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The Kings Mountain Herald
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Home runs, pitching, defense power KM over NG
GARY STEWART
Sports Editor
Kings Mountain’s Mountaineers built a 5-
4 lead after five innings and used good pitch-
ing and defense to preserve it in an important
victory over North Gaston’s Wildcats last
Tuesday night at Lancaster Field.
Dallas Conner hurled the first five innings
to get the win and also clubbed a pair of solo
home runs. Heath King doubled and scored
on a single by Trey Fulbright and Chad Davis
slammed a two-run home run for the other
* Mountaineer runs.
Conner pitched well for the Mountaineers
for five innings but had to leave the mound
with a 5-4 lead after tweaking a muscle,
Jonathon Borchert, who is fast becoming one
of the top closers in the Big South Confer-
ence, pitched the final two innings to earn a
save.
“] was going to brifig Borchert in anyway
but did it earlier because Conner was in some
discomfort,” noted KM coach Eric King.
“Borchert has a good curve ball and has done
a good job on the mound for us. It’s good
when you have somebody like him.”
Borchert retired the Wildcats (8-2) in
order in the sixth but gave up a single and hit
batsman to open the seventh. Shortstop Wil
Sellers then pulled a couple of outstanding
defensive plays by going into the hole be-
tween short and third to force a runner at
third and fielding a hot shot to force a runner
at second. Borchert got Lowery on a routine
fly ball to right field to end the game.
The victory was the fifth in the last seven
games for the Mountaineers and put them in
the thick of the battle for a BSC playoff
berth.
“This week is going to be a pivotal week
for us,” King said of games with perennial
powers Forestview last night and South Point
on Friday. “We’re getting there.”
KM JV baseball
whips Ashbrook
Landon Bolin pitched a two-hitter and
struck out six as Kings Mountain High’s JV
baseball team defeated Ashbrook 11-1 last
week at Lancaster Field.
Alex Reynolds led the offense with three
hits'and four runs batted in. Tyler Ray got the
other KM hit.
The Mountaineers took advantage of 15
walks.
Patriot kickers lose 1st game
Kings Mountain Middle School’s soccer
team lost its first game in seven outings
Tuesday to Burns, 3-2.
Scoring for the Patriots were Courtney
Johnson and MC Dellinger. Lancaster Field.
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Kings Mountain’s Jonathon Borchert works on a save in last week’s win over North Gaston at
Patriots take division lead
with 5-4 victory over Burns
Kings Mountain Middle
School scored two runs in
the bottom of the seventh in-
ning Tuesday at Lancaster
Field #3 to defeat Burns 6-5
and take over sole posses-
sion of first place in the Tri-
County Conference East
Division.
The victory improved the
Patriots’ record to 6-1.
Burns dropped to 5-2 and
into a tie for second place
with West Lincoln.
Will Wilsons two-run
single in the bottom of the
seventh inning erased a 5-4
Burns lead.
Brandon Bell and Tanner
Orders combined to pitch an
8-hitter for the Patriots. Bell
worked the first three in-
nings and Orders hurled the
final four and got the win. °
Bell gave up three hits,
two runs, one earned run,
walked three and struck out
four. Orders gave up five
hits, three runs, two earned
runs, walked two and struck
out one. KM committed
three errors.
Leading hitters were Bell
with 2-for-3, Orders 2-for-4,
Robbie Lysek 2-for-4 and
Wilson 2-for-4. Players with
one hit each were Shad
Johnson, Jacob Lainhart,
Colby Crisp and Shawn
Adams.
Kings Mountain had 12
hits and struck out six times.
Burns committed five errors
Burns and Kings Moun-
tain were scheduled for a re-
match Monday at Burns.
KM hosts Lincolnton Thurs-
day.
TD Club golf tourney April 29
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played April 29 at 1 p.m. at Kings Mountain Country Club.
Lunch will be served at 11:30.
Entry fee is $50 per person. The format is, four-person
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Red tees and mulligans will be available for purchase.
There will be prizes to flight winners (flighted after tourna-
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men, women and seniors (age 60-plus).
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