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The Kings Mountain Herald
May 10, 2007
Kings Mountain High's senior soccer players were honored at halftime of last week’s game with Bums.
Left to right are Tayler Deaton, Katy Cooke, Jennifer Lingg, Brittany McClain, Vanessa Sidavong,
Lauren Suber, Bennett Suber and Caitlin Suber. The Mounties were scheduled to-open state playoff
action at home last night and will play all of their games at home until the Western finals.
SPORTS BRIEFS
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Home, charter, private
school students eligible
to play football at Hope
Hope Christian Academy is
looking for home school stu-
dents and students at other pri-
vate or charter schools that are
interested in playing high school
football.
Any home school or
private/charter school student
that attends a school that does
not have a football team is eligi-
ble to play for Hope Christian.
For more information call head
coach Jeff Putnam at 704-460-
6637.
Philavong and Henson
qualify for Regionals
Paul Philavong and Matt
Henson of Kings Mountain High
‘School qualified’ for this' week's
3A West Regional tennis tourna-
ment by winning the consolation
match in last week’s
Southwestern 2A /3A
Conference tournament at
Shelby.
The Mountaineer duo defeated
John Dew and Jake Dew of
Burns 6-1, 6-0 to advance to the
Regionals at Charlotte Catholic
Friday and
Saturday, May 11-12.
The Dews defeated Matt Gray
and Davis Phanthalack of Kings
Mountain in the first round, 6-3,
6-4. Philavong and Henson lost
to Michael Putnam and Kyle
Upchurch of Burns in the second
round, 6-2, 0-6, 6-3. The Burns
duo advanced to the Regionals
along with Philavong and
Henson and the SWC champi-
onship team of Alexander Byers
and Andrew Parrish of R-S
Central.
In singles competition, Kings
Mountain's two entries lost out
in the first round. Josh Vassey
fell to Zeke Stephenson of R-S 6-
2, 3-6, 6-3 and Fletcher Webster
of KM lost to Wesley Clark of
Burns 6-3, 6-3.
KM golfers qualify for
Regional Tournament
Kings Mountain High finished
fourth in the final SWC golf
match April 30 at Forest City
Golf Course, and also completed
the season fourth place in the six-
team conference.
Shelby won the match with a
294 score and also won the SWC
championship with an aggregate
score of 1,816 for six matches.
East Rutherford was second in
the match at 301, R-S Central
third at 302, KM fourth with 316,
Chase fifth with 344 and Burns
last with 364.
Richard Allen of R-S was
medalist with a 70. KM was led
by Camden DeVane with 77, fol-
lowed by Andy Allen 78, Jared
Spicer 80, Jake Allen 81, Hogan
Sellers 84 and Reid Smith 85.
Andy Allen, Reid Smith, Jake
Allen and Hogan Sellers quali-
fied for this week’s Western
Regional Tournament at
Municipal Golf Course in
Asheville.
R-S'wiés' ‘second place in the
league’ with’ an“aggregate’ score”
of 1,827, followed by East 1,916,
KM 1,959, Chase 2,125 and Burns
2,205.
Optimists to present
Bibles to graduates
Kings Mountain Optimist
Club has an annual Bible pro-
gram where it recognizes any
graduating senior football player
or cheerleader that are former
KM Optimist football players
and cheerleaders.
This year the presentation will
include Kings Mountain High
and Hope Christian Academy
seniors and will be held Friday,
May 18 at 7 p.m. at the Patrick
Center.
Bethlehem Baptist sets
golf tourney for missions
Bethlehem Baptist Church will
host its 7th annual Missions for
Christ Golf Tournament May 19
at Pine Grove Golf Club.
It is a Captain’s Choice format.
The entry fee is $45 per person
(groups of four) and hole spon-
sorships are $100.
Tee time is 8:30 a.m. First, sec-
ond and third place prizes will
be awarded as well as door
prizes, longest drive and closest
to the pin.
For more information «call
Lawrence Bolin at 629-5444,
Dena Allen at 739-6461 or the
church office at 739-7487.
Basketball camp set
at KM Middle School
The Mountaineer School of
Hoops will be held at Kings
Mountain Middle School June
25-28.
The camp will be directed by
KMHS coach Ric Franklin and is
for boys ages 10-14. The cost is
$55.
For more information and a
free brochure, call 704-860-2308
or email rlfranklin@cleveland-
countyschools.org.
HALL OF FAME
From 1A
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Van Dyke, who won over 360
games in 27 seasons as head
coach at East Gaston, is now the
head baseball coach at Clover,
SC. He will be inducted by Jerry
Adams, who gave him his start
in coaching at East Gaston.
The Mountaineer football
team, which played for the state
championship after winning the
Western NC championship, will
be inducted by its coach, Ron
Massey, now head football coach
and athletic director at A.L.
Brown High School in
Kannapolis.
The Mountaineer volleyball
team will be inducted by its
coach, Diana Bridges, who is
now principal at Shelby High
School.
Tickets are $10 and may be
obtained in advance at The
Herald or from any member of
the Hall of Fame Committee.
Tickets which are not sold in
advance will be available at the
door as long as they last.
NOTE TO COACHES
Report your scores to The
Herald by bringing them by our
office at 824-1 East King Street;
call 704-739-7496, fax 704-739-
0611 or Email
gstewart@kingsmountainher-
ald.com
Childers hurls perfect game,
state playoffs open Tuesday
Kings Mountain High's
women’s softball team was
scheduled to complete its confer-
ence season yesterday at R-S
Central and will face non-confer-
ence foe West Lincoln in a dou-
bleheader Saturday at 12 noon
before turning their thoughts to
defending their state 3A champi-
onship.
Playoff action begins Tuesday,
May 15 with the Mountaineers
hosting a team (probably South
Point) from the Big South 3A.
The game is set for 7 p.m. but
will be changed to 6 p.m. if
approved by the NCSAAA. The
second playoff game is May 18,
and the third on May 25. All
games would be played at Kings
Mountain if the Lady
Mountaineers = continue to
advance.
Tuesday’s game has been des-
ignated as Senior Night and all
senior players will be recog-
nized.
The Lady Mountaineers tuned
up for the stretch run during the
past week with impressive victo-
ries over East Gaston and Chase
to run their record to 14-0 in the
Southwestern 2A/3A
Conference and 19-2 overall.
Morgan Childers pitched a
perfect game and Kristin Cogdill
scored the only run of the game
on an error in the bottom of the
sixth inning to give Kings
Mountain a 1-0 victory over a
strong East Gaston team
Wednesday at Lancaster Field.
Childers struck out 17 of the 21
Morgan Childers hurled perfect game against | East Gaston last
week.
batters she faced.
With one out in the bottom of
the sixth, Cogdill singled. She
broke for second base and Haley
Barrett singled to right field. The
throw to third base got away
from the East Gaston third base-
man allowing Cogdill to score.
Kings Mountain collected only
five hits. Casey Camp went 3-
for-3 with two doubles.
Tuesday at Chase, Childers
pitched a two-hitter and struck
out 10 as the KM ladies ended
the game after five innings on
the 10-run rule, 11-0.
KM scored four runs in the
Thunderbolts beat
Hope Christian Academy's
baseball team split two games
last week, defeating Mt. View
Christian of Cowpens, SC 5-2
and losing to Union Academy of
+ Matthews 23-19.
Taylor Brewer (2-3) pitched ¢ a
complete game and struck out 11
to beat Mt. View.
Hope scored three runs in the
third inning on singles by Tyler
Shores, Brewer, Chad Mashburn
and Taylor Putnam.
“Taylor pitched another strong
game,” said Coach Richard
Shores. “We played very good
defense behind him. This was a
close, tough game and our kids
srohungdn.there andagade plays at
the crucial time.”
Hope fell behind Union 18-8
after 4 1/2 innings but made
things interesting by sending 14
men to the plate and scoring 10
runs in the bottom of the fifth.
Jarred Whitlock, Josh Burgess
first inning, added a singleton in
the second and struck for six in
the fourth.
Tate continued her torrid hit-
ting spree of late with 3-for-3,
including two RBIs and one run.
She also had a sacrifice.
Camp, Childers, Jessica
Yarbro, Chasiti Falls and Hayley
Hoyle added two hits apiece.
Camp had two triples, two RBIs
and two runs; Childers had a
double and two RBIs; Yarbro had
a double and three RBIs; and
Falls had an RBI.
Cogdill, Barrett and Megan
Hoyle each had a single.
Mt. View
and Craig Huffstetler each had
two hits during inning.
Whitlock finished the game
with 4-for-5, including two balls .
off the center field fence. Brewer
was 3-for-5 including a 325-foot
home run over the left-center .
field fence. Shores was 3-for-5
and Burgess 4-for-5.
. “Iwas proud of the way our
guys fought back from the hole
they dug,” Coach Shores said.
Players, cheerleaders make All-American
Numerous Kings Mountain
Optimist Club football players
and cheerleaders received
scholastic awards recently.
Pop Warner requires that all
football players and cheerleaders
maintain a 2.0 or a minimum of
70% grade point average to par-
ticipate. Students exceeding the
requirement qualify for scholas-
tic recognition. First, participants
must qualify within their confer-
ence by maintaining an average
GPA of 96 or higher for the pre-
vious school year.
The following 14 KM Optimist
participants were chosen for the
Greater Gaston All-Americans
and were invited to a banquet in
Winston Salem on April 1.
First team - Emily Dover,
Mason Fleischer, Carsyn Bolin,
Taylor Blanton.
Second team - Zachary
Spencer, Wilson Rikard, Phillip
Quinn, Travis Oates, DeAngelo
Guinn, Samuel Baker, Hannah
Chapman, Jada Mauney, Lauren
Biggers, Zachary Wilson.
The winners are then selected
for National All American teams
and are invited to an awards
banquet at Disneyland in
Anaheim, CA May 25-26. The
following were selected to the
Scholastic = Mid-South All-
American team:
First team - Emily Dover.
Second team - Zachary
Spencer, Wilson Rikard, Mason
Fleischer, DeAngelo Guinn,
Zachary Wilson, Travis Oates,
Carsyn Bolin, Hannah
Chapman, Lauren Biggers, Jada
Mauney, Taylor Blanton.
Honorable mention - Samuel
Baker, Phillip Quinn.
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Notice of Public Hearing
The Kings Mountain City Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday My 29, 2007
beginning at 7:00 pm. The meeting will be held at the City Hall. The purpose of the
hearing will be to discuss funds available through the Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) program, especially through Economic Development program. These
funds are generally available to assist new or expanding businesses with
infrastructure improvements that result in the creation or retention of qualifying jobs.
CDBG funds are provided to the state by the US Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD). They are administered at the state level by the NC Department
of Commerce through the Division of Community Assistance and the Commerce
The public is invited to attend this meeting. Persons with disabilities who need
assistance in order to attend or participate in this meeting should contact the City Hall
at least 24 hours before the meeting, so that appropriate accommodations can be
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