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Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Tony Leigh will be missed The Kings Mountain sports community this week is mourn- ing the death of one of its most devoted coaches. Tony Leigh, 60, who spent 35 years in the high school coaching profession, died Sunday after a bout with cancer. Tony was first diagnosed with bladder cancer about three years ago when he was an assistant football coach at East Gaston High School. He had a fantastic attitude and said he would beat the disease. He was able to re- sume his coaching career there, and later at Kings Mountain and West Lincoln high schools, but several weeks ago learned that the disease had spread to his liver, kidneys and lungs and his health quickly went downhill. Tony was present at many early-season Kings Mountain baseball games this year, occupy- ing a seat beside his longtime friend and father figure, Major Loftin, right behind the backstop. He was taking weekly trips to Charlotte for chemo which left him weak and without an ap- petite, but even then he told me he looked forward to returning to substitute teaching and assisting with the West Lincoln football team. I knew Tony Leigh from his high school days at KMHS, where he was an outstanding baseball player. He was an All- Confer- Allendale-Fairfax High School in ence out- South Carolina, where his base- fielder for ball teams were very successful; the Moun- Southwest Junior High in Gasto- taineers in nia, and Bessemer City, Canon f| their SWC Pisgah, Kings Mountain, East champi- Gaston and West Lincoln high onship schools. He also coached Ameri- season of can Legion baseball in Kings 1967 Mountain. | under Tony coached numerous high Coach Bob school sports - though not at the Hussey, same time. - including football, and also _ baseball, girls softball, girls bas- Gary Stewart was a ketball and track. I really believe Herald Sports Editor Standout he would have coached 365 days on Post a year for free if his administra- 155 American Legion teams. Tony was one of the best I’ve seen at “playing the bank” at City Stadium. If you ever played ball in that stadium, you know what I am talking about. He was also the best right-hand hitting drag bunter I can remember. Tony went on to play four years under Jerry Bryson at Gardner-Webb and after that spent several summers playing semi-pro fast pitch softball for teams based in Shelby. Tony patterned his coaching style after his high school men- tors, Bill Bates and Bob Hussey. His goal in coaching was always to be an assistant football coach and head baseball coach, and he was able to accomplish that in the late 1990s at KMHS. Tony had coaching stops at The Kings Mountain Herald tion would have allowed it. He loved sports and kids that much. Tony coached several confer- ence championship girls softball * teams at Pisgah and KM, and one of his Pisgah teams played for the state championship. One of his baseball teams at KMHS went three rounds in the state playoffs. Tony was a good man to have ‘around sports, not just for his coaching talents but also for his genuine love for the game and the players. Although his won- lost records were good, and in some seasons exceptional, the main thing he brought to the game was that he was a good role model for his players. He was a good, Christian man who also made his mark in the com- munity. GARY STEWART/HERALD GARY STEWART /HERALD T.o:n.y Leigh en- courage # Ys his 4 Nel Players : by during a il baseball game. Tony Leigh celebrates with his players after a big victory. To Pam, Andrew, Ashley and the rest of the Leigh family, we join in your sorrow. We will all miss Tony, but we all know he is in a better place and is celebrat- ing with his Lord and those who have gone before. And, be sure, if there is base- ball in heaven he is in the start- ing lineup tonight. Softball Continued from Page 1B Shea Cogdill went the distance on the mound. She scattered five hits and struck out 10. Tori Glass and Chasiti Falls led the KM plate attack with two hits each. Megan Hoyle, . Emily Gates and Caroline Chambers added a hit each. On Tuesday, the Mountaieners built an 8-0 lead after five innings at R-S Central, and held on late for an 8-5 victory. Lea Zwick hurled the win. Chambers led the hitting with 3-for-4 and three RBIs. Falls went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, and Megan Hoyle was 2-for-3 with one RBI. Kelisha Goodson was 2- for-4. The Mountaineers held off a five-run rally in the bottom .of the seventh by Burns and edged the Lady Bulldogs 10-8 Thursday. Cogdell hurled the win. Taylor Faris led the hitting with 2-for-4 and two RBIs, and Hayley Hoyle went 2-for-4. Baseball Continued from Page 1B Innes came on to pitch for the J ets in the bot- tom of the fifth and held the Mountaineers at bay with a hard fast ball. Enka made it interesting by scoring two runs photo by Lib Stewart Chris Williams, BCHS senior, inks a contract with Catawba Valley Community College to play baseball next school year. He is the son of Crystal and Jeff Williams of Kings Mountain. Seated from left, Principal Ted Saunders, guidance counselor Terri Mahaf- fey, Chris Williams, his mother Crystal Williams and Coach Mike Mahaffey. Standing, from left, Tommy Shumaker, Jason May, Brian Thornburg, BJ Schadewald and Kirk Rauch, all Assistant Coaches at Bessemer City High School. Chris Williams, baseball life in Kings Mountain and for Williams signs with Catawba Williams has a sister, Han- Relay teams place in state meet Three Kings Mountain High relay teams placed in the state 3A track meet Sat- urday at North Carolina A&T University in Greens- boro. Chris Dye, Trey Edger- ton, Torrey Belcher and An- thony McDonald finished sixth in the 800-meter relay in 1:30.83. Belcher, Dye, McDonald and Tim Hines ran eighth in the 400-meter relay in 43.50 seconds. +The KM girls team of Brittnee Roberts, Meshala Pendergrass, Lauresa Keith and Antonia Garriett fin- ished 14th in the 800 meter relay in 1:50.31. Watch for our special in the sixth - one on a double by Innes in the left-center field gap and another on a dropped fly ball in right field. With two outs, KM sec- ond baseman Brent Hunt made a timely leap to grab a hard-hit line drive by Ryan Woodring tc to end the inning. Howell and the Mountaineers retired the Jets in order in the top of the seventh. standout at Bessemer City High School, has signed with Catawba Valley Community College, to play baseball next school year. First baseman Williams, 6’4” with a batting average of 362, has played baseball all his three years on the BCHS team. “I am excited about graduat- ing from high school next month and enrolling in the Fall in college,” said Williams, the son of Crystal and Jeff Williams of Kings Mountain. He plans to major in Criminal Justice. nah, a 9th grader at Kings Mountain High School, and is Graduation the grandson of Richard and Sheila Bolin of Kings Moun- Issue... tain, Tommy and Shirley g Williams of Belmont and Bill Coming and Sheila Yokley of Gastonia. June 10 Exit 106 — I85 — Best little Flea Market in the UP- STATE. Open Sat.’s, & Sun.’s. (5:20, 27, 6:03) MOVING SALE — 106 Cameron Drive (Country Creek) Kings Mountain, = Sat., May 23rd. - 7 AM to 12 (Noon). Books, toys, household items, . dwecorative items and much more! YARD\HOUSE SALE —403 Brook- «wood Ave. in Cherryville, House on fenced in corner lot. Sat., May 23rd, 8 AM — Until. 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