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October 24, 2012
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The senior members of the Kings Mountain High volleyball team were honored at their last regular season game last week.
Left to right are Olivia Blalock, Lyndsey Murphey, Tyerah Blake and Jazmene Stevenson.
Lady Mountaineers lose to Tuscola in VB playoffs
One thing was certain in
Saturday’s state 3A volley-
ball playoff game at Kings
Mountain’s Donald L.
Parker Gymnasium: The
Mountaineers would win.
In this case, though, it
was the Waynesville Tuscola
Mountaineers and not the
KMHS Mountaineers, who
lost in the first round of the
playoffs for the second
straight year.
Tuscola came into the
match with a 9-10 overall
record and the #3 seed from
the Western Athletic Confer-
ence. The win earned them
the right to face top-ranked
Enka, the #1 seed from the
Mountain Athletic Confer-
ence in a game that was
scheduled for last night.
Tuscola rebounded from
early deficits to take control
with 25-22 and 25-17 wins
in the first two games. Kings
Mountain came from behind
to take an exciting 27-25 win
in game three before Tuscola
finished off the locals with a
25-10 win in game four.
After KM’s quick 3-0
game atParker Gym.
Kings Mountaip’s Kayla Bolt plays
good.défense in Saturday’s playoff
lead in game one, the visit-.
ing T-Mountaineers’ came
back to go up 7-5. The game
‘was tied six times before
KMHS scored four straight
points to go up 19-16. But
Tuscola caught up at 21-all
and scored four of the final
* five points to win.
After an early 3-1 KM
Gracie Hunter digs out a
serve by Tuscola in Satur-
day’s volleyball playoff game
at KM’s Parker Gym. -
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lead in game two, Tuscola
went on a 13-point run to
take a 14-3 lead. The visitors
were on the way to breaking
the game open at 17-5 when
KM put on a furious rally to
get within 23-16. After a
timeout, Tuscola scored the
final two points.
Kings Mountain took a 7-
2 lead early in game three °
and survived several Tuscola
rallies to eventually win the
set. Tuscola got its first lead
at 15-14, but KM rallied
briefly to get the lead at 16-
15. Tuscola grabbed the lead
again and held on until a re-
* turn attempt hit off the gym
ceiling and KM got even at
19-all. Tuscola came from
behind again to tie at 25-all
but KM closed out the set
with, points by Kayla Bolt
and Gracie Hunter,
With a lot of KM’s en-
ergy spent, Tuscola scored
seven straight points to take
an early 8-2 lead in game
four, and poured it on from
there.
- Kings Mountain, which
ended its season with a 16-6
overall record and d runner-
up finish in the Big South
3A, got sound efforts from
several players ‘that will be
back next year to try to get
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the team over its recent play-
“off slump. Logan Smith
recorded eight kills, 11 digs
and seven assists. Taquisha
Smith contributed 11 assists
and a kill, and Gracie Hunter
had 13 digs and two kills.
Seniors Olivia Blalock,
Lyndsey Murphey, Tyesha
Blake and Jazmene Steven-
son - ended their KMHS vol-
leyball careers.
Morton repeats as
BSC Runner of Year
Kings Mountain High
sophomore Cassie Morton
repeated as Big South 3A
Cross Country Runner of the
Year by finishing first in the
conference run last week at
KMHS.
Morton ran the course in
22:07 to edge Rachael Lee of
Ashbrook at 22:30.
Ashbrook won the team
title with 28 points, followed
by Forestview 70, KM 73,
South Point 86, Crest 95 and
North Gaston (no score).
Mackenzie Smith of
Kings Mountain finished
fourth in 22:42 to make the
all-conference team.
Kings Mountain’s Logan
McGill finished 13th in the
boys race to earn all-BSC
honors. Vincent Comes of
Forestview won the individ-
ual title in 17:54.
Ashbrook took the team
title with 27 points, followed
by Forestview 42, South
Point 95, KM 100, Crest 108
and North Gaston 187.
Others finishing for the
Cassie Morton
KM girls were Mariah
. Roberts 17th, Annamarie
Fulbright 26th, Radhika
Patel 32nd, McKay
Williamson 39th, Katie Ellis
41st, Molly Short 69th and
Spencer Burton 70th.
Others finishing for the
KM boys .were Devin
Ayscue 18th, Will Boyles
23rd, Josh Brucker 24th,
Collin Foster 25th, Jacob
Edmonson 50th, Noah Cole-
man 63rd, Bailey Goodson
88th and Alex Greene 94th:
Lutz, Penner compete
in 3A tennis regionals
Lutz also in state golf
Kings Mountain’s Mad-
die Lutz and Kayla Penner
competed in the Western Re-
gional Tennis Tournament
Friday in Hendersonville.
The KM duo lost out in
the first round to the #1 team
from Hickory, 6-1 6-1.
“Having a representative
from KMHS women’s tennis
is an accomplishment I'm
very proud of,” said KM
coach Rick Henderson. “I
am very excited for these
two girls getting that oppor-
tunity to play against the best
players in five conferences
in the 3A West Regio
bracket.”
Lutz also finished in the
top 26,in Monday’s Western
Regional Golf Tournament
in Hendersonville to qualify
for the state tournament Oc-
tober 29-30 at Longleaf
Country Club in Southern
Pines. Lutz shot 100 over the
18-hole Etowah Valley
Country Club. The state
tournament will be a 36-hole
event.
- “Only a handful of
KMHS athletes have the
ability to get the opportunity
to play in two different
sports in the same season,
and that speaks volumes of
how good of an athlete Mad-
die is,” Henderson said. “Her
dedication and commitment
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