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The Kings Mountain Herald
Page 18
SPORTS THIS WEEK
March 6, 2008
Kicking Mounties open
defense of Gaston Cup
Kings Mountain opened
defense of its Gaston County
Cup championship Monday
with an 11-0 victory over
North Gaston at Martha
Rivers Park in Gastonia.
Kings Mountain, attempting
to, win its sixth straight Cup,
took only four minutes to
score as Ramey Kerns found
the net from 14 yards out.
Three minutes later, Ashley
Witherspoon scored off a pass
from Kerns. Alex Edwards
scored two minutes later,
again off a pass from Kerns.
At the 16-minute mark,
Kerns scored again off a quick
pass from Megan Loftin, and
Loftin later set up a goal by
Edwards.
The final first half goal was
scored off a crossing pass from
Brittany Rodden that was fin-
ished off by Loftin for a 6-0
lead.
“The girls were very
unselfish in allowing many
players to score their first
goals of the season,” said
Coach Dan Potter.
The second half saw four
other Mounties score their
first goals. Kelli Bolt, Destiny
- Pittman, Sarah Mauney and
“Courtneigh Bumgardner
found the goal. Bumgardner
notched a second goal off a
pass from Mallory Mansfield.
Heather Stevens recorded
her first shutout at goal. The
Wildcats did not get a shot off
against the outstanding KM
defense.
KM will play the winner of
the South Point-East Gaston:
game Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at
Martha Rivers Park. The win-
ner will advance to play the
winner. of the Ashbrook-
Forestview match for the
championship Saturday at 5
“p.m. at Ashbrook.
HB In season-opening non-
conference games last week,
the Mounties tied Statesville
6-6 at Gamble Stadium and
defeated Crest 8-1 at Crest.
Against Statesville,
Edwards and Rodden scored
for an early 2-0 lead. At the 15-
minute mark Kerns scored to
make it 3-0. : :
“We came out on fire,” said
Coach Potter, but “I made
some substitutions that put us
under immediate pressure.”
Statesville scored the next
three goals to tie the game, but
KM came back to take a 5-3
‘halftime lead on a pair of
goals by Kerns.
Kerns added another goal
early in the second half to
make the score 6-4. Statesville
found the goal again with four
minutes left and then tied the -
game with less than two min-
utes to play.
Potter substituted liberally,
playing all 17 of his players so
they could gain experience.
“That is the reason for play-
ing difficult non-conference
opponents,” he said. “I really
want to see the kids play
under pressure and see what
we need to work on. Games
like this are really invaluable
when we get deeper into our
conference schedule.”
At Crest Saturday, the
Mounties again scored early
and often. Edwards scored
just two minutes into the
match off a direct kick from
Bolt, and Edwards assisted
the next two goals by Rodden
and Ashley Witherspoon for a
3-0 lead just 11 minutes into
the match.
“Alex had an outstanding
match as she would be
involved with seven of the
eight goals that we scored,”
said Potter. :
Kerns set up Edwards for
the final goal of the first half.
The score remained 4-0 until
Crest came out in the second
half and cut the margin to 4-1.
From that point on, the
Mounties dominated as Kerns
scored three of the next-four
goals and Edward getting the
other.
“I was very pleased with the
defensive play,” said Potter.
“Mallory Mansfield, Kelli
Bolt, Brooke Hayes and
Connor Blalock really took my
challenge to heart with their
defensive effort.”
KM-Forestview game
rescheduled for April 2
Kings Mountain High's
endowment game with
Forestview last Wednesday was
rescheduled because of cold
weather.
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Thursday, March 6
4 p.m. - Middle school baseball,
Burns at KM.
4 p.m. - High school tennis,
Ashbrook at KM.
7 p-m. - High school soccer,
Kings Mountain vs. South Point
at Martha Rivers Park.
Friday, March 7
4 p.m. - High school baseball,
KM at West Lincoln (JV /varsity
doubleheader).
Saturday, March 8
TBA - High school softball, KM
at Crest.
TBA - High school soccer,
Kings Mountain in Gaston Cup
tournament.
Tuesday, March 11
4 p.m. High school tennis,
Lincolnton at KM.
4:30 p.m.- High school JV base-
ball, Chase at KM.
7 p.m. - High school baseball,
Chase at KM.
Wednesday, March 12
4 p.m. - Middle school track,
Kings Mountain and East
Rutherford at Burns.
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