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i » ATA GLANCE Prep Schedule Thursday 5 p.m. - KMHS volley- ball at Hickory. 4 p.m. - KMHS girls ten- nis at East Gaston. 7 p.m. - South Point JV football at KMHS. Friday 7:30 p.m. - KMHS varsity football at South Point. Monday 6:30 p.m. - KMHS soccer at Shelby. 4 p.m. - KMHS girls ten- nis at Fred T. Foard. Tuesday 5 p.m. - KMHS volley- ball at Burns 4 p.m. - KMHS girls ten- nis at East Gaston Wednesday 5 p.m. - Middle School football, East Lincoln at Kings Mountain 6:30 p.m. - Hickory soc- cer at Kings Mountain. Prep Standings SOUTHWESTERN "FOOTHILLS 3A Conf. Al 0-0 ot Teams Burns 1- Hickory 0-0 1- ET. Foard 0-0 1- Crest 0-0 0- K. Mtn. 0-0 0- St. Stephens0-0 0- RS Central 0-0 {5/0} - Last Week’s Games 5 0 0 1 0 1 2 12 E. Gaston 30, K. Mtn. 20 Burns 55, McDowell 6 Hickory 49, E. Burke 12 Bunker Hill 35, Foard 21 Bandys 55, St. Stephens 15 E. Ruth. 43, RS Central 12 Friday’s Games K. Mtn. at South Point Burns at Shelby Anson County at Crest Hickory at Statesville St.Stephens at Bunker Hill Chase at RS Central BIG SOUTH 3A Teams Conf. All “Ashbrook 0-0 1-0 Forestview 0-0 1-0 Huss 0-0 1-0 S. Point 0-0 1-0 E. Gaston 0-0 1-1 E. Lincoln 0-0 1-1 N. Gaston 0-0 0-1 - Last Week's Games Huss 42, Cherryville 21 S. Point 55, Lincolnton 21 Ashbrook 35, Clover 20 E. Lincoln 48, W. Lincoln 0 ri me E. Gaston at E. Meck Highland at E. Lincoln Sun Valley at Forestview Forest Hills at Ashbrook Lincolnton at N. Gaston Huss at York SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS 1A Teams Conf. All Maiden 0-0 1-1 Bess. City 0-0 0-1 Hen'vle 0-0 0-1 Polk Co. 0-0 0-1 Ch'ville 0-0 0-2 Highland 0-0 0-2 Last Week’s Games Chase 25, B. City 12 N. Henderson 21, H'ville 7. Rosman 21, Highland 0 Newton 22, Maiden 14 Friday”. B. City at West Lincoln Cherryville eat Huss W. Henderson at H'ville Highland at E. Lincoln Bandys at Maiden Landrum, SC at Polk Co. The Kings Mountain Herald ELL SEG KM at South Point Friday Red Raiders one of top ranked 3A teams in North Carolina By GARY STEWART Editor of The Herald With an unexpected 30-20 loss to East Gaston behind them, Kings Mountain's Mountaineers hope to show improvement this week when they travel to Belmont’s Lineberger Stadium to take on one of the most explosive 3A football teams in the State. South Point’s Red Raiders, who have won or shared their conference cham- pionship for the past three years and have gone deep into the State playoffs each of those seasons, got their year off to a rip-roaring start last week with a 55-21 victory over last year’s 2A state semifinalist Lincolnton. The Red Raider faithful, who saw their team make it to the Western finals two years ago and to the semifinals last year, feel they have the team that can compete for the State championship this year. Led by junior quarterback Javar Williams, the South Point “Red Bone” offense is a threat to score from any- where on the field. Kings Mountain Coach Dave Farquharson sees them as a big challenge to KM’s young defense. “They haven't changed a bit in what they do, and they're a year older,” he says. “They're going to run that option, and they have real good team speed which represents a real test for us defensively as far as responsibility football. When you play a team that runs the option like they do, every- body’s got a job to do and regardless of what else happens you have to do your job. If your job’s to take the quarter- back you better take him every time. If it’s to take the dive you have to take the dive every time, and if it’s to take the option you have to take the option every time.” Keeping focused on those responsi- bilities will be difficult for the KM defense, which was riddled for almost 400 yards total offense last week by an East Gaston team that was picked in pre-season to finish last in the Big South 3A, where South Point was picked to finish first. “I think our youth on defense showed up last week,” Farquharson said..”We couldn’t come up and make a third down stop when we needed to.” Farquharson credited East Gaston's offense for its long, sustained drives that ate up the clock and kept Kings Mountain's highly-touted offense off the field. : “That’s what we’d like to do when we have the ball,” he said. “But we just were not able to get anything on track defensively, and offensively we did some good things but we also did some bad things. We shot ourselves in the foot with turnovers and not exe- cuting properly on some plays that ended up being losces. Warriors’ turf. BY GARY STEWART Editor of The Herald With three minutes left in Friday's Kings Mountain-East Gaston football game at the Warriors’ Stadium, a chorus of “boos” rang out of the East Gaston bleachers. The Warrior followers weren't stat- ing their dissatisfaction with their team’s performance, they were applauding a sack of Kings : Mountain quarterback Derek Smith by Warrior linebacker Jared “Boo” Hogan. That play basically marked the end of any comeback hopes by the highly-favored Mountaineers, who saw their season get off to a disap- pointing start in a 30-20 defeat. Cortney Smith returns a kickoff for Kings Mountain's Mountaineers in Friday’s 30-20 loss to East Gaston on the Latham’s Warriors defeat KM 30-20 in season opener East Gaston, which had fallen mis- erably to West Mecklenburg 35-10 a week earlier, carried out first-year coach Mark Latham’s game plan to perfection. The Warriors did not commit a single turnover, they put forth a tremendous 1-2 offensive punch led by quarterback Jadarian Moore and running back Jarnard Abernathy, and probably most important of all, they kept Kings Mountain's explosive offense off the field most of the game. The Warriors kept the ball for 60 offensive plays compared to only 37 for the Mountaineers. Moore, who had misfired on several deep passes at West Meck and had three intercep- tions, focused on targets underneath . the KM coverage and hit 9-0f-10 GARY STEWART / HERALD passes for 144 yards. Abernathy, a quick, 179-pound senior running back, rambled around and through the KM defense almost at will in running up his second straight 100-yard performance with 34 carries for 141 yards. The East Gaston defense, mean- while, completely shut down Kings Mountain's power running game. Aquino Simmons, the-leading return- ing rusher in the Southwestern Foothills Conference who gained 198 yards rushing in a 17-0 win over East Gaston last year, was held to 56 yards in 11 carries. Things looked good for the Mountaineers early, as Simmons took the opening kickoff and raced 65 See Warriors, 8A GARY STEWART / HERALD Antwain Ross of Kings Mountain dives across the goal line for a touchdown in Wednesday’s victory over Pumpkin Center in a Tri-County Middle School Conference game at KM’s John Gamble Stadium. By GARY STEWART Editor of The Herald September 5, 2002, ; “game : along Jadarian Moore scores on 11-yard quarterback sneak for East Gaston in 30-20 win over Kings Mountain. KM spikers beat Lions, Freedom Kings Mountain High's women’s volleyball team won two non-conference games last week to run their record to 5-1. The Lady Mountaineers open Southwestern Foothills Conference play Thursday at Hickory. Kings Mountain swept Shelby 15- 11, 15-3, 15- 4 Wednesday at Shelby. Shonda the nets for the Lady Mounties. She regis- : tered 25 kills and had three '! digs, one block and was 4 for-7 jerving She got plenty of help up | front from Alex Dawson and Pam Parker. Dawson had nine kills and one dig; Parker had three kills, two digs, two blocks and was 11-for-11 serving. Setters Blair Heffner and |} Courtney Osteen continued | to play well, also. Heffner had 17 assists, six digs and | was 11-for-11 serving. i Osteen had eight assists, four digs and was 11-for- 137 serving. Lauren Horne added six digs and was 12-for-13 serv-; ing. Ashton Teague had two! kills, one dig and was 5- for- 5 serving. : The Lady Mountaineers had to go five games Thursday to beat Freedom | in Morganton 11-15, 15-6, 3 15, 15-5, 16-14. | Cole was again strong around the nets, with 25 kills and a block. She also had three digs, three service, points and was 4-of-7 serv- ing. Dawson had nine kills, See Spikers, 9A DAWSON Patriots win season opener 34-26 But Kings Mountain's speed took over in the second half, and the young Patriot defense made Kings Mountain Middle School'’s Patriots shut down Pumpkin Center’s offense in the second half and came from behind to post a 34-26 victory in their Tri-County Conference open- er Wednesday afternoon at John Gamble Stadium. First-year head coach Monty Deaton was scheduled to take his charges to West Lincoln yesterday. They return home next Wednesday at 5 p.m. against East Lincoln. Both teams fired some offensive fireworks in the first half, espe- cially Pumpkin Center which fea- tured an impressive passing game from Shelton to Skidmore. some adjustments that took some of the sparkle off PC's attack. Coach Deaton explained that the Patriots have had to overcome some adversity this season, espe- - cially on defense, but he is confi- dent their performance wil con- tinue to improve each week. “Our defense is going to get better,” he said. “We lost three coaches early in the pre-season due to work schedules. Maury Williams was called into active duty with the National Guard. Craig Cavender took another job at school which requires him to work in the afternoon. And, vol- unteer coach Tim Waters took See Patriots, 10A
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