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September 26, 2012
Mountaineers travel to Huss
for second Big South contest
GARY STEWART
a Sports Editor
- Kings Mountain High’s
football team is ‘in the same
boat as it was last year at this
time.
Heading into the stretch
run of the regular season, the
Mountameers take an 0-1
high ankle sprain suffered in
the previous week’s game
with South Point. He was
scheduled to see ther doctor
Monday. If he is released to
the KMHS trainer, there’s a
_ slight possibility he could
play.
“We need him desper-
ately,” Lloyd said. “He is a
several other starters that
played on both offense and
© defense.
This week, the Moun.
. taineers will welcome back
their two senior safeties, Jose
Sappia and Curtis McNa-
mara, who were out of action
last week and should be
ready to resume their usual
good play in the secondary.
(4) - “If we eliminate
mistakes we should have a
good shot at winning,”
Coach Lloyd added. “We
have lost three games
(Burns, Weddington and
Shelby) by a touchdown.
We’re looking forward to
Big South and 2-4 overall
record into Friday night’s
game at Hunter Huss in Gas-
tonia.
After last year’s 2-4 start,
the Mountaineers turned
their season around and went
two rounds in the state 3AA
playoffs. Coach Greg Lloyd
hopes Friday will be the start
of another big turnaround.
Hunter Huss comes into
the game with a 1-1 BSC
and 4-2 overall record and
already has enough wins to
qualify for the state playoffs.
Kings Mountain needs at
least two mere wins to qual-
ify, but running the table
would put them in a great
position to host a first-round
game.
But before playoffs enter
“into the equation, Lloyd and
the Mountaineers just hope
to put the past two weeks be-
hind them and get back to
their winning ways.
Beating Huss will be a
tough task. The Huskies are
always very athletic, and this
year it seems more-so fan
last.
“They’ve improved a
lot,” says the KM coach.
“They” re quick and aggres-
sive on defense.” :
Like most area teams, the
Missed opportunities costly
Kings Mountain quarterback Jonathan Clark
Huskies have gone to a
spread offense that features
several quick backs and re-
ceivers and forces their op-
ponent to defend the whole
playing field.
“Kerrion Moore is still
there, and they have another
back (Keion Byrd) that gives
them two good running
backs,” Lloyd noted. “Their
quarterback (Andrew Jor-
dan) is a sophomore that is
really good and they have a
big receiver (6-3 Chad
Mackins) who is a good
looking player.
“I compare them to
Shelby; they’re very simi-
lar,” he said. “They have
good team speed and a really
good kicker (Cody Jones)
who puts the ball in the end
zone every time and has
kicked 50-yard field goals.”
Lloyd, who has a 4-1
record against the Huskies as
head coach ‘of the Moun-
taineers, sees four major
goals his team must achieve
this week:
(1) - “First, we’re hoping
we will be healthy,” he said.
Three-year starter Phillip
Quinn sat out last week’s
game with Shelby with ‘a
good blocker and a good
leader. If we could get him
back it would be a big deal.”
The Mountaineers’ lead-
ing rusher, ‘DaShon Guest,
should play again this week
even though he has a broken
finger that hurt him more last
week than Lloyd thought it
would.
(2) “We need to work
hard with our red zone exe-
cution and try to finish off
drives,” he said. Last week
the Mountaineers left a lot of
points on the field after fail-
ing to capitalize on four
scoring opportunities deep in
Shelby territory.
(3) - “Defensively, we
hope to build on what we did
last week,” he said. “We
need to try to force the issue
with our defense.”
Despite having six defen-
sive starters out for various
¥ reasons, the Mountaineers’
“defense played its best game
of the year. Dillon Frederick,
who was called up from the
JV team; Elijah Whitaker
and Kalael Hopper, who had
played only sparingly in past
games, and Markel Hemphill
and Chaz Gamble, who were
moved to different positions,
all played well along with
in 14-7 KM loss to Shelby
- GARY STEWART
Sports Editor
Kings Mountain scored
less than'a minute into the
game to take a 7-0 lead but
saw Shelby come back with
touchdowns on their last
possession of the first half’
and first possession of the
second half and fell to the
Lions 14-7 in a non-confer-
ence game Friday night at
Gamble Stadium.
The loss drops the Moun-
taineers to 0-1 in the Big
South and 2-4 overall head-
ing into a conference game
Friday at Hunter Huss.
Shelby, 0-1, 2-4, travels to
Patton Friday.
Kings Mountain’s Kalael
Hopper recovered a fumble
on the third play.of the game
to set up a two-play, 18-yard
scoring drive which included
a 17-yard catch and run by
Trevin Torres to inside the
one, and a sneak for the TD
by quarterback Jonathan
Clark. Jeremiah Early kicked
the point-after.
Missed opportunities by
the Mountaineers kept them
off the scoreboard and the
PLAYERS OF THE GAME
Offense - Xavier Johnson, WR, 5-113
receiving; Trevin Torres, WR, 8-67 re-
ceiving,
Defense - Kalael
Hopper,
Reynolds, DJ Moody, Jacob Miller,
* photos by Gary Stoner
Kings Mountain defenders Elijah Whitaker (33), Alex Reynolds (5), Kalael Hopper (42), Dil-
lon Frederick (2) and Jacob Miller (33) try to keep Shelby runner Raekwon Washington from
going around end in Friday's game at Gamble Stadium.
Lions in the game. Kings
Mountain had two other
drives inside the red zone in
the first half, and two more _
in the second half, but came
away with no points. The
Mountaineers drove to the
Shelby seven late in the first
quarter but missed a 25-yard
field goal attempt, and they
drove to the Lions 22 in the
second period but lost the
MOUNTAINEER POSTGAME
ball on downs. ,
“We got in the red zone
several times and didn’t
score, and that doomed us,”
See MISSED
OPRORTUNIVIES: 5B
covery. Yds. Rushing 123
Yds. Passing 94 >
Second Period .- Passes 7-13-0 15-33-1
S - 0:36 - Spencer Clark, 2 run (Man- Fumbles lost 3 0
ning Burton kick). 60-yard, 4 play Yds. Penalized 30 55
drive. Big plays 15-yard personal foul
penalty against KM and 32-yard recep-
‘Alex
tion by Jolly.
Chaz Gamble, Markel Hemphill.
BY THE NUMBERS
S 0117 5070
KM: 7.0: 10:0
First Period
KM - 11:06 - Jonathan Clark, 1 run (Je-
Third period
S - 9:37 - Wesley Hillman 43 pass from
KM RUSHING - DaShon Guest 15-32,
Clark = 6-(-11),
Torres 2-4, Alex
Reynolds 1-0.
14 - S. Clark (Burton kick). 5 play, 53-yard
7 drive following’ KM punt and another
15-yard KM personal foul penalty.
YARDSTICK
remiah Early kick). Two-play, 18-yard
~ drive after Kalael Hopper fumble re-
First downs
1-2.
KM
3 11
KM PASSING - Clark 15-33-1-193.
KM RECEIVING - Johnson 5-113,
Torres 8-67, Jacob Miller 1-11, Guest
playing this week.”
Lady Mountaineers
sweep Chargers, Jags
I Kings Mountain High’s
volleyball teams swept Crest
in a JV/varsity doubleheader
Tuesday at Donald L. Parker
Gymnasium,
The JV team won 8-25,
25-22, 27-25 to run its
record to 2-3 in the Big
South and 5-8 overall.
The varsity won 25-21,
25-18, 25-17.
Natalie Fedyschyn,
Logan Smith: and Gracie
Hunter led the Moun-
taineers. Fedyshyn recorded
eight kills and six aces.
Smith had seven kills, 13 as-
sists, 10 digs and one ace,
and Hunter had 11 digs and
Logan Smith
Logan Smith had another
big game for the KM ladies
with seven kills, four aces,
Six aces. five digs -and 14 assists.
On Thursday, the Lady Olivia Blalock had nine
Mountaineer varsity de- kills.
feated Forestview 25-18, 25-
15, 25-8 but the JV team lost
25-13, 25-15.
The varsity improved to
5-1 in the Big South and 10-
4 overall.
Snorts This hh
Wednesday, Sept. 26 3
4:30 - Middle school football, North Lincoln at Kings Moun-
tain.
6 p.m. - High school soccer, Crest at Kings Mountain. -
Thursday, Sept. 27
4 p.m. = High school tennis, Kings Mountain at North Gaston.
4 p.m. - Middle school boys soccer and girls softball, West
Lincoln at Kings Mountain.
7 p.m. - JV football, Hunter Huss at Kings Mountain.
Friday, Sept. 28
7:30 - High school football, Kings Mountain at Hunter Huss.
Saturday, Sept. 29
TBA - High school cross country, Cleveland County meet at
Crest.
Monday, Oct. 1
TBA - Middle school eross country, Tri-County Conference
meet at Kings Mountain.
2 p.m. - High school golf, all Big South teams at Crest.
6 p.m. - High school soccer, Kings Mountain at Forestview,
Tuesday, Oct. 2 :
4 p.m. - Middle school boys soccer and girls softball, Kings
Mountain at East Lincoln.
4 p.m. - Middle school golf, Kings Mountain, Crest, West Lin-
coln and North Lincoln at River Bend.
4 p.m. - High school tennis, Crest at Kings Mountain.
4:30 - High school cross country, Kings Mountain, North Gas-
ton and East Gaston at Forestview.
4:30 - High school volleyball, Hunter Huss at Kings Mountain.
Wednesday, Oct. 3
5 p.m. - Middle school football, Kings Mountain at Lincolnton.
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