Page 6A-THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Wednesday, December 23, 1992
KM wrestlers win WL tournament
Kings Mountain High's wrestlers
'z won the West Lincoln Dual Team
i: Wrestling Tournament Saturday at
i» West Lincoln High School.
= = The Mountaineers, ranked sec-
= ond in the state 3-A poll, defeated
2 South Caldwell 64-10, St. Stephens
:41-19 and East Lincoln 48-20 to
: run their dual record to 6-0.
Kings Mountain's Robbie Ruff
i+ was voted the tournament's most
+ valuable player. He ran his season's
‘record to 12-0 and picked up his
second MVP award in three tour-
“naments. Ruff, a senior, now has
= 87 career victories and needs just
“eight more wins to break Tony
= Young's school record.
: Heavyweight Shon Byers also
“remained undefeated for the
© Mountaineers, running his record
“10 9-0. Byers won his first eight
“matches this year on first period
=pins but East Lincoln's Vernon
~ Skidmore took Byers two periods
“before having his shoulders pinned
“to the mat in the championship
“match.
+ East Lincoln, which is the state's
=eight-ranked 3-A team, finished
second, followed by St. Stephens
‘and West Lincoln.
: The Mountaineers are idle until
-January 2 when they travel to Crest
‘for the Cleveland County Quads.
“The Mountaineers open
“Southwestern 3-A Conference ac-
‘ion on January 5 at Shelby.
KMHS cagers sweet East
© Kings Mountain High's basket-
‘ball teams posted their first sweep
‘of the season Friday night at East
‘Lincoln.
The Lady Mountaineers came
from nine points down in the
‘fourth quarter to post their second
victory, 42-41, and the
Mountaineers grabbed the lead ear-
ly in the second quarter and were
‘never headed in a 76-67 waltz past
the Mustangs.
The Mountaineers, 3-3, will
«compete in the annual Shelby Star
Holiday Tournament next Monday
and Tuesday at Gardner-Webb
# College. The Mountaineers face
= Olympic's Trojans in the opening
= round at 7:30 Monday. The Kings
* Mountain girls are idle until
“ January 5 when they host
= Lincolnton.
Tony Leigh's ladies hit just one
Kings Mountain High's swim-
#1 mers ' renizined undefeated
= Wednesday by defeating South
=. Point, Chase and North Gaston at
2 Neisler Natatorium.
> The Kings Mountain ladies com-
= piled 146 points to 96 for South
4 Point, 30 for Chase and 27 for
2 North Gaston. Marie Mayse, Katie
= Benton, Michelle Fujita, Paula
: Eckard and Holly Parker each won
© two events, They combined with
»+ Carrie Hardin to win the 200 med-
~« dey and 400 free relays. In all, they
: captured seven of the 12 first
places.
2. The Mountaineers scored 154
% points to 55 for South Point, 42 for
= Chase and 15 for North Gaston.
© Led by double winner David
= Messenger, Kings Mountain swept
= nine of 12 first places including all
FAFEELERES
& three relays. Other individual win-
= ners included Rick Clary, Brian
i Wilson, Dan Messenger, Nathan
© Mayse and Israel Angeles and
= Lindsay Suber in the free relays.
4 Kings Mountain returns to ac-
i tion on January 6 at home against
= Asheville.
(Girls Results)
200 medley relay - Michelle
Fujita, Holly Parker, Marie Mayse
_P&R plans
: scuba course
: Kings Mountain Parks &
+: Recreation Department, in con-
junction with Scuba Ventures of
++ Rock Hill, SC, will offer a basic
t. scuba course beginning January 9
= with registration and free introduc-
© tion to the course.
Registration will be held
% Saturday, January 9, from 10 a.m.
“ 10 12 noon at Neisler Natatorium.
= For more details contact David
= Hancock at the Parks & Recreation
> Department.
ERS
: Christmas Day
© golf tourney set
» A two-man Captain's Choice
+ Golf Tournament will be held
© Christmas Day at Briarcreek Golf
= Course near Dallas.
“= Entry fee is $20 per man. Tee
i times are 9:30 to 10 a.m.
“ For more information, call 922-
B 4208.
-
KM 41, S. CALDWELL 10
103 - Steven Lemons (KM) won
by forfeit; 112 - Binh Davis (KM)
pinned Billy Morfield 2nd period;
119 - Keith Berry (SC) major dec.
Kenny Bridges 11-2; 125 - Derek
Houser (KM) forfeit; 130 - Thong
Chanthaphang (KM) major dec.
Steve Smith 13-1; 135 - John
Enameit (SC) pinned Michael Bell
2nd; 140 - Bo Phongsa (KM) for-
feit; 145 - Robbie Ruff (KM)
pinned Andy McClure 1st; 152 -
Antwaine Brown (KM) forfeit; 160
- Chad Adams (KM) forfeit; 171 -
Bron Smart (KM) forfeit; 189 -
Cedric Moore (KM) won by de-
fault over Charlie Stringfield; Hwt.
- Shon Byers (KM) pinned Billy
Miller 1st.
KM 41, ST. STEPHENS 19
103 - Steven Lemons (KM) dec.
Jason Watts 11-9; 112 - Billy
Dellinger (SS) pinned Binh Davis
3rd; 119 - Kenny Bridges (KM)
major dec. Steve Keller 13-0; 125 -
Derek Houser (KM) pinned Shawn
Jeffries 2nd; 130 - Thong
Chanthaphang (KM) pinned Wes
Jeffries 2nd; 135 - Robbie Lail
(SS) dec. Michael Bell 10-4; 140 -
Bo Phongsa (KM) major dec. Clay
Swift 12-2; 14 5- Robbie Ruff
(KM) pinned John Kidd 1st; 152 -
Antwaine Brown (KM) dec. Shawn
Allred 3-1 (OT); 161 - Phillip
Wells (SS) major dec. Chad Allen
of their first 23 shots as they fell
behind 8-1 after the first period and
20-12 at halftime. East Lincoln
was still on top 31-22 going into
the fourth quarter.
The Lady Mountaineers used a
‘full-court trap to force East Lincoln
into numerous turnovers in the
fourth quarter. Christy McCleary's
three-point play with 3:44 left cut
the East Lincoln lead to 37-36 and
Tonia Barrett tied the score with a
free throw with 3:32 remaining.
Tameeka Anderson, who led the
KM scoring with 12 points, stole
the ball and hit a short jumper to
give the KM ladies their first lead
at 39-37, and Amanda Halmess hit
a free throw to put the game on ice.
The victory was the second in
six decisions for Kings Mountain.
MW Balanced scoring was the key
and Paula Eckard, first; Nicki
Gladden, Jennifer Lepors, Wendy
Wright and Verena Bartsch, third.
200 free - Carrie Hardin, second:
Fujita third; Amy Dixon fifth.
200 IM - Eckard second, Wright
fourth.
50 free - Mayse first, Parker sec-
ond, Gladden third, Monique
Bakker fifth.
Diving - Katie Benton, first.
100 fly - Mayse second.
100 free - Fujita first, Bartsch
third, Wright fifth,
500 free - Eckard first.
200 free relay - Gladden,
Wright, Parker and Hardin second;
Jenn Halter, Baker, Bartsch, Lepors
third.
100 back - Gladden second,
Dixon fourth, Benton fifth.
100 breast - Parker first, Bartsch
second, Lepors fourth.
400 free relay - Fujita, Hardin,
Eckard and Mayse, first.
(Boys Results)
200 medley relay - Dan
Messenger, Nathan Mayse, Dave
Messenger, Lindsay Suber first;
O'Brian Wilson, Ty Ross, Chuck
Kaylor, Israel Angeles third.
200 free - Rick Clary first, J.
Sloan second.
KM ranked second
Kings Mountain High's wrestlers
are ranked #2 in the first state 3-A
poll released last week by The Mat
News.
Sun Valley holds down the top
ranking in 3-A. Davie County is
ranked first in 4-A, followed by de-
fending state champion East
Gaston which will visit the Kings
Mountain gym on January 6. Ashe
Central is ranked #1 in the 1-A/2-A
poll.
4-A
1 - Davie County; 2 - East
Gaston; 3 - Anson County; 4 -
Durham Riversdale; 5 -
Hillsborough Orange; 6 - Cary; 7 -
Gastonia Ashbrook: 8 -
Fayetteville 71st; 9 - North
Forsyth; 10 - Wilmington Laney.
3-A
1 - Sun Valley; 2 - Kings
Mountain; 3 - Eastern Randolph; 4
- Wake Forest; 5 - Canton Pisgah;
6 - Northwest Guilford; 7 -
Southwest Guilford; 8 - East
Lincoln; 9 - South Iredell; 10 - |
High Point Andrews.
1-A/2-A
1 - Ashe Central; 2 - Currituck; |
3 - East Davidson; 4 - Mt.
Pleasant; 5 - North Wilkes; 6 -
Dixon; 7 - Surry Central; 8 - West
Lincoln; 9 - Swannanoa Owen; 10
- Manteo.
10-1; 171 - Bron Smart (KM) dec.
Jerry Carswell 5-3; 189 - Carlos
Allred (SS) won by forfeit; Hwt. -
Shon Byers (KM) pinned David
Miller 1st. !
KM 48, E. LINCOLN 20
103 - Bobby Reed (EL) pinned
Steven Lemmons 1st; 112 - Binh
Davis (KM) won by forfeit; 119 -
Gary Hughes (KM) dec. Shawn
Willis 8-7; 125 - Kenny Bridges
(KM) forfeit; 130 - Derek Houser
for Larry Sipe's Mountaineers, who
evened their season's record at 3-3.
For the first time this year, the
Mountaineers were not in a come-
from-behind situation in the second
half. In losses to powerful Hunter
Huss, the Mountaineers got behind
early and couldn't quite come back,
and in a pair of victories over a
good Clover, S.C., team the
Mountaineers fell behind by dou-
ble digits in the first half but were
able to come back to win in the
fourth quarter.
Kings Mountain broke away
from a 16-16 tie at the end of the
first quarter to lead by 38-30 at in-
termission. Quick baskets by Justin
Jones and Calvin Mathis at the be-
ginning of the third quarter broke
the game open.
Bryan Leftwich led the KM
scoring with 15 points, while Jones
200 IM - David Messenger first,
Kaylor fourth.
50 free - Mayse first, Angeles
fourth, Suber fifth,
Diving - Wilson first, Bergen
Hall second, Jay Speight third,
Antonio Budia fourth, Chris Waldt
fifth.
100 fly - Suber second.
100 free - Angeles second, Dan
Messenger third, Clary fourth,
Kaylor fifth, Tim Stroup sixth.
(KM) pinned Matt Clark 1st; 135 -
Thong Chanthaphang (KM) major
dec. Jonathan Grabants 13-0; 145 -
Robbie Ruff (KM) pinned Matt
Weaver 1st; 152 - Mike Pelphrey
(EL) dec. Antwaine Brown 2-1;
160 - Mike Anders (EL) pinned
Chad Adams 1st; 171 - Ben
Lukowski (EL) pinned Bron Smart
2nd; 189 - Cedric Moore (KM)
pinned Matt Watson 1st; Hwt. -
Shon Byers (KM) pinned Vernon
Skidmore 2nd.
Lincoln
and Marquiz Williamson added 14
each and Mathis 12.
Jeff Bean led East Lincoln, 2-5,
- with 21 points.
GIRLS GAME
KM (42) - Halmess 8, Anderson
12, Goforth 3, McCleary 6, Smart
3, Harrison 5, Barnett 1, Champion
2.
EL (41) - Martin 2, Gaskill 6,
Gibson 12, Jordan 14, Cornwell 1,
Gaskill 2, Vinson 2, Lynch 2.
BOYS GAME
. KM (76) - Black 2, Leftwich 15,
Williamson 14, Perkins 2, Alvarez
2, Nantz 5, Sellers 4, Jones 14,
Vaughn 2, Bell 4, Mathis 12.
EL (67) - Lynch 10, Lawing 8,
Aiken 1, Abraham 4, Bowes 13,
Bean 21, Roseboro 2, Lowery 3,
Watson 5.
KMHS swimmers remain unbeaten
500 free - David Messenger
first. :
200 free relay - Angeles, Clary,
Wilson, Mayse first; Sloan, Ross,
Stroup, Kaylor second.
100 back - Dan Messenger first,
Sloan third.
100 breast - Mayse first, Ross
third.
400 free relay - Suber, Clary,
Dan Messenger, David Messenger,
first.
Flufs win first half
title in Duckpin League
The Flufs won three of four
games from TarPack while the
Naggers were splitting with the
Alley Cats Thursday night, giving
the Flufs the first half champi-
onship in the Mixed Duckpin
Bowling League.
The Flufs finished the half with
a 34-26 record to the Naggers' 33-
27 mark. TarPack was third at 30-
30 and the Alley Cats fourth at 23-
37.
Team captain John Caveny
bowled a 163 line and 363 set and
Margaret Dilling added a 111 line
and 317 set to lead the Flufs to the
championship. Tommy Barrett led
TarPack with a 119 line and 325 set
and Dan Dilling added a 132 line
and 304 set. ;
A wide margin of victory in the
first game allowed the Alley Cats
to win total pins and knock the
Naggers out of a shot at first place.
Allen Myers was the Top Cat with
a 130 line and 344 set, and Bob
Rathbone added a 119 in the first
game which allowed the Cats to
win by a big margin.
Jack Barrett led the Naggers
with a 131 line and 347 set and Bill -
Myers added a 103-298.
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