November 8, 2001
Kings Mountain's Davidson Park will be
one of the many soccer fields in Cleveland
County that are filled with action Saturday
and Sunday when the North Carolina
Soccer Association holds its Western
Regional Tournament.
Eighty-two teams will be coming to the
county to compete at Davidson, Gardner-
Webb University and Shelby High School.
Over 1,100 children ages 9-16 will compete
from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. each day.
According to Terry Edwards of Kings
Mountain, who is president of the Greater
Cleveland County Soccer Association,27 of
the 147 games will be played at Davidson
Park. One of the teams competing in the
under 10 division is the Kings Mountain
Golden Girls, coached by Greg McDonald.
Members of the team are Cassy Buongiuto,
Katelynn Daniels, Megan Eakers, Emily
Gates, Chelse Hale, Victoria Hale, Madison
Keeter, Hannah McDougal, Whitney Moss,
ry
Western Region Soccer Tournament
this weekend at KM’s Davidson Park
Also this weekend, the Eastern Regionals
will be held in Greensboro. Scism and Son
of Kings Mountain, an under-13 team
coached by Chip McGill, will be competing
there. The top teams from the East and West
will advance to the State championship at
New Bern. Members of the team are Lauren
Adams, Kelli Bolt, Rebecca Broadway,
Jordan Burnette, Miranda Davis, Taylor
Deaton, Daniela Husky, Jennifer Lingg,
Hannah McGill, Carmen Scism, Danielle St
Just, Kristen Tate, Tanya Tonelis, Kyerstin
Vinesett, Christy Whetstine, and Catherine
Logan.
David Lynn, Mark Champion and Dan
Potter, along with Edwards, will be helping
direct the games at Davidson Park. :
The Golden Girls will play at Davidson at
12:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:15 Sunday.
They'll play at Gardner-Webb University at
9:15 Saturday and 8 a.m. Sunday.
The GCCSA has operated for 16 years and
“This is the first time we've had games at
Davidson Park,” said Edwards. “One of the
main reasons we have this tournament is to
bring in people from other parts of the
State. There will be competition in all age
groups for co-ed and girls.”
Kings Mountain currently has seven
recreational teams in the GCSAA, and
approximately two-thirds of the players are
girls, Edwards said.
“Soccer is the fastest growing sport in the
State right now,” Edwards said. “We'd like
to invite the public out to watch the action.
“We really pushed hard this year to make
sure we got some games at Davidson. We
have such a nice facility and we like to
showcase it.
“We've had a lot of success in soccer,” he
added. “We have some very good coaches
in the girls leagues right now. Girls soccer in
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Destiny Pittman, Whitney Scruggs.
The under-15 Lady Cobras
have advanced to the final four
in the NC Youth Soccer
Association’s Challenge State
Cup. The Cobras will play in the
semifinals Saturday at
Charlotte’s Ramblewood Park. -
Preliminary rounds were held
last weekend in Kernersville.
The Cobras first faced Raleigh's
CASL Impact and played to a 1-
1 tie off a goal by Blair Heffner.
In the afternoon game, the
Cobras defeated the
Kernersville Sting 2-1, playing
without many substitutions. A
few of the Cobras were busy
winning the NC 3A volleyball
championship.
The goals in the second game
KM’s Flynn 30th
in State 3A meet
Kings Mountain High sopho-
more Hayley Flynnufinished: ;
30th out of 130 runners iri the
Women’s State 3A Cross
Country Championship
Saturday at McAlpine
Greenway Park in Charlotte.
Flynn is the first Lady :
Mountaineer to earn the right to
compete in the State
Championship. She completed
the 3.1 mile course with a time
of 20 minutes, 52 seconds.
Flynn and several of her
KMHS teammates will compete
in the Footlocker Cross Country
Championships Saturday,
November 24 at McAlpine
Greenway Park in Charlotte.
Flynn will also be preparing for
the upcoming KMHS swim sea-
‘son.
Flynn is the daughter of Bill
and Colleen Flynn.
New quarter begins
in duckpin bowling
KM Warriors and S&M
grabbed the early lead in the
second quarter of mixed duck-
pin bowling action Tuesday
night at Dilling Heating.
The Warriors defeated No
Prisoners 6-2 behind a 124 line
and 365 set by Chris Hullender.
Ed Philbeck added a 113-300.
S&M defeated R2 6-2 as John
Dilling rolled a 127 line and 323
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- came from Candance Campion
and Alex Davis. Emily Edwards,
Stephanie Pitt, Cassie Gold,
- Katie Cooke and Stephanie
Davis provided a strong mid-
field to control the game. Goal
keeper Stacey Spicer made sev-
eral saves to preserve the win.
Sunday morning the Cobras
faced the Greensboro Haze. The
Haze was last year’s State
champion.
Strong defense by Logan
Beam, Lauren Horne, Lindsey
Bumgardner, Casey Camp and
Sara Sipe, and good goal keep-
ing by Ashton Teague and
Stacey Spicer kept the Haze to
just one goal and the Cobras lost
1-0.
set. Irene Ruley had a 116 line
and Zeke Rybczyk had a 305 set
for R2.
In Thursday night action,
Hard 8 defeated Ed’s Raiders 6-
2:and Strike'Force and All-
Americans tied 4-4.
Zeke Rybezyk rolled a 140
line and 362 set, and Chris
Hullender added a 121-348 for
Hard 8. Ed Philbeck had a 113
312 for the Raiders
High scorer for the night was
Greg Evans, who bowled a 144-
413 to lead Strike Force. Tommy
Barrett led the All-Americans
with a 128 line and 353 set.
KM sports banquet
slated November 13
The Kings Mountain High
School fall sports banquet will
be held Tuesday, November 13.
The meal will be served at 6
p.m. in the cafeteria, and the
awards ceremony will begin at
7 p.m. in Barnes Auditorium.
Tickets for the meal are $1 for
athletes and $5 for parents.
All students who participated
in fall sports will be recognized
and athletes who received all-
star recognition will receive tro-
phies.
BC church to host
Upward Basketball
Bessemer City’s First
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each year hosts the Western Regionals.
In the final preliminary, the
Cobras had to beat Wake Forest
United to advance. Wake Forest
scored first but the Cobras
answered soon after as Blair
Heffner took the ball 50 yards -
and drilled a shot past the goal
keeper. The Cobras put pressure
on Wake Forest the whole sec-
ond half and with seven min-
utes left, after a scramble in
front of the goal, Susie Potter
took a 12 yard shot that blew by
the keeper. The Cobras then
played outstanding team
defense to come out with a 2-1
victory.
The Cobras played this fall
with the Charlotte Challenge
League and were undefeated in
S PORISHRIPES
League for boys and girls in
grades 1-6.
Each child will receive equal
playing time regardless of their
skill level. Registration is $30
and includes a t-shirt, reversible
jersey, and a Bible,
Registration continues
through November 19. To regis- °
ter, or for more information, call
the church at 629-5286.
this town has just really taken off.”
Cobras in final 4 of Challenge Cup
Rebekah Anthony, second grade student at East Elementary,
was named Junior Mountie of the Week at the final Herald/WKMT
Mountaineer Tailgate Show at Friday’s KMHS-Hickory football
game. Rebekah is the daughter of Penny and Ed Anthony.
regular season play. They had a
7-0 record and outscored their,
opponents 30-0.
Marilyn Bunch, front left, a fifth grade student at West Elementary School, was named the
Kings Mountain High Booster Club’s Good Citizen during halftime of Friday's KM-Hickory foot-
ball game at John Gamble Stadium. Marilyn is pictured with her principal Sherrill Toney, front
right, and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Bunch (back).
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