Page 4A-THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD- Thursday, September 10, 1992
Kings Mountain High football coach Denny Hicks calls the play for his offense in recent 34-6 defeat at
North Mecklenburg, Hicks expects to see a much improved Mountaineer team this Friday night when they
host East Lincoln's Mustangs in their home opener at John Gamble Stadium. Kick-off is set for 8 p.m.
Improved Mountaineers
Kings Mountain football coach
Denny Hicks hopes fans will see a
different team on the field when
the Mountaineers host East Lincoln
in their home opener Friday at 8
p.m.
The Mountaineer offense turned
the ball over five times and the de-
fense allowed North Mecklenburg
to run the ball up and down the
field almost at will in a season-
opening 34-6 loss at North Meck
two weeks ago.
With two weeks of preparation
under their belts, the Mountaineers
are improving and should match up
well with the Mustangs, who are 2-
0 and one of the pre-season fa-
vorites in the Big Six 3-A.
Kings Mountain's main objective
on offense Friday will be to hold
onto the ball and control the tempo
of the game. The Mountaineers
were impressive at times at North
Meck but lost four fumbles inside
the Vikings' 15 yard line.
The Mountaineers’ main objec-
tive on defense will be stopping
East Lincoln's talented senior run-
ning back, Wes Schenck, who
© gained over 1,000 yards rushing
last year and has topped the 100-
yard mark in both of the Mustangs’
wins this year.
East Lincoln, though picked
along with St. Stephens as the fa-
vorites in the Big Six, struggled in
its first two victories. The
Mustangs edged West Lincoln 7-6
and Cherryville 10-0.
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Thursday:
"We've seen two sides of them,"
says Hicks, who has never lost to
the Mustangs. "We saw them
scrimmage and they looked as
good as they did in 1985. They're
very physical and totally dominat-
ed their scrimmage."
Although Schenck is a dominat-
ing player in the backfield and on
defense, the Mustangs also have
quite a few other standouts. Junior
running back Jamie Rendleman
gained over 1,200 yards to lead
The Mustang junior varsity to a 7-
1-1 season last year, including a
40-0 romp over Kings Mountain.
Ben Aiken is an excellent receiver
and quarterback Chad Seigler is
quick on the option play and also
throws the ball well.
In addition to those talented skill
players, the Mustangs have a big,
veteran line and one of the state's
best placekickers in Gabriel
Abraham.
"If they have an edge it's proba-
bly experience,” says Hicks, who
has a young team. "They have sev-
eral three-year Starters, but I antici-
pate that it could be a real physical
football game."
Hicks said his team has shown
tremendous improvement in prac-
tice the past two weeks.
"In our first game we didn't see
the team we expected to see," he
said. "We're very fortunate that we
had an open date. There were just
really two things that we weren't
expecting. We felt good about our
defense even though we were play-
Middle School Soccer - KM at Shelby
High School tennis - Crest at Kings Mour.iain
High School Cross Country - KM, R-S Central at North Gaston
High School JV Football - Kings Mountain at East Lincoln, 7 p.m.
Friday:
High School Football - East Lincoln at Kings Mountain, 8 p.m.
High School Volleyball - KM, Country Day at Charlotte Latin, 5 p.m.
Monday:
High School JV Soccer - KM at West Mecklenburg, 5:30
High School Varsity Soccer - KM at West Mecklenburg, 7 p.m.
Middle School Soccer - Kings Mountain at Burns
High School Volleyball - North Gaston at Kings Mountain, 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday:
Middle School Football - KM at West Lincoln, 5 p.m.
High School Soccer - R-S Central at Kings Mountain, 7 p.m.
High School Volleyball - KM, Shelby at South Point, 4:30 p.m.
Warlick to teach bridge course
Cleveland County's highest
ranked tournament bridge player
will be teaching an eight week
bridge course for beginners and in-
experienced players Wednesday
nights from 7:30-9:30 p.m. begin-
ning September 30 at the Council
on Aging's Senior Center building,
408 E. Marion Street, Shelby.
The instructor, John Warlick of
Kings Mountain, is recognized as
an accredited bridge teacher by the
American Contract League. He
made life master in 1958 and cur-
rently holds a silver life master
ranking.
The cost for the class is $40 per
person and included the book,
"Introduction to Bridge."
To sign up for the class, call
Warlick at 739-2941 or Tracy
Davis at 482-3488 or mail check
made payable to the Council on
Aging, 405 Downing Street, Kings
Mountain, 28086.
Film to be shown at Kings Mountain High
Partners for Quality Education
will sponsor Part II of Dr. James
Dobson's film series,”"Children At
Risk," Tuesday, September 22, at 7
The Short reunion will be held
Sunday at 1 p.m, at the home of
Norvella Foster, 311 Stowe Acres.
p.m. at B.N. Barnes Auditorium.
There is no admission charge.
The public is invited. A nursery
will be provided.
“Short family reunion is this Sunday
Relatives and friends are invited to
attend and take a well-filled basket.
Register to vote at KM Senior Center
Precinct registrar Hilda Dixon
will be at the Kings Mountain
Senior Center Thursday morning at
10 a.m. to register interested senior
citizens to vote in the November
general election.
Aging Director Monty
Thornburg reminds new voters
they must show their picture for
identification with current address.
host East Lincoln Friday
ing a lot of kids that had never
played before. In our scrimmage
our biggest problem was over-pur-
suing the ball, but at North
Mecklenburg we didn't even get to
the ball.
"Offensively, we expected more
control of the ball," he said. "We
had several opportunities to score
but just didn't do it.
"But all of our guys are quality
kids that have the physical ability
to help us,” he added. "I feel like
we've come a long way in two
weeks."
Hicks looks for a close game
Friday, featuring the running of
Schenck for East Lincoln against
the break-away potential of the
quick Mountaineer backs.
"They're going to run the ball 75
percent of the time, and Schenck's
probably going to get it 50 percent
of the time,” Hicks said. "But their
quarterback likes to roll out and he
throws as well on the run as any-
body we've seen in a long time. He
has the speed to hurt us on the
perimeter if we don't contain him.
See Football, 5-A
Spicer edges Jackson for
KMCC club championship
Eric Spicer defeated Stoney
Jackson in a sudden death playoff
Monday to win the annual Club
Championship at Kings Mountain
Country Club.
The two ended the three-day
event with 218 scores, four strokes
better than Ronnie Wilson at 222.
Spicer birdied the first hole to win
the playoff.
Jackson trailed Spicer by four
strokes entering Monday's final
round. Spicer had a 140 total after
shooting back-to-back 70s on
Saturday and Sunday, but the
reigning Cleveland County cham-
pion turned in a 78 Monday while
Jackson shot a 74.
Wilson was followed by Hayne
Neisler at 223, Mitch Howze 226,
John Howze 227 and John Gamble
228.
Lee Neisler shot a 232 to win the
championship B flight by one
stroke over Ryan Broadwell.
Neisler was in fourth place after
Saturday's opening round but shot
a three-over-par 75 Sunday to take
a one-stroke advantage over
Broadwell, who had led with a 73
after Saturday's play. Both shot 78
Monday.
Phil Russ finished third with a
238, followed by Lane Smith 239
and Mickey Powers 242.
Ron Murphy shot a 239 to win
the first flight by five strokes over
John McGinnis. He led McGinnis
by just one shot heading into the fi-
nal round but turned in a fine 77
while McGinnis shot 81.
McGinnis finished at 244. Tim
Broadwell
wins KMCC
championship
Mary Leigh Broadwell shot a
165 Saturday and Sunday to win
the Women's Club Championship
at Kings Mountain Country Club.
Sylvia Neisler was second at
175.
Peggy Jackson won the first
flight with a 197. Doris Cloninger
and Shirley Austin tied for second
with 198s, but Cloninger won a
sudden death playoff on the first
hole.
Nicki Pilgrim shot a 199, fol-
lowed by Janet Tate 209 and Doris
Howze 211. Eb
See Golf, 5-A
Leach, Jim Lybrand and Ron
Queen tied for third with 248s but
Leach won the playoff. Following
them were Jerry Broadwell at 249,
Robert Scism 250, Jerry Ross 256
and Bill Sellers 267. :
Toney Wells edged Rob Wilson
by one shot to win the second
flight. Wells shot a 249 and Wilson
had a 250. Wells grabbed the lead
with an opening round 81 and held
on the rest of the way. Gary Smart
was third at 251, followed by Guy
Trout 252, Leard Keeter 255,
Dennis Smith 256, Tom Tate 256
and Mike McDaniel 257.
Terry Pilgrim's 83 Monday
moved him past Al Grigg and Scott
Summitt to first place in the third
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flight. Pilgrim finished with a 257
while Grigg and Summitt finished
at 258. Grigg won the playoff for
second place. Ragan Harper shot
. 259, Darrell Austin 265, Jim
Jennings 265, Howard Rhyne 270
and Tom Thomas 273.
George Bowen defeated Rick
Moore in a playoff to win the
fourth flight. Both shot 280. David
Sanders was third at 285, followed
by Alan Cloninger 286, Richard
Van Dyke 287, Toney Cook 301,
Danny Wilson 309 and Charlie
Johnson 332.
Tom Tate Sr. won the Senior
Division with a two-day score of
170. Dan Finger won the second
flight with a 188.
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