SPORTS
Keeping up with wrestling
By PHIL WEATHERS
In my last column I touched
on key terms and the different
ways scoring
takes place in a
wrestling
match. Today I
will try to ex-
plain what
goes on during
a dual team
meet.
To begin
there are three
periods to a match. This could
be less if a wrestler pins his op-
ponent, then the match is over.
The match begins with the op-
posing wrestlers coming on to
the center of the mat. The offi-
cial has the wrestlers to shake
hands. Once the wrestlers are
set the official blows his whistle
to start the match. At this point
both wrestlers are on their feet
(standing) trying to gain control
of the other wrestler. If one
wrestler takes the other one
down to the mat and gains con-
trol, then they receive two
points for a takedown. The
match will continue until the
first period is over.
When the buzzer sounds the
official will blow his whistle to
end the period. During the sec-
ond period of the match the of-
ficial will flip a coin and the
winner of the coin flip gets his
choice. The wrestler can choose
to start the period on the bot-
tom, top, a neutral position
(both wrestlers on their feet), or
defer his choice to the third pe-
riod. If the wrestler defers the
loser of the coin flip has the
choice of starting the period in
one of the before mentioned po-
sitions. Once this is determined
the official blows his whistle
and the second period begins.
(When a period begins the
wrestler on top is trying to
work for a pin or near fall. The
.
wrestler on the bottom is trying
to escape or reverse his oppo-
nent).
When the nr sounds the
official once again blows his
whistle to end the period. At
the beginning of the third peri-
od the wrestler that did not
have the choice in the previous
period get his choice. Once the
wrestlers are set the official
blows his whistle to start the
period. When the buzzer
sounds the official blows his
whistle to end the period and
the match. The official will
check the score and declare the
wrestler who won the match by
raising his hand in the air.
During the match you may
notice two different sets of
scores being kept. One is an in-
dividual score that is kept for
each individual match to help
determine the winner of the
match. The other is the team
score, which keeps track of
which team is ahead in the
match. Official scorebooks are
also kept on the sidelines for in-
dividual matches.
A few tidbits:
A very informative wrestling
website: NC Mat (a website for
North Carolina Wrestling). It
can be found at ncmat.com.
In the latest NC Mat rankings
Crest is number 4, Kings
Mountain is number 3, and
Shelby is number 7. )
Sullivan Junior High School,
which is located in Rock Hill,
SC, continues to hold the record
for most consecutive dual victo-
ries for junior high schools at
118. The record occurred from
1973-1980.
Don’t forget to get out and
support your favorite team.
Hope to see you at the mat!
(Phil Weathers is an admin-
istrator for Kings Mountain
Schools and former wrestling
coach at Kings Mountain
Junior High).
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The Kings Mountain Herald
"00 sports year was for individuals
2()00 was not one of Kings
Mountain's better sports years
as far as team accomplishments,
but jit was
kindl to nu-
mer pus indi-
vidujals.
Kings
Motintain
Higlh School
won only two
team) champi-
onship during Gar
the year, Dave ary
Farquiharson’s Stewart
wresiilers won
their first Sonthestetn 3A
Conflerence crown since 1993,
then ladded the SWC tourna-
ment trophy to their collection;
and /\aron Allen’s men’s swim
team (also won the conference.
Two of Farquharson’s
wrestlers claimed state champi-
onships, marking the first time
two Nlountaineers have won in
the same year. Junior Matt Ash
won he 171-pound division
and senior Anthony Hillman
won the 215-pound class.
Otter sports notes of 2000:
BW KMHS basketball coach
Larry bipe was inducted into
the Cherryville Sports Hall of
Fame. (ipe later announced his
retirement from teaching and
resignéition as KM coach, and
Danny | Ray McDowell was
named head coach.
HM Rick Fortner was named
KMHS women’s softball coach.
BW KMHS football standouts
Anthony Hillman and Bryan
Thornburg signed to play with
Gardner-Webb’s Bulldogs.
BW KM’s most successful foot-
ball coach ever, Ron Massey, re-
signed to become head coach at
A.L. Brown High in Kannapolis.
Dave Farquharson was named
to replace him as KMHS coach
and Athletic Director. Alfred
Ash replaced Farquharson as
wrestling coach.
HB Kings Mountain's Larry
Dunn was inducted into the
Laurens, SC High School Hall
of Fame. :
HM Keith Layton, Roy Pearson,
Regina Brown and Steve Moffitt |
were inducted into the Kings
Mountain Sports Hall of Fame.
Gil McGregor, former Wake
Forest star, was guest speaker.
HB Former KMHS football
player Diron Bell signed to play
with the Carolina Cowboys in
the North American Football
League.
BM KM'’s Jackie Houston
helped the Wake Forest wom-
en’s tennis team hand Duke its
first ACC loss in 11 years and
win the ACC title.
BM Former KM athlete Priscilla
Rickenbacker was named assis-
tant women’s basketball coach
December 28, 2000 Section A, Page 10
at Loyola University, Chicago.
BM KMHS defensive line coach
Aubrey Hollifield joined Ron
Massey's Kannapolis staff as
defensive coordinator.
HM Eight-year-old Brenda
Tallent became the first female
to play for the Kings Mountain
Optimist Mighty Mites football
team. She played several posi-
tions before suffering an injury
late in the year, and plans to be
back next year.
MW Michael Willbanks, Pat
Beck and Kenny Bridges joined
the KMHS football coaching
Dave
Farquharson’s
KMHS
wrestlers won
the Southwest
3A Conference
championship
in 2000
staff. Former East Rutherford
head coach Bill Smothers
signed to come on board as de-
fensive coordinator in January.
B KM duckpin bowler Greg
Evans became the first person
to repeat as national champion
in the annual National Duckpin
Bowling Congress Tournament
in Hagerstown, MD.
BM The KMHS gym was
named in honor of longtime
basketball coach, Don Parker,
and will be dedicated at the
14th annual Sports Hall of Fame
Banquet on April 17, 2001 at
KMHS.
Sub-par scores mark pre-Christmas bowling
Maybe it was the rushing
around to get those last minute
gifts or the anticipation of a big
meal on| Christmas Day, but
bowling |scores were unusually
low in mixed league action
Thursda) y night at Dilling
Heating.
Only (Greg Evans, who con-
sistently| tops the 400-set mark,
was his tisual self. He bowled a
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135 line and 392 set to lead the
Double Deuces (26-30) to a 4-4
split with Tommy's Them (26-
30).
Them had much lower scores,
but a more balanced attack as
three bowlers topped the 300-
set mark. Zeke Rybczyk had a
115-327, Tommy Barrett 127-314,
and Ed Philbeck 109-306.
Half Timers (34-22) swept
TIL F
Dead Weights (26-30). Colleen
Philbeck led the winners with a
115 line and 297 set. Chris
Hullender led the losers with a
120-327.
In Tuesday Night action,
Chris’ Crusaders wrapped up
the second quarter champi-
onship with a 4-4 split with
Dilling’s Demons. The
Crusaders (40-16) got a 109 line
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and 324 set from Chris
Hullender and a 106-312 from
Irene Ruley. John Dilling led the
Demons (18-40) with a 117-295.
Mark's Martyrs (30-26) de-
feated Ducks R Us (26-30) 6-2.
David Jarowqewski led the
winners with a 137-352 and
Zeke Rybezyk had a 127-341.
Colleen Philbeck led the losers
with a 125-291.
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