LOOSE ON LONG PASS PLAY - Kings Mountain's Kendrick Bell(11) is loose on a 54-yard gain
after catching a flanker screen pass from Anthony Ash in Friday's Southwestern 3A Conference
football game at Burns. This play set up KM's first touchdown, and the Mountaineers rolled to a
28-0 victory.
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setting up a touchdown by
Joseph Bell with 11:29 remain-
ing in the half. A bad snap re-
sulted in a missed extra point,
and KM led 6-0.
On the ensuing kickoff, Burns
fumbled at the 33 yard line, and
on the third play from scrim-
mage Joseph Bell took a pitch
from Ash and circled left end
for another Mountaineer score.
Ash faked a hand-off into the
line and rolled around right end
for a two-point conversion
which gave the Mountaineers a
14-0 lead with 10:23 left.
"Getting that turnover and
getting another score and going
up 14-0 was big," said Coach
Massey. "Then we allowed them
to drive a long drive, but we
‘came up with another turnover
to keep them out of the end
zone."
Massey was referring to a
Burns drive which began at
their own five yard line and 10
plays later was on the KM 26.
But the Bulldogs fumbled
again, and KM recovered
The play of the game came on
ithe second half kick-off, when
#KM's Joseph Bell took the kick:
on his own 10 yard line, cut to
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the middle of the field, then cut
back outside and rambled
down the KM sidelines to the
Burns four-yard line. Two plays
later Ash scored from three
yards out and Collin Goforth
kicked "the point-after to give
the Mountaineers a 21-0 advan-
tage.
Burns got into KM territory
three times in the third quarter,
and each time the Mountaineer
defense rose to the occasion.
Following a short
Mountaineer punt, the Bulldogs
took possession on their own 44
but lost the ball on downs at the
KM 22.
The Burns defense held KM
to three and out, and Alex
Harrill of the Bulldogs broke
through to block a KM punt to
give the home team possession
on the KM 17. But KM's defense
was immovable, holding the
Bulldogs to minus three yards
in four plays.
Burns' last opportunity came
when an Ash pass was tipped
at the line of scrimmage and in-
tercepted and returned to the
KM 18. But the KM defense
once again rose to the occasion
and four plays later the
Mountaineers took possession:
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drove in for the final touch-
down.
Anthony Hillman, who led
the KM rushing with 94 yards
in 14 carries, ripped off a 45-
yard run right up the middle of
the field to give the
Mountaineers a first down at
the Burns 34. After a five-yard
run by Hillman, Joseph Bell
took a pitch from Ash around
left end and cut back to the
middle of the field for what was
an apparent beautiful 29-yard
touchdown run, but it was nul-
lified on a holding penalty. Ash
hit Kendrick Bell on a 34-yard
pass down the left sidelines,
setting up a six-yard touch-
down run around right end by
Ash with 7:45 left in the game.
"This was a good way to start
off the conference schedule,"
said Coach Massey, "especially
against one of the top teams in
the conference. I think Burns
should win some games in our
conference this year. To go back
to their place and win two years
in a row is big for us.
"A lot of. the credit goes to
our seniors for their leadership
in ‘practice durifig the week,”
and making us work hard and
understand the importance of
the game and getting every-
body focused on it."
THE YARDSTICK
KM B
First downs 38
Yds. rushing ~~ 181 116
Passes 7-11-1 —3-13-1
_ Yds. passing. .132....- 14 —
Fumbles lost 0 3
Penalties 10:95 3-20
Score by quarters: T
KM 0 14.7 :7. 28
B00 .:0 00 0
KM - Joseph Bell 1-run (kick
failed).
KM - J. Bell 15 run (Anthony
Ash run)
KM - Ash 3 run (Collin
Goforth kick)
KM - Ash 6 run (Goforth
kick). :
RUSHING
KM - Hillman 14-94, J. Bell 8-
24, Ash 3-9, Williamson 7-46,
Kenny Moore 3-8. B - Ramseur
4-35, Logan 13-33, Melker 6-31,
Brown 4-25, Elmore 2-12, Geter
2 (-1). Greene 5-(-12).
PASSING
K - Ash 7-11-1-136. B - Greene
3-14-1-14. Logan 0-1.
RECEIVING
KM - Kendrick Bell 5-117,
Chad Jones 2-19. B - Logan 1-5,
Howell 2-7.
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JV Mountaineers
lose to Burns 21-18
Kings Mountain High's JV
football team dropped a heart-
breaking 21-18 loss to Burns in
Southwestern 3A Conference
action Thursday night at John
Gamble Stadium.
The Mountaineers, 0-5, travel
to R-S Central Thursday for a 7
p-m. contest.
Burns grabbed early leads of
7-0 and 14-10 before the
Mountaineers came back to
grab an 18-14 lead midway of
the third quarter. But the
Bulldogs got a deflected touch-
down pass late in the third peri-
od and made it stand up for the
victory. mr
~ Burns drove 59 yards late in
the first quarter to score on a
two-yard run by Randy Brown
to take a 7-0 lead. The Bulldogs
completed a 25-yard pass to
John Brown and got a 33-yard
run by Addison to set up the
score.
Kings Mountain got a 33-yard
field goal from Brad Bridges
with 8:55 left in the half to trim
the margin to 7-3. The
Mountaineers started the scor-
ing drive at their own 40 yard
line and drove the ball down
field behind the running of
Antonio McClain and Dwayne
Littlejohn.
Burns drove 66 yards and
scored on a 12-yard run by
Addison to take a 14-3 lead
with 5:16 remaining in the half,
but Kings Mountain marched
right back downfield with a 69-
yard scoring drive to cut the
margin to 14-10 at intermission.
Littlejohn got off a 17-yard
run, and quarterback Matt Ash
threw a 24-yard touchdown
pass to Jon Houze. Jason
Bridges kicked the point-after.
The Mountaineers drove 40
yards after a Burns punt to grab
an 18-14 lead early in the third
period. Ash completed a 14-
yard pass to Houze for a first
down at the 26, and Littlejohn
scored two plays later on a 21-
yard run. Ash ran for the point
after to put the Mountaineers
on top 18-14.
Burns took advantage of a
personal foul penalty against
KM on the ensuing kickoff and
drove 40 yards for the winning
touchdown, with came when
Addison caught a deflected
pass and turned it into a 16-
yard scoring play.
A potential fourth quarter
scoring drive by the
Mountaineers ended in a pass
interception at the Burns 22.
PLAYER OF YEAR - Kings Mountain's Shana Sizemore has
been named Volleyball Player of the Year in the Southwestern
3A Conference.
Sizemore volleyball
player of year in SWC
Kings Mountain High senior
Shana Sizemore has been
named Volleyball Player of the
Year in the Southwestern 3A
Conference.
Sizemore was joined on the
All-Conference team by team-
mates Christie Brinkley,
@sherian: Coleman and Am
Pearson. «|
KM Coach Diana Bridges was
voted the SWC Coach of the
Year.
The Lady Mountaineers won
the SWC with a 10-0 conference
and 16-5 overall record.
They wrapped up the confer-
ence championship last
Tuesday with a hard-fought 4-
15, 9-15, 15-7, 15-12, 15-12 victo-
ry over R-S Central. The Lady
Hilltoppers could have grabbed
a share of the SWC title with a
victory.
Sizemore did an excellent job
setting for the Mountaineers,
and Coleman and Brinkley also
played outstanding games.
Kings Mountain closed out
conference play Thursday with
a 15-2, 15-9, 15-4 victory over
Burns, and the Lady
Mountaineers concluded their
regular season Saturday with an
impressive 15-12, 15-12, 7-15,
15-17, 15-5 victory over defend-
ing state 3A champion Fred T.
Foard.
See Briefs, 3B
QUARTERBACK KEEPER - Kings Mountain quarterback Matt Ash (7) rolls around end on a
keeper in Thursday's JV football game with Burns at Gamble Stadium. Burns won 21-18.
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