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SPORTS ‘The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.net March 28, 2012 SE Lady Mountaineers blank Hunter Huss in Kings Mountain jumped on top early and blanked Hunter Huss 8-0 in its opening Big South 3A Conference game Thesdey at Lan- caster Field #3. The Mountaineers scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning and that was all southpaw Reagan Childers would need to nail down the team’s first victory after three narrow non-conference losses to open the season. Childers led off the inning with a walk, followed by a single to left by freshman Leah Herndon. Emily Hester followed with a dou- ble to left, scoring Childers. Herndon scored on a wild pitch and Shea Cogdell followed with a single to center to drive in Hester. Childers went the distance, giving up only four hits and striking out 10. =. The Mountaineers added their fourth run in the second when Herndon reached on an error and scored on a single by Molly Short. Singles by Emily Bell and Caitlyn Braunns set up a perfectly-executed sacrifice bunt by Carsyn Bolin which made the score 5-0 in the third. Herndon doubled and later scored on a wild pitch to make it 6-0 in the fourth. After going 3-up, 3-down in the fifth, the Mountaineer struck again for two runs in the sixth. Childers singled to center, Herndon followed with an infield hit, and Hester’s sacrifice fly sent home the first run. The final run of the game came on Short’s single to center. Herndon finished with 3-for-3 to lead the 10-hit KM attack. Short added two hits and Hester, Cogdell, Bell, Braunns and Childers had one apiece. Right: GARY STE WART/# HERALD ings Mountain's Leah Herndon steals second hase in Tuesday softball game with Hunter Huss at KM. Covering second for Huss i is shortstop Alexis Grimes, a former KMHS player. ’ GARY STEWART, HERALD Kings Mountain shortstop Molly 8 Short guns down a Huss runner in Tuesday's game at Lan- caster Field #3. ree gE Envisat Hw ENE SUL Fusco Chi GARY STEWART / HERALD Kings Mountain's Reagan Childers works on a four-hit, 10-strikeout victory over Hunter Huss in Big South 3A opener. Mountaineers beat Huss, Ashbrook in Big South Kings Mountain’s Moun- taineers won all three of their baseball games last week, defeating Hunter Huss and Ashbrook in Big South 3A Conference games and Fred T. Foard in a non-conference contest. Eric King’s Mountaineers carried a 2-1 conference and 7-3 overall record into a home game last night against North Gaston. After several close games to open the season, the Mountaineers finally had a breather Tuesday in a 12-2, six-inning victory over Hunter Huss at Lancaster Field. Kings Mountain scored six runs in the first inning and coasted the rest of the way. , ; Dallas Conner went the distance on the mound to get his first victory. He gave up only two hits and struck out - nine. Both of the Huskies’ runs were unearned. The Mountaineers got five of their 11 hits in the first inning. Conner and Gary Bennett each had a two-run ‘double, and Alex Reynolds contributed an RBI single. RO Huss scored both of its runs in the second on KM er- rors, but the Mountaineers got those runs back in the bottom of the inning when Heath King walked and scored on an error and Con- ner lofted a sacrifice fly to center. Trey Fulbright singled and later scored on an error to push the score to 9-2 in the third, and the 10th run scored on a sacrifice fly to right by Wil Sellers. In the sixth, Jonathan See BASEBALL, 3B GARY STEWART / HERALD Kings Mountain’s Trey Fulbright rounds third and heads home on a hit by a teammate in lost week’s game with Hunter Huss: at Lancaster Field. Lady Mountaineers beat Ashbrook for second win Mountain High’s softball game got a 5-RBI game from shortstop Molly Short and another route-going pitching performance from Reagan Childers to defeat Ashbrook 8-1 for their second straight Big South 3A win Friday in Gastonia. ‘This is a big week for Craig Short’s ladies, who were scheduled to take on a good North Gaston team last night at home and will battle league fa- vorite Crest on the road Thursday afternoon. Coach Short has seen his young team make a lot of progress during’ the early season. The Mountaineers’ first three Kings games saw them lose close contests to Chase, Burns and East Burke, the latter in 11 innings. “I have been pleased with our hitting,” Short said. “We’re putting the ball in play and making good decisions at the plate. The more we’ve played the more I'm pleased. Playing experi- ence will do that.” Short has three fresh- men and a sophomore in his = starting lineup, which bodes well not only for this year but the future. “Even though they’re young, they’re battled tested but it’s dif- ferent on this level,” he said. ‘Molly Short, his sols omore starter, had one of her best games Friday, going 3-for-4 as the KM ladies improved to 2-0 in the conference. Emily Bell added two hits and two RBIs. Kings Moun- tain’s other run came on a passed ball. Childers went the dis- tance on the mound, scat- tering three hits and fan- ning seven. Kings Mountain scored two runs in the top of the first and led 2-1 going into the fifth. A * two-run single up the middle by Short sparked a four-run rally which broke the game open. “They (Ashbrook) have a pretty good team,” Coach Short noted. “It was a good win for us.” Kings Mountain Mountaineers Athlete of the Week Tyler Gilliam ‘Baseball 105 York Rd., Kings Mountain 704.734.4782 J PNT Sandwich w/Ham A © Breaklast ‘
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