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Kings Mountain High's 2000
men’s soccer team is pic-
tured above. Front row, left to
right, Zach Howell, Randy
Kies, Adam Maddox, Wesley
Griffin, Adam Lopez. Second
row, Justin Boheler, Justin
Frye, Ross Ellis, Trent Hopper,
Dilling Ingle, Pablo Peralta,
Kevin Gondo, Jason West,
Ricky Himphranphan, Matt
Frazier. Back row, Drew
Neisler, Ryan Lovelace, Mark
Baity, Coach Stephen Fisher,
Alex Canipe, Hunter Gaffney,
Justin Roper.
The Kings Mountain Herald
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In their opener, the
Mountaineers defeated East
Gaston 3-1 on goals by Kevin
Gonda, Justin Boheler and Ryan
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Kings Mountain High's
men’s soccer team opened its
season last week with noncon-
ference games against 4A oppo-
Goalie Wesley Griffin had 24
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beat East Gaston
“We played pretty good,”
noted Coach Steven Fisher. “We
are much improved over what
we'd shown last year. It was a
good team effort. We played
good, solid defense.
“It’s good to start off the year
with a win, especially after last
season. The kids were really ex-
cited. The excitement in their
faces was worth all the work we
had to undergo to get better.”
In their second game, the
Mountaineers fell to country ri-
val Crest 7-0. Crest jumped out
to a 5-0 halftime lead.
“We didn’t play as well as
we'd like, but Crest is an ex-
tremely strong team,” Fisher
aid. “They're a perennial play-
off team. But we learned a lot
and we saw a good team play.
We saw an improvement over
last year when they beat us real
bad. We're not satisfied with
where we are, but at the same
time we're seeing improvement.
The kids know what they have
to work on and what we have
to do to play on the level of a
Crest and those upper echelon
teams.
“We've got 30 kids on the
team this year and that’s a vast
improvement. We only had 14
players last year. Our numbers
are up and we've got some
good athletes. We're still in a
situation where our soccer skill
is limited, but the more they
play the better they will be-
come.’
Mountaineers
lose to Shelby
Kings Mountain High's soc-
cer team gave one of the state’s
top-ranked teams all the com-
petition it could stand for a half
Monday night at John Gamble
Stadium.
Shelby, ranked #6 in the
Sweet 16 and #1 in 2A, had to
break open a close game in the
second half to win 5-1.
The young Mountaineers
held the Lions to a 2-1 halftime
score, thanks to a goal by Alex
Canipe and good all-around
play by Gray Howard, Warren
Shirey and Jason ‘West.
“We came out pretty strong in
the second half,” noted KM ;
Coach Stephen Fisher. “But
about halfway through the sec-
ond half they put in their third
goal and sort of sealed it, and
late in the game we ran out of
gas and they put in two more.
They've just got the kids that
have extremely good soccer and
athletic ability.”
Overall, though, Fisher said
he was well-pleased with his
team’s performance.
* “I told our kids they
shouldn't be disappointed in
the effort they gave,” he said.
“It’s kind of a double-edged
sword. We don’t like to lose and
don’t want to accept it, but I
was pleased with the way the
kids are progressing and the
improvement we've made over
last year. Some of the things
we're doing are starting to re-
semble playing quality soccer.”
Kings Mountain is idle the
rest of this week. The
Mountaineers travel to Crest
Monday and host Ashbrook
Tuesday.
“We're asking our kids to
play a little different soccer than
most of them have been accus-
tomed to playing in the recre-
ation leagues,” Fisher said.
“They've been working hard in
practice and it’s good to see
some improvement. We're mov-
ing in the right direction.”
HAT race slated
at Thunder Valley
The Hav-A-Tampa dirt track
racing series will come to
Thunder Valley Speedway in
Lawndale on September 1.
Kings Mountain native
Freddy Smith, now driving out
of Knoxville, TN, and all of the
“other top-name HAT series
drivers will be competing in the
$10,000 to win, 60-lap main
event.
Pro wrestling set
at National Guard
The Professional Wrestling
Federation will be at the Kings
Mountain National Guard
Armory Saturday, August 26 at
8 p.m.
Advance tickets are on sale
for $8 at Essics Sporting Goods
and The Armory. Tickets at the
door are $10.