Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Sports
Sports briefs...
KM Mini helmets
on sale at KMHS
The Kings Mountain High athletic department has mini
helmets on sale at the KMHS front office. See Frankie
Webster. Theicost is two for $30 or one for $20.
Hall of Fame BBQ
October 14 at KMHS
The annual Kings Mountain Sports Hall of Fame bar-
becue will be held Friday, Oct. 14 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at
B.N. Barnes Auditorium. ;
Tickets are $8 and can be purchased from any member
of Hall of Fame committee or at the door. All proceeds go
toward scholarships to KMHS student athletes.
Orders of five or more plates will be delivered.
Alumni Run Saturday
Senior residents will challenge the young and talented
KMHS Cross Country Team in the once-a-year SK Alumni
Run Saturday, Oct. 8, from 10 a.m.-noon at John Gamble
Stadium.
The event is Dose by the KM Track Club. Awards
20 to he oldest and youngest finisher and the overall win-
ners.
Erin Foster laughs and says that it’s free to senior res-
idents with their AARP discount. “So, come after break-
fast at Hardees and race around the 5K course and
challenge these young people to the finish line,” he said.
Sports this week
Wednesday, Oct. 5
5 p.m. - Middle school football, Kings Mountain at East
Lincoln.
Mountain
Thursday, Oct. 6
4:00 - Middle school soccer and softball, North Lincoln
at Kings Mountain.
4 p.m. - High school tennis, Forestview at Kings Moun-
tain (last regular season match).
4:30 - High school volleyball, Ashbrook at Kings
Mountain (JV/V).
7 p.m. - JV football, Ashbrook at Kings Mouiain
Friday, Oct. 7
7:30 - High school football, Kings Mountain at Ash-
brook.
Monday, Oct. 10
2 p.m. - High school golf; all Big South 3A teams at
Ashbrook.
Tuesday, Oct. 11
4:00 - Middle School golf, Kings Mountain, Chase, East
Rutherford at Crest.
4:00 - Middle School soccer and softball, Kings Moun-
tain at Burns.
4:30 - High school volleyball, Kings Mountain at North
Gaston (JV/V).
4:30 - High school cross country, Kings Mountain,
Olympic, Crest, Huss, North Gaston, Highland Teeh and
South Point at Ashbrook.
Wednesday, Oct. 12
TBA - High school tennis, Big South Conference tour-
nament. (Continues Oct. 13).
5 p.m. - Middle school football, Kings Mountain at
Burns.
6 p.m. - High school soccer, Kings Mountain at Hunter
Huss. .
6 p.m. - High school soccer, South Point at Kings |
The Kings Mountain Herald
Page 1C
GARY STEWART/HERALD
Kings Mountain’s Edward Blackburn leaps high to grab a touchdown pass fiom Jonathan Clark in 31 3 win over Hunter Huss
Friday at Gamble Stadium.
[Gan ® »
Record night for
..
KM Mountaineers
‘Workhorse’ John Robbs carries ball 44 times,
defense holds Huss to -25 yards in 31-3 victory
GARY STEWART
Sports Editor
3
%;
Ka
Kings Mountain senior fullback
John Robbs rushed for a career high
228 yards and two touchdowns and the
Mountaineer defense held Hunter Huss
to minus 25 yards rushing to lead the
Mountaineers to a 31-3 Big South 3A
Conference win over the Huskies Fri-
day night at John Gamble Stadium.
The win broke a two-game losing
streak for the Mountaineers and left
them at 1-1 in the BSC and 3-4 overall
heading into another big conference
battle Friday at Gastonia Ashbrook. It
was the second straight loss for the
Huskies, who fell to 1-2 in the BSC and
5-2 overall.
Robbs, who moved from linebacker
to running back after the third game of
the season, ran his season’s rushing
total to 712 yards putting him in posi-
tion to become the Mountaineers’ first
1,000-yard rusher since Joe Chambers
in 2008. He has gained 577 yards dur-
ing that four-game stretch to bring his
per game average to 101.7.
Robbs’ 228 yards didn’t threaten
Anthony Hillman’s single game record
10f298, set against A.L. Brown in 1998,
but his 44 carries did surpass Hillman’s
single game mark of 37 carries, also set
in that ‘98 game at Kannapolis.
For 100 years, the Carrier name has been equated
“Robbs had a good game,” noted
KM Coach Greg Lloyd. “He’s a work-
horse. He ran hard. We got good block-
ing from our offensive line and
receivers.’ x
Although Robbs was the #1 mail
carrier from KM'’s first play, he didn’t
hit paydirt until the segond half. He
scored on an 11-yard run in the third
quarter and on a two-yard run in the
fourth to give him seven touchdowns
for the season. The Mountaineers kept
the ball on the ground for 60 of their 70
offensive plays and for the first time
this year did not turn the ball over.
“We played very well,” said Lloyd.
“I was pleased. We were good in a lot
of areas. It was the best we’ve played
all year and the best we’ve tackled all
year. We controlled the line of scrim-
mage on both sides of the ball. It was a
good all-around effort.
Kings Mountain’s defense and spe-
cial teams also played a big part in the
victory. The defense forced Huss into
five turnovers (four fumbles and one in-
terception) and also recorded a safety
when the Huss center snapped the ball
high over the quarterback’s head and
out the back of the end zone.
But, more importantly was the job
the defense did on the Huskies’ star run-
ning back, Kerrion Moore, and quarter-
back Jerimiah Hunter. Moore carried
with innovative, reliable products. Throughout
the industry, our reputation as a Carrier dealer ¢
' isdependent on the satisfaction of our customers
and how well we have done our job. We would &
appreciate the opportunity to inspect your home
heating or cooling system. Call us today.
C&G:
is Heating & Cooling, LLC
License # 0
® J
gh
wis
the ball 12 times for a net total of minus
five yards and Hunter carried eight
times for minus 21. The minus 25 yard
total was the lowest ever by a Moun-
taineer opponent.
“Our defense was outstanding,”
Lloyd said. “Except for a couple passes
downfield we didn’t give up anything.
The defense played really hard. That
was a lot of fun.
“I don’t remember a team of mine
holding someone to minus 25 yards,”
Lloyd. “And to do it against a back like
Kerrion Moore is outstanding. So many
of the guys on defense played good.
(Linebackers) Alex Reynolds and Jacob
Miller, both 10th graders, played well
along with Ed Hopper and Collins
Pressley. Really, it was an all-around
defensive effort. All eleven of them did
good.”
Except for a handful of plays - one a
65-yard punt return by Frazier Brown
that set up a Huss field goal in the third
period, and two missed field goals and
a two-yard punt by the Mountaineers -
the KM special teams also did a good
job. Jamie McGinnis made the play of
the game when he threw Huss punt re-
turner Treondez Clinton for a 10-yard
loss; and for the first time this season
kicker Edward Blackburn put a kickoff
into the end zone.
See RECORD on page 3C
2
502 York Road ¢ Kings Mountain, NC 28086
704-739-1043
www.ccheatingcooling.com