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TRI-COUNTY
RANKING
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Rank Record Last Wk
1 - South Point 9-0 1
2 - Crest 7-1 2
3 - Shelby 6-2-1 3
4 - Forestview 8-2 4
5-KingsMtn. 53-1 6
6 - Chase 5-3 7
7 - East Ruth. 5-4 5
8 - N. Gaston 6-3 10
9 - Ashbrook 3-6 11
10 - E. Gaston 4-5 8
11 - Burns 3-6 ‘9
12 - Cville 3-7 12
13 -RS Central 2-6 13
14 - Huss 1-8 14
14 - B. City 18.15
Last Week's Results :
Kings Mtn. 54, East Ruth. 20
Ashbrook 20, East Gaston 14
Forestview 13, Huss 12
S. Point 47, Burns 21
N. Gaston 38, RS Central 23
B. City 32, Che ille 19
Shelby 38, Lincolnton 0
Crest 53, Watauga 6
This Week’s Games
Kings Mtn. at South Point
East Ruth. at North Gaston
R-S Central at Burns
Huss at Vance
Olympic at East Gaston
West Meck at Ashbrook
East Burke at Crest 3
B. City at Maiden \
Shelby at Chase
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STANDINGS
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Southwestern 3A
Teams Conf. All
W-L W-L
South Point 4-0 9-0
Kings Mtn. 3-1 5-3-1
East Ruth. 2-2 54
Forestview 4-2 8-2
Burns 1-3 3-6
N. Gaston 1-3 6-3
R-S Central 0-4 1-7
Last Week’s Games
Kings Mtn. 54, East Ruth. 20
S. Point 47, Burns 21
N. Gaston 38, R-S Central 23
Forestview 13, Huss 12
This Week’s Games
Kings Mtn. at South Point
East Ruth. at North Gaston
R-S Central at Burns
ME-GA 7 4A
Teams Conf. All
W-L W-L
Olympic 4-0 6-3
East Gaston 3-1 4-5
‘North Meck 3-2 7-3
Ashbrook 2-2 3-6
Vance 2-3 5-4
Huss 1-3 1-8
West Meck 0-4 1-7
Last Week's Results
Ashbrook 20, E. Gaston 14
Forestview 13, Huss 12
Olympic 26, North Meck 6
Vance 48, West Meck 0
This Week’s Games
Huss at Vance
Olympic at East Gaston
West Meck at Ashbrook
S. Piedmont 1A2A
Teams Conf. All
W-L W-L
Shelby 5-0 6-2-1
Chase 3-1 53
Maiden 3-1 £2 A
Cherryville 2:3.
W. Lincoln 1-3 2-7
Lincolnton 04 27.
B. City 14 1-8
Last Week’s Results
Bess. City 32, Cherryville 19
Shelby 38, Lincolnton 0
Maiden 35, W. Lincoln 7
This Week's Games
Shelby at Chase
B. City at Maiden
W. Lincoln at Lincolnton
Northwestern 4A
Teams “Con. All
3 W-L W-L
Freedom 30:90
Crest } 2-1 7-1
Alex. Central 2-1 5-4
East Burke 2-1 5-4
McDowell 1-3 2-7
Watauga 0-3 3-6
Last Week’s Results
Crest 53, Watauga 6 .
Freedom 23, Alex. Central 14
E. Burke 13, McDowell 8 (ot)
This Week's Games *
East Burke at Crest
Freedom at McDowell
Alex. Central at Watauga
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GARY STEWART / THE HERALD
Kings Mountain’s Justin Early (67) has East Rutherford quarterback Seneca Stroud (3) trapped behind the
line of scrimmage in Friday’s Southwestern 3A Conference football game at East Rutherford. The Mountaineer
offense clicked on all cylinders, and the defense played a great second half as KM won 54-20. The
Mountaineers travel to South Point Friday night to take on the explosive Red Raiders in a game that could
determine the top SWC seed for the upcoming state playoffe.
By GARY STEWART
Editor of The Herald
Friday's Kings Mountain at South Point foot-
in the Southwestern 3A Conference.
While South Peint already has a state 3A play-
tion for the three-time defending SWC champion
Mountaineers. ay no
Kings Mountain, 3-1 in the SWC and 5-3-1
overall, mathematically would not be eliminated
from the playoff picture with a loss. But in all
likelihood, a defeat would create a three-way tie
for second place between the Mountaineers, East
Rutherford and Forestview and would mean
those three teams would draw for the second
playoff berth.
Kings Mountain Coach Ron Massey is preach-
ing to his players that they have to win this week
if they want to go out as KM’s fourth straight
SWC champion and fifth straight playoff partici-
ant. : : :
P South Point Coach John Devine, whose club is
4-0 in the SWC and 9-0 overall, is preaching to his
Red Raiders that their dream of becoming the
SWC champion cannot be accomplished unless
they beat the Mountaineers.
“They have a terrific program,” Devine said of
the Mountaineers. “They're the three-time de--
fending champions, and if we hope to win the
championship we have to beat the defending
champion. That's the only way we'd like to have
it. That's the way you have to do it to earn -
things.”
The game promises to be a wide-open offensive
affair since both teams have been piling up the
See Big Game, 2B
KM-South Point game
could determine SWC
GARY STEWART / THE HERALD
Kings Mountain High cheerleader Ashley Hamrick cheers
the Mountaineers to victory Friday at East Rutherford. She
looks like she may also be praying for a victory over South
Point this week.
October 28, 1999
Section B, Page 1
GER —_—————
Mounties
roll over
Kast 54-20
By GARY STEWART
Editor of The Herald
Kings Mountains Mountaineers took another
big step on their comeback trail Friday night
when they rolled over East Rutherford’s
Cavaliers 54-20 in a game played at Forest City’s
Bryan Harrill Stadium.
The victory was the third straight since an un-
expected loss at Forestview which put the
Mountaineers’ backs to the wall in their quest for
a fifth straight state 3A playoff berth.
The win moves the Mountaineers into sole pos-
session of second place in the Southwestern 3A
Conference, but a loss in either of their final two
SWC games against South Point and North
Gaston could eliminate them from the playoff
picture.
The Mountaineers again had their offense in
high gear Friday, scoring on all of their posses-
sions to record their third 50-point game of the
year. They earlier defeated Bessemer City 68-0
and Burns 63-7.
~ All-State running back Anthony Hillman con-
tinued his assault on the KMHS and Cleveland
County record book, gaining 256 yards rushing to
give him 1,304 yards this year and 5,201 for his
three-year career. Hillman also scored three more
touchdowns, giving him 20 for the season and 13
in the past three games.
Kick return specialist Jamar Moore set the tone
for another 400-yard offensive performance when
he returned the opening kickoff 93 yards for a
touchdown and a 7-0 Mountaineer lead.
East Rutherford’s highly-touted offense stayed
right in the game with the Mountaineers for a
half, but in the second half the KM defense
turned its game up a notch and the Mountaineers
pulled away.
~ Hillman’s first TD of the game, a 16-yard burst
up the middle which was reminiscent of last
year’s game-winning play against Kannapolis
Brown, gave the Mountaineers a 14-0 lead with
3:22 left in the first quarter.
The two teams then matched touchdowns the
rest of the half, with East scoring on a 24-yard run
by Seneca Stroud to make it 14-6, and quarterback
Matt Ash scoring on a two-yard run to put KM
on top 21-6.
East marched right back down the field to score
on a five-yard by Stroud and a two-point conver-
sion by Michael Sheppard to cut the margin to 21-
14 with 1:46 left in the half.
But on a drive that was probably the turning
point of the game, Kings Mountains Antonio
McClain returned the ensuing kickoff to the 42
yard line to set up a 58-yard, six-play drive which
gave the Mountaineers a 28-14 halftime lead.
Hillman had two carries for 19 yards before a
pass interference call against the Cavaliers gave
KM a first down at the 24. A two-yard burst up
the middle by Hillman and an eight-yard pass
from Ash to Torez Leach to the sidelines resulted
in another first down and set up Ash's 14-yard
bootleg around the left side with 19.3 second
left. x
“That series was very big,” said KM Coach Ron
Massey. “We got good field position on the kick-
off return when Antonio broke a couple of tack-
les, and that good field position enabled us to
take a chance at scoring. We were able to do that
and going in 28-14 at the half was very big for
: us.”
The Cavaliers appeared to be getting right back
i in the game when they drove the second half
: kickoff from their own seven to the KM 45. But a
i holding penalty set them back, and then Moore
: came up with his second big play of the game - a
: pass interception - to stop the drive at the KM 14.
See East, 2B
JVs trim East 7-6 in overiime ;
Pablo Peralta drilled the extra
point following a six-yard
touchdown run off tackle by
Aquino Reynolds to give Kings
Mountain High's JV 5
Mountaineers a 7-6 overtime
victory over East Rutherford
Thursday night at John Gamble
Stadium.
The win was the fourth
straight for the Mountaineers,
who play their final home game
Thursday at 7 p.m. against
Mountaineers first and five.
- Reynolds burst up the middle
to the one yard line, but then
the Mountaineers drew a five-
yard illegal motion penalty to
make it second and six.
Reynolds took a hand-off from
off left tackle, broke a tackle at
the line of scrimmage, lowered
his head and plowed through
the Cavalier defense for the
South Point’s Red Raiders. The = score. :
JVs close out their season next Pa :
week at North Gaston. The win kept the
Mountaineers unbeaten in the
SWC (4-0) and left them with a
5-2-1 overall record.
Kings Mountain had a 26-
“yard touchdown run by ;
Cortney Smith called back in
the first quarter.
East had a chance to win in
the final minute of regulation
after stopping a KM fake punt
attempt at the Mountaineers’
37. But the Mountaineers’
Travis Clark intercepted a pass
Both teams failed on some
scoring opportunities in regula-
tion, and East Rutherford drew
first blood in the special 10-yard
playoff.
The Cavaliers rebounded
from a five-yard illegal proce-
dure penalty to scoreona
fourth and five counter play.
The Mountaineer defense
swarmed the East running back
on a two-point conversion at-
tempt, leaving the door open
for the comeback. at the one yard line and re-
On Kings Mountain's first turned it to the 42 with two sec-
play from the ten, the Cavalier ~~ onds remaining.
defense was offside, giving the
quarterback Renaldo Tate, went
GARY STEWART / THE HERALD
Aquino Reynolds scores the winning touchdown in overtime for Kings Mountain’s
Mountaineers in Thursday’s JV football game with East Rutherford at Gamble Stadium. Pablo
Peralta’s extra point provided the margin of victory, 7-6.