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Assistant coach Michael Kennedy works with defensive linemen. (Photos by KM Herald)
FOOTBALL: spring practice
over, summer drills begin June 15
worked on fundamentals
and letting the players get
used to the newcoaches.”
Several new faces will
be on the sidelines this fall.
Longtime Hunter Huss as-
sistant coaches Darryl Whl-
son and Michael Kennedy
joined the team on the first
day of practice. Wilson,
who lived in Kings Moun-
tain for years before moving
to Gastonia, becomes the
new defensive coordinator
and Kennedy will coach the
defensive line. Lloyd said
he hopes to get two more
coaches on board before
summer workouts begin.
Other varsity coaches are
Dustin Morehead, running
backs; Tyrese Brooks, wide
receivers, Kevin Cruise, of-
fensive line; and Michagl
Roberts, quarterbacks.
Mike Harris will coordi-
nate all special teams.
In addition to Wilson and
Kennedy, defensive coaches
include Mark Latham, de-
fensive backs; and Jeff Put-
nam, linebackers.
Alex Randall is kicking
coach.
JV coaches are Kenny
Bridges, head coach; Matt
Bridges, Brent Bagwell and
Nathan Mellon. #
, “We’ve been working
Josh Allen goes tivaugh conditioning drills.
really hard on fundamentals
and zone coverage,” Coach
Lloyd noted. gWe’re look-
ing for a fourth and fifth
wide receiver and putting
in one specialty team a day.
We’ve been using our time
wisely. We’ve had some
good practices.”
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Brandon Paulson, Nicholas Burrows and DeShawn Dean, left to right, were honored for
their scholastic achievement at a recent Pop Warner banquet and tribute in San Diego,
California. (Photo submitted)
KM Pop Warner athletes
honored at national banquet
Three Pop Warner ath-
letes from Kings Mountain
were honored for scholas-
tic achievement at the Pop
Warner banquet and tribute
in San Diego, California.
Nicholas Burrows was
honored as a first team All
American, Brandon Paulson
a second team All Amer-
ican and DeShawn Dean
received honorable’mention
All American. Dean trav-
eled with the Burrows fam-
; ‘ily to San Diego.
To be considered for the
honor the Pop Warner ath-
letes had to have a 96 GPA
last school year. The top
35 boys and girls are first
team, then the next 65% are
second team and honorable
mentions are given.
Brandon and Nicholas
are 6th graders and De-
Shawn is a Sth grader.
Pop Warner Little Schol-
ars, Inc. is the only national
youth sports organization
in America that requires
its participants to perform
adequately in the classroom
before permitting them to
play. :
Each year the most ac-
ademically accomplished
Pop Warner Kids compete
for academic All American
status. This process begins
at the association level and
up through each of the eight
Pop Warner regions to the
national level.,
: e
Natalie Lutz, 14, won the USGA Kids Golf Tournament held
at Dr. Charles Sifford Golf Course in Charlotte on May 31,
2015. She played in the girls 14 and under division. Natalie
shot a four over par 76 that was the lowest score in the en-
fire tournament. (Photo submitted)
COLLEGE: former KI
players finish college year
Fro Page 9A first ten games, but fell to
The 49ers finished 19-29
.overall and 11-19 in Confer-
ence USA.
Wil Sellers had a good
freshman year with the
Gardner-Webb Bulldogs.
He pitched in 17 games
in relief and posted a 2.27
earned run average.
Sellers worked 31.2 in-
nings and had a 2-1 record.
He walked only five men
and struck out 33. He gave
up only 12 runs, four of
which were unearned.
The Bulldogs got off to
a fast start, winning their
*
a 22-31 overall record and
7-17 in the Big South, ~~ *
«Former Mountaineer
softball star Caroline Cham=-.
bers finished her four-year
at Appalachian State with
a .289 balting mark. She
slammed nine home runs
and drove in 23. She started
44 of tle Mountaineers’ 45
games.
Freshman gouthpaw
Alex Grooms went 1-3 at
Guilford Tech. he pitched
I 10 games, including two
starts, and posted a 7.71
ERA.
Post 155 beats
Rutherford
Kings Mountain Post
155 won its second game
in five starts last week over
Rutherford County, 12-7.
The game was called by
rain after five innings.
The difference came in
the bottom of the fourth
when Post 155 plated
seven runs in its last at-bat
to erase a 7-5 Rutherford
County lead.
Southpaw Alex Grooms
picked up his second win of
the year, throwing a six-hit-
ter.
Landon Bolin led the
plate attack with two home
runs.
Kings Mountain fell to
Cherryville 10-6 Friday
night in Cherryville.
Grooms and Austin
Flemming led the hitting
with two hits each. Austin
Sellers pitched seven in-
nings.
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Kings Mountain led 5-2
before Cherryville scored
six runs in the bottom of
the sixth.
Post 155 fell to Hickory
13-10 on May 22. Brandon
Bell led the hitting with
three this and Logan Ste-
vens drove in three runs.
Alex Reynolds and Aus-
tin Sellers shared pitching
duties.
Kings Mountain’s Ju-
nior team fell to Gaston
Post 23 9-5 Thursday.
Daniel Bagwell had a hit
and two RBIs and Landry
Crawford had a hit and a
RBI.
Bagwell and Hunter
Cash shared pitching du-
ties.
Kings Mountain led 4-1
after three innings but Gas-
tonia took command with
four runs in the fourth and
four more in the fifth.
Do you have questions or concerns about what’s
Diamond Dog
Baseball Camp at
Gardner-Webb
The dates for Diamond
Dog Baseball Camp at
Gardner-Webb University
for the summer of 2015 will
be Tuesday, June 16 and
Thursday, June 18. Camp
will be $40 per day and
campers are welcomed to at-
tend both days. Both camps
will be similar and will in-
clude hitting drills, stations,
and situations. Also, throw-
ing and fielding mechanics
as well as specific defensive
positions (pitchers, catchers,
infielders, and outfielders)
will be emphasized, In ad-
ditfon, this year there will
be a new feature, a session
emphasizing athleticism,
strength, and agility for
young players. For more
information visit www.
gwubaseball.blogspot.com
or email rstroupe@gard-
ner-webb.edu
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