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PAGE 8, THE KINGS MOUNTAIN MIRROR, SEPTEMBER 29TH, 197’ Marshall Logan, No. 26, Gets Blocking Help From John Grier, No. 32, And No. 28, Frankie Stokes. % f % Scott Crawford, No.40, is Held Down By Kings Mountain Defense. kVV4.‘ Second String Quarterback Chris Johnson, No. 13, Is Thrown For A Loss By South Points Danny Clawson In The Fourth Quarter IHOvioft Mountaineers To Tangle With Ironmen Friday Record Dips To 2—2 Kings Mountain’s Mountaineers try to go back over the .500 mark Friday when they travel to Cherryville for a Southwestern Con ference contest. The Mountaineers saw their record dip to 2-2 Friday at John Gamble Stadium when they dropped a 20-0 decision to undefeated South Point of Belmont. The Raiders used two long touchdown runs in the second half to break the game open. This week’s foe, Cherryvilie, is much- improved over last season. The Ironmen have won only one game, but continue to im prove under new head coach, Jerry Carpen ter. Mountaineer Coach Bobby Jones might have some more lineup changes for the Ironmen. Kings Mountain’s offense continued to falter against South Point, being held to minus 19 yards rushing. The KM defense looked the best it has all year and the Mountaineers did a good job on South Point’s star halfback, Scott Crawford, until late in the third period when the 185- pound speedster broke loose on an 87-yard run for the Raiders’ final touchdown. Crawford, who has rushed for over 100 yards in each of South Point’s first lour games, was held to only 53 yards in 13 car ries in the first hall. But the 87-yard run boosted his night’s total to 151 yards in 19 carries. Chris Blanton’s long, high punts and good punt coverage by the KM linemen kept the Mountaineers in the game. On Blanton’s first live punts, center Mark George either tackled Crawford for a loss or downed the football deep in Raider territory. Kings Mountain, which forced four Raider fumbles, had several chances to score, but the tough South Point Defense rose to the occasslon. Blanton’s punting kept South Point backed up for most of the remainder of the half, but the Raiders almost scored again on the final play of the half. After taking over on the 45 following a KM punt with six seconds left, Hannon threw the bomb to 6-2 end Dous Froneberger at the 10, but Chris John son caught him at the one yard line. South Point Made it 13-0 with 6:25 to play in the third quarter when Hannon rambled 38 yards to paydirt. On a second and 23 situation, Hawon went back to pass, but found no one open. He broke sever^ tackles en route to the end zone. The Raiders put the game out of reach with 53 seconds to go in the third period when Crawford made his 87-yard gallop. Kings Mountain had driven to the Raider 10 before losing the ball on downs at the 13. Crawford broke through the right side of his line, moved to the outside and outran the KM defense to the goalline. The 20 points represented South Point’s low point production of the year, but the game was much closer than the score in dicated, South Point’s defense played its best game while registering its second shut out. South Point moved to its first touchdown late in the first quarter after gaining life on a roughing the kicker penalty. With Craw ford backed up on his own five to punt, the eager Mountaineers broke through to partially block the punt but one of the KM defenders brushed Crawford and the penalty gave the Raiders a first down at the 38. With junior quarterback Bill Hannon calling the shots, the Raiders gradually moved down- field and fullback Danny Clawson plunged over from the one with 2:57 showing in the quarter. Dennis Grier kicked the point-after for a 7-0 lead. THE YARDSTICK First Downs Yards Rushing Yards Passing Passes Attempted Passes Completed Passes Intercepted Punts Fumbles Lost Yards Penalized 75 'W-' ■A'-;. Mountaineer Quarterback David Bolin, No. 15, On Defense Creates Ballet Effect With Mike MeWhIrter. Ken rge foot ina
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