
Feemster stood her ground well
against her and held her to 11
points."
Kings Mountain's boys jumped
out to a 16-9 first quarter lead and
held the upper hand the rest of the
way. The Mountaineers led by 33-
28 at intermission and 43-34 going
into the final eight minutes.
Daniel Honeycutt led the KM
scoring with 15 points. Mark Byers
added 12 and Era Vaughn 10.
Laloyd Boyd scored 12 for Clover.
GIRLS GAME
KM (53) - Suzette Feemster 16,
The Moanbacks swept the
B.A.M.S. to move within four
‘games of the first place Bloomers
in Mixed Duckpin Bowling League
action Thursday night at Dilling
Heating.
The Bloomers have a 28-20
record, followed by the Moanbacks
and Mofos at 24-24 and the
B.A.M.S. at 20-28.
Balanced scoring was the key
for the Moanbacks as all four team
members topped the 300-set mark.
John Caveny led the way with a
131 line and 362 series. Dan
Dilling added a 350, Joann Myers
314 and Johnny Jones 306. Alan
See Bowling, 3-B
Nicole Barnes 14, Tessie Ruff 9,
Carmen Smith 6, Kathy Jo Brady
6, Dawn Hardin 3.
CL (46) - Keisha Myles 14,
Tammy Wilson 11, Nicole
Williams 6, Sherer Gordon 7,
Tamika Tims 2.
BOYS GAME
KM (58) - Daniel Honeycutt 15,
Mark Byers 12, Era Vaughn 10,
Darian Hager 8, Tony Currence 5,
Petie McNeal 4, Roderick McClain
3, Darius Ross 1. ;
CL (49) - Laloyd Boyd 12,
Rodney Adams 9, Craig Wright 9,
Bailey Jackson 8, Lamont Hall 6,
Carlos Philson 3, Pete Tate 2.
Year
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Kings Mountain missed another
scoring opportunity after the Lion
How They Did It
KM S
1st downs 6 18
Yds. rushing 77 266
Passes 6-17 5-7
Yds. passing 118 58
Punts 2-28 1-34
Fumbles lost 0 2
Yds. penalized 25 25
By quarters: T
KM 0 0 14 0-14
SH 7.7 06-20
S - Brooks 1-run (Pauley kick)
S - Jeter 5-run (Pauley kick)
KM - Ross 96 kickoff return
(Honeycutt kick)
KM - Lockhart 5 run (Honeycutt
kick)
S - Thompson 6 run (Kick failed)
RUSHING
KM - Bell 16-58. S - Brooks
23-158.
: PASSING
KM - Hollifield 6-16-118; S -
Jeffords 5-7-58.
RECEIVING
KM - McNeal 3-77; S -
Thompson 4-47,
KM Jayvees
Whip Clover
Kings Mountain High's junior
varsity football team defeated
Clover 44-28 in its season opener
Tuesday afternoon at Clover.
Marquiz Williamson scored 18
points and Tahvan Williams 12 for
the Mountaineers. Diron Bell
scored eight points and Sean Grier,
Jerry Black and Freddy Adams two
each.
score. McNeal made a diving catch
of a 36-yard pass by Hollifield to
put KM at the Shelby 24. Bell
gained seven yards to the 17 but
the Shelby defense stiffened and
KM turned the ball over on downs
with 7:50 to play.
Shelby's offense went to work
again and ran all but two minutes
off the clock before the
Mountaineers were able to stop
them at the KM 20. KM managed
to work the ball to the 31 before
the clock ran out.
The Mountaineers were at less
than full strength as fullback-
linebacker Darryl Gash was held
out of the game because of a glan-
dular problem, and Jeff Lockhart
was, playing despite a week-long
bout with the flu. But Coach Hicks
didn't use that as an excuse.
"It was as good a high school
football game as you could see,” §
Hicks said. "And that's what you
shoot for. Our kids tried to win and
gave us the kind of effort it takes to
win. You wish you could win them
all but the bottom line is that you
try to instill in your players to give
it their best shot so they can feel
good about it. Our kids don't have
any reason to hang their heads.
- They're really disappointed but
they can feel really good about the
way they played."
The Mountaineers had finished
second to Shelby in the regular
season with a 6-4 overall record.
The Mountaineers stunned the
state's fourth-ranked 3-A team,
Smoky Mountain, 37-36 in five
overtimes in the opening round of
the playoffs, then blanked Burns
13-0 in the second round to earn a
second shot at Shelby. Shelby had
beaten East Henderson and Canton
Pisgah in its first two playoff
games.
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