The Kings Mountain Herald
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Early mistakes again costly
as KM falls to East 27-14
By GARY STEWART
Editor of The Herald
Page 6A
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~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-
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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.
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juries, improved as the game
went on under the direction of
freshman quarterback Derek
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the Cavaliers the ball on the KM
14. Two plays later Chris
Jackson scored from eight yards
out for a 7-0 East lead.
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couple scoring opportunities in
the first half. Antonio McClain
intercepted an East pass, but
moments later KM halfback
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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
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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. Led by
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