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October 5, 2000 The Kings Mountain Herald Kings Mountain’s Antonio McClain (23) looks for running room around end in last week’s game With Forestview at Gamble Stadium. The Mountaineers host Burns Friday at 7:30 Pop Warner teams win two, host Cherryville Saturday . Kings Mountain's" Optimist Club football teams won two of three Greater Pop Warner League games Saturday at City Stadium. The KM teams remain at home this week, host- ing Cherryville at 9:30. Kings Mountain's pee wees fell hard to the McAdenville Dolphins 38-6 to drop to 0-4 on the season. Tyrone Cannedy scored KM’s only TD on a 36-yard run. Kings Mountain lost five fumbles, including three deep in their own territory which ~~ 10. set up McAdenville scores. Cannedy led the KM rushing attack with 47 yards in 14 carries. Michael Mintz gained 26 yards, Ryan Bolin two, and Jesse Teague four. Cory Branham led the defensive effort with nine tackles. Jesse Teague, Rafael Webster and Cannedy had four each, Brandon Byars six, Josh Gilbert, David Clark and Michael Mintz two each, and Ryan Bolin, Chris Greene and Lamar Robertson one each. Kings Mountain's junior pee wees ran their record to 2-1 with a 12-6 win over Belmont. Trey McCorkle scored on an 80-yard return of a pass interception and on a four-yard run. His four- yard TD was set up by a 80-yard pass pisicep: tion return by Sharis Burris. McCorkle gained 30 yards rushing, Chris’ Haney 35, Sterling Miller 19, and Roger McClain Chris Haney had 11 tackles, Burris five, Ben Galloway three, Chris Greene three, Daniel Humphries two, Jerry Lowery seven, Roger McClain four, Fletcher Webster two, Sterling Miller five, Trey McCorkle seven, Austin Miller five, and Daniel Conner one. Webster also recov- ered a fumble. Kings Mountain's Mighty Mites defeated the Belmont Braves 6-0 to run their record to 3-1. Michael Johnson, left, and Cody Hensley loosen up for BOXING From 1B “It’s something new, basical- ly,” he added. “When you have youngsters five to eight years old and you start off hitting them in the face you're basically going ‘to run'them off. We wait © until they are much older and can take more of a punch before we allow that. “We've scared a thousand kids off. If they get hit in the nose they don’t want to do it again. But if you start them off slow, they'll keep going.” The tournament stressed not only ability, but sportsmanship toward the other students and instructors. Many parents and grandpar- ents were in attendance at both the tournament and the exhibi- tions following the matches. “That's one good thing about this school,” Hall said. “At a lot of schools parents can’t come in and watch, but we welcome them. We have seats set up so they can actually come in and Page 3B BURNS Frem 1B Yarboro leads a good offensive line. Their top offensive weapon thus far has been senior place- kicker, Cline Ingle, who recently kicked a state-record 60-yard field goal against Shelby. “They’re always well- coached,” said Farquharson. “There’s not really any players that just stand out, but if they get close to the 50-yard line they're going to kick a field goal. We certainly hope it doesn’t come down to a field goal.” The kicking game has hurt the Mountaineer offense this year. They've dug themselves a hole in several games because of poor punting, and in last week's game with Forestview they averaged only 15.5 yards per punt. “It’s probably safe to say that if we're on the other side of the 50 we're never going to punt the ball,” Farquharson said. “If I can figure out a way to give them the ball deep without punting it, I'll do it.” Farquharson said he’s at a loss to explain why the Mountaineers can’t punt the football. “That's an area we work on every day,” he said. “We can look good in practice and then in the game situations turn around and kick the ball 10 ~ yards. I'don’t have an answer for it. We don’t have a punter. We have tried everybody, and we're still trying people. Hopefully, we've got some young kids that may be able to do it in a year, but that’s a big hole in our special teams.” The Mountaineers hope to have some players back this week that had to sit out last week's game with Forestview because of injuries. Running back Cortney Smith, who hurt his knee at Crest, should be at full strength but the Mountaineers’ best lineman, Javarous Wilson, is still ques- tionable. He went to the doctor on the Saturday after the Crest game complaining of chest pains and an irregular heart beat was diagnosed. He has an appointment with a cardiologist later in the week. Defensive back Chad Anderson, who broke his thumb several weeks ago, will be out for another month, and running back Antonio McClain played only sparingly last Friday because of an ankle sprain. JV Mountaineers edge Jaguars 12-6 Quarterback Derek Smith scored on runs of 25 and 13 yards Thursday night to lead Kings Mountain High's JV foot- ' ball team to a 12-6 victory over Forestview. The win was the second in three games for the Mountaineers and ran their sea- son’s record to 2-3. Kings Mountain travels to Burns Thursday at 7 p.m. MOUNTIES From 1B SWC'’s top breakaway runner had only three runs of 10 yards or more. Kings Mountain's offense started out running the ball at will against the Jaguar defense, which was missing All-Star linebacker Rayshon Crosby, but things began going downhill late in the first quarter when an apparent 75 yard touchdown run by Joe Leach was called back on a holding penalty. That pushed the Mounties back to their own 20-yard line, and af- ter a pair of incomplete passes sandwiched around a six-yard run by Ash the Mountaineers had to punt. Steve Withlow’s punt went only nine yards and rolled out of bounds at the KM 35. It took the Jaguars five plays to score, with quarterback Jeremy Russell hitting wide re- ceiver Joey Asis on a 22-yard touchdown pass for a 6-0 lead with 41 seconds showing on the first period clock. The Mountaineers drove the ensuing kickoff 65 yards for a touchdown, with Tyler Adams, who was subbing for the in- jured Antonio McClain, circling right end for a 35-yard touch- down run. KM’s point-after failed, also, and the score re- mained 6-6 with 10:17 left in the half. KM stopped the Jaguars after the ensuing kickoff, but Adams fumbled Jonathon Hovis’ punt at the KM 15 yard line. A penal- ty put the Jaguars back to the 19, and Russell again hit Asis for a touchdown. That combo clicked again for a two-point conversion to give Forestview a 14-6 lead. A pass interception in the end zone halted the Mountaineers again, and keyed by a 50-yard run by Dye the Jaguars were able to reach the KM two-yard - line with less than a minute to play in thehalf. But on a fourth and goal from the eight, a host of Mountaineers swarmed Dye as he tried to circle right end and stopped him on the six. After an exchange of punts early in the third quarter, the Jaguars were back in business again, driving from their own 38 and scoring on a 6-yard touchdown run by Dye with 4:42 showing on the clock. Hovis’ extra point gave the Jaguars what looked to be a comfortable 21-6 margin. The Mountaineers took ad- vantage of some penalties against the Jaguar defense to score their two fourth quarter touchdowns. They began a 80-yard touch- down drive following - Forestview’s third period score, and it was aided by a roughing the passer penalty on a play in which Ash was intercepted at the 50-yard line. That gave the Mounties a first and ten at the Forestview 49, and eight plays later Ash scored on a one-yard sneak, and big offensive line- man Jacobi Oates plowed right through the middle ot the Forestview defense for a two- point conversion to cut the mar- gin to 21-14. A fumble recovery at the KM 47 by Travis Clark set up KM'’s tying score, another one-yard sneak by Ash with 2:39 remain- ing. That drive was aided by a 15-yard penalty against the Jaguars for a late hit following a six-yard run by Adams to the 35, KM defensive back Brandon Roberts leaped high over the 6- 4 Joey Asis to intercept a pass in the end zone with 28 seconds remaining to set up the overtime period. Kings Mountain won the toss and elected to play defense. On Forestview’s first play, Dye went right up the gut of the KM defense for a 10-yard touch- down, but KM’s LaDricus Gingles blocked Jonathon Hovis’ extra point attempt, leaving the score at 27-21. The Mountaineers took pos- session at the 10 for four plays, and on third down Byers circled right end and dove inside the pylon for the tying score. After a dead ball offside penalty against the Jaguars, Bridges split the uprights with the win- ning extra point. Coach Farquharson had noth- ing but praise for his players, who refused to buckle under the pressure. “I would have much rather been ahead and have the clock run out,” but I think from an emotional standpoint and the standpoint of testing our kids to win it in overtime was good,” he said. “Offensively, I thought we moved the ball well. Again, we tried to shoot our feet off early by having a touchdown called back, and some penalties at crit- ical points. But from a stand- point of moving the ball, I thought we did a good job. “Defensively, I thought they played very well. I thought they played aggressive. We still have some mistakes to correct as far as alignment and responsibility, but we're getting after it. We got after Mr. Dye and put a body on him and kept him from break- ing the big one.” Farquharson said he was pleased with the way Tyler Adams and Joe Leach took up the slack from the loss of Smith and McClain. McClain, who had sprained his ankle in prac- tice Wednesday, did get into the action late in the game and carried the ball six times for'29 yards, but wasn’t at full speed. “For them to come in and learn those areas and compete in that type of game in a week was an excellent job,” he said. “That wasn’t exactly new to them because we had put all those kids in different positions in case we had to do something like that. It would have been better if we had given them some experience against East Gaston or Bessemer City rather than Forestview, but they did an outstanding job. “All the kids did an outstand- ing job,” he added. “I don't think they laid down when we got behind. I don't think they quit. 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