The Kings Mountain Herald SPORTS Early mistakes again costly as KM falls to East 27-14 By GARY STEWART Editor of The Herald Page 6A Evans bowls another 400 in Tuesday duckpin league October 26, 2000 Greg Evans bowled a 150 line and 411 set Tuesday night to lead Ducks R Us to a sweep of Dilling’s Demons in Mixed Duckpin Bowling League action at Dilling Heating. John Dilling bowled a 104 line and 293 set for the Demons. In another match, Mark's See Bowling 8A Specialist in Kidney Disease, Hypertension & Diabetes Please call for appointment. ~The opposition continued to take advantage of Kings Mountain’s mistakes Friday night as East Rutherford was handed two of its four touch- downs in a 27-14 Southwestern 3A Conference victory over the Mountaineers. The Cavaliers cashed in on a KM first period fumble to drive 14 yards in two plays fora 7-0 [i lead, and later had to drive only | four yards for a score following a third period pass interception and return. The Mountaineers had made some defensive adjustments prior to the game - moving of- fensive linemen Brock McDonald, Chip Martin and Matt Williams to the defensive line - but the mistakes by the of- fense overshadowed an im- proved performance by the de- fense. “1 felt like we played hard,” said Coach Dave Farquharson. “If the kids had played as hard against Burns and R-S Central, East would have been our only conference loss so far.” The Mountaineers appeared to be more aggressive on de- fense. The offense, riddled by in- Syed J. Ahmed, M.C. Mohammad T.M. Siddiqui, M.D. Board Certified Board Certified Mo Nephrology Associates OF THE CAROLINAS, P.A. +206 West King Street ® Kings Mountain, NC 28086 (704) 0. 8877 e Fax (704) 487-9891 +1016 N. Lafayette Street ® Shelby, NC 28150 (704) 487-9766 * Fax (704) 487-9891 141 Laurel Hill Dr., Suite 1 ® Rutherfordton, NC 28139 (828 287.3993 e Fax (828) 287-0247 il Roba >¥ 5 =. Home Kings Mountain running back Brandon Houze fumbles the ball after a big hit from a pair of East Rutherford defenders in Friday’s Southwestern 3A Conference football game at KM’s John Gamble Stadium. East Rutherford won 27-14 in the final game of a long-standing series that dates back to the 1930s, when East Rutherford was known as Forest City. HWY 74 ON LEFT PAST DIXIE £ virLac, HOURS: M-F - 96 ot juries, improved as the game went on under the direction of freshman quarterback Derek 5 Smith. But Smith's errant pitch LJ" | out on the Mountaineers’ first “..] offensive play of the game, gave the Cavaliers the ball on the KM 14. Two plays later Chris Jackson scored from eight yards out for a 7-0 East lead. The Mountaineers blew a LANDJ/HOME PACKAGES! || ON LOT FINANCING 3431 Kings Min. Hwy. 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Vote November 7th! 2 On their next series, the - Cavalier center snapped the ball over the punter’s head and KM took possession on the 20 yard line, but couldn’t pick up a first down. Following a short East punt, the Mounties drove 32 yards to score on a five-yard run by McClain, but Matt Bridges’ ex- tra point attempt was blocked and ‘the Cavs were: still on’ top, 7-6. Tyler Adams returned the second half kickoff 59 yards to the East 33, but once again the Mounties couldn't pick up a first down. Later in the quarter, East Rutherford’s Bryson Covington intercepted a Smith pass at the 35 and returned it to the four yard line, setting up a four-yard TD run by Seneca Stroud and a 14-6 East lead. On the first play of the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers blew the game open with a 58-yard touchdown pass from Stencil Robinson to Lenny Foreman. Kings Mountain came back to score on a two-yard run by Jacobi Oates and a two-yard conversion run by Smith to cut the margin to 21-14 with 7:44 left, but East Rutherford slammed the door on KM’s playoff hopes with an 11-yard touchdown run by Jackson with 3:12 left. On the Mountaineers’ last of- fensive play with just over a minute remaining, Smith was hit hard by two ER defenders and bruised his shoulder, mak- ing him the fourth KM quarter- back to go down with an injury. Unbeaten South Point here Friday for Mountaineers’ final home game By GARY STEWART Editor of The Herald Prior to the start of the sea- . son, the South Point-Kings Mountain football game was considered to be a battle for the Southwestern 3A Conference championship. But for the Mountaineers, Friday's 7:30 contest at KM'’s Married over26 years, three sons, Gregory, Matthew and Jacob, wife school teacher, John Gamble Stadium appar- family in Lincoln and Cleveland counties. ently has nothing on the line \f but pride. MILITARY SERVICE The Mountaineers, once the most feared team in the SWC, finds itself in last place with a 1- 3 SWC and 3-6 overall record. South Point has a 4-0 SWC and 7-0-1 overall mark and is hop- ing to avoid an upset over the last two weeks so it can be the top-seeded team in the West for the upcoming state playoffs. The Mountaineers have been riddled by injuries and mis- . ‘takes. They've had a dozen players go down with injuries, some season-ending. In all of their conference losses, their op- | ponent’s winning margin was a result of scoring touchdowns off KM mistakes deep in Mountaineer territory. South Point, meanwhile, has clicked on all cylinders. 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