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PREP
RANKINGS
A ranking by the staff of
Republic Newspapers of the
teams in their coverage area -
Big South 3A, Southwestern
Foothills 3A, and Southern
Foothills 1A).
Team Record Last Week
1 - Crest 9-0 1
2-Maiden 9-1
3 - Hickory 7-3 3
4 - St. Stephens 7-3 4
5-N. Gaston 1-9 5
6 - Forestview 6-4 7
6
8
7 - K. Mtn. 6-4
8 - S. Point 5-5
9 - H'ville 5-4 10
10 - E. Lincoln 4-6 12
11 - Burns 5-5 9
12 - Ashbrook 3-5 11
13 - E. Gaston 2-7 13
14 - Huss 4-5 14
15 - B. City 3-7 15
16 - ET. Foard ' 2-8 16
17 - RS Central 0-9 17
18 - Polk Co. 1-8 18
19 - C’ville 0-10 19
PREP
STANDINGS
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Southwestern Foothills 3A
. Teams Conf. All
Crest 5-0 9-0
Hickory 4-1 7-3
St. Stephens 3-2 7-3
K. Mtn. 3-3 6-4
Burns 2-3 6-4*
ET. Foard 1-4 2-8
RS Central 0-5 0-9
Last Week's Results
Hickory 9, Kings Mountain 7
Crest 48, Burns 28 3
ET. Foard 24, R-S Central 14
This Week’s Games
Crest at R-S Central
St. Stephens at Burns
Hickory at Fred T. Foard
Big South 3A
Forestview 4-1* 7-4*
South Point 4-1 5-5
East Lincoln 4-1* 5-5*
Hunter Huss 2-3* 5-4*
Ashbrook 2-3* 4-5*
East Gaston 1-4 2-7
North Gaston 1-5 1-9**
Last Week's Results
North Gaston 41, South Point
34
Forestview 20, Hunter Huss 14
East Lincoln 13, East Gaston 0
This Week’s Games.
Ashbrook at Hunter Huss
Forestview at East Gaston
East Lincoln at South Point
I Southern Foothills 1A
Maiden 4-0 9-1
Hendersonville 2-1 5-4
Bessemer City. 1-2 3-7
Polk County ~~ 1-2 1-8
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Last Week's Results
Maiden 72, Polk County 6
Hendersonville 68, Bessemer
City 20 :
This Week's Games
Hendersonville at Polk
County
Cherryville at Bessemer City
Midwest 2A
Shelby 6-0 7-3
Lincolnton - 5-1 7-3
East Ruth. 5-1 7-3
Newton 3-3 6-4
Bandys 3-3 5-5
Chase 1-5 3-6
Bunker Hill 2-8 1-5
West Linc. 0-6 4-6
*Reflects wins by forfeit.
“Reflects losses by forfeit.
(Note: Prior to last Friday's
game with South Point, North
Gaston had to forfeit all of its
previous victories because of
an ineligible player. Standings
reflect forfeits. Ranking is
based on strength of team).
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: The Kings Mountain Herald
November 8, 2001
BEN LEDBETTER / THE HERALD
Kings Mountain High coach Suzanne Grayson high-fives some of her players after the Lady Mountaineers defeated East Chapel Hill for
the State 3A volleyball championship at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh.
Lady Mountaineers sweep East Chapel Hill
for second State 3A title in past four years.
By BEN LEDBETTER
Staff Writer
Kings Mountain took control
early and never relented as it
won the state 3-A volleyball
championship over East Chapel
Hill 15-3, 15-13, 15-4 Saturday
at Reynolds Coliseum on NC
State University in Raleigh.
‘Saturday's match was the
first for both teams since meet-
ing in 1998 when Kings
Mountain won its last title.
Although the Mountaineers
(26-3) dominated two of the
three games, Coach Suzanne
Grayson said her team gave
them a chance to get back in the
match.
“Even on the'second game,
we gave them too many oppor-
tunities to get back in it,”
Grayson said.
After the Mountaineers took
an 8-2 lead in the second game,
East Chapel Hill's Laurel
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Dreher served tt and
led a Wildcats’ rally which gave
East its only lead of the match.
Dreher led East Chapel Hill
(27-7) with seven kills and two
blocks.
With Kings Mountain leading
11-9, East Chapel Hill made a
side out, and got the ball back,
and eventually took the lead at
13-12.
But when it was tied at 13-13
in the second, that’s when
Grayson said she was con-
cerned about a possible East
Chapel Hill comeback.
“My concern there was they.
win that we’re back 1-1 and it’s
a whole new match,” Grayson
said. “It felt a lot easier going
into the third game being 2-0
rather than 1-1.”
In the third game, with Kings
Mountain leading 13-4, a
Lindsay Hamrick spike brought
the Mountaineer lead to 14-4
and Shonda Cole's spike gave
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ning point.
Cole is a 6-1 outside hitter
with a 29-inch vertical jump,
and used that advantage to stay
above the Wildcats and made
14 kills. Senior Kristin Hardin
made eight kills.
Senior Ashley Leigh, who
had 13 digs, said winning a
state title as a senior meant a lot
to her.
“It really means a lot more to
me now then it did last year,”
Leigh said.
Senior setter Carrie Brinkley,
the MVP for the match had 10
digs. Grayson said Brinkley’s
MVP honor was the culmina-
tion of a season of leadership.
“She’s been a real leader for
us all year,” Grayson said.
“She’s going to run everything
down. I think anybody that
watches her sees her intensity,
her focus, and her drive. She's
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GARY STEWART /THE HERALD
Hickory quarterback Jermaine McCain (12) keeps the ball on an option play in Friday’s 9-7 victory
over Kings Mountain at John Gamble Stadium.
Shonda Cole with one of her
monstrous kills in Saturday’s
volleyball championship.
By GARY STEWART
Editor of The Herald
What began as a promising
football season for Kings
Mountain's Mountaineers
ended in disappointment
Friday night at Gamble Stadium
when they dropped a 9-7 deci-
sion to Hickory in the final
game of the year.
The defeat ended the
Mountaineers’ season at 6-4
overall and 3-3 in the new
Southwestern Foothills
Conference - not good enough
for the State 3A playoffs which
looked to be a lock after the
Mountaineers walloped Burns
49-21 and played top-ranked
Crest to a 17-0 score midway of
the season.
But turnovers - five each
against St. Stephens and
Hickory in the final two games
- and failure to capitalize on
scoring opportunities ended the -
season on a sour note.
“It certainly didn’t go the
way we wanted it to,” KM
Coach Dave Farquharson said
in response to Friday's loss,
“but I've said all year that you
have to eliminate mistakes. You
don’t have to play perfect but
you have to eliminate mistakes
Baskethall
powers in
KM Saturday
for Classic
By GARY STEWART
Editor of The Herald
To be the best you have to
beat the best is a philosophy
that Kings Mountain High
School basketball coach Danny
Ray McDowell follows.
The second-year Mountaineer
mentor has developed one of
the toughest schedules in the
state for his youngsters this
year, including a preseason
scrimmage-type event Saturday
which will bring some of the
State’s top Division I talent to
the KMHS gym.
The inaugural Kings
Mountain Invitational Prep All-
Star Basketball Classic will fea-
ture three powerful private
school programs - Christian
Faith Center of Durham, Victory
Christian of Gastonia, and
Providence Day of Charlotte -
and area public schools Kings
Mountain, Highland Tech and
East Rutherford.
Christian Faith's roster
includes 10 Division I prospects,
including Kelly Whitney and
J.R. Mortis, who have already
signed with Seton Hall and
Illinois, respectively.
Victory Christian of Gastonia
is the defending national pri-
vate school champion and fea-
tures NACA All-american J.J.
Wilson, Raphael Garvin,
Emanual Terrell and Jermaine
Morris.
Providence Day of Charlotte,
which turned out UNC All-
American Antawn Jamieson a
few years back, is led by
William and Mary signee Taylor
Morris.
Action begins at 1 p.m. when
Kings Mountain native Butch
“Blalock and his Highland Tech 4
team take on East Rutherford.
Six games are on tap every hour
and 15 minutes, capped off by
the Mountaineers against
Christian Faith at 7:15 p.m.
In addition there will be a
slam dunk contest featuring
some of the “giants” from the
visiting schools. Admission for
the day is $5.
McDowell, who coached
some national champion AAU
teams in Kings Mountain before
joining the high school coaching
staff, said he scheduled this
event so his players and the
community can see the type of
program that he wants to estab-
lish.
“I want our kids to see what a
top notch Division I player is,”
he said. “I decided to bring
some big boys into the house
and let the area fans see what
it’s like.”
McDowell said he saw many
See Classic, 2B
finale
at crucial times to be success-
ful.”
The Mountaineers lost one
fumble and threw four intercep-
tions Friday night, and
although they didn’t have a
huge number of penalties (60
yards altogether) some did
come at critical times.
The Mountaineers had two
potential touchdowns erased
when fullback Aquino Simmons f
fumbled the ball into the end
zone which Hickory recovered
for a touchback; and when
Brandon Houze caught a touch-
down pass only to have it called
back on a holding call.
Hickory, which scored on its
opening possession and then
was shut down by the KM
defense the rest of the night,
missed two long-range field
goal attempts.
“When we fumbled into the
end zone and had the touch-
down pass called back on a
penalty, it certainly hurt us,”
Farquharson said. “You have to
be able to eliminate mistakes,
and we had too many of them
once again.
“But as far as the effort, our
kids played as hard as they
could play. They went out to
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