August 22 & 23, 2001
The New Season
BIG BOYS
From Page 11
the best.”
Jim Keene, who takes over
the head coaching duties at R-S
Central after serving as an assis-
tant under Mike Mabry, echoed
Jarman'’s statements.
“We're going to be playing
perennial powerhouses - people
with well-established football
programs,” He said. “We're not
up to par yet with Kings
Mountain, Crest, Burns,
Hickory and Foard. With all of
those teams it’s like a list of
Who's Who in football in this
area. It’s going to be an ex-
tremely tough conference.”
Keene says, if pressed to pre-
dict a winner, he’d have to go
with Crest but added “Kings
Mountain will be right there
fighting with them.”
As for the Hilltoppers’
chances, Keene noted “we just
don’t have a very strong tradi-
tion here and that’s what we're
going to try to build.”
How does Crest coach Roy
Kirby feel about being put in
the hot spot?
Well, he’s used to it but he is
also quick to point out that the
battle for first is going to be a
“four-team fight” between the
Chargers, Burns, Hickory and
Kings Mountain.
“Pre-season picks are what
they are - pre-season,” he said.
“We haven't played anybody
et.”
But Kirby agrees with the
others that the league will be
one of the toughest in the State.
“I'm pretty excited about
playing in it,” he said. “At first
we were disappointed because
we wanted to stay in 4A foot-
ball. But this new league is go-
ing to cut our travel in half.
And our rivalries will be a little
bit closer. We always played
Burns and Kings Mountain -
and it was a big game - but now
it's going to be a really big
game. I think the rivalries will
intensify because of that, and
also because they're only taking
two teams to the playoffs.”
Predicted
Order
Of Finish
1 - Crest
. 2 - Kings Mountain
3 - Hickory
4 - Burns
5 - Fred T. Foard
6 - St. Stephens
7 - R-S Central.
PATIENCE
From Page 12
“We're pretty much senior-
laden,” said Farquharson.
Returning starters include
Adonis Matthews and Brandon
Pressley up front, Nick Curry,
Daniel Mason, Dejuan Jones
and Antonio Crocker at
linebacker, and Michael Adams,
Brandon Roberts and LaDrecus
Gingles in the secondary.
“We look pretty solid, which
is a reverse from last year,” says
Farquharson. “Last year we had
most of our offense back and
only one on defense, and this
year it’s just the opposite.”
The Mountaineers have spent
a lot of work during the off-sea-
son, both in the weight room
and in summer passing league
competition, and Farquharson
is optimistic it will pay off with
improved play this fall.
“We're going to try to have a
balance between running and
passing,” he says. “We're going
to try to capitalize on the work
we did this summer as far as
throwing the ball.
“But, to be successful doing
that we're also going to have to
be able to run the ball. Simmons
will be like our fullbacks of the
past and we're going to rely on
him to do much of the work.
We'll use our slots and wide re-
ceivers for speed.”
Pablo Peralta, who was in-
jured last year after having a
good season in JV ball the year
before, should add strength to
Dave Farquharson begins his second season as head coach
of the Kings Mountain Mountaineers.
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the Mountaineers special teams
as a place-kicker.
The Mountaineers will get a
good look at how they'll shape
up in the new league on Friday
night when they host the third
annual First Charter Bank
Jamboree at John Gamble
Stadium. KM plays Freedom in
the final game at 9 p.m., but be-
fore that the coaches can get a
peek at the other top contenders
in the Southwestern Foothills
when Crest takes on East
Rutherford, Burns meets A.L.
Brown, and Hickory battles
Shelby. :
Regular season action begins
at home on Friday, August 31
against East Gaston's Warriors. -
KINGS MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL
2001 VARSITY FOOTBALL ROSTER
NO. NAME GRADE POS. HT. WT.
1 Michael Adams 12 DB 5-7 140
2 Brandon Roberts 12 DB 5-9 155
3 Ron Goode 12 WR 6-2 175
5 Adrian Parker 11 DB 5-10 170
7 Cedric Hunter 11 DB 5-8 150
8 Tyler Adams 12 WR 6-0 155
9 Montrell Banks 10 RB 6-0 175
10 Renaldo Tate 12 QB 6-0 170
11 LaDrecus Gingles 12 DB 6-0 185
12 Chris Jolly 12 QB 6-2 170
15 Brandon Houze 1 RB 6-0 180
21 Jamie Camp 11 WR 5-10 165
22 Jamarl Barrino 12 RB 5-9 160
23 Travis Clark 12 DB 5-11 180
24 Josh Gash 12 WR 6-0 175
26 Antonio Crocker 12 LB 6-0 200
30 Cortney Smith 11 RB 5-11 160
31 Tanner Putnam 12 LB 5-9 185
33 Dejuan Jones 12 LB 6-0 215
40 Aquino Simmons 11 RB 6-1 195
44 Adonis Mathews 12-55 DL, 5-11 190
51 Daniel Hardin 12 DL 5-10 200
52 Nicholas Curry 12 LB 5-11 180
53 Mason Dixon 11 LB 5-10 160
54 Orlando Curry 10 LB 5-11-2230
55 Justin Early 12 DL 5-11 235
60 Daniel Mason 12 LB 6-3 225
61 Jonathon Dixon 12 OL 6-0 190
63 Pablo Peralta 11 K 6-1 175
64 Steven Blanton 12 DL 5-9 185
66 Matt Wilson 128-0 OF, 6-1 190
67 Jacobi Oates 12 OL 5-9 260
68 Tyler McDaniel 12 DL 5-10: 7 180
71 Thomas Martin SAE OL 6-1 260
72 Brandon Pressley 12 DL 5-10." 230
73 Matt Varner 12 OL 6-2 275
74 Damon Armstrong 11 OL 6-2 250
75 Casey Hord 1% DL 6-0 170
77 Donta Adams 11 OL 5-8 190
78 Johnny Gillard 11 OL 6-0 190
79 Chris Yon 11 OL 6-1 323
81 Justin Branham 11 WR 6-1 175
85 Matt Williams 12 OL 6-3 225
88 Mike Mackins 12 DL 6-2 225
99 Chris Williamson 10 LB 6-2 225
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