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KM swim
teams open
with wins
Kings Mountain High's
swim teams swept a five-
team meet last week at
Shelby.
The KMHS boys won
with 61 points, followed by
Shelby 60, Chase 21, North
Lincoln 18 and East
Rutherford 10. The KMHS
girls won with 71 points,
followed by Shelby 62,
North Lincoln 16, Chase 15
and East Rutherford 7.
Several Mountaineers
compiled outstanding
times, including Thomas
Miller in the 50 free (29.03),
Michael Sabetti in the 100
fly (1:08.63), Travis
McDaniel in the 500 free
(6:32.59), Joseph Maner in
the 500 free (8:08.20), the
200 free relay (2:00.30),
Thomas Miller in the 100
back (1:22.44), John
Witherspoon in the 100
back (1:41.21), Michael
Sabetti in the 100 breast
(1:17.93), Kyle Murphy in
the 100 breast (1:32.02), and
the 400 free relay (5:08.16).
Top times for the KM
girls included Lorrin Plyler
in the 200 IM (2:50.70),
Michelle Jones in the 50
free (32.87), Kelly Peeler in
the 50 free (33.77), Kelly
Flynn in the 50 free (34.17),
Michelle Jones in the 100
fly (1:31.29), Kelly Flynn in
the 100 fly (1:47.47), Ashlee
Ramey in the 100 fly
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The Kings Mountain Herald
Kings Mountain’s Antonio Feaster goes up for a short jump shot in Monday's game with
Hunter Huss at Donald L. Parker Gymnasium. Hunter Huss won 49-47.
Mounties
lose 49-47
to Huss
Kings Mountain's
Mountaineers came up
short for the second straight
game Monday night in their
home opener to Hunter
Huss, 49-47.
The Mountaineers led on
several occasions, but in the
end couldn’t get over the
hump against a more expe-
rienced team.
Darik Gary led the KM
scoring with 12 points and
Antonio Feaster added 10.
“We just weren't tough
enough down the stretch,”
said KM Coach Danny
McDowell. “We don’t have
a leader out there. Someone
has to step up and take con-
trol.”
Kings Mountain got five
rebounds each from David
McClish and Antonio
Feaster. Gary had five steals
and McClish four. The
Mounties hit 38 percent
from 2-point range, 45 per-
cent from 3-point range and
166 percent from the foul
line.
Huss grabbed a quick 10-
0 lead before the Mounties
put their full-court press
into gear and got back into
the game.
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UNCAKIALZ
November 24, 2004
Mounties open
with narrow
loss to Shelby
After a slow start Kings
Mountain's Mountaineers
gave a veteran Shelby team
all the basketball they could
stand before falling 72-66 in
the season opener
Wednesday night at Shelby.
The Lions jumped out to
an early 18-8 lead over the
nervous young
Mountaineers but Danny
McDowell’s crew, despite
numerous turnovers and
mistakes, battled back
strong and actually had a
chance to win at the end.
Kings Mountain played
most of the game without
the services of their only
returning starter, forward
D.J. Byrd, who picked up
four early fouls and sat out
the entire third quarter and
most of the fourth.
From the early 18-8
deficit, KM battled back to
trim the Shelby lead to 32-30
at halftime and tied the
game at 49-all going into the
fourth quarter.
The two teams were tied
at 66-all with 22 seconds
left, and KM had the ball.
But the Mountaineers
missed a shot, Shelby went
downcourt and scored for a
68-66 lead and all of a sud-
den the Mountaineers were
in a fouling situation.
Shelby scored its last four
points from the foul line.
“We dug ourselves such a
big hole to overcome,”
McDowell said. “We were
nervous and making a lot of
mistakes, missing lay-ups
and that sort of thing. And
D.]. got into foul trouble and
finished with only three
points and four rebounds.
But some of the younger
kids picked up the slack.”
Guard Brandon McClain,
who just joined the team
Monday after playing foot-
ball for the Mountaineers,
came off the bench to score
11 points. David McClish
led the Mountaineers with
12 points, Heath Walker
scored 10 and Antonio
Feaster nine.
Kings Mountain out-
rebounded the Lions, with
McClish grabbing 14 and
Feaster 10. Junior Brandon
Smith and sophomore John
Smith came off the bench to
contribute six and five,
respectively.
Poor free throw shooting
also hurt the Mountaineers,
and their inside shooters
shot a very low percentage.
“Our big guys down
inside just didn’t do the
job,” McDowell said. “Those
guys have to score in the
paint. Our guards did a
heck of a job getting them
the ball but they just didn’t
score inside 15 feet. You
expect them to knock those
shots down. A lot of times
we'd miss, go back up and
get the rebound and miss
again.”
Despite the loss,
McDowell is optimistic that =
his team will step its game
up.
“To stay as close as we did
against Shelby was good,”
he said. “Those guys have
“been together all summer.
After such a bad start we
could've lost by 60. When I
look at my roster we have
eight new people that
haven't played varsity bas-
ketball. It’s going to be hard
for them to compete night-
in and night-out.
“But they didn’t quit. We
were down 18 and just kept
playing. I tell them that bas-
ketball comes and goes in
spurts. If the game's not
over you just keep playing.”
McDowell applauded the
play of freshman point
guard Xavier Whitenburg,
who made some nice assists
and scored seven points,
and senior Darik Gary, who
came off the bench and
scored eight points and
dished out five assists after
playing football on Friday
night.
“Darik, Feaster and
McClain are not in basket-
ball shape, but they came in
and played the best they
could under the circum-
stances,” McDowell said.
“The kids held their heads
- up. They knew we had a
chance to win that game. We
didn’t do some of the little
things, but those things will
come in time.”
BM Kings Mountain's girls
started the season with a
tough 55-15 loss. Shelby
grabbed a 16-4 lead after the
first quarter and led 33-12 at
intermission and 53-14
going into the fourth quar-
ter.
Lauren Montgomery led
the Shelby attack with 25
points and Lindsey
Montgomery added 11.
Angel Smith and Marsha
Meeks scored five each for
Kings Mountain.
GIRLS GAME
KM (15) - Smith 5, Meeks
5, Pettis 2, McClain 2,
Wilson 1.
Shelby. (55) - Lauren
Montgomery 25, Lindsey
Montgomery 11, Jennings 8,
Campbell 8, Hall 3.
BOYS GAME
KM (66) - McClish 12,
McClain 11, Walker 10,
Feaster 9, Gary 8,
Whitenburg 7, J. Smith 3,
Byrd 3, B. Smith 3.
Shelby (72) - Sanders 17,
Andrew Vincent 15, Gullatte
14, Moore 13, Price 8,
London 4, McDowell 1.
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