April 18, 2002 The Kings Mountain Herald
Mountaineers outscore
Foard 11-10 Tuesday
Kings Mountain's Mountaineers had their
biggest offensive production of the season
Tuesday night but still had to hang on to defeat
Fred T. Foard 11-10 in a Southwestern Foothills
3A Conference game at Lancaster Field.
The Mountaineers carried an 11-8 lead into the
final inning but Steve Mahnke’s second home run
of the game sparked a two-run rally for the
Tigers. Foard had the potential tying run on sec-
game at 6-all.
In the bottom of the fourth, Ellis singled with
one away, stole second and scored on a double off
the wall by Hopper. Hopper moved to third on a
balk and scored on a sacrifice fly by Goforth.
In the bottom of the fifth, Brinkley singled,
stole second and scored on a single by Philbeck.
KM tallied its final run in the bottom of the
sixth as Brinkley doubled with two away and
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BRIEFS
From 6A
In addition, players also com-
pete in an invitation only bas-
ketball tournament.
Mountaineers third
in KMCC golf match
Kings Mountain's
Mountaineers finished third in
a Southwestern Foothills
Conference golf match Monday
ond base when the game ended.
The Mountaineers collected 17 hits to back a
route-going mound performance by senior
righthander Brad Goforth, who posted his sixth
win in nine decisions. Ross Ellis, Matt Echols and
David Brinkley had three hits each; Josh Patterson
and Trent Hopper added two apiece, and Goforth,
Warren Shirey, Caleb Williams and Elan Philbeck
had one hit each.
The teams swapped runs for almost the entire
ball game.
scored on a single by Williams.
Foard finished with eight hits off Goforth, and
he struck out four.
fell to Crest 5-2.
0.
Foard grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the first
inning, but Patterson followed Hopper’s single
with a home run to put the Mountaineers on top
2-1 in the bottom of the inning. Singles by Echols,
Shirey and Brinkley produced two more runs for
a 4-1 KM lead.
A three-run home run b Travis of Fred T. Foard
tied the game in the top of the third inning, then
Mahnke followed with a solo shot to put the
Tigers on top 5-4.
Williams homered for KM’s final run in the
fifth inning.
each.
Ross Ellis went the distance for the
Mountaineers.
In the bottom of the inning, KM go ta double
by Patterson with one out, and Echols singled
him home to tie the game at 5-all. After Shirey
reached on an error, Echols scored on a passed
bal! to give KM the lead again.
But Foard came right back in the top of the
fourth and scored on an infield out to tie the
The Mountaineers are at home Friday for a
JV / varsity doubleheader with Kannapolis A.L.
Brown, and they host Bessemer City in a JV/var-
sity doubleheader on Monday.
They begin the second round of SWFH play
Tuesday night at Hickory.
In a makeup game Monday, the Mountaineers
Crest grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first inning, but
KM came back to tie the game in the second on a
double by Echols and sacrifice fly by Williams.
David Bowling'’s three-run home run in the
third inning put the Chargers on top 4-1, and they
added an unearned run in the fourth to make it 5-
Matt Lovelace went the distance for the
Chargers, limiting the Mountaineers to just four
hits. Williams was 1-for-2 and had both of KM's
RBI. Goforth, Echols and Philbeck also had a it
Monday.
Mountie kickers tie St. Stephens
Kings Mountain High's fourth-ranked
women’s soccer team faced iwo of the most
powerful teams in North Carolina during
the past week, and tied both of them.
In a head-to-head battle for the
Southwestern Foothills Conference lead
Wednesday night in Hickory, the Lady
Mountaineers and Lady Indians fought to a
1-1 tie in double overtime.
Both carried 4-0 conference records into
the match.
The Mountaineers’ game with 4A power
North Mecklenburg Monday night ended in
a scoreless tie.
Although St. Stephens scored 11 minutes
into the match, the KM ladies controlled
most of the possessions. But many of their
scoring opportunities were from long range
and they couldn’t find the goal in the first
half.
The second half saw the KM ladies jump
all over the Indians again, but couldn't fin-
ish the final shot.
With 20 minutes gone in the second half,
Meghan Potter converted a penalty kick as
Katie Bennett was fouled in the box.
The game see-sawed back and forth for
the next five minutes before the Mounties
again applied the pressure. Emily Owens
just missed a header off a super cross from
Lesley Potter. Jenni Wilson created several
great chances out of the right midfield.
Emily Edwards played a very dangerous
ball that almost beat the keeper to the back
post.
With just seconds remaining in regula-
tion, Blair Heffner made a super run and
beat the keeper, but hit the goal post with
the open net in front of her.
The Mountaineers out-shot the Indians
‘with more than an over 30 to 8 advantage.
In overtime, the ladies applied more pres-
sure but the bad luck continued as the
[Indian keeper came off her line to make a
great save on a breakaway attempt from
Lesley Potter.
“There was truly a championship type
atmosphere and a very high level of intensi-
Mountaineers
Jenni Wilson scored two goals and had
three assists to lead Kings Mountain
High's women’s soccer team to a 7-0 vic-
tory over South Point Friday. The Lady
Mountaineers, tied for first place in the
Southwestern Foothills Conference, hosts
Newton-Conover Friday and travels to
Hickory Monday.
ty displayed,” said Coach Dan Potter. “I
couldn’t be any prouder of the players for
their effort. We are just very frustrated in
our ability to finish the last shot, but look
forward to playing them a second time for
all the marbles.”
Potter said the game with North Meck
was also a great experience for his team.
“They have a great tradition and we are
beginning to build ours to the point where
our girls have confidence in themselves and
are not being intimidated by a name,” he
said.
This game also was played out to pre-
match expectations. North Meck came out
Mounties lose to Indians
4-3 in SW Foothills game
Kings Mountain High's
women’s softball team fell to St.
Stephens 4-3 in 10 innings
Tuesday night.
Kristin Hardin went the dis-
tance for Kings Mountain, scat-
tering six hits and striking out
five.
strong and physical and it took some time
for the Mountaineers to adjust. Pressure
from the midfield prevented the Mounties
from building a dangerous attack.
“Once our girls saw how much quicker
and physical the game was being played,
we picked up our game and became more
effective,” Potter said. “Credit has to be
given to the Lady Vikings, but credit also
needs to be given to our ladies for adjusting
to the rough play and meeting the challenge
of playing such a tradition rich 4A school.
this game had all the atmosphere of a play-
off game and intensity to match it.
Scheduling a team like North Mecklenburg
is good to measure our intensity and ability
to adjust to tough physical play which will
be indicative of the playoffs. Our team was
‘shaky at first but improved ‘as the game
lengthened.” :
Stacey Spicer was in goal and recorded
the shutout as the Lady Mounties have now
denied their opponents a goal in six of their
13 games. heather Kubu, Katie Bennett,
Emily Edwards, and Lauren Horne solidi-
fied a strong back line. The midfielders also
put in some tough play and were led by
Emily Owens, Stephanie Edwards, Meghan
Potter and Jenni Wilson.
Between the two ties, the Lady Mounties
blanked South Point 7-0 Friday night.
Lesley Potter scored the first of her three
goals at the 7-minute mark of the first half
to get the Mounties rolling to their 11th vic-
tory.
Sophomore Jenni Wilson had a terrific
night as she found the back of the net twice,
and added three assists.
Blair Heffner contributed a pair of goals
and Emily Owens, Meghan Potter and
Selena owens had assists.
The defense was extremely solid as South
Point was offered only one good scoring
opportunity. Jennifer Martin rattled a long
shot off the far goal post.
Spicer recorded the shutout at goal.
Kings Mountain hosts Newton-Conover
Friday at 5 p.m. and travels to Hickory
Monday for a 6:30 game.
Kings Mountain’s Brad Goforth went the distance and scattered
eight hits to pick up his sixth pitching win against three losses in
Tuesday night's game with Fred T. Foard at Lancaster Field. The
Mountaineers host A.L. Brown Friday and Bessemer City net
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COACH
From 6A
best things Thompson will
bring to the KM program is sta-
bility on the defensive side of
the ball. Over the past two sea-
sons, the Mountaineers have
had three different defensive
coordinators.
“He's going to bring stability
in the fact that he wants to be a
defensive coordinator,”
Farquharson said. “That's the
side of the ball that he enjoys
and the side of the ball he’s
worked a while at, and he
wants to perfect his game plan
on the defensive side of the
ball.”
Farquharson said he expects
Thompson to bea part of the
Mountaineers’ mini-camp May
20-23. Thompson plans to move
to Kings Mountain after
Pasquotank’s school year ends
the second week of June.
“I'm really looking forward
to it,” Thompson said.
at Kings Mountain Country
Clb.
Crest won the event with a
591 score, followed by Hickory
at 609. KM shot 617, followed
by R-S Central 623, Fred T.
Foard 634, St. Stephens 673, and
Burns 695.
Josh Thackerson and Josh
Philbeck of Crest shared medal-
ist honors with even par 36s.
John Clark had a 38 and Jake
Hamrick 39.
Lane Echols led the
Mountaineers with a 37, fol-
lowed by Gray Howard 38,
Chris Jolly, Sam McGinnis and
Russ Putnam 41 each, and Josh
Etters 48.
Kent Copeland led Hickory
with a 37. The only other play-
ers under 40 were Taylor Lutz
of Foard with a 38, Chris
Brauns of Foard with a 39, and
Lee Nejberger of Burns with a
39.
The SWFH teams play at St.
Stephens next Monday.
KMHS softball team
defeats Burns 22-18
Kings Mountain outscored
Burns 22-18 in a Southwestern
Foothills Conference softball
game last Tuesday night at
Burns.
Kings Mountain scored 14
runs in the first inning but still
had to hold on as the Lady
Bulldogs mounted several
comeback attempts.
Pam Parker hurled the win
for the Lady Mountaineers and
also went 3-for-4 with four runs
batted in. Rachelle Stroup was
3-for-5 with five runs batted in.
Brooke Blackburn added
three hits, Kristin Hardin had
two hits and three RBI, and
Carrie Brinkley had two hits for
the Mountaineers.
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Blackburn, Carrie Brinkley,
Ashley Leigh and Hardin added
one hit apiece.
The loss left the Mountaineers
with a 1-3 conference and 6-8
overall record.
Kings Mountain travels to
Crest Friday at 4:30.
The Cleveland County
Tournament, which was rained
out last week, will be made up
on May 11 at Kings Mountain.
Rachel Hughes led the
Mountaineers at the plate with
3-for-4. Richelle Stroupe
had two hits and Brooke
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