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Kings Mountain and Polk County players battle for control of the ball in Season-opening non-confer-
ence soccer game Monday night at KM’s John Gamble Stadium.
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~ Kerns scored her second goal of the match as she trapped
an ill played goal kick and shot it into the open goal before the
Raiders keeper could return. Again, the Mounties applied
pressure to the defense but they wouldn’t give up another goal
until there were just 12 minutes remaining in the match. Mea-
gan Reynolds, scored her first goal of the season as she took
a fine pass out of the back from Chelsea Champion, beat two
defenders and drove a low shot into the Raider goal for the
final tally of the game.
The Mountaineer defense had to withstand some late pres-
sure as keeper Heather Stevens got beat on a through ball, but
Chelsea Champion slid behind her and cleared a ball off the
line that was shot by Diamond Davis.
“Overall, our players came out and played well for a first
game, as we created many good scoring opportunities and
limited the Raiders to just a few good looks at our goal,” said
Potter.
On Monday, Polk County came to visit the Mountaineers
as they opened their home schedule on an unseasonably warm
March day. With temperatures in the low 80’s, the host team
started out very slow.
Ashley Witherspoon, began the scoring as she took a nice
pass from Jordan Doty and beat the keeper with a scrappy
goal from the left flank at the 15 minute mark of the match.
“Our girls were not quite mentally prepared for the match
today as we started out very sluggish,” said Potter. Neither
team was able to mount much of an attack in the first half and
the half finished with a 1-0 Mountaineer advantage.
The second half saw a new and revitalized Mountaineer at-
tack as they repeatedly built attacks and took 17 shots on goal.
“The second half was as crisp as the first half was sloppy,”
said Potter. “We cannot play half a game and expect to win
games.” 2
Meagan Reynolds put the hosts up by 2-0 as she took a
pass from Ashley Witherspoon on the wing and hammered
the ball into the back of the net with just 8 minutes of time
elapsed in the second half. Reynolds again found the goal 21
minutes into the final period with Witherspoon again setting
the table.
Ramey Kerns got several good chances to score, only to
have them turned away by a diving Polk County keeper. Polk
County scored its only goal with 20 seconds remaining.
The Mountaineers will take on the Chargers of Crest on
Friday at 6 p.m.
JV Mountaineers
drop opener 3-2
A last-second goal attempt from the corner by Whitney
Moss crossed in front of the goal but no one was able to
knock it in and Kings Mountain’s JV soccer team dropped
its home opener 3-2 to Polk County Monday at Gamble
Stadium.
Moss and Awanda Rithiphone each scored a goal for the
Lady Mountaineers.
Kings Mountain travels to East Lincoln today for a 4:30
match.
The Kings Mountain Herald
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
i
SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM - Swim-
mers with the Sharks Aquatics Club swam away
with top times at a recent state championship.
Left to right, Matt Campbell, Alexandra Martelle,
Lindsey Martelle, Madelyn Martelle, Emily Morgan,
Kaitlyn Moss, William Quarles, Alan Riggs, Annie
Shirk, Garrett Simpson, Austin Toney, Ben Wal-
Kings Mountain’s Megan Loftin (2) advances the
ball up the field in Monday’s game with Polk
County.
Stoney Jackson golf
tourney March 28
The third annual Stoney
Jackson Mission Golf Tour-
nament/Benefit will be held
Saturday, March 28, with
shotgun start at 1 p.m. at
Kings Mountain Country
Clubs
Entry fee is $200 per
team and includes green
fee, cart fee and all you can
eat lunch served from
11:30-12:30.
Sign up early as 100 plus
players can be accepted.
The format will include
Captain’s Choice, four per-
son teams; 65 and over
Gold Tees; Ladies Red
Tees; and all others White
Tees.
Mulligan available for
$5, one on front nine and
one on back nine. Awards
will go to the lowest scores
to first and second place
teams; longest drive in Fair-
way, closest to Pin, par 3’s
and drawings for n ice
prizes.
Businesses and groups
are invited to be hole spon-
sors at $100 donation with
the name of group or busi-
ness name on a sign beside
the tee box of your choice.
All proceeds are ear-
marked for Mission of New
Life Family Worship Center
with a goal to help pay for a
Missions Church.
Sponsorships, entry fees
a donations can be for-
warded to Stoney Jackson,
509 Katherine Avenue,
Kings Mountain, 28086
with checks made payable
to New Life Family Wor-
ship Center.
For more information
contact Jackson at 704-739-
5020; Pastor Eng at 704-
472-3329; and the Pro Shop
at the Country Club, 704-
739-5871.
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Sharks finish
14 in state
The Sharks swim team
recently competed in the
North Carolina Short Course
Age Group Championships
in Huntersville, and it was
one for the record books.
This meet brings the
fastest swimmers, ages 14
and under, together for a
weekend of fast racing and
according to Sharks coach
David Messenger, that’s ex-
actly what his swimmers
did. The Sharks had an out-
standing meet, finishing
14th overall in the state.
“We were the second
highest scoring team, west
of Charlotte, and were also
the highest scoring team
from the Blue Ridge Swim
League,” Messenger said.
“It was a great accomplish-
ment for our team and an
outstanding weekend for our
swimmers.”
The Sharks were led by
Garrett Simpson, who swam
away with first place and be-
came the state champion in
the 50 freestyle and 50 fly.
“Garrett swam incredible in
every event he competed in
and finished the meet second
in the high point scoring for
his age group,“ Messenger
said.
He also finished second
in three events and third in
one event with best times in
every event. Simpson was a
great competitor, but he was
not alone. Alexandra
Martelle, Lindsey Martelle,
Annie Shirk, Austin Toney,
and Ben Waldrep all had top
16 swims and returned to
compete in the finals that
night.
“The whole team did
great. Best times were
turned in all weekend and it
was fun to watch our swim-
mers compete against the
best in the state,” Messenger
said.
Town and Country
Garden Club meet
Town and Country Gar-
den Club met at The Patrick
House Feb. 12 and hostesses
Brenda Sipe and Susan Gib-
son served a delicious plate
of tuna melt croissant, cheese
and crackers, Japanese fruit
cake and hot spice tea.
The Club Collect was re-
cited and Gibson gave the
treasurer's report.
There was no speaker but
an open discussion on mem-
bership and work on the gar-
den spot at the U. S. Post
Office. A date of Thursday,
Feb. 19, at 3:30 p.m. was
scheduled. President Sipe
suggested another Thursday
work afternoon for those
who can't come to the first
clean up.
Lou Ballew suggested
guidelines since the club is
no longer federated. A dis-
cussion followed with sug-
gestions regarding guidelines
but no vote was taken to for-
malize those.
Ballew read a humorous
article from The Charlotte
Observer.
Brenda Sipe brought a
Schifferala from her home
that had a broken branch.
She put the broken branch in
water and it rooted. No one
had ever heard of rooting a
Schifferala in water and a
general plant discussion fol-
lowed. The members dis-
cussed pruning/cutting back
of plants during February
and March.
The March meeting will
be held at Patrick House.
Ann Ward is club re-
porter.
Frady's visits Magnolia
Garden Club
Adrianna Padgett was
hostess for the Feb. 24th meet-
ing of the Magnolia Garden
Club. The meeting began with
Geneva Caveny’s program.
. She invited Todd Frady of
Frady’s Florist and Gifts Inc.
to be a special guest. Todd
began his program with a little
history of his business and
then showed the club how to
arrange a loose style vase
arrangement. He began with
greenery such as fern. He
showed the group how to
weave the stems of the fem to-
gether to make a form (such as
a frog) for holding the flowers.
Then, he added an assort-
"ment of flowers to make a
beautiful arrangement. A few
of the flowers he used were:
Gerber daisy, Star Gazer lily,
Queen Ann’s lace, tulips,
roses, wax flowers, hyacinths,
and many more. He com-
mented that most types of
flowers are available all year
long. When asked how he
knew the number of flowers to
use, he said it depended
mainly on the money a person
wanted to spend and the vase
size. As he was arranging the
vase, he gave several tips.
One, to keep flowers fresh,
the stems should be cut again
every two to three days be-
cause the throats of the flow-
ers (stem) would clog and they
would stop drinking the water.
Two, if Gerber Daisies start
drooping, put them in an-
tifreeze and they would perk
right up. Three, to keep tulips
from completely opening, put-
ting them in Vodka over night
would slow the process.
Todd commented that you
could purchase a product
called “Quick Dip” to make
the stems stiffer and easier to
work with. Todd then shared a
technique called “folding”
with a rose. Turning the ped-
als of a mature rose back com-
pletely changed the
appearance of the flower. He
said this technique was used to
take up space; therefore, using
fewer flowers. Todd ended his
program with a question and
answer session.
Maxine Bennett, acting
president for Molly Savage,
called the meeting to order
and the group read the club’s
Collect. The minutes were
read and approved and the
treasurer’s report remained the
same.
Old business consisted of a
discussion of the birthday
party at the Life Enrichment
Center. The party will be on
March 24, the same day as our
March meeting. The club de-
cided to meet, go to lunch,
then go to the center for the
party. Paper plates, napkins,
ice cream and cake will be
needed for the party. Several
members volunteered to sup-
ply these items.
For new business, Maxine
said that Molly would like for
the club to consider a new
project for the spring. She sug-
gested taking plants to the Life
Enrichment Center and help-
ing the residents plant them.
The group responded favor-
ably. More on the topic will be
discussed at the next meeting.
Bess Phifer will be hostess in
March, Dianne Hollifield will
have the program, and Anita
Campbell and Susan Kiser
will provide the arrangements.
Delicious refreshments
were served by Adrianna.
Only positive comments were
given to Pat Schronce and
Teresa Ruppe’s “Valentine
Celebration” arrangements.
Points were taken with
Team I having 21 points and
Team II with 18.
Specimens shared by the
group included: Snow Drop,
Pansy, Camellia, Jonquils,
Lenten Rose, and Thrift.
After socializing the meet-
ing was adjourned.