The Kings Mountain
Kings Mountain backs try to strip the ball away from ballcar-
riers during Monday's practice.
Photos by GARY STEWART
Kings Mountain linebackers get loose during conditioning drills Monday at the start of football practice. y 5
90 show up for opening day of football practice
Kings Mountain High football coaches
greeted 90 players - 45 varsity and 45 JVs -
on the first official day of practice Monday °
morning.
Eighteen of the varsity players started at
some point during the 2011 season. Although
he has several key positions to fill because
of graduation, Coach Greg Lloyd expects the
Mountaineers to be improved over last year’s
6-7 overall record.
The remainder of this week’s practice will
consist of conditioning and light drills. The
Mountaineers will have their first hitting
practice on Saturday morning.
The Mountaineers will scrimmage on
Wednesday, Aug. 8 at 6 p.m. at Freedom
High School in Morganton.
On Friday, Aug. 10, they will compete in
the annual Cleveland County Jamboree at
Crest High School. Burns faces East Lincoln
in the 6 p.m. opener. Shelby battles A.C.
Reynolds at 7 p.m., followed by Kings
Mountain and Northwestern at 8 and Crest
and Northeast Guilford at9. ~
The Mountaineers open their regular sea-
son on Friday, Aug. 17 at home against East
Rutherford. :
See SCHEDULE, 3B
Kings Mountain quarterback Jonathon Clark fires a pass during the first morning of official
preseason practice Monday at KMHS.
AT LEFT, Head
coach Greg Lloyd
makes a point to
players during
opening day of ; 2 i 3 %
conditioning drills Assistant coach Dustin Morehead watches as receivers push a two-man sled during Mon-
Monday at KMHS. day's practice session.
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Kings Mountain head coach Greg Lloyd issues practice
gear to players prior to the start of football practice Mon-
day morning.,
The goalpost acted as a defensive player for Kings Mountain receivers catching passes from assistant coach Dustin Morehead
Monday.
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