Wednesday, September 23, 2015
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KM MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS
Patriots defeat West Lincoln, Lincolnton here today
Kings Mountain Mid-
dle School’s football team
opened Tri-County Con-
ference play Wednesday at
John Gamble Stadium with
a 38-6 victory over West
Lincoln,
The Patriots, 2-0 over-
all, host Lincolnton today
at 4:30.
The Patriots scored on
their first two possessions to
build a 16-0 halftime lead;
then scored on their first
two second half possessions
to put the game away.
Ricaylen Mack’s 13-yard
run, capped a four-play, 40-
yard drive for KM’s first
TD. Laz Welch ran the two-
point conversion.
Damien Wilson’s quar-
terback sack gave KM pos-
session at its own 48 in the
second quarter. Four plays
later, quarterback Belton
Pressley scored from five
yards out and passed to
Brice Fisher for a two-point
conversion and a 16-0 half-
time lead.
Wilson scored on an 11-
yard run and Titus Clark
ran a two-point conversion
to put the Patriots up 24-0.
After an interception by
Davin Allen, Wilson ram-
bled 46 yards to run the
score to 30-0.
West Lincoln’s Pender-
grass got loose on a 70-yard
touchdown run to cut the
lead to 36-6 after three quar-
ters. KM’s Titus Phillips
scored from one yard out in
the final minute to round out
the scoring.
KMMS golfers
win at KMCC
Kings Mountain Middle
Matthew Toms makes a good catch of a deep pass in last week’s game with Ricaylen Mack runs for a touchdown for Kings Mountain’s Patriots. (Photos
West Lincoln at Gamble Stadium.
School’s golfers got their
season off on a strong note
with an 18 shot victory in
last Tuesday’s match at
Kings Mountain Country
Club.
The Patriots shota 177 to
beat East Lincoln (195) and
West Lincoln (197).
Brady Waters led the Pa-
triots with a 41, followed by
Mary Robinson 44, Vince
Mann 45, Beau Kue 47,
Tucker Leatherman 49 and
Nicholas Stewart 50.
East Lincoln’s Joseph
Barry was the medalist with
a 39.
KMMS softball
wins first two
Kings Mountain Mid-
dle’s girls softball team
opened Tri-County Con-
ference play last week, de-
feating Burns 15-3 in five
innings Tuesday and Shelby
16-10 Thursday.
Keegan Irby went the
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distance on the mound in
both games. She struck out
~ seven against Burns.
Abbie Harris, Jozie Nail,
Jenna Ramsey and Emma
White all had multiple hits
for Kings Mountain against
Burns.
Thursday, KM scored
seven runs in the top of the
first and fought off a Shelby
charge that saw the hosts
pull within 8-6 after two in-
nings.
Both teams swapped
two-run innings in the third,
and 3-up, 3-down, innings
in the fourth to make the
score 10-8. KM outscored
Shelby 6-2 over the final
three innings to account for
the final margin.
Jozi Nail and Abbie Har-
ris led the KM plate attack
with three hits each, includ-
ing a triple each. Layla Har-
ris, Savannah Briggs and
Jenna Ramsey provided two
hits each, with Harris and
Briggs also hitting triples.
KM Middle School's Brady Waters follows his tee shot
on #2 at Kings Mountain Country Club in last week’s match
with East Lincoln and North Lincoln. The Patriots won hy 18
strokes, with Waters leading the way with a 41. (Photo Wy
KM Herald)
Patriot kickers
lose to Shelby
Kings Mountain Middle
fell to Shelby 4-1 in a Tri-
County soccer match Thurs-
day.
KM’s only goal was
scored by Christian Que-
vedo-Johns, assisted by
Tristan Stenger.
Anna Byers. 13-year-old 8th
grader at Kings Mountain
Middle School, bagged a
hig catch, a 4 pound bass
and a 2 pound crappie at
Lake Wylie on a fishing trip
with her grandparents, Keith
and Joyce Hilliard. Anna is
the daughter of Jody and
Jane Byers. The family took
home lots of fish that day
but Anna’s catch was the
largest of the day’s outing.
(Photo submitted)
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