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Hutchins
tourney
Saturday
The annual Mary Ann
Hutchins Memorial
Captain’s Choice Golf
Tournament - Tee Off For A
Cure - will be held June 3 at
Kings Mountain Country
Club.
Lunch will begin at 11 a.m.
and there will be a shotgun
start at 12:30 p.m.
Entry fee is $50 per person
and includes green fee, cart
and lunch. All profits will be
presented to a senior or sen-
iors who are pursuing a
career in the medical field.
The scholarships are given
in memory of Mary Ann
Hutchins, who lost a five-
‘year battle with breast can-
cer.
All contributions are tax
deductible. Make checks
payable to Mary Ann
Hutchins MSE
For more information call
Johnny Hutchins at 739-5757
or Buffy H. Murphey at 739-
0031.
Tennis camps
set in June
at KM High
The 2006 Mountaineer
Tennis Camp will be held
June 12-16 (K-4) and June
19-23 (5-9) at the Kings
Mountain High School ten-
nis courts.
The first week will take
place from 9-11 a.m. and the
second from 9 a.m-12 noon.
The camp will focus on fun-
damentals such as fore-
hands, backhands, volleys,
singles and doubles play.
The week will end with a
tournament and trophies
will be awarded to the win-
ners.
The cost is $50. For more
information call KMHS ten-
nis coach Chris Bennett at
704-477-6483 or Email clben-
nett@clevelandcoun-
tyschools.org.
KM athletes win
in weight lifting
Kings Mountain High
won a three-team weight
lifting competition Friday at
KMHS
The Mountaineers com-
piled 176 points to 42 for
Hendersonville and 40 for
West Henderson.
Approximately 100 people
competed in eight weight
classes.
Kings Mountain winners
included Torrance Davis in
the bench and cling; Andrew
Bunch in the bench; Ryan
Skibo in the bench and cling;
Christian Lail in the bench
and cling; Antwaan Ross in
the bench; Roger McClain in
the cling; and Larry Benton
in the cling.
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SPORTS
The Kings Mountain Herald
Bill Smothers has been named defensive coordinator of the Kings Mountain High football
team.
KMHS names offensive,
defensive coordinators
GARY STEWART
gstewart@kingsmountainherald. com
Kings Mountain High School will have a
new offensive and defensive coordinator
when the Mountaineers open pre-season
football practice August 1.
Bill Smothers, a 25-year coaching veteran
and former head coach at East Rutherford
and North Buncombe High Schools, will
assume the defensive coordinator’s role. For
the past two seasons he has coached
Mountaineer defensive backs.
Rich Hargitt, a former head coach in
Illinois and Indiana, will be joining the team
as offensive coordinator. He replaces Jon
Fleisher, who will become assistant principal
at West Lincoln High School.
KMHS is advertising for three assistant
coaches but as yet has not been able to find
coaches who qualify for KMHS teaching
vacancies. Mountaineer line coach Mike
Willbanks is leaving Kings Mountain to
coach in Shelby, and assistant line coach
Alfred Ash has resigned his coaching duties.
Defensive coordinator Brian Thompson is
also leaving KMHS.
Head coach and athletic director Dave
Farquharson said he will assume the line
coaching duties. Chris Carrigan, a non-teach-
ing assistant, will work with the line and
assistants Kenny Bridges and Amos Miles
will work with linebackers and defensive
backs, respectively.
Both new coordinators say they hope to
bring a lot of excitement to their side of the
football.
“Iwant to get the kids moving a little
quicker than what I've seen them move and
get to the football,” Smothers said.
Smothers said another goal is “to change
the mentality and expectations” of the
defense.
“I'm excited about the young kids,” he
said. “We had a good JV team. Thursday and
Friday nights are two different ball games,
but a lot of the young kids like the game and
that makes coaching it a lot more fun.”
Hargitt will be beginning his sixth year of
coaching, with the last four being as a head
coach. His team last year at Brown County
High School in Nashville, IN finished 3-7.
Hargitt was an all-conference and all-area
center and defensive tackle in high school in
Illinois. He did not play college ball.
He said the offense will run a spread
option similar to Clemson and the University
of Florida.
“We will have a good run-pass mix,” he
said. “I like to run the option - triple option
and double option. And we will throw the
ball quite a bit.”
Hargitt said his team last year at Brown
County gained 1,300 yards passing and 2,100
yards rushing and finished second in the
conference in passing yardage and comple-
tion percentage.
Hargitt has seen some of his players in the
weight room and on film, and said he is
impressed with the talent.
“I'think we have some great young athletes
to work with,” he said. “I've met with the
coaching staff and everybody seems to be
exited about the football program. I'm happy
to be a part of it. People should be able to
expect an exciting, wide open offense that
will be a lot of fun for people to come out and
see it. My wife and I are excited to be a part
of the community and look forward to a
great football season.”
Coach Farquharson said the team is
through with spring practice and will begin
summer weight lifting June 12 from 8:30-11
a.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Weight
lifting is mandatory for all football players.
Individual group practice will also be held
during that timeframe.
The team will go to Wake Forest University
July 15 for a passing league tournament.
Official. Practice begins August 1.
June 1, 2006
CH iH
Post 155 beats
Denver, hosts
Steele Creek
After a slow start Kings Mountain Post 155 is heating up in
Area IV legion play.
Chuck Austin’s crew defeated Denver 7-3 Monday night
for its second straight win. Deavin Shuford notched the win,
giving up two unearned runs in six innings of work.
Josh Hendricks led the hitting with 3-for-5 and Trey
Robinson went 2-for-4 with a home run..
Post 155 blasted Cherryville 16-5 Friday at home for its first
win. Kevin Bell pitched five innings to get the win. He gave
up three runs and five hits.
Kings Mountain collected 18 hits with Isaac Proctor lead-
ing the way with 4-for-5. Josh Hendricks was 3-for-5 and
Zach Williams was 2-for-4 with two home runs. Both of
Williams’ blasts came in the first inning, when Post 155 bat-
ted around. He led off with a home run, then came back up
later and hit a grad slam. He also scored four runs.
Luke Proctor was 2-for-4 with a home run, and Jordan
Bingham and Ross Bailes each had two hits.
Last week the Juniors lost to the Gaston Braves 14-4 and 11-
10 in 10 innings, and dropped a 9-5 game to Henderson
County in a non-division game.
In the first game with the Braves, Hendricks hit two home
runs and scored three runs.
Against Henderson, Isaac Proctor was 3-for-5 and Zach
Williams and Luke Proctor each had two hits.
In the second loss to the Braves, Post 155 led 10-4 after four
innings cut couldn’t score again. Trey Robinson went 3-for-5
with a home run, Cody Barrett was 3-for-5, and Josh
Hendricks 2-for-4 with a home run. Steven Holland, Ross
Bailes, Jordan Bingham and Isaac Proctor added two hits
each.
Kings Mountain travels to Charlotte tonight and hosts
Steele Creek Saturday at 7 p.m. at Lancaster Field. KM trav-
els to Steele Creek Sunday and goes to Gastonia Tuesday:
Post 155 returns home on Wednesday, June 7 to host
Gastonia.
KM’s Zach Williams hit two home runs in one inning in last
.week’s game with Cherryville.
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