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By PHIL WEATHERS
This is one of my favorite times of
the year. Cooler weather, the high
school football playoffs, and the start
of the wrestling season.
Local high schools have been prepar-
ing for actin and can begin their season
even though many teams might not
have complete team rosters due to the
football playoffs.
Local middle schools are already in
actin and have a few matches under
their belts. Good luck to our area teams
as they begin a new season.
With the new season upon us let's
first take a look at the weight classes
and the time allowed for each period.
When a wrestling match begins
wrestlers from each team appear on
the mat by weight class. Last year a
rule change occurred that calls for a
random draw to be conducted to deter-
mine the “first” weight class that will
be conducted in dual matches. >This
begins with the regular season and
continues with high schools through
the State Dual Team Championships.
The draw takes place immediately fol-
lowing weigh-in.
First, the weight classifications for
middle and junior high schools. There
are 15 weight classes, including 83, 93,
103, 112, 119, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145,
152, 160, 171, 189 and heavyweight.
The maximum weight for the heavy-
weight contestants is 250 pounds. The
minimum weight for the heavyweight
class is 188 pounds. A two pound
The Kings Mountain Herald
growth allowance is
allowed after
January 15 for mid-
dle and junior high
wrestlers.
Now let's take a
look at the high
school weight classi- |
fications. There are
14 weight classes,
including 103, 112,
119,125, 130,135, -
140, 145, 152, 160, 171, 189, 215 nd 275.
On January 15, a two pound growth
allowance is allowed. Generally the
wrestlers” weigh is monitored daily.
Sometimes wrestlers will weigh in
before practice and again at the conclu-
sion of practice. Daily weight checks
can be done by the coach.
In some cases teams will post a
“weight chart” in the locker room that
is maintained and kept current each
day as wrestlers weigh in and out. At
the middle /junior high level no
wrestler can represent his school in
more than one weight class in any
match or compete in more than three
full-length matches in tournament or
championship play in any one day. A
minimum of one hour rest between
matches must also be observed. A
wrestler also cannot wrestle more than
one weight class above for which his
actual weight, at the time of the weigh-
in-in, qualifies him.
One of the great things bout the
sport of wrestling is that you can be
about any size to participate.
Now, let’s look at the time of each
individual match in middle /junior
high school. First period, one minute;
second period, two minutes; and third
period, two minutes.
At the high school level the length of
each period is two minutes.
A couple of rule changes for the
2002-03 season include:
-The 215 pound weight class is no
longer an option. There are now 14
weight classes.
-The throwing of any wrestler’s
equipment is unsportsmanlike con-
duct.
Wrestling tidbits:
- The ACC recently released its 50th
anniversary team. North Carolina and
NC State led the team with 15
wrestlers each. Here are a couple you
might recall: Tab Thacker, NC State
heavyweight, and T.J. Jaworsky, UNC,
who wrestled in the 134 pound class.
-Congratulations goes out to Shon
Byers. Shon is a graduate of Kings
Mountain High School and recently
won the 264 pound Greco-Roman
World Wrestling Championship by
defeating Hungary's Mihaly Deak-
Bardos. Shon won the U.S. team’s only
medal in the tournament.
Don't forget to get out and support
your favorite team.
(Phil Weathers is former wrestling
coach at Kings Mountain Junior High
and is now director of student servic-
es for Kings Mountain District
Chris Jolly total offense leader,
Simmons top rusher for Mounties
Senior quarterback Chris
Jolly was the statistical
leader on offense for Kings
during the recently-complet-
ed football season.
Jolly was the only player carry.
to top the 1,000-yard mark But
in total offense. He connect-
ed on 73-0f-153 passes for
times for 141 yards, givin
“him a total offense figuré 6
1,318 yards in 12 ball games.
Derrick Smith, who spent
time between quarterback
and wide receiver, finished
with 944 total yards. He was
the team’s #2 rusher with
282 yards in 66 carries, the
#1 pass receiver with 26
catches for 497 yards, and
also hit 10 of 28 passes for
165 yards. Smith was the
only KM receiver to have a
100-yard game with seven
catches for 109 yards in a 40-
28 playoff loss to
Kernersville Glenn.
Aquino Simmons led the
KM holds off Huss 63-57
Kings Mountain's girls
grabbed an early 9-8 lead
but Huss came back to take
a 22-19 halftime lead and 34-
29 advantage going into the
Kings Mountain High's
men’s basketball team won
its second straight game
Monday night at Hunter
Huss, 63-57.
The Lady Mountaineers
lost for the third straight
time, 39-36.
The two KM teams host
Ashbrook in their first home
game tonight.
The Mountaineers fell
behind early but led most of
Mounties in
rushing with
903 yards in
197 carries,
an average of
4.5 yards per
Simmons,
who gained
1,177 yards and. hie singe ele annnReen |
FIR TRE
Yen go
Southwestern Foothills
team, had only one 100-yard
game this season. He gained
163 yards in 22 carries in
lop-sided victory over Fred
T. Foard. The only other KM
m
yards in 31 carries in a victo-
ry over North Gaston.
Kings Mountain scored
293 points.
For only the second time
in their 80-year history, the
Mountaineers gave up over
300 points. They gave up
the game at Huss. The
Huskies held a 15-13 lead
after the first eight minutes
but KM rebounded to lead
23-22 at intermission and 45-
36 going into the fourth
quarter.
Dominique Odems led a
balanced KM attack with 16
points. Dashawn Young
added 14 and Brandon
Houze and Derrick Smith
contributed 11 each.
game
back to hit the 100-yard Quinn 3-6.
mark rushing was Montrell
Banks, who gained 100 PASSING
fourth quarter.
Shonda Cole led the Lady
Mounties with 16 points.
In JV action, Huss won the
boys game 38-36 in over-
time, and won the girls
game 46-5. Darik Gary led
the KM boys with 12 points.
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304 points in 12 games, an
average of 25.3 points per
The only other team in
KMHS history to give up
over 300 points was the 2000
team, which surrendered
324 points in 10 games, an
average of 32.4 per contest.
RUSHING, sr Batting
¢ Aquino Simmons. 197-003,
vo “Derrick Smith 66-282; ?
Montrell Banks 53-184,
Jamarl Barrino 25-150,
Cortney Smith 43-134, Chris
Jolly 51-141, Brandon Houze
11-93, Deon Holland 18-79,
Jeremiah Adams 6-26, John
Chris Jolly 73-153-7-1,177.
Derrick Smith 10-28-1-165.
RECEIVING
Derrick Smith 26-497,
Cortney Smith 16-249,
Jarmarl Barrino 14-263,
Deon Holland 5-82, Brandon
Houze 5-69, Tae Tae
Roebuck 6-60, Chris Jolly 2-
25, Montrell Banks 3-41,
Aquino Simmons 2-11,
Adrian Parker 1-15, Justin
Branham 3-30.
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‘Mounties top
Tit the mat North Gaston
for first win
Kings Mountain broke open a close game in the second
half to defeat North Gaston 70-51 in a non-conference bas-
ketball game Friday night at North Gaston.
The victory evened KM’s record at 1-1 going into a game
last night at Hunter Huss. The Mountaineers host Ashbrook
in their first home game Wednesday night. They host
Weddington next Monday and Shelby on Wednesday.
Kings Mountain got 14 points from Dominique Odums
and 13 from Dashaun Young in a balanced attack that saw
11 players score. Britt Bates led the Wildcats with nine
points.
The Mountaineers led by only 17-13 after the first quarter
and 34-28 at intermission but began to pull away in the sec-
ond half. KM led 51-40 going into the fourth quarter.
“It’s always nice to get that first win,” said Coach Danny
McDowell, whose team had opened its season three nights
earlier against a powerful Charlotte Garinger five.
But, McDowell recognized that the Mountaineers have a
long way to go to be a good basketball team.
“This time the big men played better than the guards,” he
noted. “We've got to get some consistency,. Once we put it
together we'll be okay, but right now we're still trying to
find a solid five.
“It looks like just like last year,” he added. “You never
know who;s going to show up, when and where. But we
played a real good second half as opposed to the first half.
We did a lot of good things, but we've got a lot of work to
do.”
McDowell said winning an early game on the road
should give the players’ confidence a boost.
“I love playing on the road first if I can,” he said. “You
get used to a hostile atmosphere.
“But we're still got to get better on offense and defense.
They players work real hard and they don’t ever make
excuses. That's what I love about them. We'll get better.”
KM (70) - Odums 14, Young 13, Byrd 8, D. Smith 8, Lipscomb
6, Blair 6, Houze 4, Roebuck 4, Crosby 4, Johnson 2, C. Smith 1.
NG (51) - Bates 9, Bolick 8, Brown 8, Forney 5, Robinson 5,
Chandler 3, Tyson 3, Williams 2, Littlejohn 1, Johnson 1.
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