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Gd LEER RR I ct SPORTS Mounties at Glenn Friday in first round of 3AA playotts By GARY STEWART Editor of The Herald Kings Mountain’s Mountaineers will make their first trip to the State 3AA playoffs since 1998 Friday when they travel to Kernersville to take on Glenn High's Bobcats. The Mountaineers go into the game with a 4-7 overall record and Salem Conference to end the regular season. The 35-7 loss last week to Carver, the top-seed in the Western 3A bracket, was devastating to the Bobcats in more ways than the final score. Coach Dick Cline’s charges lost perhaps their best all-around The Kings Mountain Herald “You could compare us to a Virginia Tech,” Cline said. “We're not'an upfield team; we're not a stunt and gambling team like what you see in today’s style.” Glenn's leading rusher is sopho- more tailback Shawn Moore, a 5-11, 180-pounder who has over 1,400 player in wide receiver Chris Lane, who tore is ACL. the #4 team from the Southwestern Foothills Conference. Glenn, ranked 9th in the State 3A polls, is 9-2 over- all and #2 in the Piedmont Triad. Glenn is seeded #4 and KM #13. The Mountaineers, whose record isn’t indicative of their potential, hope to catch a Glenn team on a slide. The Bobcats won their first nine games before dropping back-to- back conference games to Greensboro Smith and Winston- Mounties open at Garinger Tuesday By GARY STEWART Editor of The Herald Kings Mountain's Mountaineers shocked the Southwestern Foothills. Conference last year by tak- ing a young team and shar- ing the league title with Hickory. / ne Not only that, Danny McDowell's scrappy Mountaineers advanced all the way to the Sectional finals before bowing out. With an even younger team on the floor this year - and no longer a surprise factor - the Mounties will be i hard- pressed to finish in the top level of the conference. With two returning starters d and two other key players still competing on the football field, McDowell will put a lineup on the floor that includes three sophomores J and two juniors when his team opens the 2002-03 sea- if . son Tuesday night at Charlotte Garinger. Only two of those players, Heo guard Dashawn Young and forward Gabe Blair, have lany varsity playing experi- ence. Others who will be start- ing include guard Caleb Crosby, wing Heath Walker, and forward D.J. Byrd. The only four players available for back-up duty are Quincy Johnson, Terry Lipscomb, Michael Burris and Brandon McClain. Once the football season is over, point guard Derrick Smith and inside players Brandon Houze, Cortney Smith and Tae Tae Roebuck will join the squad. “I'm curious to see how this young group of kids is going to accept the chal- lenge,” said McDowell. “Last year by this time I had my gunners, but now you're talking about it taking them at least three more weeks to get in basketball shape. By the time they get here we could have already played four or five games.” Although his players are young, they certainly don’t lack in enthusiasm, McDowell said. “The effort is there, every day in practice,” he said. “But I'm asking these young guys to lead our team before they follow. It’s a McDOWELL ‘See Mounties, 7A off and return guy.” front on defense. “He was a big weapon for us,” said Coach Cline. “He was our go-to guy at receiver, as well as our kick- Kings Mountain will be lining up against a team that is similar to the traditional power teams of this area. The Bobcats run out of the I-forma- tion on offense and run an 8-man yards rushing and 23 touchdowns. Chris Lane's twin brother, Corey, is an experienced quarterback and the team’s most versatile player. He started at quarterback last year and played tailback and wide receiver earlier this year. However, in the middle of the season the Bobcats’ starting quarterback was dismissed back to his old spot. tility,” Cline said. from the team and Lane was moved “We tried to utilize him in a lot of different ways because of his versa- Cline said he is impressed with Kings Mountain's athletic ability and expects a tough game Friday. “Kings Mountain is very athlet- ic...very quick,” he said. “They have a lot of skill players and a lot of ath- letic players at all positions. They're a very good football team.” The KM-Glenn winner will advance to the second round against the winner of the #5 Ashbrook vs. . #12 Weddington game. Throughout the playoffs the higher-seeded team is the home team. The last time the Mountaineers qualified for the State playoffs they went all the way to the Championship Game in Chapel Hill before losing 34-28 to Winston- Salem Carver on a touchdown pass in the final three minutes. KM 28. NORTH GASTON 16 GARY STEWART / HERALD Kings Mountain quarterback Chris Jolly (7) on a keeper Jolly passed for 192 yards and three touchdowns in Friday's win over North Gaston. Mounties whip Cats in endowment game By GARY STEWART Editor of The Herald Kings Mountain's Mountaineers closed out their regular season Friday night at North Gaston with a 28-16 win over the Wildcats in a NCHSAA endowment game. * The win gave the Mounties a 4-7 overall record heading into the State BAA playoffs this Friday at Kernersville Glenn. North Gaston fin- ished 1-10. Coach Dave Farquharson of the Mounties used the game to rest some of his players that have been experi- encing injuries, including leading rush- er Aquino Simmons and linebackers Josh Etters and Orlando Curry. Both teams tried to establish a run- ning game, but neither was highly suc- cessful. Kings Mountain managed only 103 yards rushing in 47 carries and North Gaston had 117 in 22 attempts. The difference was the passing game, where KM’s Chris Jolly hit 13 of 21 passes for 192 yards and three touch- downs. North Gaston sophomore Jeff Johnson connected on 12 of 17 for 113 yards. The game was in doubt until late in the third quarter, when the Mountaineers scored the first of two unanswered touchdowns that broke a 16-all tie. Junior wide receiver Derrick Smith caught four passes for 69 yards, includ- ing touchdowns of 30 yards (first quar- ter) and 14 yards (second quarter). North Gaston answered Smith's first TD reception with a 26-yard field goal by Joshua Putnam, and a 21-yard pass from Johnson to Britt Bates for a 9-7 lead. Smith’s second TD reception put the Mounties up by 13-9, and Pablo Peralta, who saw only limited action because of an injury, tacked on a 27- yard field goal to put KM up 16-9. North Gaston's sophomore tailback Rafael Littlejohn broke up the middle for a 53-yard touchdown run to tie the score at 16-all early in the third quarter. Montrell Banks, who gained 100 yards in 31 carries, scored from one- yard out to give KM the lead at 22-16 late in the third quarter, and tight end Adrian Parker caught a 15-yard touch- down pass for an insurance tally in the fourth quarter. Derrick Smith (7) caught four passes for 69 yards and two touchdowns for Kings Mountain in Friday's win at North Gaston. >» ATA GLANCE November 14, 2002 fom Prep Standings Southwestern Foothills Teams Conf. All Crest 6-0 10-0 Burns 5-1 10-1 Hickory 4-2 8-3 K. Mtn. 3-3 4-7 S. Step. 2-4 3-8 RS Cent. 1-5 1-10 ET. Foard 0-6 1-10 Last Week’s Games Kings Mountain 28, North Gaston 16 Burns 61, St. Stephens 27 Crest 42, R-s Central 0 Hickory 47, Fred T. Foard 8 ‘This Week’s Games (First round State playoffs) Kings Mountain at Kernersville Glenn West Rowan at Crest North Iredell at Burns East Gaston at Hickory Big South 3A Teams Conf. All S. Point 6-0 9-1 Ashbrook 5-1 6-4 E. Lincoln 4-2 7-4 E. Gaston 3-3 6-5 Forestview 2-4 6-5 H.Huss 1-5 3-7 N. Gaston 0-7 1-10 Last Week’s Games South Point 28, East Lincoln 7 Ashbrook 38, Huss 14 East Gaston 35, Forestview 34 This Week’s Games (First round State playoffs) Anson:County at:South Point East Lincoln at Winston- Salem Parkland Weddington at Ashbrook East Gaston at Hickory Southern Foothills 1A Teams Conf. All Maiden 5-0 9-2 Hen’ville 4-1 7-4 B. City 3-2 5-6 Polk Co. 2-3 2-8 Clville 1-4 1-10" Highland 0-5 1-10 Friday’s Games Bessemer City 22, Cherryville 12 Hendersonville 10, Polk 0 - Maiden 70, Highland 8 This Week’s Games irst r tate pl f Cherryville at Starmount West Davidson at Hendersnvile Polk Co. at Thomasville South Stokes at Maiden Mt. Airy at Bessemer City Highland at Lakewood DIRECTIONS TO GLENN Take I-85 North to Highway 52 near Lexington. Take Highway 52 to Winston-Salem and get on I-40 East. Take the Union Cross exit. School is 200 yards on the right. * (Trip is approximately 2 hours). Tally Ho GH fine ladies apparel distinctive gifts
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