Mountaineers
beat R-S 50-42
Kings Mountain pulled
away in the fourth quarter
to defeat R-S Central 50-42
Tuesday in a SMAC 2A/3A
game in Rutherfordton.
The Mountaineers led
most of the game but the
Hilltoppers kept it close. A
16-9 scoring advantage in
the fourth quarter was the
difference.
Kings Mountain’s free
throw accuracy also played
a big part. The Mountain-
eers hit 18 of 33 compared
to just 7 of 20 by the Hill-
toppers.
Nelson McClain led the
KM scoring with 15 points,
including 3-of-5 from
three-point land. Dante
Starr added 12 points and
11 rebounds, Omar Petty 11
points and seven rebounds,
and Jacob Skidmore 10
blocks.
Josh Searcy and Juwan
Burnette led the Hilltop-
pers with 13 and 11 points,
respectively.
R-S Central’s girls out-
scored the Lady Moun-
taineers 12-4 in overtime
to win the opening game,
52-44. Te’ja Twitty scored
27 points and grabbed 13
rebounds, and Kyra Davis
contributed 13 points and
14 rebounds to the RS win.
R-S led 11-4 after the
first quarter, 18-16 at the
half and 31-28 going into
the fourth period. KM out-
scored the Lady Hilltoppers
12-9 in the fourth quarter to
force the extra period.
BOYS GAME
KM (50) — McClain 15,
Starr 12, Petty 11, Hill 5,
Skidmore 4, Mosley 3.
RS (42) — Sarcy 13,
Burnette 11, Whitesides 9,
Hunt 4, Atchley 3, Williams
2.
Patriots sweep
Burns, Chase
Kings Mountain Middle
School swept Burns and
Chase in Tri-County home
games last Monday and
Tuesday.
The girls defeated Burns
38-26. Leading the team
in‘ scoring were Hannah
Clark with 16, Aleenih
Carter-Kee eight, Maggie
Lloyd six, Emily Graham
four and Essence Houser
-and Sarah Drennan two
each.
Playing well on defense
were Mariah Josey, Houser
and Lloyd.
Against Chase, the Lady
Patriots came out firing,
taking a 39-2 lead into half-
time.
“Our defense played
really well in creating
turnovers that turned into
easy baskets,” said KMMS
coach Monty Deaton. “The
girls really got after it and
the shots were falling as
well.”
Leading the team in
scoring were Hannah Clark
with 11, Sarah Drennan
,nine, Maggie Lloyd eight,
Essence Houser five,
Aleenih Carter-Kee four
and Niya Kelly and Mary
Cameron Lowrance two
each.
KM led 13-2 after the
first quarter and 36-2 at the
half
The boys defeated Burns
Monday 61-43. Leading
scorers were Caleb Wat-
kins with 23, Kaylon Wade
12 and Lannden Zannders
11. Eli Paysour added six,
Zach Crawfod three and
Titus Clark, James Parsons
and John Harmon Melton
two each. Defensive lead-
ers were Clark, Wade and
Melton.
On Tuesday, KM out-
scored Chase 60-39. Wat-
kins led the scoring with 25
points, followed by Zanders
12, Clark eight, Jordan Till-
man and James Ussery four
each, Paysour, Marquiz
Fewell and Belton Pressley
two each, and James Par-
sons one.
Playing well on defense
were Clark, Crawford,
Ussery and Tillman.
Wade was selected
Player of the Week and
Clark and Crawford were
Sixth Men of the Week.
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Close call: Mountaineers
beat Chase in final minute
Kings Mountain’s
Mountaineers came from
six points down in the final
44 seconds to edge Chase
62-61 in their final regular
season home game Friday
at Donald L. Parker Gym-
nasium.
The Mountaineers end
their regular season Friday
at East Burke and will await
their seeding and first round
opponent for the NCHSAA
3A tournament which be-
gins February 24.
Kings Mountain’s girls
made it a clean sweep by
rolling over the Lady Tro-
jans 63-18 in the opening
game.
Mountaineer coach
Grayson Pierce used the
Senior Night game to give
all of his seniors substantial
playing time. Chase was
able to stay within 12 points
the entire game but made a
late fourth quarter rally that
almost pulled out the win.
The Trojans trailed
41-29 going into the final
eight minutes but battled
strong and finally tied the
score at 49-all on a three-
pointer by Bruce Squires
with 4:06 left.
Almost perfect free
throw shooting by Squires
keyed the Trojans’ upset bid
in the final minutes.
A string of seven free
throws with 2:15 left gave
Chase the lead. They were
a result of two personal
fouls, including one on a
three-point attempt, and a
technical foul against the
Mountaineer bench. With
Miranda Ellis (11) leads the fast break on Chase’s Maddie Hewitt (22) in Friday’s SMAC
game at Donald L. Parker Gymnasium.
Chase behind 51-49 when
the whistles began blow-
ing, Squires hit two of his
first three to tie the game at
51, but after the third foul
he was fouled again as the
rebounding battle began.
After he hit the first per-
sonal free throw, KM was
assessed with the technical
and Squires hit three more
shots for a 55-51 lead.
After two more free
throws from Squires with
55 seconds left, the Tro-
jans led 59-53. But KM’s
Nelson McClain hit two
three-pointers to tie the
score at 59-all with 33.9
seconds remaining.
Two more Squires free
Kings Mountain offensive tackle Graham Keeter, front row center, signs to play football at Gardner-Webb University on
the NCAA’s national signing day Wednesday. Looking on, seated, are his parents, Wendy and Leard Keeter. Back row, left
to right, are KMHS assistant principal Julie Rikard, athletic director Dustin Morehead, head football coach Greg Lloyd,
offensive line coach Kevin Cruise and KMHS guidance counselor Jill Cruise
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throws at the 33-second
mark put the Trojans back
on top 61-59, but KM’s
Omar Petty answered with a
strong inside move to tie the
score at 61. Petty was fouled
on the play and missed the
shot, but KM’s 6-7 junior
Jacob Skidmore was there
for the rebound and was
fouled. Skidmore hit the
first of two to put KM up
62-61 and the Mountaineer
defense secured the win.
All 14 members of the
KM team saw action, in-
cluding senior point guard
Shawn Adams who has been
out since early December
with a serious concussion.
Adams started to a standing
ovation from the KM fans,
and after the first 20 seconds
returned to the bench to an-
other standing ovation.
McClain led the Moun-
taineers with 11 points and
Sneed added 10. Squires led
all scorers with 26 points,
including 13 of 15 from
the foul line, and Zach An-
derson contributed 18 and
Tyreece McSwain 14 for
the Trojans.
Kings Mountain’s girls
had no trouble with the
Lady Trojans. Coach Adam
Cooke also played all 12 of
his ladies.
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