SPORTS
3 KMHS
swimmers
win SMAC
Freshman Kaitlyn Moss
of Kings Mountain High
a won the 200
and 500
2 | freestyle in
1 | last week’s
SM AC
d swim meet
in Valdese.
Kassidy
Hamrick
won the 100
fly and
Austin
Toney won
the 100
1 breaststroke.
Fe hice
Shelby boys
amd
Draughn and
Shelby girls
won the
team: cham-
pionships.
Shelby’s
boys com-
piled 500
oints, fol-
lowed by
Draughn
356, [East
Burke 306, KM 257, Chase
87, Crest 80, East Ruther-
ford 67 and R-S Central 41.
The Shelby and Draughn
girls each compiled 354
points. KM was third with
294 followed by Chase 238,
East Burke 236, RS 168,
East Rutherford 129 and
Crest 120.
Individuals finishing sec-
ond for KM were Toney and
Bethany Wilson in the 200
free. KM’s girls 200 medley
and 200 and 400 free relay
teams were also second.
Finishing third were
Hamrick in the 200 IM,
Baylee Stroup in the 100
free and Bethany Wilson in
the 100 back.
HAMRICK
TONEY
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HATICHA
Josh Sherer drives the lane for two of his 20 points in last week’s overtime victory over Burns
at KM’s Donald L. Parker Gymnasium.
‘Mountaineers go OT
to beat Bulldogs 82-78
Playing the same team too many times in
one season can sometimes backfire on you,
and it almost did for Kings Mountain’s
Mountaineers in Tuesday’s 82-78 overtime
win over the Burns Bulldogs.
It was the third time this year the two
teams have met. The first two games - one
in the SMAC ‘and another in the Cleveland
County Christmas Tournament - resulted in
lop-sided victories for the Mountaineers.
But the Bulldogs were on the top of their
game in last week's 'SMAC encounter at
KM'’s Donald L. Parker Gymnasium. Their
defense did a great job keeping the ball away
from KM’s leading scorer James Tillman,
and for the most part dominated the boards
and shot lights out.
The game was close throughout, partly
due to Burns’ outstanding all-around effort
and the Mountaineers’ failure to connect
consistently from the foul line.
Burns led 21-19 at the end of the first pe-
See Mountaineers, 3B
Mountaineers fall
to Shelby in OT
Nelson McClain’s three-point attempt at
the overtime buzzer rimmed out and Shelby
held on for a 82-79 victory over the Moun-
taineers Friday night in Shelby.
The win kept the Golden Lions unbeaten
and in first place in the SMAC while the
Mountaineers fell to 7-4 and into fourth
place. East Burke was able to move ahead
of the Mountaineers into third but the Cav-
aliers still have big SMAC games left
against Shelby and second place East
Rutherford while the Mountaineers are
through with those two 2A powers.
Gabe Devoe led the Golden Lions (17-1
overall) with a game-high 32 points. Kings
Mountain (12-7 overall) got 28 points from
Josh Sherer and 15 and 14, respectively,
from Chad Sanders and McClain.
. Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Lady Mounties
beat Burns,
Shelby in SMAC
Kings Mountain’s girls
edged closer to a state play-
off berth with victories over
Burns Tuesday and Shelby
Friday.
The Lady Mountaineers
broke open a close game in
the second period to defeat
Burns 60-44 at Donald L.
~ Parker Gymnasium.
Friday at Shelby’s Lloyd
Little Gymnasium, the two
teams swapped leads until
the Lady Mountaineers
pulled away 39-33 in the
closing minutes.
The win over Burns was
bigger in terms of playoff
hopes, but a win over Shelby
is always one of the high-
lights of the year.
Sophomore Tiffani
Thompson and senior
Monique Petty formed a
strong 1-2 scoring and re-
bounding punch as the KM
ladies held off a scrappy
Burns team. Thompson tal-
lied 21 points and Petty 20.
Coach Mike Harris was
‘able to work all of his play-
ers into the game as KM
outscored the Lady Bulldogs
19-7 in the third quarter: to
turn a slim 27-25 halftime
edge into a commanding 46-
32 lead heading into the
fourth quarter.
“This was a good win
against one of our 3A con-
ference opponents,” Coach
Harris noted. “That should
lock up a state playoff spot
for us. Now we need to play
for the best conference fin-
ish to get the best seed in the
playoffs.”
The KM team could
greatly improve its playoff
seeding with a win against a
Saenz wins
two events
in Indoor
track meet
Bet Saenz won two
events and Kings Mountain
won 10 overall in the Cleve-
land County Schools Indoor
Track cham-
pionship
Monday at
John Gam-
ble Stadium.
fiSaenz
won the
(14'5") and
{7 the‘ friple
jump (30'6") to lead the
Lady Mountaineers.
Other KM winners were
Brittany Poeng in the high
jump (4'5"), Sharda White-
sides in the shot put (14'5"),
Virginia Dellinger, McKay
Williamson, Mariah Roberts
and Mackenzie Smith in the
4x800 relay (12:26), Erica
Carpenter in the 55m high
hurdles (10.44), and Tyne-
sha Merriman in the 300
meters (46.43).
Winners for the KM men
were Solomon Hawkins in
the high jump (6'3") and
Josh Beheler in the pole
vault (9'6").
SAENZ
Soccer tryouts set
Kings Mountain High
will hold soccer tryouts Feb-
ruary 12, 13 and 14 from 4-
6 p.m. at the KMHS practice
field.
To practice, players will
need shin guards and cleats.
They also must have a cur-
rent physical on file a
KMHS. -
long jump.
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Kings Mountain senior Ale-
cia Wade fires a jumper in
last week’s win over Burns.
tough Crest team on the road
Thursday. Crest, Burns and
KM are the only 3A teams in
the SMAC. KM owns two
wins over Burns but lost its
first encounter with Crest.
All KM scorers were
held under double figures
for the first time Friday
night at Shelby, but all of
them contributed in other
areas. :
Shelby outscored KM 7-
5 in the first period before
the Mounties came back to
lead 17-15 at the half. The
lead was still just two points
(27-25) heading into the
fourth period.
“It was another good win
againstia county opponent,”
said Harris, “but more im-
portantly a win against a
team above us in the stand-
See Lady, 3B
ing the ball in last week’s game with Burns.
Josh Sherer
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704.734.4782
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Mountaineers
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