Thursday, February 14, 1991 -THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Page 5A
KM Sports
Mounties Win Close Games Over 'Cats, Lions
Williamson's Mid-Court Shot
Whips North Gaston By Three
Marquiz Williamson's field goal
from near midcourt gave Kings
Mountain's Mountaineers a 77-74
Southwestern 3-A Conference vic-
tory over North Gaston's Wildcats
Friday night at the KMHS gym.
The victory strengthened KM's
hold on second place in the SWC.
The two teams were tied in the loss
column going into the contest. KM
improved its SWC record to 7-2
while North Gaston fell to 5-3.
Kings Mountain, playing with-
out the services of starting center
Mark Byers, appeared to have the
game in hand with-a 71-63 lead
with just 1:20 to play. But the
Wildcats clawed away at the lead
and finally cut it to two (74-72) on
a basket by William Stewart with
13 seconds left.
The Mountaineers had a chance
to wrap it up at the foul line but
Darius Ross missed a one-and-one.
North Gaston's Stewart hit both
ends of a one-and-one to tie the
game at 74-all with three second
left.
After a time out, the
Mountaineers had to take the ball
out of bounds on the Wildcats' end
of the floor. The throw went to
Williamson near midcourt. He
dribbled a couple of times and put
up a running one-hander from 35
feet which swished the nets at the
buzzer.
Williamson finished with 20
points, Ross 18, Tony Currence 14
and Brent Wilson 13 for the
Mountaineers. Tank Allison had 17
points, Stewart 13 and Herman
Bratton and Chris Lowery 12 each
for the Wildcats.
GIRLS GAME - Kings
Mountain's girls broke a two-game
losing streak in style, pulling one
of the season's biggest upsets in the
opener. The Lady Mountaineers
stunned the second place North
girls 44-41, dropping the Lady
Wildcats to 5-3 and a full three
games behind unbeaten Shelby in
the race for the conference title.
Kings Mountain remained in
sixth place but improved to 4-5 and
within striking distance of three
teams (R-S Central, East
Rutherford and Burns) who are tied
for third place in the SWC. Only
the top four teams advance to the
state playoffs.
Suzette Feemster scored 24
‘points and grabbed 17 rebounds to
lead the KM effort. Chastity Friday
scored 21 and Damenda Dellinger
15 for North Gaston.
GIRLS GAME
NG (41) - Best 2, Britton 3, Friday
21, Dellinger 15.
KM (44) - Feemster 24, Sweezy 4,
Hardin 4, Wilson 6, Hutchinson 2,
Tate 4.
BOYS GAME
NG (74) - Brewer 6, Mintz 8,
Stewart 13, Bratton 12, Davis 4,
Lowery 12, Summey 2, Allison 17.
KM (77) - Ross 18, Currence 14,
Williamson 20, Bell 3, Hopper 9,
Wilson 13.
Middle School Whips Lincolnton
Kings Mountain Middle School's
basketball team defeated
Lincolnton 56-50 and lost to
Shelby 60-58 in ‘Bi-County’
Conference action during the past
week.
Coach Ricky Fortner's club, 5-4,
hosts West Lincoln today and trav-
els i to Hay Monday, The pamios
See Middle, 8A
- MARQUIZ WILLIAMSON
~ Guns winner from mid-court
Bumgardner On Wake Baseball Team
Kings Mountain's Rusty
Bumgardner, who recently com-
pleted his four-year football career
at Wake Forest University, is now a
member of the Demon Deacons’
baseball team.
i The for-
mer KMHS
All-Conference
pitcher has two
years of base-
ball eligibility
with the
Deacons. He
plans to take a
BUMGARDNER light = course
load this year
so he can return next year and take
a couple of courses and play base-
ball again next spring.
The Deacons open their season
Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the
University of Georgia. Wake will -
play a 56-game regular season
schedule in addition to the ACC.
Tournament in Greenville, S.C.,
and the Carolina Invitational at
Chapel Hill.
Bumgardner hasn't played orga-
nized baseball since 1987. He was
All-Conference his junior and. se-
nior years at KMHS and starred on
American Legion baseball teams in -
Bessemer City. In his final season
of Legion ball he slammed 18
home runs and hit over .300 while
splitting time between the outfield
and first base.
In addition to pitching, he also
played first and third base at
KMHS.
"Rusty hasn't played for quite
some time, so it's going to take him
a few games to get his timing
down," said Wake Coach George
Greer. "Once he gets comfortable, I
think Rusty is going to help us a
great deal.”
Greer presently has Bumgardner
at first base and is also using him
as a designated hitter. As he gets
back into baseball shape he's ex-
pected to see some action on the
mound as well. Bumgardner starts
at first when Wake is pitching a
lefthander and is the DH when a
righthander is pitching.
Bumgardner started for four sea-
sons with the Wake Forest football
team. He started half the season at
right tackle and the other half at
left tackle last season.
Wake Forest expects to be
among the contenders for the ACC
title this spring. In three years with
the Deacons Greer has compiled a
102-73-2 overall record. He
coached at Connecticut-Avery
Bryan Jones of Kings Mountain and his
University of North Carolina tennis
teammates hope to take their game up
another notch this spring.
Last year the rebuilding Tar Heels won
their first Atlantic Coast Conference title
since 1978. This year, they hope to qualify
the first time since '78.
The Heels will get an early sampling of
what the season holds February 20-24
when they play in the prestigious
USTA/ITCA Men's Indoor Team
Championships in Louisville, Ky. UNC is
one of 20 teams that qualified based on
last year's record and a preseason ranking
of #15 in the country.
Carolina, with only two seniors on the
team, finished 19-8 overall and 5-2 in the
ACC last spring. The Heels entered the
ACC as the #3 seed. Playing without their
#1 singles player, Jones, who had torn
ligaments in his ankle just four days prior
to the tournament, the Tar Heels outlasted
sixth-seeded Georgia Tech 5-4 and then
scored back-to-back upsets over #2 Duke
and top-seeded Clemson to win the crown.
Jones had a tremendous sophomore
year, making the NCAA Tournament as a
singles participant. He finished the season
as a team for the NCAA tournament for’
“ Association
Jones Eyes Big Year
With Tar Heel Netters
as the nation's 59th ranked singles player
in the Volvo Tennis/Collegiate Men's
Singles Rankings. His overall record was
32-17 and he was named to the All-
Atlantic Coast Conference team after
posting a 6-1 league record. He combined
with Joe Frierson to win the ACC's #3
doubles title and was named the team's
hardest worker. Jones was Region II
Rookie of the Year in 1989.
Last fall Jones was featured in the
Carolina Blue magazine as the Hardees
Player of the Week. He was also selected
ACC Student-Athlete of the Week.
During the off-season, Jones won the
singles title in the Catawba-Cheerwine
‘Open in Salisbury by defeating Amiche
Nwese of Nigeria 6-1, 6-2. He also upset
Howard Herr of South Africa in the
Asheville Open Championships men's
open finals, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 for his first
professional win, but because of his
amateur status Jones was not awarded the
$1,500 first place prize money.
As a member of the Southern Collegiate
team, Jones won the U.S. Tennis
Junior Davis Cup
Championship in New York, defeating
Gumar Salumma of Indiana in the finals 6-
1, 3-6, 6-2.
See Jones, 6-A
BRYAN JONES
Eyes Big Year At UNC
Point and Davidson before going to
Wake. ;
In addition to his collegiate
coaching, Greer served as head
coach of the Cotuit Kettleers of the
Cape Cod League for nine sum-
mers. While there he worked with
several college stars who are now
playing in the majors, including
Will Clark of the Giants, Jeff Innis,
Tim Teufel and Ron Darling of the
Mets, Terry Steinbach of the
Athletics, and many others.
At Wake, Greer has coached two
players (Billy Masse and Warren
Sawkiw) who made All-American
and three (Masse, Sawkiw and
Frank Humber) who made it to the
Olympics.
One of Greer's recruits last year
was Kings Mountain's Paul
Brannon, who later was drafted
and signed by the Seattle Mariners.
Kings Mountain's Mountaineers
wrapped up the #2 playoff seed
from the Southwestern 3-A
Conference Tuesday night with a
61-58 victory over Shelby's Lions.
Coach Larry Sipe's men now
have an 8-2 conference slate with
just two games remaining. They
travel to first place R-S Central
Friday night and return home next
Tuesday for their regular season fi-
nale against South Point.
Kings Mountain leads North
Gaston, which was upset by East
Rutherford Tuesday night, by 2 1/2
in the race for second place.
Should Kings Mountain lose its fi-
nal two games and the Wildcats
win their final three, the two teams
would share second place but KM
would get the #2 seed because the
Mountaineers defeated North twice
during the regular season.
Tuesday's final home game with
South Point will be Seniors Night.
The six senior players--Darius
Ross, Mark Byers, Scottie Hopper,
Kevin Moss, Tony Currence and.
Brent Wilson--will be recognized.
"That's a group that has been very
instrumental in our success over
the past two years,” Sipe said.
"Last year they pushed that iceberg
higher and higher out of the water
and this year they've stepped for-
ward and done the majority of the
playing. It's a group I'm really
proud of."
Tuesday night's victory at
Shelby was the biggest of the sea-
son in terms of importance, but it
wasn't one of the Mountaineers’
better efforts. Shelby led 32-28 at
halftime and appeared headed for
its second straight upset. The Lions
had knocked off fourth place East
Rutherford Friday.
© "We were lackadaisical," Sipe
said. "I question whether we were
Tuesday's Victory At Shelby
Clinches Second Playoff Seed
mentally ready to play. Shelby's
not playing that badly right now.
The way we played was probably
dictated by the way they were
playing at the time."
Kings Mountain committed
eight turnovers and hit only 8-of-
18 shots in the first half.
Derek Thompson's slam dunk
gave Shelby a 36-29 lead with 5:29
to play in the third quarter but then
KM went on a 15-2 scoring run to
take command. "Instead of the
dunk igniting Shelby it was kind of
a wake up call for us," Sipe said.
Marquiz Williamson scored six
points and Darius Ross five during
the 15-2 Mountaineer run that gave
the Mounties a 46-38 lead going
into the fourth quarter.
Brent Pasco hit three consecu-
tive 3-pointers to pull Shelby to
within 48-47 but the Lions were
not able to regain the lead.
The biggest play of the night
came with 58 seconds left and KM
on top 59-58. Ross went to the foul
line for a one-and-one opportunity
but missed the shot. However,
KM's Brent Wilson rebounded and
scored to account for the final 61-
58 margin. Shelby attempted sever-
al 3-pointers in the final minute but
couldn't connect and Ross grabbed
a rebound and dribbled the ball to
the corner as the final seven sec-
onds ticked off the clock.
Williamson finished with 14
points and Byers 13 to lead the KM
effort. Hopper had seven rebounds
and Byers six. Thompson led
Shelby with 17 points and Pasco
had 14.
GIRLS GAME - Shelby's girls
clinched at least a tie for first place
by defeating Kings Mountain 50-
28 in the opener. KM fell to 4-6 in
the conference and will have to
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