Kings Mountain Middle School’s Patriots finished 14-1 overall and won the Tri-County Conference championship with a
14-4 win over Crest. Kneeling, left to right, Clay Kerns, Brent Stevens, Kyle Bell, Jeffry Howell, Joe Chambers, Cody
Austin and Dillon Smith. Standing, Coach Monty Deaton, Zach Hayes, Tyler Ross, Mitchell Hinson, Brantley Blalock,
- Johnathon Allen, Chris Williams, Coach Peter Thompson, Rai Robinson, Ryan Doty and manager Tyler Dixon.
Patriots win Tri-County crown
Kings Mountain came
back from two early deficits
to defeat Crest 14-4
Thursday in the Tri-County
Conference championship
game at Crest.
The Patriots of Monty
Deaton and Peter Thompson
closed out the season with a
perfect division record and a
14-1 overall mark. Their
only loss was to Crest in a
game in which five KM
starters were out because of
a school trip.
Crest grabbed a 1-0 lead in
the first inning and led 4-2
after three. But after that it
was all KM as the Patriots
scored two runs in the
fourth, four in the fifth,
three in the sixth and three
in the seventh.
Jeffry Howell went the
distance on the mound, scat-
tering eight hits and striking
out eight.
“I am real proud of the
kids,” said Coach Deaton.
“They played well. Their
hard work since the begin-
ning of the season paid off
for them.”
Kings Mountain grabbed a
2-1 lead in the third inning
on singles by Brent Hunt
and Brantley Blalock, an
error and Howell's sacrifice
fly.
After Crest regained the
lead at 4-2, the Patriots tied
the game with a pair of runs
in the fourth on two errors,
a hit batsman, sacrifice fly
by Ryan Doty and a single
by Hunt.
The Patriots scored four
runs in the fifth to take an 8-
4 lead. Cody Austin had a
double and Howell, Tyler
Ross and Rai Robinson each
had a single.
A single by Blalock and
doubles by Howell and Ross
extended the lead to 11-4 in
the sixth inning, and KM
closed out the scoring in the
top of the seventh on a 3-run
home run by Blalock.
Kings Mountain tuned up
for the championship game
‘by winning a pair of lop-
sided games against -
Pumpkin Center and Burns
to end division play.
Against Pumpkin Center,
KM rolled to a 24-3 win.
Howell pitched the first four
innings to get the win. He
gave up only three hits and
fanned 11. Doty pitched the
final inning and struck out
one.
Kings Mountain scored
five runs in each of the first
two innings to put the game
away early. In the first, KM
followed an error with hits
by Austin, Ross and
Robinson and a home run
by Jonathan Allen.
In the second, Blalock sin-
gled with two outs to get
things started. Austin fol-
lowed with a single, Howell
a triple, Ross a single and
Robinson a double.
KM added three runs in
the third to take a 13-1 lead.
After two errors, Austin sin-
gled and Howell doubled,
Ross had a sacrifice fly and
Robinson added a single.
The Patriots increased
their margin to 21-2 in the
fourth, scoring eight runs on
a home run by Blalock, dou-
bles by Howell and Allen,
singles by Robinson, Joe
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Chambers, Doty and Dylan
Smith, and a sacrifice fly by
Ross.
The Patriots added their
final two runs in the fifth on
Blalock’s home run, a triple
by Howell and double by
Doty.
- Howell and Robinson fin-
ished with four hits each,
Blalock and Austin had
three each, Ross, Doty and
Allen two. each, and
Chambers one.
Kings Mountain rebound-
ed from an early 2-1 deficit
to defeat Burns 23-2.
Allen went the distance to
get the pitching win.
Blalock, Howell and Hunt
led the hitting with three
hits each. Austin, Ross, and
Robinson added two hits
each and Williams, Kyle
Bell, Doty and Chambers
had one apiece.
Mounties win
SWFH in track
Kings Mountain won the Southwestern Foothills
Conference men’s track championship Wednesday and
Thursday at Hickory.
The Mountaineers compiled 161 points to 109 by Crest.
Three-time defending champion Hickory was third with 78
points, followed by Fred T. Foard 68, R-S Central 64, St.
Stephens 62 and Burns 8.
Sidney Goode paced the Mountaineers with first place
finished in the long jump (21'2”) and the ipl jump
(42727).
Johnny Phillips won the high jump (6 feet even) and
Antwan Ross, Javon Potts, Derrick Marable and Martrice
Love won the 800-meter relay in 1:31.83.
R-S Central won the girls title with 189 points, followed
by Hickory 121, Crest 71, St. Stephens 67, KM 51, Foard 38
and Burns 2.
The only winner for Kings Mountain was Alex Pharr,
who won the long jump with a jump of 15 feet even.
KM Wildcats received a bid to the National AAU
Tournament in Sarasota, FL after wining the AAU NIT
Tournament in Concord this weekend. The Wildcats
defeated three Charlotte teams, including the Royals 2-0,
Scorpions 11-2 and Pirates 6-4 in pool play and went on to
defeat Catawba Valley Storm 11-9 in the championship
game on Sunday. Pictured, left to right, front row Kyle
Bell, Caleb Henderson, Rai Robinson. Second row Brantley
Blalock, Joey Starnes, Danny Vliet, Jeffry Howell, Dillon
White, Tyler Ross. Coaches are Ray Robinson, Todd :
Blalock and Scott Howell. 4
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