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The Kings Mountain
Lio 12-and-under girls
fast-pitch softball team finished
in the top 24 in the 84-team
NSA World Series in Charlotte
last week.
Kings Mountain won its first
three games before losing two
straight.
Catcher Kala Buchanan
gunned down the potential ty-
ing run at the plate to end the
game in a 4-3 win over the
Indiana Earthquake in the third
- round on Wednesday.
Kings Mountain had grabbed
a 4-1 lead going into the last in-
: { ning, but the Earthquake scored
: © two runs with two outs and had
the tying run on third. The run-
ner tried to score on a passed
ball, but Buchanan quickly
pounced on it and threw to
Funderburke covering home for
the final put-out.
“Kala Buchanan did a great
defensive job,” said Coach
Ronny Funderburke. “It’s hard
for the pitcher to throw one by
her, and on top of that she
throws a lot of runners out
stealing. She brings a different
dimension to cur team because
teams can’t steal on her. She’s a
great catcher”
Funderburke finished with a
three-hitter, and Brittney
Thornburg and Amber
Millwood led the hitting with 2-
for-3 each. Morgan Childers,
Natalyn Blanton, Funderburke,
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Tianna Whitaker and Jessica
Yarbro had one hit each.
Amber Millwood hit a grand
slam home run in the first in-
ning to give KM a 4-0 lead over
Pines Thunder Black of Florida
on Thursday, but the Florida
team came back with six runs in
the second inning and went on
to a 9-4 victory.
Buchanan led the KM hitting
with 3-for-4 and Funderburke
and Millwood were 2-for-3
each. Childers, Blanton,
Thornburg, Whitaker, and
Lauren Gaffney added one hit
each.
Kings Mountain was elimi-
nated by the North Carolina
Lady Cardinals, 5-2.
Funderburke pitched a five-hit-
KM girls lose in World Series
ter, and four of the hits were
bunt singles. Only three balls
were hit out of the infield
against her, and two of those
were caught.
‘Funderburke and Blanton led
the KM hitting with 2-for-3
each, and Childers and
Thornburg each had a hit.
For the tournament,
Thornburg led the KM plate at-
tack with a .500 average, fol-
lowed by Funderburke .462,
Blanton .375, Millwood .357,
Yarbro and Weigel .333, and
Buchanan .313. As a team, KM
hit .328.
Kings Mountain will play in
the Marion Tournament on
August 11.
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FOOTBALL
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The Mountaineers will con-
tinue conditioning drills the rest
of the week and will begin con-
tact drills Saturday morning at
9 a.m.
“After Saturday you get to do
all your tackling drills and your
body-to-body contact, and we'll
have a better idea as far as what
our individuals can'do;”
Farquharson said. “You can al-
ways look like a million bucks
against a dummy or a hand
shield but when you get out
there and actually have to make
contact and do blocking and
running type skills against
wide-open bodies, it makes a
difference.”
The Mountaineers’ first ac-
tion against an opponent will
come on August 11 when they
travel to East Burke for a 6 p.m.
scrimmage. They host
Mooresville in a scrimmage at
6:30 on August 16, and host the
third annual First Charter
Cleveland County Jamboree on
Friday, August 24 beginning at
6 p.m. Eight of the top 2A, 3A
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Meanwhile, Farquharson said
if any freshmen or newcomers
to town want to come out for
football they can do so the re-
mainder of this week and the
first day of school. The only re-
quirement is that you must
have a physical before begin-
ning practice.
“Sometimes you miss them,”
he said, “so we want to extend
an invitation to any freshman
who's interested in playing
football to come on out. They
may not have played middle
school or played and didn’t fin-
ish the season, and they're a
year old and a year wiser and
want to play again. There's still
an opportunity for them to
come out and play.”
TOURNEY
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89 teams last season to 109
teams this season, Page said.
“A lot of folks are interested
in coming in next year,” Page
said about the league's growth.
Page said North Carolina is ex-
pected to be one of the 11 states
in Dixie Baseball to experience a
high amount of growth with the
current increase of teams.
Two of those teams, Burns
and Rockingham County, par-
ticipated in the tournament this
weekend.
* The state has raised approx-
imately $2,000 for the National
Dixie Baseball Scholarship
Fund. “That's something North
Carolina has never done,” Page
said about the amount of mon-
ey. “We've spear headed a cam-
paign for a scholarship fund
and it worked real well.” Page
said he would like to eventually
see a North Carolina scholar-
ship.
SKATING
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Speed skating is an expensive
sport. A skater has to pay for
skates, wheels and bearings.
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meets indoors, one for outdoors
and one for practice.
While there are different sets
of wheels for the two places, in-
doors and outdoors can be
raced at two different speeds.
Miller said a skater can reach
35-45 miles per hour indoors
while one can reach 55-65 miles
per hour outdoors.
Bolden’s entry fee for the na-
tional meet is $165 and Miller
said they raise the money for
most of the year to pay the fee.
“It can cost a skater a couple
thousand dollars just to go
down and just stay for a week,”
Miller said on the cost of going
to meets.
Miller said Bolden Zote anew
set of wheels for every meet,
and without a discount, a set of
wheels will cost a skater ap-
proximately $90. Frames run
$300, Miller said, and Bolden’s
boot would cost $1,000.
To offset the cost, a man in
Roanoke, Va. builds her boots
for free.
Bolden got into the sport at
seven years old and said she
was just looking for an activity
to occupy her time.
» “It was something to do be-
side being bored,” Bolden said
about her initial interest in the
sport.
Bolden has a 20-year-old sis-
ter who has skated before also.
Currently, Bolden practices
five days a week with a team in
Rock Hill, and after she comes
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Three generations of the Smith family have been members of
Kings Mountain baseball teams that played in the World Series. In
front is Jamie York, who is a member of the KM 9-10 year-olds that
won the State Saturday and is headed for the World Series in
Virginia. Back left is Jamie’s uncle, Michael Smith, who played on
the 15-16 year old Dixie Youth team that competed in the World
Series in 1990 at Shreveport, LA. Back right is Jamie’s grandfa-
ther, Mike Smith, who played on the Teener All-Star team in 1966
that finished third in the World Series in Hershey, PA.
Fall soccer meeting
set in Gaston County
An organizational meeting
for the 2001 Gaston County Fall
Recreation Youth Soccer League
will be held Thursday, August 9
at 6:30 p.m. in meeting room A
of the Citizen's Resource
Center, formerly known as the
Ag Building, 1303 Dallas-
Cherryville Highway, Dallas.
The building is located at the
entrance to Dallas Park.
All organizations and /or
teams interested in participat-
ing must send a representative
to the meeting.
For more information call
Rebecca Braddy at 922-2164.
Fall sports sign-up
at Community Center
Registration for fall sports is
under way: through August 17
at the Kings Mountain YMCA.
T-Ball for ages 4-6 is $20 for
members and residents of Kings
Mountain, and $30 for non-
members and non-residents.
Coach pitch for 7-8 years of
age, minor league for ages 9-10,
and youth league for ages 11-12
are $25 for members and resi-
dents, and $35 for non-mem-
bers and non-residents.
For soccer leagues for ages 3-
4 and 5-7, the cost is $20 for
members and residents and $30
for non-members and non-resi-
dents.
KMHS cross country
registration August 3
All ninth through 12th grade
students interesting in running
cross country this fall at Kings
Mountain High School should
report for registration and team
pictures on Friday, August 3 at
10 a.m. at the KMHS field
house.
The first day of practice is
Monday, August 6 at 5:30.
All players must have com-
pleted physicals before they can
practice.
For more information call
Coach John Foster at 739-0747.
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Baseball, soccer
registration slated
Fall baseball and soccer regis-
tration will be held through
August 10 at the Kings
Mountain Family YMCA.
Boys and girls ages 4-12 are
eligible for the baseball pro-
gram, and boys and girls ages
3-9 are eligible for the soccer
program.
For more information call
734-0449.
Two softball leagues
begin play August 20
Kings Mountain Area Church
Softball League and Macedonia
Baptist Church are planning
two softball leagues to begin
play on Monday, August 20.
The fall men’s church league
will play on Monday and
Thursday: Teams wishing to
participate should meet at the
Macedonia softball field on
Thursday, August 9 at 6:30.
A co-ed church league will
play on Tuesday and Friday.
Interested teams should meet at
the Macedonia field on
Thursday, August 9 at 7:30.
Entry fee for both leagues is
$300 and is due on August 9.
Both leagues will consist of no
more than 10 teams.
Macedonia Baptist Church is
located at 1101 South
Battleground Avenue, Kings
Mountain. The field is behind
the church on Park Grace Road.
For more information, call
Phil Wright at 734-0914.
KM Middle School
football begins Monday
Kings Mountain Middle
School will begin football prac-
tice Monday immediately after
school. Practice ends at 5:30.
~All players must have physi- -
cals before they can practice.
Other fall sports, including
boys soccer and girls softball,
will also begin practice next
week. Coaches of those sports
will inform students of practice
dates and times when school
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