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Regional
Kings Mountain High's boys
track tcam won its first-ever North
Carolina High School Athletic
Association Western Regionals
championship Saturday at Shelby
High.
John Bumgardner's
Mountaineers scored 67 1/3 points
lo edge county rival Shelby, which
scored 64 1/3. Shelby had edged
the Mountaineers by three points
carlier in the week for the
Southwestern 3-A Conference
championship.
¢T.C. Roberson finished third
with 63 points, followed by
Franklin 61, North Buncombe 48,
Hibriten 40, North Gaston 40,
Enka 34 1/3, East Henderson 32,
West Caldwell 27, East Rutherford
26, Pisgah 24, Smoky Mountain
10, R-S Central 9, South Point 7,
Brevard 3, and West Henderson 2.
Diron Bell led the Mountaineer
effort with first place finishes in
the 100 and 200 meters. He also
ran a leg on the first place 800-me-
ter relay team.
Pat Ross ran third in the 100 and
second in the 200, and participated
on the first place 800 relay team
and the second place 400-meter re-
fay team.
Calvin Logan finished second in
the long jump and was a member
of the second place 400 relay team.
Kyle Sellers and Marcus Bell al-
50 were members of the 800 and
400 relay teams and Ronnie Yarbro
ran fourth in the 800 meters.
All of the above qualified for the
state meet for finishing in the top
four in their event. The state event
1s scheduled for Saturday at Chapel
Hill.
Other who added to the
ineer point total last week
did not quality for the state
cvent were Kevin Brown in the
3200 relay, Antwan Brown in the
1600 relay, Jody Putnam in the
3200 relay, Shawn Byers in the dis-
cus, Clay Corry in the 3200 and
1600 relays, Mike Davis in the 300
intermediate hurdles, and Jeremy
martin in the pole vault and 300
hurdles.
"I'm reat proud of all of our
guys," said Coach Bumgardner.
"We had lost the conference cham:
_pionship by just a couple of points
avy of the past two seasons and
that's what made this championship
so nice. We had had some disap-
pointment but this was just a big
boost for our program.
"Our kids' excitement level is up
now," he said. "When you go out
Jike this it makes it better for the
coming year."
GIRLS RESULTS - Kings
Mountain's girls finished 16th in a
field of 18 in Saturday's Regional
meet at Shelby.
T.C. Roberson won with 92
points, followed by Franklin with
83 and Shelby with 667. Pisgah
was fourth with 50, followed by
Enka 38, Hibriten 34, Burns 30,
North Buncombe 23, East
‘Rutherford 20, West Henderson 20,
iNorth Gaston 16, R-S Central 15,
: West Caldwell 14, East Henderson
112, Brevard 11, Kings Mountain 6,
:and Smoky Mountain and South
Point 0.
¢ Nikki Williams ran fifth for the
‘Mountaineers in the 100 meter
idash, and Rebecca Henson was
isixth.
i Gina Lewis was fifth in the 200
‘meter dash.
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Kings Mountain's Michelle Fujita won the 1600 meter run in last
week's Southwestern 3-A Conference girls track meet.
Girls fourth in SWC
Kings Mountain High's girls
track team finished fourth in the
Southwestern 3-A Conference
track meet Tuesday at Shelby.
The Lions won the event with
202 points. North Gaston was sec-
ond with 88, followed by R-S
Central 72, KM 67, East
Rutherford 41, Burns 34 and South
Point 13.
Kings Mountain captured two
first places. Michelle Fujita won
the 1600 meter run and Dawn
Hardin won the 800 meter run.
Rebecca Henson and Nikki
Williams of the Mountaineers ran
fifth and sixth in the 100 meter
dash; Shani Smart was second in
the 400 meters, Henson was fifth in
the 200 meters and Jenn Halter was
fourth in the 3200 meter run.
Tennis clinic set
Barbara Jones and Kathy James
will sponsor their annual tennis
clinic for rising third through ninth
graders June 8-12 and June 15-19
at the KMHS tennis courts.
Basic fundamentals will be
taught. Each student is responsible
for a racket. Balls will be fur-
nished. During the clinic, a mini
tournament will be held and tro-
phies will be awarded. Students
may take a snack, a a container of
water or drink, and a hand towel.
The clinic will run from 9 a.m.
until noon. The cost is $30 and in-
cludes insurance.
- For more information, call
Barbara Jones at 739-7263 or
Kathy James at 864-8117.
Baseball has always been my favorite sport. I can
enjoy it at any level...cven when the Atlanta Braves
arc blowing almost cvery game in the late innings.
I like wild, high-scoring games, especially when my
tcam is scoring the runs.
But, one thing that's becoming more obvious on al-
most every level of play is that the umpires are forcing
the pitchers to throw an almost perfect pitch to get a
strike.
I've been amazed this year, especially on the high
school and major league Icvel, with the lack of consis-
tency on the part of the umpires. I always thought the
strike zone was from your knees to your armpits--or
the letters, as they say. But it seems every game I've
watched cither in person or TV, anything above the
waist is a ball.
High school officiating is becoming a joke. It is ob-
vious that you don't have to know the rules of baseball
to get a sideline job umpiring high school baseball. I
saw Kings Mountain awarded a victory earlier in the
year on a ground rule double. KM had a runner on first
base who was running on the pitch. The umpires ruled
that because the runner was already to second base he
was entitled to come home when the fly ball to deep
centerfield bounced over the fence. The rule book
clearly states that the runner gets two bases from the
base he left. Of course, I always want Kings Mountain
to win and if the ump's going to make a blunder like
that I'm glad it was in our favor.
With the state playoffs just around the comer, I hope
the booking agents will carefully screen their umpires
and assign the experienced ones to the big games.
CHANGE OF PACE - Kings Mountain's Eric
Peppard is off to a good start in his collegiate career at
Southeastern Community College in Whiteville. :
Peppard, a centerfielder on Kings Mountain High's
1989 state championship team and 1990 conference
championship outfit, originally signed with Seminole
Community College in Florida.
Peppard started this season playing several outfield
positions but was later converted to shortstop, where
he started the last 20 games.
He got off to a slow start at the plate but came on
strong to hit.256 (20-78) with 14 runs batted in and 21
runs scored for the regular season. He helped his team
qualify for the District Ten Tournament.
"I started the season hitting balls right at some-
body," Peppard noted. "I was 0-for-15 with a ton of
walks, but the coaches encouraged me to hang in
there."
Peppard said the team reminds him of the '89 state
championship team at Kings Mountain. "We scored al-
most 300 runs (276) and was only shut out twice," he
said. "When our pitching is right, we can beat anyone."
Twice during the regular season Peppard and
Southeastern competed against Peppard's high school
teammate, Keith Allen of Montreat- Anderson.
GOOD FIRST YEAR - Another Kings Mountain
product, Chris Henson, enjoyed an outstanding sopho-
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Stewart
more season at Wingate this spring. He transferred
there after playing at UNC-Greensboro last year.
Henson hit .300 for the Bulldogs and won the
Coaches Award. He was moved to second base after
playing outficld at Greensboro. He played second for
the two championship KMHS teams mentioned above.
Henson rejoined KMHS teammate Dale Greene at
Wingate. Greene, who hit over .300 his freshman and
sophomore years, slipped this year after suffering an
injury but is expected to be back at top form next year.
THAT'S SMOKING - Kings Mountain Coach John
Bumgardner and Mountaineer fans have been amazed
at the times turned in by senior Diron Bell in the 100
and 200 meter dashes this year. Bell and several of his
teammates will compete in the state track meet
Saturday at Chapel Hill.
“"Diron's an exceptional runner," said Bumgardner.
"It has been exciting watching him this year."
‘Bell will go against one of the fastest high school
runners in the nation this week. Darius Brewington of
High Point Andrews runs in the same event and he has
been clocked at an almost unbelievable 10.3 in the 100
and 21.9 in the 200.
"High Point is the defending state champion, and
has a real strong team,” Bumgardner said. "We ran
against them a couple weeks ago at Wake Forest. You
don't realize how fast they are until you line up beside
them. Then, you find out."
REGION PLAYER OF YEAR - Chalk up another
award for University of North Carolina tennis sensa-
tion Bryan Jones of Kings Mountain.
Jones recently won the MVP award in the ACC
tournament, then was named ACC Player of the Year.
Now, he has been selected as the Volvo Senior
Player of the Year for Region II. He now becomes a
candidate for the national award along with the seven
other regional winners.
Award committees made up of coaches in each re-
gion selected the regional winners. The ITCA's nation-
al awards committee will select the national honorees.
Jones has been ranked as high as No. 19 nationally
in the Volvo Tennis Collegiate rankings. He and his
teammates are now competing in the NCAA tourna-
ment in Georgia.
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