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July 31, 2008 ~The Kings Mountain Herald I SPORTS Nine athletes with the Sharks Aquatic Club swam away with 27 top 10 finishes in last weekend's North Carolina Age Group Championships in Charlotte. The team finished 11th overall. Austin Toney, of Kings Mountain, scored 3rd place in the = 200 breast stroke contest, 7th place in the 100 breast and 9th in ‘the 50 breast. He is the son of © Hope and Barry Toney of Kings Mountain. Abbey Bragg, daughter of Ruthie and Greg Bragg of Kings Mountain, claimed two 12th places in the 50-yard back stroke and 200-yard back stroke con- tests. Head Coach David Messenger said that Bragg had her best swim times all weekend, in addition to other Sharks Parker Campbell and David Roby. Ben Waldrep and Lindsey Martelle are the Sharks’ 2008 state champions. Ben won the 50 breast and 100 breast for the second year - in a row and scored in every event he swam earning seven top-10 finishes. He finished 3rd in the 50 freestyle, 5th in the 100 freestyle, 6th in the 50 back, 7th in the 100 back, 9th in the 200 IM and 12th in the 50 butterfly. Lindsey Martelle also brought home gold in the 100 breast, drop- ping over four seconds off of her time. She also got a second place finish in the 50 breast, 8th place in the 50 freestyle, 8th in the 100 freestyle, 12th in the 100 back and 13th in the 50 back. Other great performances were turned in by Garrett Simpson who scored in 6 events, including a 4th, 6th and a 7th place finish. Alexandra Martelle had 3 top-10 finishes including a 3rd place fin- ish in the 50 Breast. “What a great weekend it was for the Sharks team at the North Carolina Age Group Championships,” Messenger said. “Over 600 swimmers from over 40 teams attended and the Sharks team finished 11th overall. We were the highest scoring Blue Ridge team and the second high- est scoring team in the Charlotte area. (MAC won the meet, again.) 10 finishes : CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/SAC Left to right - Annie Shirk, Lindsey Martelle, Ari Wallace, Abby Bragg, Alexandra Martelle, Emily Morgan, Austin Toney, David Roby, Parker Campbell, Garrett Simpson, Matthew Campbell, Ben Waldrep. Not pictured: Katie Beiker and Jay Wilson. There is not a faster age group team west of Charlotte than our Sharks Aquatic Club.” ‘YMCA sees boys hitting the mat at younger ages REBECCA PISCOPO rdickinson@kingsmountainherald.com Ray Sensing (age 11), Derek England (11), and Jonmark Smith (12) of Kings Mountain hit the wrestling mat at a Sports Camp on July 14 at Dover Foundation YMCA. Although they attended the camp with an interest in the sport, Shelby High School needs to start with training at a wrestler and YMCA younger age. Wrestling Camp Coach “It's more of an impact Cody Matheney sport,” Smith said. “My broth- claims that the er (now in the Air Force) wres- challenge is to tled for six years.” keep that 1 love - enthusiasm watching it (wrestling) going as they on TV, but this (the grow. That is camp) is the real done, he said, thing,” England through a stated. : . year-round Unlike sports club. : other sports, Kings} the boys and Mountain Matheney" doesn’t have ! said that - any other | \ Zosivns is i 3 selt-com- i First time wrestler from KM, Ray petition. before sev. Sensing (right), tries to take down “This enth grade, fellow camper Chris Brasel. is an inde- according to pendent Smith and England. sport. There’s no full back I turn While traveling across the _ country Matheney said that he mer — TA A mp A a SR ———— has watched avid fathers toward the mat as early as five years old. “I've seen fathers who are like football and baseball dads here (in Cleveland County)” Matheney said. He added that he believes, the importance of being dominant and competitive in the sport ‘sports’ to. Everything I earned I did myself,” Matheney said. encourage their sons. FT a re em 3 5 “You don’t have time to draw something out. You have to go with the flow. There's no time to look at the score board,” said camper Chris Brasel. Another “confusing” compo- “It's confusing because you nent for parents and some don’t know when to take the guy down,” Smith added. coaches is when younger kids, See WRESTLING, Page 23 DOWNTOWN KINGS MOUNT AIN FARMERS MARKET | BY POPULAR DEMAND, THE FARMERS MARKET IS BACK! STARTING FRIDAY JUNE 1ST! THEN EVERY FRIDAY FROM 8AM TO 12PM THE GAZEBO AT PATRIOTS PARK IN DOWNTOWN KINGS MOUNTAIN CALL (704) 730-0283 OR MTNPARTNERSHIP@BELLSOUTH.NET FOR "MORE INFORMATION VENDORS NEEDED! NO FEES!
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