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SPORTS Mountaineers summer work begins June 13 Kings Mountain High's football team will begin summer workouts June 13 at 8 a.m. Head coach Greg Lloyd hopes all JV and varsity players will attend all summer workouts so they will be in shape and ready to play when official pre-season practice begins on Au- gust 1. JV and varsity players will meet each morning from 8- 10:30 a.m. for workouts on the field and in the weight room. The only exceptions will be July 1-5 which is a NCHSAA dead period for summer workouts, and July 22-26 when the coaches will be attending the annual NC Coaches Clinic in Greensboro. The Mountaineers will have 7-on-7 corpeiiion at North Gaston at 6 p.m. June 25, at home against West Lincoln on June 27 at 6 p.m., and at Crest on July 15 at 6 p.m. The final week of summer workouts (July 29-31) will be a varsity football camp from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. It will include practice and entertainment such as bowling, golf and movies. Soccer training begins June 13 Kings Mountain High's men's soccer workouts will begin June 13 at 7 a.m. Plans are for players and coaches to meet from 7-9 a.m. Monday through Thursday, with Friday being an optional day. The summer schedule will include work in the weight room on Mondays and Wednesdays, with Tuesday and Thursday being card days at the track. Individual skill work, small sided games and shooting games will be included in the workouts. Players should take their running shoes, cleats and shin guards. Training dates are June 13-14, June 17-21, June 24- 2 July 8-12 and July 15-19. Official tryouts are August 1-2. All players must be pres- ent on those two days if they wish to play. The first official game is August 19. Volleyball summer schedule KMHS women's volleyball summer tyros will begin with Coach Ashley Pridgeon on Monday, June 17 from 9:30-11:30 anne Other workout dates are June 18, June 19, June 20, June 24, June 25, June 26, June 27, July 8, July 9, July 10, July. 1.1- 13 (Gardner-Webb camp), July 15, July 17, July 25-27 (Vir- ginia Tech camp), July 29, July 30, July 31. Official tryouts begin on August 1. Selected for Camp Natalie Luiz, 12, of Kings Mountain has been selected to the North Carolina USTA Tennis State Training Camp to be held in Cary on June 9 and 10. Natalie was one of only eight selected to the camp for the girls 12s. Natalie was selected hy the North Carolina Junior Selection Committee, which was based on State, Southern and National rankings. The team will begin preparation for the Southern Cup to be held in Sep- tember in Lupton, Tennessee and wil compete against teams from he Southeast. Le The ? Kings Mountain Herald I www.kmherald.net Wetnesday, Ji june 12, 2013 Cameron Bullock rips a single for Kings Mountain Post 155. KM Post 155 falls to Hickory, Union County here Saturday Hickory built an early 3-0 lead and went on to defeat Kings Mountain 8-4 in an Area IV non-division game Saturday night at Lancaster Field. The result left Post 155 with a 2-1 division and 2-3 overall record heading into a doubleheader last night at Maiden against the Carolina Heat, a newly-formed team from the Taylorsville area. Kings Mountain returns home Saturday to face Union County. They play the Lincoln County Cardinals Sunday at North Lincoln High School and travel to Wingate University to meet Union County again on June 18. Hickory scored two un- earned runs in the top of the first inning to take a quick 2- 0 lead off KM starter Hunter Stinnett. Kyle Kelly hit the first of his two home runs, a solo shot in ‘the second, to put Post 48 up 3-0. Although they weren’t fortunate to get many hits off Hickory starter McKenzie Mitchell, Post 155 stayed within striking distance on the pitching effort of relief man Alex Reynolds and some good defensive plays in the infield. ; The home team finally broke the scoring column in the top of the fifth when they loaded the bases on two walks, and a hit batsman. Kevin Mills’ sacrifice fly to center cut the margin to 3-1. Hickory answered with two runs off Dallas Conner in the top of the sixth to go . | : up 5-1. Kings Mountain came right back in the bottom of the inning to cut the margin to 5-4, but that would be as close as they would get. Reynolds and Conner led off with back-to-back singles and Brandon Bell followed with a two-run double down the left field line that chased Mitchell. An out later Cameron Bullock singled over the second baseman’s head to cut the margin to 5-4. Hickory reliever Ben ~ Watson retired Post 155 in order over the next two in- nings and allowed just a harmless walk to Colby Crisp with two outs in the Brandon Bell had two doubles and two runs batted in-in Sat- urday’s game with Hickory at Lancaster Field. ninth ta earn the save. Hickory added three in- surance runs in the top of the ninth with Kelly’s towering two-run home run over the right field fence putting the game out of reach. Kings Mountain finished with just six hits. Bell led the way with two doubles and - Mills, Reynolds, Conner and Bullock had a single apiece. YMCA players get in free at Y Night Kings Mountain Ameri- can Legion Post 155 will cel- ebrate YMCA Night on June 21 when it hosts Union County in an Area IV game at Lancaster Field. YMCA all-star teams will “be recognized and all young- sters wearing their 2013 jer- sey will be admitted free ‘with a paying adult. The offer includes baseball, soc- cer and softball players. General admission is $5 and children under age six will be admitted free. Kings Mountain’s sched- uled game against the Gas- ton Braves on June 14 has been postponed and will be part of a regular-season end- ing doubleheader on June 28 at Lancaster Field. The first game will begin at 5 p.m. Those games will be impor- tant to both teams as far as positioning for the upcoming Area IV playoffs. Kings Mountain’s revised schedule includes: June 15 - Union County at KM; June 16 - vs. Lincoln County at North Lincoln High School; June 18 - vs. Union County at Wingate; June 22 - Queen City at Lan- caster Field; June 22 - vs. Mint Hill at Butler High School; "June == 125. i= Huntersville at Lancaster Field; June 26 - Mint Hill at Lancaster Field; June 27 - vs. Gastonia at Sims Legion Park. 11-12 year old all-stars selected The 11-12 year old all- star team has been selected at the Kings Mountain Famil YMCA. The 12 boys selected to represent Kings Mountain are DJ Bagwell, David Bell, Blake Broome, Zach Craw- ford, Bryce Fisher, Hunter Helms, Seth Kennedy, John Harmon Melton, Silas Price, Joe Ruffalo, Frank Stump, and Jake Woods. The team is coached by John Gamble and assisted by Brad Melton and Brent Bag- well. This team will repre- Caddell new coach at Green Hope Kings Mountain native Morgan Childers Caddell has been named head women’s softball coach at Green Hope High School in Cary, NC. : Caddell, who pitched Kings Mountain High School to back-to-back state championships in 2005 and | 2006 and went on to star at the University of South Car- olina Upstate, had served previously as the junior var- sity softball coach at Holly Springs High School. Prior to getting into high .school ‘coaching, Caddell played a summer of profes- sional softball with the Akron Racers and served as pitching coach at Campbell University. Caddell set numerous school and state pitching records at KMHS and USC Upstate, including most wins, most strikeouts, most shutouts and most saves. sent Kings Mountain in the * district tournament starting July 6th at the YMCA fields in Kings Mountain. of Nig » Buy 1 large bucket & get a 2nd FREE! - = > Tuees Thurs 11-4 Only $20 for 18 Holes! SYA RAE Offer expires 6/30/13 Must present ad for offer Woodbridge Golf Club Call for tee times! Pro-Shop 704.482.0353 1007 New Camp Creek Church Rd., Kings Mountain oy RCC ATE LY New Extended Hours Join us every Friday & Saturday night until midnight featuring our Full Menu! Bud Light draft
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