Wednesday, June 9, 2010
The Kings Mountain Herald
Sports
Post 155 comes
from 9 down
to beat Lincoln
County 11-10
By GARY STEWART
Sports Editor
Dylan Smith punched a single through the right side of a
drawn-in infield to drive home Brian Brown from third and
give Post 155 an 11-10 victory over the Lincoln County Car-
dinals in an Area IV game Friday night at Lancaster Field.
The hit capped a remarkable comeback after the local nine
fell behind 9-1 after 2 % innings. They chipped away at the
Cardinals’ lead with timely hits and smart base running, and
finally tied the game at 9-all with three runs in the bottom of
the eighth.
The rally was dampened a bit when the Cardinals’ Drew
Belk led off the top of the ninth with a home run over the left
field fence. But KM buckled down and got out of the inning
when: pitcher Chris Allen struck out Nathaniel Hitt and
catcher Dylan Smith gunned down Brennan Beal who was
trying to steal second on the same pitch,
Kyle Gates led off the bottom of the 10th with a single to
left and Brown followed with a bunt single down the first
base line. Austin singled home Gates to tie the game. Brown
and Austin moved to third and second, respectively, on a wild
pitch. Smith worked Lincoln'pitcher Logan Hammond for a
3-2 count before getting his game-winning hit.
Lincoln County took advantage of two KM errors, a two-
run homer by Jarrett Ross and a solo shot by Jake Carter to
grab a 5-0 lead off KM starter Kyle Bell in the top of the sec-
ond. KM cut it to 5-1 in the bottom of the inning when Brent
Stevens scored on a wild pitch.
But Lincoln was right back at it again in the top of the
second, scoring four runs for a 9-1 lead. The big blow was a
grand slam home run by Nathaniel Hitt.
See POST 155 on Page 2B
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Natalie Lutz, right, displays her trophy won at the
RCC Summer Open. Natalie defeated Meredith
McCraw, left, in the finals. Natalie, 9, of Kings
Mountain won the girls 10 and under Singles Ten-
nis Event at the RCC Summer Open. The event
was held June 4-6 at the Racquet Club of the Car-
olinas. Natalie defeated Meredith McCraw 6-0, 6-
1in the finals. She and her sister, Madison, reached
the Championship Finals for the girls 14 and under
doubles at the Statesville Country Club Spring
Fling in May 2010. Natalie is currently ranked 33rd
in the State of North Carolina for girls 10 and under
in singles play.
GARY STEWART/HERALD
Kings Mountain’s Brent Stevens slides into third base on a wild pitch in Le-
gion game with the Lincoln County Cardinals Friday night at Lancaster Field.
Three KM pitchers
in collegiate league
Three former Kings Mountain High pitchers are
having good years for area collegiate summer league
South 3A Conference.
teams.
Southpaw Cole Moore of Erskine has worked five
innings in three relief appearances for the Gastonia
Grizzlies and has given up only one hit and no runs.
In a recent game with Martinsville, Moore retired
all nine batters he faced.
The other two KM pitchers in summer ball -
Brantley Blalock of Statesville and Jeffry Howell of
Fort Mill - faced each other in a game last week.
They each pitched five innings, and were battling
each other during three of those innings. When they
exited the game it was tied 4-4. Statesville won with
a run in the bottom of the ninth.
Blalock pitches for Lander University in Green-
wood, SC and Howell pitches for the Gardner-Webb
Bulldogs.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Reynolds,
Kerns on
all-state team
Kings Mountain High
seniors Meagan Reynolds
and Ramey Kerns were
named to the North Carolina
High School Soccer
Coaches’ All-State team for
the-2010 season.
They two were joined on
the All-Region 9 team by
KM teammates Megan
Loftin and Chelsea Cham-
pion.
The four were key play-
ers on four consecutive con-
ference championship teams
at KMHS. Last year, they led
the Lady Mountaineers to
their first-ever Western Re-
gional title and an appear-
ance in the state 3A
championship game. This
year’s team finished 16-7
overall and won the Big
Blalock to
play for Owls,
named to
honor roll
Brantley Blalock, KMHS
Class of 2009, from Kings
Mountain was recently
named to the Lander Univer-
sity Freshman Honor Roll
for the 2009-2010 school
year.
Blalock, a pitcher for the
Bearcats, managed 10 relief
appearances and 19 innings
After the first week of action, for-
mer KMHS pitcher Cole Moore has
worked five innings in three relief
appearances for the Gastonia
Grizzlies. He has given up only one
hit and no runs. He has walked two
batters and struck out five.
of work after an early season
injury.
Brantley will be playing
summer baseball for the
Statesville Owls, which is a
member of the Southern
Collegiate Baseball League. /
Rotarians raise $10K in 1 golf tourney
Ga
The Kings Mountain Rotary Club’s Annual
Golf Tournament at the Kings Mountain Coun-
try Club June 3rd was a big success. Sixteen
teams, five more than last year, teed off to raise
a total of $10,385 (at last count), an increase of
about $400 raised in the club’s 2009 tournament.
Proceeds raised from the 18-hole duel bene-
fit scholarships given annually to deserving high
school students.
Teams of four players each teed off on dif-
ferent holes in a shotgun start.
J.D. Ledford, Rusty Putnam, Andy Leigh and
Jonathan Rhodes combined for a 21-under-par
55 to win the top team trophy.
Kenny Bridges came in closest to the pin on
hole 5. Also closest to the pin was Jason Winn
on No. 8 and Toney Wells on No. 18.
Clay Champion won the longest drive in the
fairway award for the men. Gene Ramsey won
the men’s seniors longest drive award and Sylvia
Neisler won the ladies longest drive.
More Photos on Page 3B
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