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i arn ET STI, ENR ey GARY STEWART / HERALD infielder Elan Philbeck is one of only a handful of return- ing players on this year's Legion team. Post 155 opens its season Saturday night at Steel Creek and plays its first home game Monday at 7 p.m. at. Lancaster Field. KM women lose in tournament Kings Mountain High's Mountaineers, scattering women’s softball team seven hits nd walking two. ended its season Wednesday with a 2-0 loss to first place St. Stephens in the semifinal of the Southwestern Funderburke, Brittney Foothills 3A tournament at ~~ Thornburg and Amber Fred T. Foard. Milwood. Kings Mountain finished Kristyn Funderburke went with a 6-6 conference and 13-12 overall record. the distance for the Lady Kings Mountain collected only three hit s- one each by Nits Sov She Nad, *1195 .06 Carat. 1/4 Carar...$199 12 Carat... 450 14K Gold Setting & Chain These beautiful 1" cuff bracelets offered in precious pewter will make a stunning addition to any attire, Monogrammed or not the cuff bracelet is the pefect gift for that special person. : Monogrammed and Gift Wrapped Sale *1 295570" 1 Carat 3-Diamond Ring ; gt Be arat... $199 {0k Go bracsier $995 1 150s penn 14K Gold Setting From $59 Cultured Pearls 1 Carat 3-Diamond Pendant Kings Mountain's American Legion Juniors will open their Area IV sea- son Saturday at Steel Creek and will host the Gaston Braves in their first home game Monday at 7 p.m. at Lancaster Field. Second-year head coach Drew Pearson of Shelby has a young squad that draws primarily from Kings Mountain High School. “We have a few players back from last year, but from looking at legion age they're still pretty young,” Pearson said. “If you'd take three players off our team we could be playing junior league baseball.” Kings Mountain does return its leading hitter from a year ago, catcher-third baseman Matt Echols. Echols also led the KMHS team in hitting this spring. Brad Moffitt, who played JV ball at KMHS this spring, will handle the catching duties when Echols is at = third base. The team’s most experi- | enced player is infielder Elan Philbeck. He will be graduating high school Friday night but still has two years of legion eligibili- ty remaining. . Philbeck played second Kings Mountain High's women’s soccer team saw one of its most successful seasons come to an abrupt end Saturday night at John Gamble Stadium. The Lady Mountaineers, winners of the Southwestern Foothills 3A Conference for the second year in a row, fell to a strong Waynesville Tuscola team 2-1 in the sec- ond round of the State 3A playoffs. Tuscola, which finished second in the Mountain Athletic Conference, improved its record to 21-3 and advanced to a third round match against Asheville. Kings Mountain, which had drawn a first round bye, completed its season with a 21-3 record. Tuscola, which was play- ing without the services of its leading scorer, Lauren Ross, who suffered a torn tendon in her knee during base for the Mountaineers this spring but will see some duty at shortstop on the legion team, along with Ronnie Wilson who was a part-time starter for the Mountaineers. Brandon Bridges is anoth- er returning player from last year, and he'll probably see time in both left and center field. “He has the speed to cover that area,” said Pearson. “We hope he will start making contact. You won't find a better kid that Tuscola’s 1-0 first round win over Gastonia Forestview, gave a great defensive effort to hold down the potent KM offense. Kings Mountain outshot the visiting Mountaineers 15-10. The game was scoreless for most of the first half, which was played in a misty rain which made the field slippery. But in the final two min- utes of the half the action heated up. With about a minute'to go Tuscola goalie Liner blocked a scoring attempt from eight yards out by KM’s Blair Heffner, and 20 seconds later Hannah Minick scored on a breakaway from the left side to give Tuscola a 1-0 half- time edge. Kings Mountain battled back to tie the game at 1-all, but Tuscola’s Rebecca Smith scored on a direct free kick with 10 minutes left for the victory. Legion baseball opens Saturday comes out there with a good attitude and hustles all the time.” Tyler Leach, a sophomore member of this year’s KMHS pitching staff, will probably be the ace of the mound crew. Allen White of Shelby, who played for Post 155 last year, will see a lot of action on the mound and in the infield. He is also a good hit- ter. One of the more promis- ing newcomers is Derrick Smith, KMHS football and basketball star who played baseball in the youth leagues in Kings Mountain. “Derrick hasn't played baseball the last couple of years, but everything I know about Derrick he’s a hustler and has a lot of speed,” Pearson said. Josh Melton, who didn’t play legion ball last year but hit over .300 for the Mountaineers this spring, is another newcomer with a lot of promise. He'll likely be in... right field.” ft Kings Mountain has already lost one of its main returning players to injury. Caleb Williams played the outfield for Post 155 last year but recently injured his right shoulder and will be out for the season. Many of the graduating seniors on the KMHS base- ball team are not playing legion ball. Some are play- : ing AAU ball. : “You lose some good kids like that,” Pearson said, “and that hurts a program as small as we are. We don’t draw from anybody hardly at hall, and we need all the help we can get. “To be successful you have to have very good (Cc baseball players,” he added. rs “I don’t care how good you # coach; if you don’t have good talent you're not going to be successful. “But we're happy with the kids that came out. If they come out and work like they did last year, at the end of the season we'll be well pleased with them.” Bobby Mode, who has 30 years experience in coach- ing, will be Pearson's assis- tant. “We're looking forward to getting started,” Pearson ~ said. “We're mainly provid- ing a baseball team for the kids. I think they should be proud and very grateful that 20 Post 155 is giving them an : of opportunity to play baseball. 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