January 16, 2003
Swimmers
lose meet
in Hickory
Kings Mountain High's
swim teams had their recent
winning streaks snapped in
a Southwestern Foothills
Conference meet
Wednesday at Lenoir-Rhyne
College in Hickory.
The Lady Mountaineers
finished third behind R-S
Central (100) and St.
Stephens (76).
7 The Mountaineers scored
Be 102 points to finish a close
[L second to St. Stephens with
106. R-S Central was third
with 46.
The Kings Mountain
i women had several good
i races but were unable to
§ take first place in any event.
i Melissa Franks qualified for
the Western Regionals in
the 200 freestyle.
The Mountaineers had
several swimmers to take
first place in their events.
They included Michael
Allen in the 200 free and
100 back, Colby Wollak in
the 200 IM and 100 breast,
and Yuuki Nishiyama in the
50 free and 100 fly. Two
Mountaineers qualified for
the Regionals - Charlie
Jones in the 200 free and
james Gladden in the 50
free.
Kings Mountain will host
the annual Cleveland
County Meet Wednesday,
January 22.
Women’s results:
200 medley relay - KM A
third (Amy Robinson, Pam
Randall, Phaedra Mangan,
Kelly Peeler); KM B sixth
(Laura Clark, Lacey Beam,
Virginia Neisler, Kara Fugita).
200 free - Melissa Franks
fourth, Amanda Shannon sixth,
Aymie Blalock eighth, Danielle
Miller ninth.
50 free - Pam Randall third,
Lisa Wetzel fifth, Kara Fugita
eighth.
100 fly - Phaedra Mangan
second, Emilie Ledford eighth.
100 free - Hayley flynn third,
Sarah Propst fourth, Aymie
Blalock sixth, Kristin Chapman
ninth.
500 free - Melissa Franks
fourth, Amanda Shannon fifth.
200 free re KM A second
(Flynn, iE ni Propst);
KM B fifth (Aymie blalock, Lisa
Wetzel, Danielle Miller, Kristin
Chapman).
i 100 back - Phaedra Mangan
{ second, Amy Robinson sixth,
Lacey Beam eighth.
100 breast - Pam Randall
third, Kelly Peeler fifth, Lisa
Wetzel eighth, Virginia Neisler
ninth.
400 free relay - KM A first
(Mangan, Franks, Propst,
Flynn); KM B fifth (Blalock,
Chapman, Shannon, Fugita).
Men's results:
200 medley relay - KM A
second (Colby Wollak, Michael
Allen, Yuuki Nishiyama, Alex
Canipe); KM B fourth (Charlie
Jones, Casey Rucker, Joel
: Santora, Kenny Childers0.
i 200 free - Michael Allen first,
: Joel Santora second, Charlie
: Jones fifth, Thomas Bridges
eighth.
* 200 IM - Colby Wollak first,
Issac Hill fifth.
50 free - Yuuki Nishiyama
first, Alex Canipe fourth, James
Gladden fifth, Spencer Erwin
eighth.
100 fly - Yuuki Nishiyama
first, Joel Santora third, Chris
Moore sixth.
. 100 free - Alex Canipe third,
lJames Gladden fourth, Stephen
: Hall fifth, Spencer Erwin sixth.
500 free - Charlie Jones third,
| Thomas Bridges fifth.
200 free relay - KM A second
(James Gladden, Alex Canipe,
Joel Santora, Michael Sabetti);
KM B fourth (Kenny Childers,
Stephen Hall, Issac Hill, Alex
Bennett).
100 back - Michael Allen
first, Michael Sabetti fifth.
100 breast - Colby Wollak
first, Issac Hill fourth.
400 free relay - KM A second
(Michael Allen, James
Gladden, Colby Wollak, Yuuki
Nishiyama).
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Architect’s drawing of interior floor plan for proposed multi-sports field house at Kings Mountain High School.
Public fund raising to begin
for field house at KM High
By GARY STEWART
Editor of The Herald
A fund-raising effort for a
new field house at Kings
Mountain High School will
get off the ground on
Sunday, January 19.
The 5-man planning com-
mittee consisting of David
Brinkley, chairman; Kyle
Smith, Jay Rhodes, Kenny
Falls and Terry Edwards will
meet to determine how they
will raise between $100,000
and $150,000 to make the
field house a reality.
The Board of Education
has endorsed the project, but
has gone on record requiring
all funds to be in hand
before construction can
begin.
The 82 by 44 feet field
house would be located
behind the home dugout at
Lancaster Baseball Field. It
would serve all KMHS
sports except football and
track, which would continue
to utilize the field house at
John Gamble Stadium, and
indoor sports such as bas-
ketball, volleyball and
wrestling, which would con-
tinue using the locker rooms
at Donald L. Parker
Gymnasium.
The fund-raising effort
will be conducted through
the Kings Mountain Fall
Baseball League, which has
received non-profit status
from both the federal and
state governments. All dona-
tions to the project would be
totally tax-deductible.
Brinkley said members of
the Fall Baseball League first
began discussing the possi-
bility of a baseball field
house about four years ago.
The idea grew to include
other sports such as softball,
cross country and soccer
because the existing football
field house is not large
enough to accommodate all
athletes that need dressing
facilities.
“The field house was built
in the late 1960s,” Brinkley
said, “and there’s not only
been additional men’s sports
since then, but also women’s
sports. The only sport for
girls in the sixties was bas-
ketball. This is just a much-
needed facility: ori iron
The facility would be Pere
eficial for athletes of multi-
ple sports programs, but
especially female athletes,
athletic director Dave
Farquharson said. Currently,
women’s softball and soccer
players have to dress in the
gymnasium and walk all the
way to the football and soft-
ball playing fields.
“It will mean better access
to those playing fields, and
it will free up space at the
football field house because
their storage area would be
in the new field house. It
would make the (football)
field house a little less con-
gested.”
The new field house
would include huge locker
rooms for both boys and
girls, separated by a 7-foot
hall that could be used as a
“Wall of Fame” or other
type of space for recognizing
student athletes and teams
that have excelled. Each
room would include space
for lockers, washer and
dryer, storage and coaches
offices.
On the other end of the
building - separated by a
breezeway - would be pub-
lic men’s and women's rest-
rooms, a training room for
athletes, and a storage room
for field maintenance equip-
ment.
There will be a walkway
leading from the facility to
the home dugout at the
baseball field.
The building, as well as
sewage, will be situated so
GARY
From 6A
schools; Andrea Cozart, former women’s
basketball coach at High Point Central;
Herman Hines, former high school and col-
lege official; Bob Lee, former baseball and
Gastonia, will be the Region 6 representa-
tives on the next four-year NCHSAA
realignment committee. Former KM super-
intendent Bob McRae will again be the com-
football coach at Aberdeen; and Ray
Oxendine, former football coach at
Greensboro Grimsley. They will join 69 oth-
ers in the Hall of Fame, including former
KMHS football coach Shu Carlton...
Vicki Hamilton, athletic director for
mittee chairman. There has been some talk
going on in Catawba County of re-drawing
attendance lines so that county could have a
conference of its own...
Fayetteville Byrd recently named its foot-
ball stadium in honor of Coach Bob Paroli,
who recently completed his 45th season as a
high school football coach. He is North
Carolina’s winningest coach with a 324-149-
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, and Lee
Dedmon, principal of Highland Tech in
11 career record...
other structures such as con-
cession stands can be added
in the future.
The projected cost of the
building is $100,000.
Brinkley said the group
hopes to raise an additional
$50,000 to pave the parking
lot and buy lockers.
He said the actual money
figures can be trimmed if
volunteer labor and dona-
tion of materials can be
obtained.
Brinkley encourages the
entire community to give to
the project. No donation is
too small, he said.
“This is for the children -
now and in the future,” he
said. “It’s going to take a
great effort from the com-
munity. There are a lot of
parents and grandparents
that have had children that
participated in these sports,
and there’s going to be more
in the future,” he said.
“Whatever means they have
we hope they can help us.”
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From 6A
Central 40-26 Friday night
in Rutherfordton.
The Mountaineers host
Hickory Friday at 7 p.m.
and travel to Cherryville
next Tuesday.
103 - Guffey (RS) p. Ryan
Bolin :47; 112 - Black (RSO d.
Isiaac Proctor 6-4; 119 - Brad
Camp (KM) p. Whiteside :49;
125 - Moore (RS) p. Brooks Tate
:53; 130 - Vincent Keller (KM)
p- Hutchins 3:18; 135 - Brandon
McClain (KM) major dec.
Whiteside 17-3; 140 - Chris
Patrick (KM) d. Stump 8-5; 145
- Pierre Goode (KM) p.
Clemmen 2:39; 152 - Kyle
Hargreaves (KM) d. Moore 7-3;
160 - McCormit (RS) d. Steven
Grant 6-3; 171 - Marquiz
Norris (KM) p. Prince 1:05; 189
- Johnny Gilliard (KM) won by
forfeit; 215 - Crummie (RS)
technical fall Josh Yon 16-0; 275
- Strawson (RS) d. Skyler
Warren 2-1.
Evans bowls 402
in duckpin league
Greg Evans and his M.R.
Ducks kept hitting the
pocket in mixed duckpin
bowling league action
Tuesday night at Dilling
Heating.
Evans bowled a 142 line
and 402 set to lead the first
place Ducks to a sweep of
the Pushovers. The Ducks
(20-4) now hold a six-game
lead over Deadwood (14-
10), which kept pace by
sweeping the Lucky Ducks.
John Dilling contributed a
115 game and 300 set for
M.r. Ducks. Zeke Rybczyk
led the Pushovers (6-18)
with a 112 line and 315 set.
Russ Armstrong bowled a
119 line and 322 set, and
Joey Whitaker added a 116-
310 to lead Deadwood over
Lucky Ducks (8-16). Ed
Philbeck led the Lucky
Ducks with a 129 line and
376 set.
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