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/ PAGE 8, KINGS MOUNTAIN MIRROR, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1971 David Bolin Lets One Go! Mirror Photos By Lem Lynch Chris Blanton Going Down. Chris Blanton,43, Secures Ball. Mountaineers Battle Shelby To 8-8 Tie Kings Mountain High’s Mountaineers play their final road game of the season Friday when they travel to Crest for a Southwestern Conference contest. The Mountaineers played one of tlielr best games of the season last F riday and Monday, battling SWC co-leader Shelby to an 8-8 tie. Even though the Lins won a sudden death playoff, 6-3, the games goes into the record books as a tie. The tie gives Coach Bob Jones’ club a 3-3-1 overall record and 2-3-1 conference mark. Shelby is 5-0-1- in the conference and 5-1-1 overall heading into a Friday game at Bel mont. The KM- Shelby game was played over a three-day period as an electrical storm Fri day forced postponement of the second halt untiMIonday night. Monday’s half of action ended in a scoreless deadlock as both teams’ got their touchdowns in first half action Fri day. Shelby took an 8-0 lead with 2:25 to play in the first period when halfback Tommy Lon don scored from the one. Larry Eberhart ran for a two-point conversion and an 8-0 lead. The Mountaineers, who outplayed the Lions F riday before running into an offensive stall Monday, scored with 10 seconds left in the half when quarterback David Bolin threw a five-yard touchdown pass to halfback Chris Blanton. Bolin threw to halfback Marshall Logan for the two-point conversion which tied the score. When the two teams returned to the field for the second halt, theyfoundtheJohnGamble Stadium turf to be a lake and the officials called a 20-mlnute delay. During the delay, lightning knocked out the stadium lights and the officials and coaches had no other choice but to call the game. When action resumed Monday night, Shelby reversed the Friday pattern and outplayed the Mountaineers offensively. The Mountles were held without a first down but the KM defense was near perfect, rising to the oc casion when it had to. Shelby drove into KM territory several times, once advancing to the 24. But the hungry Mountaineers forced the Lions into two fumbles and one loss of downs while the KM offense coughed up the pigskin only by putting. Kings Mountain’s best drive came with just over a minute remaining, when the Mount aineers moved to the Lion 45. But on a fourth and one situation, the Mountles elected to punt and Blanton’s boot was downed on the two. Shelby’s Gene McMurray played a major role in Ids team’s success against the Mount aineer rush. He twice booted the ball to within the KM 10, and from that deep in their territory, the Mountaineers couldn’t operate effectively. In sudden death, the Mountaineers drew first blood when John Bridges kicked a 28- yard field goal for a 3-0 lead. But Shelby scored a touchdown as Eberhart went over from five yards out on second down. Each team was given four downs to score under the Western N.C. High School Activities Association rule. Bolin passed incomplete on KM’S first three downs, then Bridges calmly booted the three-pointer. The sudden death playoff system is used only to determine a conference playoff repre sentative should the same two clubs finish the season tied for first or second place. KM and Shelby were Involved In a simUar playofi! in 1963, when the two teams finished playoff in 1963, when the two teams battled to a 7-7 early-season tie. Shelby won the sudden death, 6-3, and when the two teams finished the season tied for first, the Lions went on to represent the SWC in the post season playoffs. THE STATISTICS First Downs Yrds. Rushing Yds. Passing Passes Att. Passes i..ump. Passes Int. BY Fumbles Yds. Penalized Punts KM SHELBY 7 12 107 184 24 64 5 11 2 5 1 1 2 2 20 75 5-37 4-35 0' John Grier,32, Making It Through The Hard Way.
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