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Page 2B ‘ The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald:net July 11, 2012 KMHS scholarship to honor memory of Coach John Blalock JOHN BLALOCK A committee made up of former Compact and Kings Mountain High athletes, teachers. and friends of Coach John Blalock is rais- ing funds to endow a schol- arship in Coach Blalock’s memory. Coach Blalock, a long- time successful men’s bas- ketball coach at Compact and KMHS, passed away in December, 2011. Blalock coached numerous champi- onship teams at both schools, and his final team at KMHS in 1983 was the only team in school history to end the season ranked as the #1 team in the state. According to one of the committee’s organizers and a former basketball player under Coach Blalock, John K. McGill, the committee’s goal is to raise $10,000 graduating community, from which an annual scholarship of $500 will be awarded a college-bound senior from KMHS “who best demon- strates Coach Blalock’s outstanding qualities.” “He was a powerful presence on the bench al- ways exhorting his team,” McGill said. “He de- manded the best from his players, who respected him and did what was expected, both on and off the court. “He strived for excel- lence not only as a coach, but also in the classroom. He was an outstanding bi- ology teacher who always worked hard and was well- prepared. He expected the very best of his students in the classroom as well. He was well-respected in the and around Mountaineer 7-on-7 is Thursday morning Kings Mountain High’s football team will host a 7- team 7-on-7 round-robin tournament Thursday at 9 a.m. on the two practice fields behind John Gamble Forestview, Hunter Huss, York, SC and Boiling Springs, SC. Games will last for 45 minutes on a 40-yard field. All teams will play each The Kings Mountain coaches will be in Greens- boro next week for the an- nual North Carolina Coaches Clinic. The team will resume summer drills the following wishing to play JV or varsity football this season should report to the field by 8 a.m. The Mountaineers open their regular season on Fri- day, August 17 at home Stadium. other. Monday, and will officially against East Rutherford. Joining the Mountaineers The public is invited. begin pre-season practice on : will be Chase, Shelby, There is no charge. Monday, July 30. Anyone ° ; I ss Elite Summer pts. Team Elite Gold — Roberts 14 pts, Zack Shull 9 pis Xavier Roberts 20 pts, Smith 10 pts, Jerdon pis: Basketball scores Zack Smith pts Pressley 10 pts. Team Team Elite Black 32 Elite Red - Zeldon Roberts Week of July 2nd Elite Team Elite Red 29T cam 11pts, Darren McClain 6 CT awford lands Summer Basketball Elite Red - Zeldon Roberts pts, Caleb Watkins 4pts. hole-in-one League 10-13 yr Boys Di- 14 pts, Dax Hollifield Team Elite Black 47 vision 6pts, Caleb Watkins Spts Team Elite Red 37T e a m Tom Crawiord landed Team Elite Gold 40 Team Elite Black 37Team Elite Black - Kavin Mosley 12 pts, Dre Bell 8 pts, Demontae Murray 8 JIM QUICKAND COASTLINE Team Elite Black - Dre Bell 8 pts, Zack Smith 6pts Team Elite Gold 48 Team Elite Red 24T e am Elite Gold - Xavier ATLANTIC GROOVE SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2012 10 am-10 pm, The Gazebo at Patriots Sali J tr ~ BPONSORED BY __ @=- Monn Ely HealthCare System CE wml E1 “Kings Mountain NC Sp CHEROKEE STREET RENO cial Events" or visit . lifield Elite Black - Dre Bell 19 pts, Kavon Mosley 16 pts, Demontrae Murray 6pts. Team Elite Red - Dax Hol- 10 pts, 10 pts, Caleb Watkins Mark hole-in-one on the par 3 no. 3 hole at Woodbridge Golf Club on Wednesday, July 4th. Joe Ruffalo throws from second base. North Carolina in basket- ball circles.” Steve Southwell, a com- mittee member and another former player under Coach Blalock, called him an “in- novator” who was a “mas- ter at adapting his teams to match their strengths.” “Life lessons I learned from Coach Blalock were mainly about being a good person, respecting yourself and your teammates, be- lieving in yourself, better- ing yourself on an off the court and pushing yourself beyond your own limits,” Southwell said. “You hear the word icon and it’s really thrown around tod often these days,” he added. “With Coach Blalock it’s really appropriate. He set a stan- dard for coaching basket- ball with the amount of time he put in, the success we had, and by winning so many games. To this day I never knew what he saw in me, but I’m so thankful he never gave up on me.” The committee urges all persons who played for, taught with and knew Coach Blalock as fans and friends in the community to take part in the scholarship effort. All contributions are tax-deductible. Make your check payable to Kings Mountain High School for “Coach Blalock Scholar- ship” and mail to Kings Mountain High School, 500 Phifer Road, Kings Mountain, NC 28086; at- tention Frankie Webster - Financial Secretary, before November 1, 2012. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO The Kings Mountain Family YMCA had a special guest drop by to exercise on Friday, July 6. Kevin Mack, a Kings Mountain -legend, Clemson Tiger great and former All-Professional for the Cleveland Browns, stopped by the Y with his wife Ava on Friday. ALL-STAR: KM 9-10 Dixie Youth baseball all-stars 2-1 FROM Page 1B hit apiece. Sunday, KM .defeated West Lincoln 22-0 on a com- bined no-hitter. Joe Ruffalo pitched the first two innings, striking out four, and Silas Price pitched the last inning, striking out two. Christian Welch had a big night at the plate, going 3- for-4 with a two-run home run and two singles. Ruffalo added two hits and Jake Woods, Silas Price, Nathan Phillips and Devin Pressley had one each. John Harmon Melton took the loss against Tryon. He pitched five innings and struck out eight. Christian Welch led the hitting with two hits. Reese Ayscue, Jake Woods, Melton, Silas Price, Joe Ruffalo, George Long and Devin Pressley had a hit each. Kings Mountain was scheduled to play Bessemer City last night in an elimina- tion game. TOURNEY: KM 11-12 all-stars to compete in State Dixie ry fourney FROM Page 1B out two, and Hunter Cash pitched 11 innings with 14 strikeouts. He also had 11 hits, including a double. 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He had solo home runs in games one and six, and also had a triple and eight total hits. Chase Johnson had nine hits, including a dou- ble, and was one of the key catchers. Frank Stump had one hit, Holden Turner three, and Travis Wright’s solo home run was the game-winning hit in game one. He had six hits over- all. The team picked up an alternate player, Landon Skidmore, who will be going with the team to Le- land for the state tourna- ment.
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