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KM Junior High Gridders Lose Opener To West McDowell
r Kings Mountain Junior
.High’s varsity gridders
'will try to get a victory
. under their belts Saturday
when they host Crest In a
. big Western North
Carolina Junior High
; Association contest.
Kickoff time Is 7:80 p.m.
■ at John Gamble Stadium.
The Patriots dropped
their season’s opener
Monday afternoon to a big
and tough West McDowell
team, 24-6. West McDowell
broke the game open with
16 points In the fourth
quarter.
The visiting Spartans
grabbed an early 8-0 lead
but the Pats came right
back early In the second
period to cut It to 8-6.
Quarterback Llndaa]r_
Davis hit end Trent
HuUender with a 10-yard
scoring strike, but the two-
point converslon^try failed.
Kings Mountain ap
peared to be heading for
the leading touchdown
before halftime but the
clock ran out on the
Patriots at the five yard
line.
After Intermission, the
l^artans began to pick
up momentum and the
Patriots never again got
past the WM 86 yard line.
HuUender, despite the
loss, set a school record
with six pass receptions for
80 yards. Davis, who had a
fine game at quarterback,
hit 6-ot-l8 attempts.
WUUam Short led the
Patriots In rushing with 88
yards.
"We need to do a lot of
work on defense,’’ noted
KM coaches David Hart
and Ken Napier. "We Just
haven’t JeUed. We have the
material If we Just don’t
wait around too long.
"I think the guys gave a
good account of them
selves,” added Napier, the
school’s athletic director, away from West. ’They
"We haven’t had but two have a good baUclub and
weeks to get ready. I don’t they’re probably the
want to take anything biggest team we’U face aU
year.”
’The coaches cited the
entire'offensive line for Its
blocking. Starters up front
Include David Putnam,
Jeff Moss, ’Tom Potter,
’Tony Randle and Jamie
Green. James Wilson
came off the bench to play
well at end. Davis,
HuUender, Short and
Oasey Durham were also
cited for their play on
offense.
Defensively, linebackers
Tommy Welch and Mike
Dixon played weU, along
with HuUender at end and
David Bradley In the back-
fleld.
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TOP RUSHER-Wimam Short (M) of
Kings Mountain picks up some good
yardage In Monday’s Junior high game
with West McDowell at Gamble
Stadium. Short was the game’s top
ground gainer with 88 yards, but the
Patriots lost a M-e decision.
Photos by Gary Stewart
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..SETS RECX>RD-Trent HuUender (88)
hauls In one of his school-record six pass
receptions In Monday’s Kings Mountain-
West McDoweU Junior high game at
GamUe Stadlam.
..DRUM MAJORS-KeUl WUson, left,
and Jenifer Pruette are Kings Mountain
High band directors Donald Deal and
Chris Cole’s right hands on Friday night.
They are the Held leaders of the award
winning Mountaineer marching band,
which performs at halftime of every
KMHS footbaU game.
KM Girls Win Fourth,
Myers Park Here Today
Kings Mountain High’s
girls tennis tesun goes
after Its fifth straight
victory at 8 p.m. today at
home against 4-A Myers
Park of Chsirlotte.
Coach Ed Guy’s
Mountalnettes ran their
Southwestern 8-A Con
ference record to 8-0 aind
their overaU mark to 4-0
Tuesday with a 8-0 victory
over Bums.
Kings Mountain won aU
nine of the matches In
straight sets. Kim Glad
den, playing the number
one singles position, didn’t
lose a match as she
blanked Debbie Barnette 6-
0, 6-0.
"Burns wasn’t par-
Ucularly a good team,"
noted Guy. "They won’t be
the worst we’U play In the
conference. They beat
Chase the other day 8-1, so
It won’t be too exciting
when we play Chase.
"But we’re expecting a
real tough match today,”
he went on. “Myers Park
has always been a good
tennis school and their top
player has a pretty good
state ranking. If we get by
them, we should be on our
way to a good seastm."
Guy has said aU season
Myers Park and Shelby
would be his team’s
toughest competition.
Shelby, which plays here
on Oct. 8, Is favored to win
the SWC.
"I’d reaUy like to beat
those two,” said Guy. "We
played Shelby the best
match we’ve ever played
them last year, losing 8-4.
I’m reaUy expecting a
good match when we play
them and hope we have a
good turnout of fans.”
’The Mountalnettes play
at South Point next
’Itiesday. They were slated
to play Bessemer C!ity next
’Ihursday but that match
wUl probably be either
postponed or cancelled
because of a conflict with
BC’s conference schedule.
(Singles)
Kim Gladden (KM) def.
Debbie Barnette 6-0, 6-0.
Bridget Glass (KM) def.
Terri Bradshaw 62, 6-2.
Ronda Guy (KM) def.
Linda Lackey 6-0, 62.
Jamie Humphries (KM)
def. Barbara Wright 6-0, 6
1.
Wanda Witherspoon
(KM) def. Ann Poole 6-0, 6
1.
Edle Schronce (KM) def.
Msiry Ward 68, 68.
(Doubles)
Glass-Guy (KM) def.
Bamette-Bradshaw 68, 6
8.
Gladden-Humphrles
(KM) def. Lackey-Poole 6
0, 6-4.
Wltherspoon-Klm Moss
(KM) def. Clonlnger-
Ihompson 6-1, 6-2.
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