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Kings Mountain senior Maddie Lutz became the first KMHS girl to sign to play college golf when she inked with the Brevard
College Tornados. Looking on, front row, left to right, are her father Rocky Lutz, sister Natalie Lutz and mother Regina Luiz.
‘Back row, KMHS athletic trainer Alan Ridenour, athletic director Dustin Morehead, golf coach Kevin Moss, tennis coach
Rick Henderson, Maddie’s personal coach Bryant Brothers, and assistant principal Julie Rikard. (Photo by KM Herald)
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Kings Mountain High senior baseball player Brandon Bell signs to play outfield with Catawba Valley Community College.
Left to right, front row, cousin Kevin Bell, Brandon Bell, aunt Beverly Scoggins and uncle Tim Bell. Back row, KMHS as-
sistant principal Kevin Queen, athletic director Dustin Morehead and baseball coach Matt Bridges. (Photo by KM Herald)
SOFTBALL:
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rules with three runs in the
bottom of the sixth inning.
Mikeala Bell went the
distance on the mound.
Sophomore shortstop
Ashton Withers clubbed a
pair of long home runs to
pace the Mountaineers at
the plate. She hit a solo shot
over the center field fence
for a 1-0 lead in the bottom
of the first and led off the
third with a towering shot
over the left field fence to
put the home team up 4-0.
In between those two
blasts, the Mountaineers
got a double from Kassidy
Hamrick with one out in the
second, and she took third
on a wild pitch and scored
on a passed ball. Kayla
Skidmore, who had walked,
later scored on Leah Hern-
don’s single to center to
make it 3-0.
After Withers’ second
homer, Miranda Ellis dou-
bled off the top of the center
field fence and scored on
Hamrick’s double to make
Ladies win 14 straight SMAC games to take title
it 5-0. Shelby pitchers then
went wild, walking five of
the next six batters as the
score ballooned to 8-0.
Shelby’s only run came
in the top of the sixth on a
home run by Taylor New-
ton, but KM responded with
three runs to put the game
on ice.
BASEBALL: Boys win 3 straight, hope to
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the seventh and had the
tying runs on second and
third before KM recorded
the final out.
KM sophomore Madisyn
Bolin scattered five hits and
struck out six. Lysek and
Lavin led the hitting with
two hits each, and Brandon
Bell and John Bell also had
hits.
Brandon Bell’s three
run first inning homer got
the Mountaineers going to-
ward their rout of arch rival
Shelby Wednesday night at
Lancaster Field. The game
was called after 4 % innings
on the 10-run mercy rule.
Kings Mountain had its
biggest plate assault of the
year, finishing with 20 hits.
Bell went 3-for-3 with
six runs batted in to lead
the offense. Lysek and Matt
Absher also collected three
hits. The Mountaineers blew
the game open with 12 runs
in the second inning.
. Bryson Bailey tossed
a three-hitter with seven
strikeouts.
The Mountaineers scored
two runs in the bottom of
the sixth to edge Chase on
Thursday night at Lancaster
Field.
Lysek led off with a sin-
gle and Brandon Bell’s tow-
ering double to deep center
put runners on second and
third. Crisp hit a sacrifice
fly to center field to score
Lysek, and when the Chase
second baseman mishan-
dled the relay Bell broke for
home and beat the tag for
the winning run.
Chase had led 1-0
since the third when Tro-
jan pitcher Kevin Hopps
singled, stole second and
scored on a single by Hunter
Hinson.
KM second baseman
Logan Stevens made two
outstanding defensive plays
in the top of the sixth to
help pitcher Matt Absher
preserve a 1-2-3 inning. Ste-
vens made a diving catch of
a low liner by Timothy Har-
din for the second out, and
then closed out the inning
when he went into the gap
between second and first to
field a grounder by DaDa
Davenport, braced himself
and threw out Davenport as
he was attempting a head-
make playoffs
first slide into first.
Bell led the Mountain-
eers with two hits. Lysek,
Adams and Absher had a hit
each.
Absher went the distance
on the mound, scattering six
hits and fanning five.
Kings Mountain’s Jacob Lainhart slides safely into third fol-
lowing a hit by teammate Shawn Adams in Thursday’s game
with Chase. KM won 2-1. (Photo by KM Herald)
GOLF TOURNEY: 7D Club fundraiser set for Friday
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the Cleveland Browns.
Mack now works in the
Browns’ front office. One
of the inaugural four induct-
ees into the Kings Mountain
Sports Hall of Fame, Mack
will be also be in atten-
dance at Saturday’s Hall of
Fame induction ceremony
at Central United Methodist
Church.
David Brinkley, presi-
dent of the KM Touchdown
Club, said golf sponsorships
are at an all-time high. He
predicts this year’s tourna-
ment will be the most suc-
cessful ever.
Past golf tournaments
and donations from indi-
viduals and businesses in
the community and beyond
have been responsible for
the Touchdown Club rais-
ing almost a million dollars
for the field house. The goal
is for it to be fully paid off
this year so the club can go
forward with plans to build
a new concession stand
and rest rooms between the
KMHS football and base-
ball fields. For the first time
ever, the concession stand
will allow concession work-
ers to see the football and
baseball games while serv-
ing fans.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
KMMS sweeps
Tri-County track
championship
Kings Mountain Middle
School’s boys and girls track
teams won the Tri-County
Conference championship
Thursday at East Lincoln.
The girls defeated Crest
117-87. North Lincoln was
third with 60 points, followed
by Lincolnton 59, West Lin-
coln 51, East Lincoln 32,
Shelby 25, Burns 19, R-S Cen-
tral 14, East Rutherford 10 and
Chase 0.
The KM boys scored 97
points to edge Crest with 89.
East Lincoln ran third with 81,
followed by Burns 39, North
Lincoln 38, Shelby 36, RS 31,
West Lincoln 29, East Ruth-
erford 13, Lincolnton 6 and
Chase 3.
Finishing first for KM were
Maggie Lloyd in the 3200
meter run (13.16) and 1600
meter run (6:13), N Kelly in
the shot put (34.05) and the
discus (80.07), J Parsons in
the shot put (37.01), R McRee
in the discus (124.1), T Tutta-
non in the long jump (18.4), A
Carter-Kee in the 55m hurdles,
D Allen in the 110m hurdles,
and the 4x200 girls relay tan
(1:59).
Other top finishes included;
Shot put — N. Bess fifth. |
Discus — J Parsons sixth. :
Long jump — D Blackney fifth}
M Simms sixth.
Long jump — E Vargas third, X
Wade fourth.
Triple jump — M Ross second,
S Presnal fifth.
Triple jump — Landon Zanders
second, M Fewell fourth.
High jump — D Blackney fifth!
High jump — R Shakier od
C Brooks fifth.
55m hurdles — D Blackney
third. {
110m hurdles — Brandon Quer
vedo-Johns sixth. !
1600m run — Summer Camp:
bell fourth.
4x100m relay — Girls second,
boys third.
400m run — Maggie Lloyd secr
ond, K Wade sixth.
800m run — B Clark fifth, Titus
Clark fifth.
200m dash — B Reynolds sec-
ond.
4x400 relay — Girls fourth,
boys fourth.
Gwen Hopper and Tynesha Merriman will compete in the
NCHSAA state championship on Friday. (Photos submitted)
Three Mountaineers
in state 3A track meet
Three Kings Mountain
High track and field partici-
pants qualified for the May
8 state 3A championship
meet by finishing in the top
four in their events in Sat-
urday’s Western Regional at
AC Reynolds High in Ashe-
ville.
Gwen Hopper placed
second in the triple jump
with a jump of 33 feet, nine
inches.
Tynesha Merriman ran
third in the 200 meter dash
with a personal record of
26.27.
Josh Boheler placed
fourth in the pole vault,
clearing 11°6”. 1
Middle School tennis
Kings Mountain Mid-
dle’s tennis team is in the
Tri-County Conference
championship playoffs this
week after finishing second
in the regular season.
The Lady Patriots were
scheduled to host Shelby
yesterday. The champion-
ship match is set for Thurs-
day at the home court of the
higher seeded team.
Last week, the Lady Pa-
triots lost to East Ruther-
‘in Tri-County playoffs
ford 5-4 and 8-1; and edged
Crest 5-4.
Against Crest, MC John-
son, J. Johnson, M. Deaton
and A. Baker won their sin-
gles matches. K. Johnson
and Baker won in doubles
Against East, K. John-
son, Baker and J. Guy won
their singles matches. Baker
and Guy won in doubles.
In the second match
against East, KM’s only
winner was K. Johnson.
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