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The Kings Mountain High wrestling team finished second in. the Big South 3A Conference Tourna-
ment Saturday at Forestview High School in Gastonia.
KMHS second in
Big South wrestling
By GARY STEWART
Sports Editor
Kings Mountain finished second in
the Big South 3A Conference
wrestling tournament Saturday at
Forestview High School in Gastonia.
Crest won the title with 188 points.
KM scored 142, followed by North
Gaston 127, Ashbrook 125, Hunter
Huss 80, South Point 78 and
Forestview 55.
Three Mountaineers took first
place in their weight class.
Josh Haraszkiewicz won the 160-
pound class with a 4-3 decision over
Cody Hendren of Hunter Huss.
Dustin Stone won the 171-pound
class with a 7-2 decision over Tylon
Early of Crest.
Jaris Williams pinned Anthony
Winn of Hunter Huss to win the 285-
pound title.
Markel Hemphill finished second
in the 152 pound class and Ariam
Lopez was second at 215 pounds. All
wrestlers finishing first or second were
named to the All-Conference team.
Finishing third for the Moun-
taineers were Gary Bennett and John
Robbs. Finishing fourth were Colby
Bailey, Paul Farris, Quincey Toms and
Jonathan Clark.
“Our guys wrestled a great tourna-
ment,” said KM Coach Kenny
Bridges, “finishing ahead of some
teams that beat them during the regu-
lar season.”
Wrestlers that qualified during the
regular season will compete in the
Western Regional February 20 at St.
Stephens High School in Hickory.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Duckpin
Bowling
Results from Mountain
Lanes.
Thursday, Jan. 28
KM Warriors 6
Geezers 2
Warriors - Tommy Bar-
rett 113 game, 326 set;
Zeke Rybczyk 113
game, 307 set; Bonnie
Warren 112 game, 300
_ ‘set.
Geezers - Alan Rybczyk
109 game, 313 set.
Old Timers 8
‘Double Deuces
Old Timers - Greg Evans
144 game, 381 set;
Deuces - Ed Philbeck
126 game, 319 set; Allen
Myers 116 game, 315
set.
Standings -
KM Warriors 25-15
Old Timers 20-20
Double Deuces 18-22
Geezers 17-23.
Tuesday, Jan. 26
Alley Cats 6
Half Timers 2
Cats - Ed Philbeck 120
game, 332 set; Allen
Myers 110 game, 322
set.
Half Timers - Colleen
Philbeck 100 game, 266
‘set; John Schroter 200
set.
Zeke's Zingers 7
Lucky Ducks 1
Zingers - Greg Evans
135 game, 369 set.
Ducks - Mike Murphy
118 game, 333 set.
Standings - ;
Zeke's Zingers 27-5
Alley Cats 22-10
Half Timers 10-22
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Lucky Ducks 5-27. -
Tuesday, Feb. 2
Half Timers 6
Zeke's Zingers 2
Half Timers - John
Schroter 125 game, 347
set;
Zingers - Greg Evans
164 game, 397 set.
Alley Cats 4
Lucky Ducks 4
Cats - Ed Philbeck 128
game, 380 set; Allen
Myers 129 game, 337
set;
Ducks - Mike Murphy
172 game, 429 set.
Standings -
Zeke’s Zingers 29-11
Alley Cats 26-14
Half Timers 16-24
Lucky Ducks 9-31
~ Thursday, Feb. 4
Double Deuces 6
Geezers 2
Deuces - Allen Myers
+153 game, 384 set; Ed
Philbeck, 120 game, 330
set.
. Geezers - Bob
Paramore 130 game,
369 set; Alan Rybczyk
120 game, 321 set. ©
KM Warriors 8
Old Timers 0 He 5
Warriors - Tommy Bar-
ett 123 game, 358 set.
Old Timers - Greg Evans
118 game, 322 set.
Standings :
KM Warriors 33-15
Double Deuces 24-24
. Old Timers 20-28
Geezers 19-29
4:
The First Daytona 500
On February 22, 1959, Daytona International Speed-
way hosted the first Daytona 500. The posted awards for
the “500-Mile International Sweepstakes” totaled
$67,760. A field of 59 cars took the green flag for the start
of the 200-lap race. A crowd of 41,000 was on hand to
witness the beginning of another chapter in the history of
racing in Daytona.
The finish of the race also went into the history books.
The finish was too close to call, but Johnny Beauchamp
went to Victory Lane and savored the celebration although
the results were posted as “unofficial.”
Sixty-one hours later, Lee Petty was the winner in what
appeared to be a dead heat between Petty and Beauchamp,
with the lapped car of Joe Weatherly making it a three-
wide finish at the checkered flag. A clip of newsreel
footage proved that Petty was the winner by a few feet.
- 50 Years and Still Growing
The Daytona 500 is NASCAR's biggest, richest and
most prestigious race.
“The Great American Race,” which traditionally hosts
a sell-out crowd, has the biggest total payout in prize
money for any motorsport event in the United States, sur-
passing the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400. The
2007 Daytona 500 posted awards exceed more than $18
million with race winner Kevin Harvick pocketing more
than $1.5 million.
Daytona International
' Speedway
Daytona Beach, Florida
The Daytona 500 is one of the most
well-known sporting events in the world.
It has been held at the Daytona Inter-
national Speedway since the track first
opened in 1959. The speedway re-
placed the old beach and road courses
of the 1940s and 1950s on which pro-
fessional stock car racing first got
started. More racing events are held at
Daytona than any other track in the
United States.
A recently-added tourist facility called
Daytona USA offers visitors a chance
to learn about NASCAR and “The
World's Greatest Race.”
Race time: 1:00 p.m. Sunday,
February 14, 2010
Watch it locally on Fox
Daytona 500 Records
Most Victories: 7. Richard Petty (1964, 66, 71, 73, 74, 79, 81)
Most Consecutive Victories: 2. Richard Petty (1973-74)
Most Career Starts: 33. Dave Marcis
Most Consecutive Starts: 32. Dave Marcis
Most Pole Positions: 4. Cale Yarborough (1968, 70, 78, 2
Buddy Baker (1967, 73, 79, 80)
Most Wins from the Pole: 2. Cale Yarborough (1968, 84) Biil
Elliott (1985, 87)
Most Consecutive Pole Positions: 3. Fireball Roberts (1961-63);
Bill Elliott (1985-87); Ken Schrader (1988-90)
Longest Span between First and Last Victory 17. Richard Petty
(1964-81)
Most Starts Before Winning: 20. Dale Earnhardt
Most Races Led: 20. Richard Petty
Most Times Completing All 500 Miles: 14. Dale Earnhardt
Most Miles Completed: 12,150. Richard Petty
Most Laps Led, Career: 780. Richard Petty
Most Times Led, Race: 21. Bobby Allison (1981)
Most Laps Led, Race: 184. Richard Petty (1964)-
Most Wins by a Manufacturer: 20. Chevrolet ;
Widest Winning Margin: 2 Laps. Richard Petty (1973)
Closest Winning Margin: 2 feet. Lee Petty (1959)
Fastest Winning Speed: 177.602 MPH. Buddy Baker (1980)
Slowest Winning Speed: 124.740 MPH. Junior Johnson (1960)
Youngest Winner: 25 years, 6 months, 12 days. Jeff Gordon (1997)
Oldest Winner: 50 years, 2 months, 11 days. Bobby Allison (1988)
Driver Leading Fewest Laps and Winning: 4. Benny Parsons (1975)
Driver Leading Most Laps and Winning: 184. Richard Petty (1964)
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