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Photos by Barry Toney
The Kings Mountain High swimmers pictured above
and at right qualified for the State Championship
meet last week in the Western Regionals. The State
meet is Thursday through Saturday in Cary.
Pictured at right are Austin Toney (left) and Riley
Brock, who qualified as individuals. Toney qualified
in the 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke
and Brock qualified in the 50 free.
Pictured ahove are swimmers that qualified as
teams. Bethany Wilson, Baylee Stroup, Kimberlee
Farris and Alyssa White qualified in the 200 freestyle
relay. Toney, Brock, Devin Heath and Ethan Anderson
qualified in the 400 freestyle relay. :
The Mountaineer swim teams are coached hy Beth
Calhoun and former Mountaineer state champion
Michael Allen.
KMMS girls edge Burns 32-31...
Kings Mountain Middle School’s
girls won their biggest game of the year
so far Tuesday at home, coming from
behind in the final seconds to defeat
Burns 32-31 in a Tri-County Confer-
ence East Division game.
The win improved the defending
Tri-County champion Lady Patriots’
record to 5-0 in the division and 5-1
overall.
The game was decided with one-
third of a second remaining. Kings
Mountain was ahead 32-30 when
...but then
After an important victory over
Burns last Tuesday, Kings Mountain
Middle School’s girls dropped their
first Tri-County East Division game of
the season Thursday at West Lincoln,
38-27.
Monty Deaton’s ladies jumped out
front early and led 25-19 with just four
minutes remaining. The game turned
into a free throw shooting contest and
Burns’ Paris Baker was fouled. Burns
was in a bonus situation, getting two
shots. Baker hit the first one but missed
the second to end the game.
Kings Mountain trailed most of the
game until the final two minutes when
LeeAsia Rhodes drove for a basket and
a two-point lead, and then stole the in-
bound pass and scored again to put the
Patriots up by four.
Burns came right back with a steal
of their own to cut the margin to two. A
technical foul gave Burns two shots and
the ball and they were able to tie the
score at 30.
With eight seconds remaining, KM’s
Jessica McClure got a putback off an
offensive rebound to give the Lady Pa-
triots a 32-30 lead and set the stage for
Baker’s last-second free throw attempts
to send the game into overtime.
Rhodes led the KM ladies with 12
points. McClure added seven, Adams
four, Chaya Hunter three and Erica Nel-
son two.
lose to West Lincoln
West Lincoln hit 17 of 30 while the
Lady Patriots managed just 3 of 16.
“It was a physical game and hard
fought and the shots did not fall late in
the game for us,” noted Coach Deaton.
“We had many opportunities to pull
away. Give West credit for not giving
up and making some crucial baskets
and free throws at the end of the game.”
LeeAsia Rhodes led the KM offense
with nine points. Tamara Adams scored
four, Erica Nelson four, Tatiyana
Phillips two, Kelsey Farmer two, Vir-
ginia Dellinger two, Jessica McClure
two and Chaya Hunter two.
KM fell to 5-1 in the division and 5-
2 overall. :
The Lady Patriots were slated to go
to East Lincoln yesterday to play for
first place in the division.
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February 6, 2013
SSA RRR RR
Girls win,
boys lose
at Huss
Kings Mountain’s girls broke a 5-game
Big South 3A losing streak Friday night with
an exciting 65-23 win over Hunter Huss in
Gastonia.
Kings Mountain was in control from the
opening tip and led 11-5 after the first pe-
riod, 27-10 at halftime and 47-13 going into
the fourth quarter.
Junior Mo Petty led the Mountaineer at-
tack with a game-high 18 points and 13 re-
bounds. Sophomore Shadayia Roberts added
13 points. Alecia Wade and Talajah
Hutchens added eight points each and
Taquisha Smith added seven points and
eight steals.
“It’s always fun to watch the girls play
together and have fun together,” noted
KMHS coach Michael Harris.
Kings Mountain's boys weren't as fortu-
nate. They fell behind Huss from the begin-
ning and lost 76-51 as the Huskies remained
tied with arch rival Ashbrook for the BSC
lead.
Jaelen Kennedy led the Huskies with 21
points and 13 rebounds. James Tillman
paced the Mountaineers with 19 points and
13 rebounds.
GIRLS BOXSCORE
KM (65) - Petty 18, Roberts 13, Wade 8,
Hutchens 8, Smith 7, Chapman 5, Edwards
4, Harris 2. ;
HH (23) - Knox 9, Ikard 5, Hoffman 3,
Gosh 3, Lipscomb 3. 2
BOYS GAME
KM (51) - Bullock 8, Adams 6, Sherer 4,
Cole 2, Sellers 3, Sanders 4, Tillman 19,
Hawkins 5.
HH (76) - Do. Littlejohn 1, Wright 4,
Moore 13, Curry 21, Hunter 6, Kennedy 21,
Campbell 2, Mackins 6, Da. Littlejohn 2.
Monique Petty had 18 points and 13 rebounds in Kings Moun-
tain’s win at Hunter Huss Friday.
Kings Mountain
Mountaineers
Athlete of the Week
Mountaineers beat Huss in wrestling
Kings Mountain High de-
feated Hunter Huss 49-15 in
a Big South 3A wrestling
match Thursday night at
Huss.
106 - Zach Melton (KM)
p. Kadar Pettis 1:15; 113 -
Payton Miller (HH) np.
Cameron Sarvis 1:17; 120 -
Quay Smith (KM) forfeit;
126-- Marquise Camp (KM)
p. Roy June 0:45; 132 - Tay-
© lor Smith (KM) p. Jonathan
Carpenter 5:06; 138 - Paul
Carson (HH) d. Alex Austin
7-3; 145 - Collen Queen
(KM) d. Ryan White 6-4;
152 - Elijah Whitaker (KM)
p. Tristin Hendren 1:15; 160
- Markel Hemphill (KM) d.
OT Norquan Otis 3-1; 170 -
Jonathan Clark (KM) maj.
dec. Blake Lewis 12-3; 182
-/Austin' Champion (KM)
forfeit; 195 - Jonathan Han-
nah (HH) d. Jacob Miller 7-
0; 220 - Dalton Jenkins (HH)
d. Kaleb Brown 3-1; 285 -
Cody Griffith (KM) d.
Minor Merino 4-1.
Alumni baseball game April 6
The second annual Kings
Mountain High School
Alumni baseball game will
be played Saturday, April 6
at Lancaster Field.
This year’s game will be
dedicated to the memory of
Coach Tony Leigh, who was
an All-Conference baseball
player for the Mountaineers
in 1967 and who coached the
Mountaineers from 1996-
2002, posting 100 victories
and taking his 1999 team
three rounds in the state 3A
playoffs. Prior to taking over
as head baseball coach,
Leigh coached the KMHS
girls softball team to four
conference championships
in five years and the JV
baseball team to a 12-4
record.
The game will begin at 6
p.m. and batting practice will
begin at 4 p.m. There will be
a home run derby at 5:15.
All former baseball play-
ers wanting to play should
» call Drew Fulton at 704-860-
4068 or visit www.kmbase-
ball.com for information.
The player’s fee is $40.
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