Wednesday, November 19, 2014
vs. West Henderson
Postgame
YARDSTICK
KM WH
First downs: 16 25
Yds. Rushing 24-147 62-452
Passing | 9-22-2 0-1
Fumbles lost : 0 Te,
Penalties ne 7-75 4-33
Punts 2-40.5 1-31
RUSHING
WH - Goings 32-176, Jackson 19-180, Fender 14-
109, Murray 1-3, Crouch 3-2.
KM - McClain 8-40, Bell 10-55, Crocker 2-12, Me.
Cluney 3-20, D. Frederick 3-20. ;
PASSING
WH - Crouch 0-1.
KM - Bell 9-22-2-136, Crocker 0-1.
RECEIVING
KM — Merchant 2-70, Crocker 4-44, Johnson 3-22.
DEFENSIVE LEADERS
TACKLES - Dwayne Capps 9, Chance Frederick 7,
Dre’Shaun Bell 5, Shawn Adams 4, Julian Coulter 4,
. Keenan Baker 4, Marquise Camp 4, Darian McClain 3
Josh Bell 3, Jake Merchant 3, Dillon Frederick 3,
Trevon Wilson 2, Colin Watkins 2, Tico Crocker 1. °
TFL —- Chance Frederick, Dre Bell.
FORCED FUMBLES - Jake Merchant.
FUMBLE RECOVERIES - Jake Merchant, Dre Bell.
SACK - Dre Bell. :
SCORE BY QUARTER
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
KM 13 0 7 7 27
WH 14 14 13 0 41
"HOW THEY DID IT
First Quarter
K — 7:12 - Jake Merchant 10 pass from Bran-
don Bell (Sam Liss kick).
WH - 5:26 - Brendan Goings 5 run (Gage
Lapka kick).
WH - 0:19 - Cody Jackson 4 run (Lapka Kick).
KM - 0:07 - Xavier Johnson 90 kickoff return
(kick failed).
Second Quarter
Wh - 8:51 - - William Crouch 1 run (Lapka
. kick).
WH - 1:22 - Goings 7 run (Lapka kick).
Third Quarter
WH - 8:02 — Dusty Fender 19 run (kick failed).
WH - 2:54 -Jackson 18 run (Lapka kick).
KM - 0:12 - Tico Crocker 10 pass from Bell
(Liss kick)
Fourth Quarter
Km = 7:01 — Merchant 60 fumble return (Liss
kick).
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Page 9
Kings Mountain players Brandon Falls (75), Jair McCluney (28) and Xavier Johnson (1) try
to keep their hands warm on a very cold night when the chill factor was in the low teens.
KM/WH: Mountaineers fall in playoffs to
West Henderson under frigid conditions
From page 8
end Jake Merchant with a
10-yard touchdown pass and
Sam Liss booted the PAT for
a 7-0 Mountaineer lead.
That would be their only |
lead, though, as West's
backs got exceptional block-
ing on just about every play
to charge ahead.
“Obviously, it was a dis-
appointing ending to a good
season,” said Mountaineer
coach Greg Lloyd. “But
we’re very proud of our
team. We reached one of our
goals by bouncing back after
a two-win season last year.”
The Falcons answered
KM’s touchdown with a
+ seven-play 69-yard touch-
down drive capped off by
Goings’ six-yard run at the
5:26 mark of the first period.
After holding the Moun-
taineers to three and out, the
Falcons drove 80 yards
. in 10 plays to take a 14-7
lead on Jackson’s four-yard
run.
Kings Mountain’s Xavier
Johnson answered with a
90-yard kickoff return, but
the Mountaineers’ extra
point attempt failed and
West hung to a 14-13 lead it
would not relinquish.
William Crouch added a
one-yard touchdown run to
put the Falcons up 21-14 in
the second quarter and
Fender picked off ,two
Kings Mountain quarterback Brandon Bell rolls out for a pass.
passes, including one at the .
one yard line, to keep the
Mountaineers out of the end
zone.
A one-yard run by Go-
ings pushed the West lead to
28-13 at halftime, and
touchdown runs of three
yards by Fender and 18 by
Jackson ran the margin to
41-13 with 2:54 left in the
third quarter.
Jackson finished with
180 yards on 19 carries, Go-
ings 176 yards on 32 carries
* and Fender 109 yards on 14
carries.
Kings Mountain tacked
on two more touchdowns,
and had a golden opportu-
nity to score another when a
wide open hook and lateral
was fumbled.
Tico Crocker caught a
10-yard touchdown: pass
with 12 seconds left in the
third quarter to cut the mar-
gin to 41-20, and Merchant
closed out the scoring in the
fourth quarter when he
stripped the ball from a West
back and ran it 60 yards for
the final touchdown with
seven minutes remaining.
Late in the game he had a
58-yard reception but the
Mountaineers’ final pass fell
incomplete in the end zone.
“It just didn’t go -our
way,” said Coach Lloyd.
“We had a good week of
practice but just didn’t have
a good game. But no ex-
cuses. We have a lot of pos-
itive feelings about this
season.”
FUTURE: Mountaineers looking toward
bright future with returning starters
From page 8
rently 8-4 after going 1-10
last season,
The difference, though, is
that West Henderson has a
senior laden team while
Kings Mountain returns a
large number of starters,
They will, however, have
to replace good players like
quarterback Brandon Bell,
versatile back Tico Crocker,
the school’s all-time leading
pass receiver Xavier John-
son, linemen Julian Coulter,
Graham Keeter, Cory Hester
and Colin Watkins, line-
backers Dillon Frederick
and Dwayne Capps, and re-
ceiver/defensive back
Shawn Adams.
Starters who will return
next: year include Marquis
Camp, Chance Frederick,
Josh Bell,» Dre Bell, Jake
Merchant, Trevon Wilson,
Darian MoClain, J air Mc-
Cluney, DJ Sumpter, Cooper
Short, Kenneth Williams,
Gage Kornegay, Nick
Hayes, Keenan Baker, and
Max Peterson.
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