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Kings Mountain running back Marcus Smith (5) made perhaps the
biggest catch of his football career Friday night when he hauled in this
nine-yard pass from quarterback Lance McClain in the game-winning
drive in the fourth quarter at South Point. The pass came on a fourth
and six situation at the South Point 27 and kept the Mountaineer drive
4th quarter drive prevents upset
Logan, Mounties trap Raiders 18-13
Kings Mountain High's coaches
had a heart-to-heart talk with their
seniors at halftime of Friday's
Southwestern 3-A Conference
football game with South Point's
Red Raiders at Belmont's
Lineberger Stadium.
With the highly-favored
Mountaineers leading by only 12-7
against a fired-up South Point
eleven, and Kings Mountain's of-
fense not yet clicking on all cylin-
ders, Coach Ron Massey said the
coaches challenged the seniors to
provide some leadership and make
some big plays.
The entire team - not just the se-
niors - responded with a fourth pe-
riod drive which erased a 13-12
deficit and gave the Mountaineers
an 18-13 win which improved their
record to 2-0 in the SWC and 5-1
overall.
The victory was sweet not just
because it came on a field which is
tough for a visitor to escape with a
win, but also because it kept the
Mountaineers on track toward their
goal of qualifying for the state 3-A
playoffs.
"We challenged the seniors and
told them that this was the opportu-
nity they had been working so hard
for...that we had to have this game
to have a shot at the playoffs,"
Massey said. "We knew going in it
was going to be a tight ball game,
and we told them they were going
to have to step forward and make
some big plays, and I thought they
did that."
With leading rusher Shane
Logan carrying the ball nine times
to gain 65 of his 145 yards on the
night, and with the Mountaineers
converting two key fourth down
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alive. KM scored several plays later on Shane Logan's 21-yard run
with 49 seconds left to win 18-13. The Mountaineers host Burns in an-
other big Southwest Conference battle Friday night at Gamble
Stadium.
plays, Massey's team marched 78
yards in the final 7:34 to win the
game. Logan scored the winning
touchdown on a 21-yard run on a
trap play in which he broke a tack-
le and carried two South Point de-
fensive backs into the end zone
with him.
Along the way the Mountaineers
did not commit a penalty, which
was in sharp contrast to their earli-
er play in which they gvere flagged
11 times for 119,yards to only one
five-yard penalty against the Red
Raiders. Logan reeled off gains of
nine and 10 yards for a big first
down at the 41 and quarterback
Lance McClain went 13 yards on a
keeper for a first down at the South
Point 45. A five-yard run by Logan
and an eight-yard jaunt by junior
slotback Marcus. Smith moved the
Mounties to 2 the 31 for another, first i
fh
down, but three plays later the
Mounties faced a fourth and six.
That's when Smith made a big
catch of a pass across the middle
by McClain to give KM a first
down at the 18. Three plays later -
with 1:54 remaining - the Mounties
faced fourth and two at the nine
and Logan bulled through the mid-
dle for a first down at the six.
McClain had trouble handling
the snap on first down and fumbled
the ball back to the 21 yard line,
but the KM quarterback was able
to beat the South Point defense to
the ball. Facing second and goal,
the Mountaineers called Logan's
number and the big fullback broke
right up the middle on a trap play,
ran over one South Point defender
and bulled into the end zone with
two Raiders trying to hang on.
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Burns here
Friday night
Kings Mountain's Mountaineers
passed a big hurdle in last week's
18-13 victory over South Point's
Red Raiders, but their biggest chal-
lenge lies ahead.
The Mountaineers, 2-0 in the
Southwestern 3-A Conference and
5-1 overall, now must turn their at-
tention to two big county rivals -
Burns and Shelby.
The Bulldogs, defending state
champions, come to KM's John
Gamble Stadium Friday night for
an 8 p.m. contest which will proba-
bly nail down a state playoff berth
for the winner.
Burns' overall 4-3 record isn't as
impressive as the Mountaineers’ 5-
1 mark, but one must consider the
level of competition the Bulldogs
have faced. With better bounces of
the football, the Bulldogs could be
6-1 because they suffered narrow
losses to both Crest and Shelby
when they fumbled away a poten-
tial game winning drive inside the
~ five-yard line.
Even though they lost to Shelby
16-13 in overtime, the Bulldogs
have already beaten an East
Rutherford team which is also bat-
Our course is in excellent condition.
We have completed our re-seeding of the
greens and they are in great shape.
tling for a state playoff berth. After
Kings Mountain, Burns' remaining
conference games are against sec-
ond division teams - R-S Central
and South Point.
Mountaineer Coach Ron Massey
knows his players must be at the
top of their game to have a chance
to beat the Bulldogs, and he's con-
fident they'll give an outstanding
effort.
"I think Burns is the type team
that's going to play up to the level
of competition," he said. "Coming
in here with us being 5-1, they're
going to play probably one of their
better games. They have a lot of
pride, they're the defending state
champions, they are physical, have
a tremendous running game, and
defensively they do a great job of
getting after it.
"It's going to be a physical,
tough ball game. We're going to
have to hope we get some breaks
and make some big plays like we
did last week and I think we'll be
okay."
The Bulldogs have one of the
See Burns, 9-A
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