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Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Kings Mountain Middle Scheol’s golf team repeated as Tri-County Snieronee champions
in last week’s conference match at Lincoln Country Club. Left to right are Chase Johnson,
Logan Fleming, Blake Reynolds, Coach David McDonald, Micah Randall, Harrison Conner,
Alex Goff, Trenton Carson, Natalie Lutz and Tyler Withers.
Patriot golfers repeat
as conference champs
Kings Mountain Middle
School's golf team success-
fully defended its Tri-
County Conference
championship in last week's
conference match at Lincoln
Country Club.
The Patriots now have an
unbeaten streak of 43-0,
going 22-0 last season and
19-0 this year.
This year's team had
three returning players -
Harrison Conner, Tyler
Withers and Alex Goff.
"I have three players that
I know can shoot under 40
on nine holes every time
out," said Coach David Mc-
Donald. "Also, I have been
blessed with a couple of sev-
enth graders along with a
few eighth graders who did
not play last year. They have
all stepped up to add to our
depth.
"I have been very fortu- :
nate to have the talent and
the skilled players that I
have had. I remember the
first day of practice. I felt
like we had a shot at doing it
again. I told them every day
that each shot counts."
Last week's conference
match consisted of nine
teams from Cleveland,
Rutherford and Lincoln
County. Each team was al-
lowed to play six players
with the lowest four scores
being counted.
The conference match is
different than regular season
matchess as it is 18 holes in-
stead of nine. After all 54
players had finished the
back side at Lincoln Coun-
try Club twice, KMMS
turned in a winning score of
317 to beat second place
Crest (336) by 19 strokes.
North Lincoln finished third
at 345, followed by East
Lincoln 354, West Lincoln
363, Shelby 374, Rutherford
County 400, Burns 404 and
Lincolnton 416.
Medalist was Kings
Mountain's Alex Goff who
shot an even par 72, one shot
. better than East Lincoln's
Lance Rowe.
"I knew Alex bogeyed
the first hole; however, he
came back and birdied the
second," . McDonald said.
"That is just who he is. He
just gets it. After he finished
he was a little bothered that
, he did not shoot in the 60s,
which he could have. He has
a great future."
Tyler Withers came in
fourth with a, 76.
"That is one kid who has
come a long way from last
year," McDonald said. "He
has worked very hard. He is
a well rounded, great kid."
KM's other two recorded
‘scores were by seventh
graders Trenton Carson with
an 83 and Natalie Lutz with
aan 86.
"Trenton played out of
this world," McDonald said.
"He made three birdies.
Kings Mountain Country
Club said he was there all
summer working on his
game. After practice, he
would stay with his father
and play until dark. It paid
off for him.
to practice there," he said. "I
"Natalie has been so con-
sistent all year. She is just an
overall good athlete.I expect
both of them to geta lot bet-
ter for next year."
At the end of the day,
McDonald said the team
knew what hard work will
do.. , ;
"We want to thank the
Kings Mountain Country
Club for all their assistance
this year and their willing--
ness to allow the golf team
also want tho thank the par-
ents and especially the golf
team for another great year.
I just want the community of
Kings Mountain to know
what kind of job the parents
have done raising their chil-
dren. Almost every one of
the golfers are not just get-
ting in done on the golf
course, they are straight A
students who are respectable
and who do it the right way."
Kings Mountain Middle's
golf team includes Natalie
Lutz, Trenton Carson, Tyler
Withers, Logan Flemming,
Blake Reynolds, Micah
Tyler Withers putts for Patri-
ots.
Randall, Harrison Conner,
Chase Johnson and Alex
Goff.
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“An A.C. Reynolds defender tries to block a kill attempt by
Kings Mountain’s Natalie Fedyschyn in last week’s NCHSAA
volleyball playoff game at the KMHS gym.
KMHS: spikers defeat
Reynolds, fall to St. Stephens
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of the match.”
Kings Mountain scored
the last six points of the first
set to take the victory, with
the last four points coming
on three serving aces from
Logan Smith and a set-end-
ing kill from Bolt. :
Kings Mountain fell be-
hind again early in the sec-
ond set. Smith broke a 12-12
tie to give the Mountaineers
the lead for good. With KM
up 18-13, Reynolds took a
time out but KM came back
and run the lead to 21-13 on
- a kill by Sarah Blalock.
Kings Mountain got off
to a slow ‘start at St.
Stephens, losing the first set
25-14. They rallied in set
two, falling by just 25-23,
but the Lady Indians fin-
ished strong with a 25-11
win in the third set:
“When we lost the sec-
ond set by just two points, I
had all the confidence in the
world that we would at last
either beat them or at least
give them a run for their
money,” said Coach Prid-
geon, who had seen her
team lose twice to the Hick-
ory school in the regular
© season.
“In the third set they built
a big lead and I think we re-
alized they were going to
win. They’re a really tough
team all around. But we
gave a valiant effort.”
The Lady Mountaineers,
champions of the SMAC
2A/3A Conference, ended
their season with a 18-5
record.
“I am very pleased for
the girls and all they accom-
plished,” Pridgeon said. “It
was an awesome feeling this
year. W started off rocky,
going five sets with some
teams we probably
shouldn’t have. But we got
stronger as we went along,
which is what you want to
do. I probably did my least
amount of coaching from
the sidelines.”
KM: falls late to Chase, idle this week
From Page 1B
“It- was good to see
Xavier Johnson play,” Lloyd
said. “He was probably
about 70 percent. He’s not
“well but he wanted to play
and it was good to have him
out there.
“The offensive line did a
good job. Cory Hester at
center had a really good
game.” 2
At this time, Lloyd said
Merchant is a question mark
* for the East Burke game.
One thing on his side is that
‘the game is over a week
away.
“His ankle’s not broken
but it’s a bad sprain,” Lloyd
said. “But I wouldn’t rule
him out. It’s a good thing we
have a week off. We need
him. Losing him is like los-
ing two guys because he
' starts on both sides of the
ball. Hopefully Jake can
play and Xavier should be a
lot better by then. We need
both of them out there.”
Several other Moun-
taineers, including freshman
running back Darian Mc-
Clain who has missed the
last two games, are out for
the season. .
“If you have a certain
amount of bad luck for a
lifetime and can use it up, I
sure hope we’ve used it up
in one full swoop,” Lloyd
said.
The Mountaineers will :
practice three days this week
and go heavy next week to’
get ready for East Burke,
which is also seeking its first
SMAC win.
“It’s important that we
win,” Lloyd said. “We want
our seniors to go out with a
win and we don’t want to
take a losing streak into next
year. We're going to work
hard to win this last game.”
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