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March 22, 2001
The Kings-Mountain Herald
Mountaineers defeat
Kings Mountain High's base-
ball team won a pair of non-
conference games during the
past week to run its record to 3-
3 overall.
Tony Leigh’s Mountaineers
edged Hunter Huss 6-5
Wednesday afternoon at
Lancaster Field, and defeated
Canton Pisgah 11-1 on Saturday
afternoon.
The Mountaineers host South
i Point in a key Southwestern 3A
: Conference game Friday at 7
© p.m., and travel to Burns for an-
¢ other big conference game next
Tuesday at 4:30.
. The Mountaineers managed
only two hits - singles by Trent
Hopper and Brad Goforth - but
took advantage of a host of
walks and errors.by the Huss
« defense to, gdge the Huskies on
, Wednesday.
SEIN CTE AGRIC RETEL
PINE INLES CERNE
Kings Mountain High's
men’s tennis team got off to a
great start last week, winning
three of four matches.
Mercedes Humphries’
Mountaineers are 2-0 in the
Southwestern 3A Lonforence,
going into a match today at
©: home against South Point.
The Mountaineers have got-
. ten good play from five return-
8 “ing singles players from last
i. year, and.one freshman new-
= comer. : ys Tt ay
Senior J. Chapman leads the
team from the #1 position, and
is the team captain. He is a
three-year starter and made it to
the quarterfinals of the state
tournament last year.
Pablo Péralta returns at num-
ber two and will be a strong
contender in the SWC and
Regionals.
Jeremy Owens, a junior, re-
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[is Ci with a 4-0 record
and Miles Hovis, a sophomore,
‘returns at #5.
Freshman Kevin Tsui has
turns at #3 and has a 3- 1 record
Hunter Huss built a 4-0 lead
after 2 1/2 innings. Kings
Mountain scored two runs on
three walks and an error to trim
the margin to 4-2 after three in-
nings, and then tied it in the
fourth by scoring two runs on
singles by Hopper and Goforth,
a passed ball, and a double sui-
cide squeeze by Derek Dixon.
With Hopper on third and
Goforth on second, Dixon laid
a perfect squeeze bunt down
the first base line to score
Hopper. As Huss was throwing
Dixon out at first base, Goforth
scored all the way from second
base.
Huss regained the lead 6-5 in
the top of the sixth, but KM
came back with two runs in the
bottom of the sixth on four
walks and an error.
Hunter Gaffney started for
the Mountaineers, and was re-
KM tennis team wins
first two SWC matches
been a welcomed addition.
Other members of the team are
senior Kyle Lovelace, sopho-
mores Matt Frazier and Matt
Simpson, and freshman Chris
Moore.
In action last week, the
Mountaineers defeated Crest 8-
0 and lost to Shelby 7-2 in non-
conference play, and defeated
Forestview 7-2 and North
Gaston 8-1 in SWC matches.
KM 8, CREST 0
(Singles)
J. Chapman (KM) d. Jackson
Martin 10-5; Pablo Peralta (KM) d.
Kellan Lowe 10-7; Jeremy Owens
(KM) d. Ben Oliver 10-3; Paul
Shergill (KM) d. Keith Ledbetter 10-
6; Miles Hovis (KM) d. Tommy
Peake 10-7; Kevin Tsui (KM) d.
Justin Witherspoon 10-5.
(Doubles)
Chapman-Peralta (KM) d.
Martin-Ledbetter 8-4; Shergill-
Owens (KM) d. Simpson-Peake 8-1.
+d. J.
Chaption 6-1, 6-0; Jay Chitty (S) d.
Pablo Peralta 6-0, 6-1; Alex Pearson
(S) d. Jeremy Owens 6-0, 6-0; Paul
See Tennis, 8A
‘Huss, Canton Pisgah
lieved by Hopper in the fourth.
Hopper went on to record the
win, but needed seventh inning
relief help from Goforth who.
came on to strike out the final
batter and earn a save.
Dixon hurled a complete
game two-hitter Saturday in the
Mountaineers’ win over Pisgah.
He struck out six batters and
walked three.
He had a no-hitter going until
the sixth inning. Pisgah’s only
run came in the top of the sev-
enth on a hit and a fielder’s
choice.
Josh Patterson led the KM
plate attack with 3-for-4, and
Goforth went 2-for-3 with three
runs batted in. Tyler Falls had a
two-run double, and Matt
Bridges, Ross Ellis, Hopper, and
Tyler McDaniel each had a sin-
gle.
Action was hot and heavy around first and third base in Thu
back to first base to avoid a pickoff
per.
GARY STEWART Z THE HERALD.
rsday’s baseball game between’
‘Kings Mountain and Hunter Huss at Lancaster Field. In top photo KM’s Trent Hopper’ ‘scrambles
attempt, and in bottom photo KM third baseman Brad
Goforth applies the tag to Eric Brotzman of Huss who was trying to score on an infield chop-
i6H3Y
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Patriots lose
to Burns, West
Kings Mountain Middle
School's baseball team hit a big
roadblock last week in Tri-
County Conference play.
Monty Deaton’s Patriots, who
had won their first five games,
lost to defending champion
Burns 7-5 and West Lincoln 13-
8.
* In both cases, errors and
walks led to the Patriots’ down-
fall.
Burns used two walks and
two errors to build a 4-0 first in-
ning lead. Kings Mountain bat-
tled:back to take a 5-4 lead after
three innings but Burns came
back with two runs in the
fourth and another in the sixth
while shutting out the Patriots
the rest of the way.
“It was a good game, but we
hurt ourselves with three errors
and six walks,” Deaton said.
“That's just like giving up base
hfs. be
Tyler Leach pitched the first
* three innings for. KM, and Josh
Melton pitched the final three:
Leach ahd Melton also led the
hitting with two hits each, and
Stacy Hopper, Phillip Bunch,
Brad Camp and Will Car swell
had one hit each.
West Lincoln exploded fot
eight runs in the last two in-
nings to defeat the Patriots on™
Friday afternoon. Kings =
Mountain committed four er-
rors and ‘gave up nine walks.
“Everything was basically
even except for the walks,”
Deaton said. Both teams had
eight hits. oo 0 }
Leach and Melton led the KM
plate attack with two hits each
and Drew Martin, Bunch, Trey
Robinson and Isaac Proctor
added one apiece.
Bunch pitched the first three
innings, Leach pitched 2 1/3,
and Melton pitched the final 1
2/3 innings.
Kings Mountain grabbed a 3-
0 lead in the first inning and led
7-4 after four. KM led 8-5 going
into the sixth but West scored
three runs to tie the game. The
visitors put the win on ice with
five runs in the top of the sev-
enth.
The Patriots host Lincolnton
Thursday at 4 p.m., play Burns
in‘amaketip ianhe ( on Friday,
ARE Ave TE PRT pri Cette
Monday. .
“Hopefully we can get back
to winning this week,” Deaton
said.
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