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The second annual Kevin Mack Classic will be played Friday and Sat- urday at Kings Mountain High School. Games will be played in John Gamble Sta- dium and on KMHS prac- tice fields. The annual event fea- tures all of the Kings Moun- tain Elite Trailblazers teams against top competition from North and South Caro- lina. In all, 20 teams will be competing. The tournament will be played in four divisions: 6-under, 8-under, 10-under and 12-under. First round games will begin at 9 a.m. Friday. The tournament re- sumes Saturday at 9:30 a.m. for the semifinals in each division. The championship round is Saturday with the 6U at 12 noon, 8U at 1:15, 10U at 2:30 and 12U at 3:45. The tournament is held each year in honor of for- mer Kings Mountain High football star Kevin Mack. The running back went on to play on Clemson Univer- sity’s 1981 NCAA cham- pionship team and was the AFC Rookie of the Year and two-time All-Pro with the Cleveland Browns. Mack is still employed in 0 AN RAED CY Lil the Browns’ front office and is a member of the Kings Mountain Elite Board of Di- rectors. He will be in atten- dance at this week’s games. Kings Mountain’s 8-under and 10-under teams tuned up for the event by participating in the Bat- tle of Rocky Top National Tournament last weekend in Knoxville, TN. Over 400 teams participated. Both KM teams ad- vanced to the semifinals rounds. The 8U team won a sec- ond round game over the See TRAILBLAZERS, Page 11 Wednesday, November 26, 2014 The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.com Kevin Mack Classic Friday and Saturday KM Elite errr 7 & 8 year olds. FS i § Lena Kings Mountain's Chaya Hunter attacks the basket in last week’s season opener with South Point at the KMHS gym. Mountaineers sweep South Point in season opening basketball action Kings Mountain High’s basketball teams swept South Point’s Red Raid- ers in their season openers Thursday night at Donald L. Parker Gymnasium. The girls went on a 24-0, run in the fina] 1:40 of the first half and the first five minutes of the third period to defeat the Lady Raiders 63-22. The Mountaineers started their season off with a thunderous dunk by 6-4 junior Omar Petty and never trailed in defeating the Red Raiders 67-49. Kings Mountain was * scheduled to host Forest- view in non-conference ac- tion last night and they will remain at home next Mon- day for a non-conference encounter with Clover, SC. Coaches Adam Cooke (girls) and Grayson Pierce (boys) used their sea- son-openers to get a good look at all of their players, and all of them performed well. The coaches used nu- merous combinations’ as they evaluate talent to de- cide on starting lineups for the SMAC season which be- gins Friday, Dec. 5 at East Rutherford. A welcome addition to the Lady Mountaineers is freshman Leeasia Rhodes, who led all scorers with 18 points. Last year’s num- ber two scorer and top rebounder, junior Tiffani Thompson, played just one quarter because of a knee injury but was a big reason the KM ladies erased a 10-3 first quarter deficit by rally- ing late in the second period and completely dominating the rest of the game. Rhodes scored the last seven points of the second period as KM rallied from a 10-3 first quarter deficit to carry an 18-12 lead into the half. Her free throw at the 1:40 mark tied the game, then she hit two follow shots and a lay-in to turn the game around. Thompson, who along with new players Ka’Myiah Pressley and Tamara Adams scored eight points apiece, drew a lot of attention away from other players with her presence inside which not only included scoring but numerous rebounds, blocked shots and assists. KM carried a 46-16 lead into the fourth quarter. Petty’s dunk sparked a 16-8 first quarter advantage for the Mountaineers. South See KM/SP, Page 9 Bell, Johnson and Crocker offensive leaders in 2014 Seniors Brandon Bell, Xavier Johnson and Tico Crocker were the offensive leaders for the Kings Moun- tain Mountaineers during the 2014 football season. Despite missing three games with a shoulder in- jury, Bell had his second straight 1,000-yard passing season and also led the team in scoring with 12 touch- downs and 72 points. Johnson, who missed all but two games last sea- son with an injury, came back strong this year to lead the Mountaineers with 35 catches for 505 yards and became the school’s all- time leader with 107 catches and 1,655 wards. Both of his records surpassed the marks of 78 catches and 1,558 yards set by Terrance Young of the championship 2008 Mountaineers. Crocker, who ' played quarterback, slot receiver and defense, was Kings Mountain’s most versatile player and joined Bell as the only two players to top the 1,000-yard total offense figure. Bell finished with 1,712 yards total offense (554 rushing and 1,158 passing), giving him 4,052 yards (1,326 rushing and 2,726 passing) for his two-year career. One of the amazing things about those totals was that he did not play football until his sophomore year. Crocker finished with 1,046 yards total offense (286 rushing, 392 passing and 368 receiving). Johnson’s best year re- ceiving was his sophomore season when he caught 55 passes for 871 yards. His ju- nior year he was injured in the Cleveland County Jam- See FOOTBALL, Page 11 : Brandon Bell * Xavier Johnson . Tico Crocker ‘Darian McClain Kings Mountain's Emily Hester signs to play softball at Tusculum College as her parents look on. Standing, left to right, are KMHS assistant principal Julie Rikard, softball coach Craig Short, assistant coach Carmen Scism and athletic director Dustin Morehead. 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