Still have shot at state playoffs
Mounties win
Kings Mountain's Mountaineers
broke open a close game with five
runs in the sixth inning to defeat
North Gaston 8-3 in the opening
round of the Southwestern 3-A
Conference tournament Monday
night at KM's Lancaster Field.
The victory moved the
Mountaineers of Nelson Connor
into a semi-finals game Wednesday
against South Point at East
Rutherford High School. A victory
over the Raiders would assure the
Mountaineers of a berth in the state
3-A playoffs which begin next
week.
Bryan Leftwich went the dis-
tance Monday to pick up his first
varsity victory. The game was
knotted at 2-all until the fifth, when
Kings Mountain took a 3-2 lead.
Leftwich, who gave up six hits
and struck out four, survived a
shaky first inning. North Gaston
took advantage of two errors and
singles by Scott Quinn and Jason
Doster to take a 2-0 lead in the top
of the inning.
But Kings Mountain came right
back in the bottom of the first and
tied the score. Brian ' ~fevers and
Michael Bell collectc.! back-to-
back singles. Kevin Melton's sacri-
fice fly to deep centerfield plated
Lefevers with the first run, and
Bell scored the tying run when
Robert Wingo bounced out to sec-
ond base.
Both teams threatened several
times, but neither could score until
the bottom of the fifth when the
Mountaineers grabbed the lead for
good. Melton singled and scored
with two outs when North Gaston
left fielder Jason Friday dropped
Kenny Bridges' fly ball.
The Mountaineers scored five
runs on only two hits in the sixth
inning to nail down their ninth vic-
tory overall in 18 decisions. Kings
Mountain sent 10 men to the plate.
Sharee Hopper, Chris Hutchins
and Duane Patterson all drew
Mounties
whip 'Cats
9-4 Friday
Kings Mountain's Mountaineers
overcame two early deficits to de-
feat North Gaston 9-4 Friday night
atLancaster Field. © oo
"The victory improved’ the
Mountaineers’ Southwestern 3-A
Conference record to 6-6 and
earned them a tie for third place
with R-S Central's Hilltoppers.
Because the Mountaineers split
‘with second place South Point dur-
ing the regular season t ed
the #3 seed for this w SW
tournament,
Sharee Hopper went the distance
to pick up his fourth victory in six
decisions, and his second win of
the year over the Wildcats. Hopper
also had a big night at the plate, of-
ficially going 1-for-1 with a two-
run home run, a sacrifice fly and
two runs scored.
North Gaston grabbed a 1-0 lead
in the first inning on a KM error
and Johnny Doster's run-scoring
single. Hopper's home run in the
second inning plated Kenny
Bridges, who had singled, and gave
the Mountaineers a 2-1 edge.
North Gaston took the lead again
in the third, scoring three runs to
go ahead 4-2. Three consecutive
errors and a run-scoring single by
Alex Gregory accounted for the
runs.
The Mountaineers cut the mar-
gin to 4-3 in the fourth as Robert
Wingo reached on an error, stole
second, moved to third on Chris
Hutchins' single, and scored on
Hopper's sacrifice fly.
Kings Mountain scored two in
the fifth to take the lead for good,
5-4. Michael Bell reached on a
fielder's choice following Brian
LeFevers' single, and scored on a
triple by Wingo. Wingo then
scored the winning run on a single
by Bridges.
The Mountaineers added four in-
surance runs in the sixth. Hopper
walked and scored on a single by
LeFevers. After Bell walked and
Kevin Melton reached on a field-
er's choice, Wingo drew a bases-
loaded walk to make it 7-4, and
Bridges singled home a pair to
close out the scoring.
Kings Mountain finished with
nine hits, with Bridges going 3-for-
3. LeFevers was 2-for-4 and
Melton, Wingo, Hutchins, and
Hopper had a hit each.
Hopper scattered six hits and
struck out seven.
Score by innings: R-H-E
NG 1030000 4-6-1
KM 020 124 x 9-9-4
Friday and Parker. Sharece
Hopper and Kevin Melton. W -
Hopper (4-2). L. - Friday.
———"
KMHS SENIORS - Kings Mountain High Coach Nelson Connor has
looked to his five seniors to provide the leadership for an otherwise
young team this spring. Kneeling,
left to right, Sharee Hopper and
Michael Bell. Standing, Chris Hutchins, Duane Patterson and Nate
Champion.
walks to lead of the inning.
Leftwich's sacrifice fly to center
plated Hopper with a 4-2 lead.
Lefevers walked to re-load the
bases, and an out later Melton
walked to force in the fifth run.
Wingo followed with a two-run
single to make it 7-2, and Bridges’
single made it 8-2.
North Gaston picked up its final
run in the seventh on a hit batsman,
a
Local medalists in the recent Cleveland County
Quinn's single and an error.
The Mountaineers finished with
only six hits, with Lefevers getting
two and Bell, Melton, Wingo and
Bridges'adding one apiece.
BW In other SWC opening round
action Monday, Shelby upset R-S
Central and South Point defeated
Burns. Shelby was to play first
seed East Rutherford last night,
with the winner facing the KM-
South Point winner Friday at 7:30
for the championship.
East Rutherford and South Point
are assured berths in the state tour-
nament. Kings Mountain will go if
the Mountaineers advance to the
tournament finals and a team that
finished lower than third in the reg-
ular season does not win the tour-
nament,
Otherwise, Kings Mountain and
R-S Central will play a special
playoff game Friday at 5 p.m. to
determine the third seed. The
Mountaineers and R-S tied for
third during the regular season with
6-6 records, and split their two reg-
ular season games. If the playoff
game is necessary, it will be played
on a neutral field, probably at East
Rutherford prior to the SWC cham-
pionship game.
The Mountaineers have im-
proved in the hitting department in
recent games as several players
who were in early-season slumps
are beginning to make good con-
tact.
Lefevers continues to lead the
offense with a .367 batting aver-
age, but Kenny Bridges has come
on strong and is hitting .365. Bell
is hitting .288 and Melton has im-
proved to .265 and leads the team
in runs batted in with 12. Robert
Wingo is hitting .232 with 10 runs
batted in and Sharee Hopper is hit-
ting .209 with 10 runs bated in.
Hopper leads the mound staff
with a 4-2 record and 2.51 earned
run average. Duane Patterson is 2-
2 with a 3.86 ERA, Leftwich is 1-2
with a 5.19 ERA, Timmy
Harrelson is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA
and Wingo is 1-3 with a 5.11 ERA.
Score by innings: R-H-E
NG 200 000 1 3-6-2
KM 200015 x 8-6-3
Doster, Friday (6) and Parker;
Brian Leftwich and Kevin
Melton. W - Leftwich (1-2). L -
Doster.
Senior Games are pictured, left to right. Front row,
Inell Decker, Pearl Pressley, Carolyn Rush and Bill Alexander. Back row, Charlie Blalock, Ruth
Mayhew, Jack Hauser and Joann Hauser.
81 win in Senior Games
Eighty-one local senior athletes
‘have qualified for the state finals of
the North Carolina Senior Games
by winning one or more awards in
the Cleveland County Senior
Games April 25-29.
Of the regional participants, 21
from Kings Mountain brought
home a total of 191 medals.
. The Kings Mountain winners
and their awards were:
Barbara Coxen, 19 - gold, 100
meter dash, 200 meter dash, 400
meter dash, running long jump,
standing long jump, table tennis,
basketball shoot, badminton sin-
gles, badminton doubles, bad-
minton mixed doubles, swimming,
50 yard free style, 25 yard free
style, 50 yard back stroke, 25 yard
back stroke, putt-putt; and silver,
football throw, shotput, discus; and
bronze, softball throw.
Carolyn Rush, 1 - bronze, stand-
ing long jump.
Peggy Flowers, 7 - silver- foot-
ball throw, croquet, horseshoes,
bowling, putt putt; and bronze,
shuffleboard and basketball shoot.
Tony Bumgardner, 7 - gold,
table tennis, billiards, horseshoes,
basketball shoot, bowling, bad-
minton singles and putt putt.
Margaret McGinnis, 2 - gold,
1500 meter walk, 5K walk.
Odell Brendle, 1 - bronze-
horseshoes
Pearle Pressley, 1 - gold, bowl-
ing.
Marion Flowers, 14 - gold,
spincasting, billiards, shuffleboard, |
bowling; silver, 100 meter dash,
horseshoes, croquet, badminton
doubles, putt putt and bronze, foot-
hall throw, softball throw, shotput,
basketball shoot and badminton
singles.
Charles Wilson, 1 - silver, golf.
Incll Decker, 3 - gold, 1500 me-
ter walk, bowling; bronze, football
throw.
Joann Hauser, 7 - gold, shuffle-
board, badminton doubles, bad-
minton mixed doubles, silver, cro-
quet, table tennis, badminton
singles and bronze, 1500 meter
walk.
Clara Earle, 15 - gold, standing
long jump, billiards, basketball 3
on 3, badminton doubles, bad-
minton singles, croquet, shot put,
putt putt, horseshoes, basketball
shoot; silver, spincasting, football
throw, softball throw, discus;
bronze, table tennis.
J.C. Bridges, 19 - gold, 1500
meter walk, billiards, running long
jump, table tennis, badminton dou-
bles, croquet, discus, putt putt, bad-
minton singles, swimming 100
3 i
yard free style, 50 yard free style,
25 yard freestyle, 50 yard back
stroke, 25 yard back stroke; silver,
bowling. bronze, standing long
jump softball throw, shuffleboard,
shot put.
Jack Hauser, 12 - gold, basket-
" ball shoot, badminton doubles,
badminton mixed doubles; silver,
billiards, shotput, discus, horse-
shoes; bronze, putt putt, 1500 me-
ter walk, football throw, table ten-
nis, badminton singes.
Bill Alexander, 21 - gold, 100
meter dash, 200 meter dash, 400
meter dash, 1500 meter walk, run-
ning long jump, standing long
jump softball throw, spincasting,
billiards, table tennis, badminton
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