Page 10A-THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Thursday, January 13, 1994
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Fantasy Foothall new game in town
Every football fan in the United
States will be glued to the TV on
January 30 when Super Bowl
XXVIII is played at the new
Georgia Dome.
But, did you know that one
Super Bowl was played two week-
ends ago and that the winner was a
team from right here in Kings
Mountain?
The Western Carolina Fantasy
Football League has been in exis-
tence here since 1989, and it's pop-
ularity is spreading like a forest
fire.
Shane Facemyer, whose
Thunder Shock team won the
Super Bowl for the second year in
a row and the third time in five
years, organized the league and it
to. 14 teams. The league
owners are considering expanding
next season.
Fantasy Football began in the
late 1970's and is popular through-
out the United States. Many people
have used it for gambling purpos-
es, but the local football fans who
operated the Kings Mountain
league are in it just for fun and fel-
lowship. They pay a $20 entry fee
which is used to buy soft drinks
and chips for a get-together on
Super Bowl Sunday and to ‘pur-
chase a number of awards.
The teams are comprised of skill
players such as quarterbacks, run-
ning backs and receivers who are
chosen from professional teams.
Teams receive points by how their
players perform on NFL game day
with points awarded for different
lengths of scoring plays and rush-
ing, passing and receiving statis-
tics.
It's not uncommon for teams to
score over 100 points. In fact, the
score of the recent Super Bowl was
Thunder Shock 95, Donald's Ducks
69. ,
The league starts its season
around the first of August with a
draft, just like the NFL. The team
with the worst record from the year
before gets the first pick, and the
team with the best record gets the
last. There are 14 rounds. Each
team has two players at each posi-
tion, so if their front-line players
get injured they will have a com-
plete roster on game day. Trades
- allowed through the seventh
week of the season, and teams are
also allowed to pick up free agents
along the way.
Facemyer and a close friend,
Gary Bess, are the lone team own-
ers from the original group that
started the league. In fact, those
two became acquainted through the
league and have become the best of
friends. That's one of the fringe
benefits of participating, says
Facemyer.
"The league has gone farther
than I ever anticipated," says
Facemyer. "I thought it would be
pretty neat to do it for one year, but
every year we get more people in-
terested and wanting to play. We
had five expansion teams last
Shane Facemyer looks over this year's statistics from the Fantasy
Football League.
year."
For the die-hard football fan,
Fantasy Football makes the game
much more interesting. Needless to
say, most participants sit in front of
the TV all day on Sunday flipping
the channels back and forth to try
to catch all the action.
With their players coming from
many different teams, however, it's
almost impossible to figure the fi-
nal scores until Monday morning.
Facemyer, who is the league com-
missioner, keeps all the statistics
on a computer and furnishes other
league owners with up-to-date
standings and player stats.
"On Sunday, I'll sit down and
watch the 12 o'clock game and
then the 4 o'clock game," he said.
"I work the third shift at Spectrum
so I try to get up about 11 a.m. and
watch CNN Sports since it's pretty
thorough, to see if maybe I can
find out who did what. It's hard un-
til Monday morning to know what
each team has done. You can have
a pretty good ballpark idea, but un-
til Monday it's pretty tough."
League owners can trade players
and replace injured players by
Thursday of each week, but after
that their rosters are locked in.
Facemyer said those owners who
do not keep up with current injury
reports are usually the ones that
finish low in the standings.
"Fantasy Football makes you ap-
preciate the talents of the players a
whole lot more," he says. "I've be-
come a lot more knowledgeable
about the game of football and
what talents you have to have to
play a certain position. It makes
you focus in on a lot of different:
people."
Facemyer said the stars of
Fantasy Football are pretty much
the stars of NFL game day, as play-
ers like Emmitt Smith, Barry
Sanders, Jerry Rice, and Dan
Marino usually help the Fantasy
owners pile up big numbers.
"But, you usually have a surprise
ever year," he said. "This year,
Shannon Sharpe has been a big
point producer. You are usually
lucky to get seven points from a
tight end, but he's been uncanny.
There's always two or three that
you don't expect to do something
that will come out and blow you
out of the water."
Next season, the league is con-
sidering adding two defensive po-
sitions (defensive back and defen-
sive lineman/linebacker) to each
roster, and Facemyer thinks that
will add to the excitement. They
will be awarded points based on in-
terceptions and quarterback sacks.
"Every team's going to want the
Deion Sanders’ and Reggie Whites,
so there will be some literal
wrestling matches when we have
the draft," he said.
Facemyer said he first heard of
Fantasy Football on CNN, and then:
the very next day saw a book about
it in a local book store. He then
heard about a league in the New
England area that charges a $500
entry fee, and also heard about
some men in Texas who were ar-
rested for illegal gambling because
they were playing Fantasy Football
for money.
"We just play it to have fun and
make the game more interesting,"
he said. "All of the money for fran-
chise fees goes to awards such as
the league champion and rookie of
the year, and food for our Super
Bowl party. Next year, everybody
who participates: will be given
something."
Anyone interested in informa-
tion about the league may call
Facemyer at 739-0600.
Pro wrestling slated
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The Professional Wrestling
Federations returns to the Kings
Mountain National Guard Armory
Saturday night at 8 p.m.
The main event will be a
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which all wrestlers wear street
clothes and bring foreign objects to
the ring such as brass knuckles,
chains and clubs. The winner is the
last wrestler in the ring after all
others have been thrown over the
top rope.
The semi-main event is a special
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will televise the NFL Super Bowl
Channel from January 27-30. As
part of the NFL Super Bowl
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The NFL Super Bowl Channel -
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programming, giving viewers a be-
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Bowl XXVIII, which will be
played Sunday, January 30, in
Atlanta's Georgia Dome.
SportSouth, the regional sports net-
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The NFL Super Bowl Channel
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the special events surrounding the
Super Bowl in Atlanta, with a fo-
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Midgette added a 118-339. John
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and James Williamson added a
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Chuck Ruley rolled a 112 line
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