Kings Mountain quarterback Lance McClain (10) looks for a receiver in Friday night's non-conference
football game at Crest. The Chargers, defending state 4-A champions, rolled to their 17th straight victory,
28-0. Crest goes after #18 in a row Friday at home against Shelby while Kings Mountain tries to rebound
with a win over Bessemer City at KM's John Gamble Stadium. Game time is 8 p.m.
Kings Mountain's Mountaineers
found out Friday night that their
new wide-open offense has a long
way to go - but neither Coach Ron
Massey nor the fans that packed
the Kings Mountain bleachers
could find fault with the
Mountaineers in their 28-0 pasting
by defending state 4-A champion
Crest.
The Mountaineers and Chargers,
whose offenses and defenses are
very similar, excited the crowd
with a lot of long runs and passes.
Very early on, though, it was evi-
dent that the Chargers’ experience
and depth would win out.
Crest and Kings Mountain put
up almost identical numbers on the
statistical charts, with Crest com-
piling 193 yards total offense to
191 for the Mountaineers. The big
difference on the scoreboard,
though, was because Crest took ad-
vantage of some big defensive
plays to score touchdowns and also
stopped a couple of potential KM
scoring drives early in the game.
After an early exchange of
punts, Crest drove 52 yards for the
go-ahead score with-Anthony
Petty set up the score.
The Mountaineers drove into
Crest territory twice during the re-
mainder of the first period and ear-
ly stages of the second quarter, but
each time the marches were
stopped by pass interceptions. The
second interception went through
the KM receiver's hands into the
hands of the Chargers' Rocky
Kimble, who raced down the visi-
tor's sidelines 72 yards for a touch-
down. Stewart's PAT with 10:28 re-
maining gave the Chargers a 14-0
lead.
Crest drove 47 yards following a
KM punt to take a 21-0 lead with
6:39 remaining in the half. Davis,
who finished with 78 yards rushing
in 12 carries, had a big 18-yard run
for a first down at the KM 18, a
nine-yard burst for a first down at
the three, and then a three-yard run
up the middle for the touchdown.
Kings Mountain's Eric Tate in-
tercepted a pass to stop another po-
tential Crest touchdown drive in
the final seconds of the first half,
but on the second half kickoff
KM's Corey Jones mishandled the
: ball.at the, 12..and Crest recovered.
Davis going Qvr, fom, 20, yards od ISS Jupping. plays by, uD Ase
ouc
out with 7:16 left in the first quar-
ter. Adam Stewart's PAT made the
score 7-0. A 20-yard pass to Wiley
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sulted in a three-yar hdown
run to close out the scoring.
Neither team really threatened in
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the second half as the Charger
punter kept the Mountaineers
backed up on their side of the field,
and Crest Coach Mike Stewart
used the big lead to get a lot of
players into the game. After his
three runs on the 12-yard touch-
down drive, Davis didn't touch the
ball again but sophomore running
back Rusty Spikes came on to gain
41 yards in 12 carries.
Kings Mountain Coach Ron
Massey was disappointed with his
team's turnovers - one fumble and
two interceptions - but he was
pleased with the effort his players
gave.
"We felt like our kids gave a
good effort throughout the game,"
See Crest, 8-A
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tember 7, 1995 - THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD - Page 5A
Marcus Smith (5) picks up some big yardage for Kings Mountain's Mountaineers in Friday's football
game with Crest in the Chargers' stadium. Smith is an all-purpose back for the Mountaineers, usually
having a good rushing and pass receiving game. The Mountaineers, 1-1, welcome Bessemer City's Yellow
Jackets to Gamble Stadium Friday at 8 p.m.
Crest blanks KMHS for 17th straight victory
Bessemer City at KM Friday night
Kings Mountain's Mountaineers
return home Friday for an 8 p.m.
contest with Bessemer City's
Yellow Jackets.
Both teams carry 1-1 records in-
to the contest. Bessemer City de-
feated North Gaston 28-0 in its
season opener before bowing to a
strong Newton-Conover team 40-8
last week. Kings Mountain defeat-
ed East Gaston 34-14 in its opener
before losing to the powerful Crest
Chargers 28-0 last week.
The Yellow Jackets of Mike
Crawford are coming off their best
season ever, a 10-3-1 mark which
carried them to the third round of
the state playoffs last year. The tie
was with Kings Mountain and two
of the three losses were to state 2-
A finalist Lincolnton by narrow
margins.
Many of the same players that
led the Yellow Jackets to that ban-
ner season are back this year, and
new Kings Mountain Coach Ron
Massey said they make Bessemer
City a "scary" football team.
"Bessemer City can put six foot-
ball players out there who are as
good as anybody we'll play," he
says. "I think Johntay Mintz,
Sanchez Merritt,\Maurice Goodson
and Brian Sanders are as good ath-
letes as we'll see. Their problem is
depth, and I hope with us being
able to two platoon will help us a
little bit."
The Yellow Jackets are throwing
the ball a little more this year than
last, when they had the state's first-
ever 3,000 yard rushing tandem in
Philip Crosby and Harry Floyd, but
they still depend mostly on their
running game to reach the end
zone. Merritt, who was the quarter-
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