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The Kings Mountain Herald Page 15
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Mountaineers edge R-S Central 17-
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GARY STEWART
gstewart@kingsmountainherald.com
Kings Mountain's
Mountaineers dodged two bul-
lets in the final seconds to hold
off R-S Central 17-16 on a soggy
John Gamble Stadium turf
Friday night.
The win all but assures the
Mountaineers of their first state
3AA playoff berth since 2004,
but the Mountaineers can nail
down a first round home game if
they beat a very strong Burns
team in their regular season
finale Friday at Gamble
Stadium.
Kings Mountain had several
chances to put their win on ice
earlier, but had to come up with
a spectacular defensive stand
and force two missed field goals
by the Hilltoppers” Will
Thompson in the final 20 sec-
onds.
“It was a exciting game, obvi-
ously,” said KM Coach Greg
Lloyd. “But I was disappointed
that we couldn't finish off a cou-
ple of drives, due to fumbles,
that could have put the game out
of reach. We let R-S hang around
and they took advantage of
some things. We were fortunate
to win.”
In a game that saw Kings
Mountain lose three fumbles and
have one pass intercepted, and
R-S lose two fumble and have
four passes intercepted, the
Mountaineers had to depend on
a couple of big defensive stands
in the final minutes to ensure the
win.
The Mountaineers were lead-
ing 17-14 with 8:57 left in the
game when the KM long snap-
per snapped the ball far over
punter Alex Randall's head on a
fourth and two punt situation at
the KM 34 yard line. Randall
very wisely decided to give R-S
two points instead of a possible
touchdown by kicking the ball
out the back of the end zone for
a safety.
On the free kick from the 20,
Randall got off a booming kick-
off to the R-5 15. The
Hilltoppers” Brandon Williams
broke into the clear but was
tripped up at the KM 41 by
Marlon Whitesides. On a fourth
and seven with 7:24 remaining,
R-S quarterback Deshawn
Littlejohn threw a flanker screen
to Drew McLaughlin but he
couldn’t hold on to the ball.
See Mounties, Page 16
GARY STEWART / HERALD
Joe Chambers (22) gets block from Chris Irvin (53) for big gain
in Friday’s win over R-S Central at Gamble Stadium.
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KM quarterback Michael Roberts (18) gets block from Marlon Whitesides (23) in Friday’s game
with R-S Central.
Elect
ic Francis >
Kings Mountain
City Council at Large
¥ Married to Deana Lovelace; 1 daughter, Elaina, a 6th grade student at KMIS
Vv Member of: KM Masonic Lodge 339, White Plains Shrine Club, KM Rotary Club, Elder
at the 1st Presbyterian Church, Owner of Francis Insurance Group of Allstate
v I will be a Voice of the people of Kings Mountain, this is my reason to run At Large 2
v I will strive to bring to the forefront the attention needed for fixing the problems of the ly
water and sewer infrastructure
“VI will strive to bring local businesses to downtown with the help of incentives if they can
keep our historical beauty and integrity
¥ Please get out and VOTE - Tuesday, November 6, 2007 so your voice can be counted
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