2015 KMHS VARSITY
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
AUGUST
11 — Scrimmage, TBA
14 — Cleveland County Jamboree at Burns,
7:30 (opponent TBD).
21 — North Gaston
28 — at East Gaston
SEPTEMBER
4 — Forestview
11 — East Rutherford (Freshman Tailgate)
. 18 —at Burns
25 — Shelby (Homecoming)
OCTOBER
2 — at Draughn
9 — Crest
16 — at R-S Central
23 — Chase (Senior Night)
30 - Bye
NOVEMBER
6 — at East Burke
13 — First round NCHSAA playoffs.
20 — Second round NCHSAA playoffs
27 — Third round NCHSAA playoffs
DECEMBER
4 — Western Regional finals
11 — 3AA State championship
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2015 KMHS JV |
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
AUGUST
11 — Scrimmage (TBA)
— Charlotte Christian, 6:30
SEPTEMBER
3 — at Forestview, 7 p.m.
10 - at East Rutherford, 7 p.mm.
17 — Burns, 7 p.m.
24 — at Shelby, 7 p.m.
OCTOBER
+ 1 — Draughn, 7 p.m.
. 8-—atCrest, 7 p.m.
15 — R-S Central 7 p.m.
22 — at Chase, 7 p.m.
29 -BYE
NOVEMBER
5 — East Burke, 7 p.m.
Soon-to-he junior running back Darian McClain goes through
conditioning drills. (Photos by KM Herald)
Strength and conditioning coach Ted Trahan works with of-
fensive lineman Max Petersen.
Spring foothall practice over,
summer drills begin June 15
Kings Mountain High
completed its 10 days of
spring football practice
Tuesday.
This is the first year
the NCHSAA has allowed
spring practice. No heavy
hitting is allowed, but teams
went through physical con-
ditioning, learning plays,
hitting sleds, etc.
Head coach Greg Lloyd
said the turnout was be-
tween 80 and 90 every
day, not counting incoming
freshmen who cannot join
the team until after the last
day of school.
KMHS students will be
taking exams the rest of this
week and will begin sum-
mer workouts on June 15.
Coach Lloyd said anyone
wishing to come out for the
Phil 2:13
ALL-GOOD
Trojan
team is invited to come on
June 15 and should have a
physical before then.
“Everything has been
going good,” Lloyd said
of practice. “We basically
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KM’s Hester
SMAC softball
Player of Year
Kings Mountain High
senior pitcher Emily Hes-
ter has been named soft-
ball player of the year in
the South Mountain 2A/3A
Athletic Conference.
She is joined on the team
by teammates Mikeala Bell,
Leah Herndon, Ashton
Withers and Miranda Ellis.
The five all-stars led the
Lady Mountaineers to the
SMAC championship and
three rounds in the state 3A
playoffs. They had an over-
all 20-3 record, KM’s best
season since 2007 when
they finished third in the
state. ;
Hester, who has already
signed with Tusculum Col-
lege, not only was the top
pitcher in the SMAC but
also led the Lady Mountain-
eers with 10 home runs.
The four other KM all-
stars were the best in the
SMAC at their position.
Herndon was a four-year
starter and caught the past
two seasons. She was also
the team’s leadoff hitter.
Bell played centerfield
and committed only one
error the entire season. She
“also saw action in the pitch-
er’s circle as the #2 starter
and #1 relief pitcher.
Ellis started at first base
and moved to center when
Bell was on the mound.
Withers spent the entire
season at shortstop, where
she was an outstanding de-
fensive player. She also was
the #2 home run hitter be-
hind Hester.
Hester, Bell and Hern-
- don are three of the six se-
niors on this year’s team.
Ellis and Withers will return
next season to help the Lady
Mountaineers make another
playoff run.
Numerous other Moun-
taineers were named to the
spring all-conference teams.
All of them helped KMHS
win the Conference Wells
Fargo Cup, which goes to
the school with the best
overall athletic program in
the conference.
Baseball players in-
cluded senior outfielder
Brandon Bell, junior short-
stop Will Wilson and soph-
omore pitcher-outfielder
Madisyn Bolin. Bell has al-
ready signed to play outfield
at Catawba Valley Commu--
nity College, and Wilson
has committed to NC State.
Bolin made great strides on
the mound the second half
of the season and should be
among the top pitchers in
the conference for two more
years.
Four of the top five play-
ers made all-conference for
Kings Mountain’s Emily
Hester was selected by the
league coaches as South
Mountain Athletic Confer-
ence softhall player of the
year. (File photo)
the Mountaineer golf team,
which not only won the
SMAC with an undefeated
record but also. took the
Western North Carolina Re-
gional championship. The
Mountaineers finished ninth
in the state and have all but
one golfer returning.
Selected All-SMAC
were freshman Alex Goff,
who was the Western NC
individual champion, senior’
Miles Robinson, Carson
Bailey, and Dawson Adams.
State qualifier Gibson
Conner and Dylan Ervin
represented the Moun-
taineers on the All-SMAC
tennis team. The Mountain-
eers finished second in the
conference after dethroning
perennial champion Shelby
last season.
Making the All-SMAC
. women’s soccer team were
Virginia Dellinger, Cassidy
Calhoun, Lyndsey Barnes
and Kimberlee Farris. They
led the Lady Mountaineers
to a third place finish in the
SMAC behind Shelby and
Burns, and gained a berth in
the state 3A playoffs.
Numerous members of
the KMHS track teams were
chosen All-SMAC.
Girls included Sarah
Scism (long jump), Gwen-
dolyn Hopper (triple jump),
Kayla Capps (pole vault),
Cassie Morton, Mackenzie
Smith, Caroline Foster and
Kaitlyn Moss (4x800 relay
team), Erica Carpenter (100
meter hurdles), Ja’My-
iah Pressley (100 meters),
Tynesha Merriman, Sarah
Scism, Ka’Myiah Press-
ley and Ja’Myiah Pressley
(4x200 relay), Tynesha
Merriman (200 meter), and
Kaitlyn Moss (3200 meter).
Making the boys team
were Jamion McCoy in the
shot put, Bryan Sanders in
the discus, and Josh Beheler
and Aaron Smith in the pole
vault.
Former KM players
finish college year
Former Kings Moun-
tain High athletes recently
wrapped up their spring
sports seasons on the col-
lege level.
Former Mountaineer
pitchers Heath King and
Landon Bolin were mem-
bers of the Belmont Abbey
baseball team. King pitched
10.1 innings in nine relief
appearances. He gave up
eight hits, three runs (none
earned), walked two and
struck out three.
Bolin, a freshman,
pitched two-thirds of an
inning, giving up three hits
and two runs while fanning
one.
The
Crusaders
finished
25-25
overall
and 16-11
in Confer-
ence Car-
olinas.
Fresh-
man Alex Reynolds hit
.232 for the UNC Charlotte
49ers. He participated in 33
games with nine starts. He
had 34 at-bats, scored four
runs, and collected 13 hits,
including two doubles. He
drove in six runs.
SELLERS
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