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The Kings Mountain Herald
February 3, 2005
SPORTS
Kings Mountain’s Michael Allen won two events in Monday’s Southwestern Foothills Conference meet at Neisler
Natatorium.
Hickory ends KMHS reign
as conference swim champ
Kings Mountain's Jessica Yarbro finished third in the 50
free in Monday’s Southwestern Foothills Conference
swim meet at Neisler Natatorium
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Kings Mountain High's
men’s swim team saw its
four-year reign as
Southwestern and
Southwestern Foothills
Conference champions come
to an end in the SWFH con-
ference meet Monday at
Neisler Natatorium.
Hickory’s men grabbed
the league championship by
30 points over the
Mountaineers. The Red
Tornadoes compiled 246
points to KM's 216. St.
Stephens was third with 209,
followed by Crest 174, R-S
. Central 154 and Fred T.
Foard.
Swimmers that finished in
first place were named to
the All-Conference team.
Swimmers of the Year were
Gata Miycizaki of St.
Stephens and Micah Penley
of Fred T. Foard. Cathey
Hitchcock of Hickory was
coach of the year.
Defending State
Champion Michael Allen led
the Mountaineers with first
place finishes in the 200
freestyle and 500 freestyle.
Kings Mountain’s 200 and
400 freestyle relay teams
Ducks, Strike Force
take bowling lead
M.R. Ducks regained the
lead in mixed duckpin bow-
ing league action Tuesday
night at Dilling Heating,
defeating Dream Team 6-2.
M.R. Ducks (28-12) got a
148 line and 368 set from
Greg Evans. Pernell Byars
had a 134 line and Mark
Abernathy a 335 set for
Dream Team (24-16).
Mighty Ducks and Duck
Masters split 4-4. Ed
Philbeck led the Mighty
Ducks (16-24) with a 147
line and 383 set. Zeke
Rybczyk led Duck Masters
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There's still a little light at
the end of the tunnel for
Kings Mountain's
Mountaineers in their quest
for a state 3A playoff berth.
The Mountaineers
knocked off fourth place R-S
Central 73-62 Tuesday night
in Rutherfordton to keep
alive their hope of tying the
Hilltoppers for the fourth
Southwestern Foothills play-
off berth.
If Kings Mountain, 4-6 in
the conference, can beat
winless St. Stephens on the
road Friday night and then
knock off third place
Hickory in their regular sea-
son finale Tuesday at home;
and if R-S Central loses its
final two games the
Mountaineers and R-S
would both finish 6-6 and
the Mountaineers would
own the tie-breaker because
of their two wins over R-S.
Otherwise, theyll have to
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also won first place.
Michael Sabetti was sec-
ond in the 50 free and third ih the coat
in the 100 fly, and James win the co ne tourna-
Gladden was third in the Tent te qualify
200 free. e Mountaineers had
In the girls division, St. perhaps their most complete
Stephens won with 281.5 game of the sensor Tuesday
points, followed by R-S with five players scoring in
Central 228, Hickory 220, double figures. David
KM 190.5, Fred T. Foard 171 McClish led the way with 16
and Crest 61 points and added 11
SWiraIners of the year rebounds. Heath Walker had
were Meredith McBride of 12 vous ani] 1 sbonnds,
Antonio Feaster added 12
points and 11 rebounds, D.]J.
Byrd had 11 points and 10
rebounds, and Brandon
McClain scored 10 points.
St. Stephens and Emily
Powell of R-S Central. Cathy
Schiffel of St. Stephens was
coach of the year.
Lorrin Plyler led the KM McClain vas olavicehis
ladies with a first place fin- first ep Yine
ish in the 200 free and a sec- IY Pe n Oy 0 hn
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stroke. ed, !
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Swimmers and divers who ig that iH him out of the
met qualifying times during Inep Ior Iwo more.
One of the big keys to the
Mountaineer attack was
freshman guard Xavier
the regular season will
advance to the Western
Regional next week at
Huntersville. The top finish- Wl whe oi A
ers there will qualify for the is Shamzlod pang S
State Meet which will be - ~ id : a dishing 0
: o other players for easy
bal PehnuargfliinChapel baskets. Whittenburg had 11
assists.
“He jump started our
offense,” said Coach Danny
McDowell. “We had a lot of
easy baskets and lay-ups
because of the way he was
pushing the ball up the
court. A lot of guys got
snowbirds because of him.”
(12-28) with a 159 line and The Mountaineers had
367 set. their best shooting night of
the year, hitting 73 percent
On Thursday night, the
KM Warriors swept Allen's
Raiders, knocking them out
of first place, and allowing
Tommy's Strike Force to
move into a tie following a
4-4 split with Merck's
Murderers.
Joey Whitaker led the
Warriors (16-16) with a 123
line and 317 set. Allen
Myers led the Raiders (16-
16) with a 114 line and 338
set.
Tommy Barrett led Strike
Force (18-14) with a 130 line
and 353 set. Zeke Rybczyk
led the Murderers (14-18)
with a 133 line and 363 set.
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KM playoff
hopes alive
after win
from the foul line, 62 per-
cent from two-point range
and 50 percent from three-
point range.
“To have five guys in dou-
ble figures and career highs
with assists and rebounds
from people was just a
pleasant surprise,”
McDowell said.
Unlike past games - and
especially during their five
game losing streak going
into the R-S gym - the
Mountaineers didn’t have a
letdown at any point of the
game. Kings Mountain got
off to a 14-12 lead in the first
quarter and didn’t let up.
The Mountaineers built a
38-29 halftime lead and 57-
41 lead going into the fourth
quarter.
“The kids played hard,”
McDowell said. “They just
hustled and talked on
defense and offense the
entire night. That's some-
thing you'd like to bottle up
and keep.
“This was a big win for
us,” he added. “We know
we have to win out to even
get there (to the playoffs).
We definitely need to win
Friday and then get Hickory
(Tuesday), and we've got an
outside chance.”
HM Kings Mountain's girls
grabbed a 12-10 first quarter
lead but couldn't keep pace
with R-S in the middle two
quarters and lost their 19th
straight game, 54-40. The
Lady Mountaineers haven't
won a conference game in
two years and have a 1-40
overall record during that
span.
Angel Smith led the KM
scoring with 14 points and
Nataisha Cannedy added
11.
GIRLS GAME
KM (40) - Smith 14,
Cannedy 11, Meeks 5,
Vinson 4, Sims 4, McClain 2.
RS (54) - Flack 14,
Hernandez 11, Jackson 9,
Ross 6, Morse 4, Hamrick 4,
Ross 4, Bean 2.
BOYS GAME
KM (73) - McClish 16,
Walker 12, Feaster 12, Byrd
11, McClain 10, Whittenburg
6, Love 3, Gary 3.
RS (62) - Green 14,
Abrams 11, Byers 10, Lytle 9,
Sadler 7, Hines 5, Young 3,
Lopez 2, Whitesides 1.
Kings Mountain's Laura Weigle, right, tries to steal the
ball from a Crest player in Friday's JV game at Donald L.
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