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Page 6A-THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Thursday, May 5, 1994
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Chris Hutchins, one of the leading hitters on Kings Mountain High's
baseball team, and his teammates are looking forward to the stretch
run of the Southwestern 3-A Conference season. Even though the
Mountaineers lost all of their starters off last year's state champi-
onship team, they are still in the battle for a state playoff berth. They
host Burns in a big game Friday and travel to Forest City Tuesday to
take on league-leading East Rutherford.
Mounties eye big games
against South Point, Burns
The weather man was the big
winner in high school baseball dur-
ing the past week.
Kings Mountain's non-confer-
ence game with South Caldwell
last Wednesday was cancelled be-
cause of the rain, and Tuesday
night's scheduled Southwestern 3-
A Conference game at South Point
was postponed by rain.
The Mountaineers were sched-
uled to play at East Gaston
Wednesday night, but if weather
permitted that game was to be can-
celled and the South Point game
played.
Kings Mountain is scheduled to
host Burns Friday at 7:30, and the
Mountaineers travel to East
Rutherford next Tuesday at 7:30.
They are scheduled to end their
regular season on Friday, May 13
at home against North Gaston.
The final four SWC games will
be big ones for the Mountaineers,
who are fighting for one of the
three state playoff berths from the
SWC. East Rutherford appears to
have a lock on first place with an
8-1 record and a two-game lead
over South Point (6-3). Kings
Mountain is in third place with a 5-
3 record, followed by R-S Central
4-4, Shelby 4-5, North Gaston 3-6
and Burns 0-8.
The Mountaineers' game with
South Point is a crucial one. Since
the Mountaineers defeated South
Point earlier, another KM victory
over the Raiders would give the
Mountaineers the higher playoff
seed if they finish in a tie with
South Point.
The top two teams from the
SWC automatically qualify for the
state playoffs. The number three
team qualifies unless a team that
finishes lower than third place wins
the conference tournament. In that
case, the tournament champion
goes to the playoffs and the num-
ber three team stays home.
The Mountaineers hope their
bats remain alive during the stretch
run. The hitting got off to a slow
start but has come around in recent
games. The Mountaineers are now
batting .228 as a team with infield-
er Brian LeFevers leading the way
with a .355 mark.
Pitcher-outfielder Robert Wingo
is hitting .289, and outfielder Chris
Hutchins and third baseman
Michael Bell are each hitting .286.
Bell has the team's only home run
and also has six runs batted in.
Sharee Hopper leads in RBI with
seven.
The Mountaineers, 6- 6 overall,
have outscored their opponents 52-
51.
Hopper leads the mound staff
with a 3-1 record and 3.30 earned
run average. Duane Patterson is 2-
1 with a 2.70 ERA, Wingo is 1-3
with a 4.56 ERA, and Bryan
Leftwich is 0-1 with a 3.98 ERA.
Because it is trying to serve
more youngsters than ever before,
Kings Mountain Parks and
Recreation Department is in dire
need of sponsors for youth baseball
and softball leagues.
Recreation Department officials
said leagues have been expanded
from 31 to 45 teams this year
which will give 540 youngsters an
Neill in Wake Academic Hall
Stephanie Neill of Charlotte, a
standout golfer at Wake Forest
University, has been named to the
WFU Academic All-American
Hall of Fame.
Only 14 Wake Forest students
since 1959 have attained the honor.
Stephanie, a junior, was selected
Academic All-American the last
two years.
Stephanie is the daughter of
David and Cleone Neill of
Charlotte, and the granddaughter of
B.S. and Elizabeth M. Neill of
Kings Mountain. She is the niece
of Robert and Betty Neill of
Charlotte.
A product of Charlotte Country
Day High School, Stephanie was a
second team All-American as a
freshman and a first-team selection
as a sophomore. She is the first
two-time All-American in the his-
Huffman qualifies
for state tournament
Kings Mountain's Chad
Huffman qualified for next week's
state high school golf tournament
at the Western Regionals Golf
Tournament Monday at Cleghorne
Golf Club near Rutherfordton.
Huffman's seven-over-par 79
was good enough to tie him with
three other golfers who were not
members of qualifying teams.
R-S Central won the team title
with a 311 score, followed by
Hickory at 323 and Fred T. Foard
at 327. St. Stephens was fourth at
331, followed by KM 343, Shelby
345, T.C. Roberson 347, South
Caldwell 348, Pisgah 350, Burns
and South Point 352, Enka 354,
North Buncombe 358, North
Gaston 361, Franklin 375, East
Lincoln 378, Asheville 387, East
Rutherford 388 and Brevard 416.
The top three teams qualified for
the state.
St. Matthew's Pre-
School admits students
of any race, color,
national and ethnic
origin to all the rights,
privileges, programs,
and activities generally
accorded or made
available to students at
the school. It does not
discriminate on the
basis of race, color,
national and ethnic
origin in administration
of it's educational poli-
cies, admissions poli-
cies, scholarship and
loan programs, and
athletic and other
school - administered
programs.
St. Matthews
Pre-School
201 N. Piedmont Ave.
Kings Mountain,
NC 28086
739-7467
opportunity to participate in orga-
nized ball.
Teams needing sponsors include
T-ball, Coach Pitch, Minor League,
Major League, Pre-Majors, Dixie
Boys, and girls softball.
The season begins tonight, so
sponsors are needed immediately.
Anyone interested in helping may
call Recreation Director Bruce
Clark or Athletic Director Dale
tory of Wake Forest women's golf,
and is expected to repeat the honor
her final two seasons.
Recently, she was awarded the
prestigious Edith Munson Award,
presented to the women's collegiate
golf All-American with the highest
grade-point average. She has been
named a Scholastic All-American
by the National Golf Coaches
Association and is a Dean's List
student at Wake Forest, in addition
to being named the Wake Forest
Female Student-Athlete of the
Year.
Stephanie has placed in the top
Greene at 734-0449.
Sponsor costs run from $150 to
$850 per team and include the cost
of uniforms, equipment and sanc-
tioning fees. Businesses and/or in-
dividuals who cannot afford to
sponsor a team on their own may
join forces with other businesses to
sponsor a team.
At present the Recreation
Department is about $10,000 short
ten in all of her college tourna-
ments and recently won her sixth
tournament at the University of
South Florida. Competing against
golfers from 21 colleges, she shot a
67-76-73--216 to gin the event at
Pampa.
Stephanie has beh chosen’ for
Omicron Delta Kappa as a junior,
and she is one of five students from
the business school to be honored
in Beta Gamma Sigma. This week
she was selected to the Morton
Board at Wake Forest for high
achievement.
Her coach, Dianne Dailey, calls
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of the $35,000 needed to sponsor
all of their teams. Clark said spon-
sorship fees won't be as expensive
next season because uniforms will
have already been purchased.
Sponsors are especially needed
in T-Ball, girls softball for ages 10-
12 and 13-15, and Dixie Boys
(ages 13-14) and Pre-Majors (ages
15-16).
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her a "complete package" golfer.
"She has the drive, the motivation
and the discipline necessary tobe a
great player," she said.
Neill placed eighth last year to
lead Wake Forest to a seventh
place finish at the NCAA champi-
onships, and the nationally-ranked
Deacs have their sights set higher
this year.
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Wednesday, May 11.
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will participate as the flame makes
it way from Atlantic Beach and
Wilmington in the East on May 9,
in Asheville in the West on May 11
and from Boone on May 12.
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law enforcement officers will cover
over 2,000 miles relaying the flame
of hope to the summer games
opening ceremony on May 20 in
Grimsley High School's Jamieson
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