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ESR S——— rr HR EE . AME TO REMEM ~The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.net February 29, 2012 SEER Tiffani Thompson of Kings Mountain drives on a Crest player during Tuesday’s Tri-County Middle School Conference playoff game at the KMMS gym. Baseball Mountaineers look to GARY STEWART Sports’ Editor Kings Mountain Middle School basketball coach Monty Deaton says he can’t remember the last time the Lady Patriots won the con- ference championship in basketball. Photos by GARY STEWART/HERALD Kings Mountain Middle School coach Monty Deaton talks to his team during a timeout in last week’s playoff game with Crest. KMMS girls stage 4th qtr. comeback to edge R-S Central for Tri-County championship He knows they haven’t won one in this century, be- cause the last basketball championship won at KMMS was in 1999 when Deaton’s boys team won the Tri-County Conference crown. Deaton and the players on this year’s team will cer- tainly remember Thursday’s 30-28 victory over R-S Cen- tral that gave the Lady Patri- ots the Tri-County Conference title. Kings Mountain trailed 26-14 in the third quarter but rallied behind a pressing de- fense and some timely free . See LADY PATRIOTS, 4C Ford invited to play in Down Under Tournament in Australia contend in Big South +: GARY STEWART * Sports Editor Kings Mountain High baseball coach Eric King has one of his most experienced teams as ten seniors and seven lettermen return for what should be KM’s best season since their champi- onship year of 2009. The Mountaineers open Wednesday with a non-con- ference game at Shelby, and host Burns Friday at 5 p.m. at Lancaster Field. They host Fred T. Foard in a JV/varsity doubleheader Saturday at 12 noon and 2 p.m. The Mountaineers have looked good in pre-season practice and in scrimmage games. * “Things have been going good,” says King. “We have 16 players on varsity and all of them have been working really hard. We’ve got a fifth period baseball class and that’s helped a lot. There’s some weight "lifting in- volved, but we’ve been able to get outside some for al- most a month now.” Kings Mountain has five returning players that started full-time last spring, plus several others that started part-time. On paper, the Moun- taineers are solid in all areas of the game. “Pitching and defense are ‘looking great so far,” King See BASEBALL, 3C Scholar Athletes 146 Mountaineers, 10 teams achieve scholar-athlete status One hundred and forty- six athletes and ten teams from Kings Mountain High School achieved scholar-ath- lete status for the fall and/or winter sports seasons. To earn the award indi- vidual athletes must main- tain a 3.5 weighted GPA or higher and teams achieve a 3.1 unweighted GPA or higher. Many of the individuals achieved scholar-athlete status in more than one sport. Teams receiving the award were women’s Cross country, men’s cross country, women’s swimming, basket- ball cheerleading, women’s tennis, men’s swimming, women’s basketball, men’s basketball, football cheer- leading, and wrestling. Individuals include Akua Adams, Caroline Baker, Elizabeth Baker, Wyneisha Bell, Wendi Belt, Katherine Baker, Olivia Blalock, Amma Boakye, Carsyn Bolin, Kristen Boone, Sara Borov, Abbey Bragg, Faythe Brown, Spencer Burton, Aneisy.Cardo, Erica Carpen- ter, Tiffani Champion, Ash- ley Chapman, Hannah Chapman, Hannah Christen- bury, Natorin Cole, Kristin Vv must * Dawkins, Mary Dellinger, Katie Ellis, Kimberley Far- ris, Natalie Fedyschyn, See SCHOLAR ATHLETES, 3C Wednesday, Feb. 29 5 p.m. - High school base- ball, KM at Shelby. 5 p.m. - JV baseball, Shelby at KM. Thursday, March 1 4 p.m. - High school track, KM, Huss, North Gaston at South Point. Friday, March 2 .5 p.m. - High school base- ball, Burns at KM. 5 p.m. - JV baseball, KM at Burns. Saturday, March 3 12 p.m. - High school base- ball, Fred T. Foard at KM (JV/varsity doubleheader). Tuesday, March 6 4 p.m. - High school softball, KM at Chase. 5 p.m. - High school base- ball, KM at Hickory. 5 p.m. - JV baseball, Hinson at KM. Wednesday March 7 4 p.m. - JV baseball, West ~ Lincoln at KM. 7 p.m. - High school base- ball, West Lincoln at KM. 105 York Rd., Kings Mountain 704.734.4782 Kings Mountain Mountaineers Athlete of the Week Wil Sellers Bascal 6" Breakfast | Sandwich w/Ham Kings Mountain High volleyball star Nicole Ford has been invited to participate in this:summer’s. Down Under International Volleyball Tournament in Australia. Down Under Sports, founded in 1989, sponsors bowl games, tournaments and indi- vidual competition in numerous sports in- cluding football, volleyball, cheerleading, basketball, cross country, wrestling and track and field. Ford, who has signed to play volleyball at Western Carolina University beginning in August, said she received her invitation two weeks ago and is excited for the opportunity to visit down under and compete against top- level volleyball stars from all over the U.S. and many foreign countries. She is presently raising the $5,500 to $6,000 necessary to spend seven days in Australia, for a combination of competition and sightseeing. “It is a once in a lifetime opportunity,” she said. Y Ford received her invitation two weeks ago. Players are recommended by coaches who have seen them play in many levels to competition. For the past three years Ford has excelled, not only at KMHS but in club volleyball in Spartanburg, SC. Her club team has played in several states. She doesn’t yet know the team she will be playing for. “I may be the only player from North Car- olina or there may be others,” she said. “I'm Nicole Ford sure I'll be playing against other players from around the country and also from Aus- tralia.” There will be indoor and outdoor (beach volleyball) games, she said. “I’ve always played in gyms,” she noted, “unless it was on the sand at Myrtle Beach. So this will be my first time playing compet- itive beach volleyball. 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