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May 8, 2003
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Rain washes out
Mountaineer games
The weatherman may
have the final say in the
Southwestern Foothills base-
ball race.
All of the league games
since last Tuesday have been
rained out and Kings
Mountain still finds itself
"tied with R-S Central (both
5-4) for third place behind
St. Stephens (8-1) and
Hickory (6-3).
Kings Mountain’s game at
Foard Friday was washed
out and re-set for Monday,
and rained out again.
Tuesday’s home game
with Hickory was also
rained out.
The Mounties were sched- -
uled to play a makeup game
with St. Stephens last night.
The Foard and Hickory
games will be played on
Thursday and Saturday;
respectively, weather permit-
ting.
The conference tourna-
ment is scheduled to begin
next Monday, but it may be
moved back or cancelled if
teams can’t get the makeup
games in by then. The State
tournament is scheduled to
open the following week.
The top three teams from
the SWFH advance.
Legion baseball
sign-up Saturday
Kings Mountain American
Legion Post 155 baseball
registration will be held
Saturday at 12 noon at the
Legion Building.
All young men who intent
to play this summer, and
their parents, are encour-
aged to attend.
KM golfers Sth
in West Regional
Kings Mountain High's
golf team finished eighth in
the Western Regional field
Monday at Riverbend.
Crest won!the event witha
302; followed by Hickory
311 and Tuscola 312. Those
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three teams advanced to
next week's State
Tournament in Lillington.
The top three individuals
who weren't on qualifying
teams also will go to the
State. They are Corey
Easterling of Forestview,
who shot a 75, and Jacob
Davis of Ashbrook and
Bobby Smith of East Gaston,
who shot 75s. Individual
champion was Matt Curtis
of Crest, who shot 73.
Finishing fourth through
tenth in the team standings
were Ashbrook 314,
Asheville 315, East Lincoln
318, Forestview 318, KM 321,
Erwin 342 and Franklin 344.
Russ Putnam led the
Mountaineers with a 78, fol-
lowed by Chris Jolly and
Chris Etters with 80 each,
and Sam McGinnis 83.
‘91 Lady Cobras
win Charlotte Cup
The ‘91 GCCSA lady
Cobras won the Charlotte
Challenge League City Cub
Championship this past
weekend at Colonel Beatty
park in Charlotte.
The team lost its first
game to University City
Magic 3-1 but came back
strong to beat the Northside
Koalas 3-2. The Cobras also
beat the TFC Vipers 2-0,
placing them in the semi-
finals against the Wildcats,
the top seed.
The Lady Cobras beat the
Wildcats 1-0 to advance to
the championship match
against the Magic. This time
the Lady Cobras defeated
the Magic 1-0.
Coach Kristen Setzer cred-
ited the defense for shutting
out its last three opponents.
KM edges Foard
3-2 in softball
Kings Mountain High's
women’s softball team
scored two runs in the bot-
tom of the seventh inning to
beat Fred;T-Foard 3-2in_ 1.1,
Southwestern Foothills |
Conference play Wednesday
ed
at Lancaster Field.
Trailing 2-1 with two outs,
the Lady Mountaineers
. started their rally with with
a walk to LaRonda McClain.
Rachel Hughes beat out an.
infield hit and Kristyn
Funderburke singled to
drive home McClain with
the tying run. Brittany
Thornburg then doubled to
to drive in Hughes with the
winning run.
Kings Mountain had taken
a 1-0 lead in the first inning
when McClain beat out an
infield hit, stole second,
moved to third on a fielder’s
choice and scored on a
throwing error.
Foard scored both of its
runs in the second inning.
Funderburke went the dis-
tance on the mound to pick
up the win. She gave up
eight hits and struck out
five.
Thornburg and Hughes
each had two hits and one
RBI
Kareem Marshall
signs with Eagles
" Former Kings Mountain
High football star Kareem
Marshall wasn’t drafted in
the recent NFL draft but has
signed a free agent contract
with the Philadelphia
Eagles.
Marshall was a two-time
All-Conference lineman for
the Mountaineers in 1997
and 1998. He played two
years at Gulf Coast
Community College in
Mississippi and started on
the offensive line the last
two years at the University
of Georgia.
He is the first Kings
Mountain product to sign a
NFL contract since Calvin
Stephens, an All-American
at South Carolina who
played for the New England
Patriots from 1990-92.
Previous KMHS players in
the NFL were Kevin Mack,
who was AFC Rookie of the
Year with the Cleveland
Browns, and Tracy Johnson,
who'played with a number
of teams in the late 1980s
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
The ‘91 Lady Cobras recently won the Charlotte Challenge League City Club
Championship. Players include, front row, Ann Chapin Meekins, Breanna Stevens and
Brittney Horn. Second row, Sandy Odembo, Erica Moore, heather Stevens, Savannah
Ward and Amy Burch. Back, Coach Kristen Setzer, Ramey kerns, Connor Blalock, Meagan
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Bumgardner wins
home run derby
Kings Mountain's Rusty
Bumgardner recently hit all
ten itches out of the park to
win the Shelby Home Run
Derby.
It was the second win in
the annual derby for
Bumgardner, who won $500.
Bumgardner, a former
football and baseball player
at KMHS and Wake Forest,
plays professional slowpitch
softball for
HagueResmondo/ Taylor.
Volleyball camp
set at KM High
Kings Mountain High
School will hold a volleyball
camp from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
June 9-12 for rising sixth,
seventh, eighth and ninth
grade girls.
Early registration fee is
$40 and the deadline is May
30. For more information
call Coach Suzanne Grayson
at 734-5647 ext. 34 or 482-
5284.
MFL semi-pro
football tryouts
The Millennium Football
League's Tri City Raiders
semi-pro football team will
hold tryouts Saturday, May
10 at at East Rutherford
High School.
Registration begins at 9
a.m. Participants will be test-
ed in the 40 yard dash, shut-
tle run, vertical leap and 225
bench press. Take cleats and
comfortable workout gear.
For more information call
(828) 305-2814 or go to the
web at
MFL1.com/raiders.html.
Softball camp
slated at KMHS
A fast pitch softball camp
will be held from 3-7 p.m.
May 26-29 at Kings
Mountain High School. The
camp is for rising sixth, sev-
enth, eighth and ninth grade
girls.
Early registration fee is
$40. Registration deadline is
May 16.
For more information call
Coach Suzanne Grayson at
734-5647 ext. 34 or 482-5284.
McDowell's camp
set at KM High
Danny McDowell's Play
Like a Champion Today bas-
ketball camp will be held
June 2-7 from 8 a.m.-12 noon
at Kings Mountain High
School.
Girls and boys in grades 1-
8 are eligible. The cost is $50
and each camper will
receive a trophy, basketball,
T-shirt, handbook and cer-
tificate. Trophies will also be
awarded to outstanding
campers and obstacle course
winners.
Applications are available
from local teachers or by -
calling Coach McDowell at
734-5647 ext. 26 from 8 a.m.-
3 p.m. After 3 p.m. call
extension 77.
One of the main features
of the camp is that all play-
ers are enrolled in a program
with a corporate sponsor.
Sponsors give athletic or
academic scholarships to
select campers as they con-
tinue to develop.
Application deadline is
May 16.
Basketball camp
slated at KM High
The Future Stars
Basketball Camp is sched-
uled from 8 a.m.-12 noon
July 7-11 at Kings Mountain
High School.
Boys and girls grades 2-8
are eligible. The cost is $50
and includes a T-shirt, bas-
ketball, certificate and tro-
phies will be awarded to
skills test winners and obsta-
cle course winners.
Send the following infor-
mation to Kevin Moss, 500
W. Parker Street, Kings
Mountain, NC 28086: Name,
address, phone number, age,
grade, male or female, par-
ents” names, T-short size
and phone number.
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