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Thunday. Octobw 9. 1990-KINGS MOUNTAIN HEHALD-Pag* 3A
Wildcats Here Friday For Homecoming Game
Kings Mountain High football at John Gamble Stadium.
^ |v vrans may see a new look Friday Head Coach Dan Brooks,
night when the Mountaineers disappointed in the Mounties’
host winless North Gaston in lack of a running attack in the
their annual Homecoming game second half of last week’s 25-0
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by Gary Steicart
loss to Crest, says the Moun
taineers are going to throw the
football more in an attempt to
loosen up the opponents’
defense.
Kings Mountain was held to
minus three yards rushing in the
second half last week against a
powerful Crest team which
recorded its Fifth win without a
loss.
The Chargers, still unscored
on on defense, held only a 10-0
edge at halftime and saw its
defense tested severely in the
first two quarters. But Coach
John Taylor regrouped his
horses at intermission and they
showed the Mountaineers why
they’re unscored on in the se
cond half.
The Mountaineers actually
outgained the Chargers in the
First half, rushing for 125 yards.
But for the night, the Mounties
managed to complete only two
of 12 passes for 12 yards while
Crest put forth a well-balanced
running and pfissing effort.
The Chargers took a 3-0 lead
on their First possession on a
27-yard Field goal by their
talented senior kicker, Andre
Bloom, and they stretched their
lead to 10-0 in the second period
when Len Litton threw a 39
yard touchdown pass to Mike
Blanton.
But the Mountaineers drove
to the Crest five late in the half
but used up all their time outs
and saw the time expire before
they could get in the endzone.
That missed scoring oppor
tunity seemed to take some life
out of the Mountaineers and the
big defensive stand by the
Chargers proved to be a morale
booster for the SWC co-leaders,
who came out in the second half
and completely shutoff the
KMHS attack.
Crest added second half
touchdowns on a two yard run
by Tim Twitty and a 35 yard run
by Kibby Daves, and the
Charger defense also threw KM
quarterback Mike Woodberry
for a safety.
Coach Brooks pointed to the
missed touchdown opportunity
and the poor KM kicking game
was the turning points in the
ballgame.
“It’s hard to believe we got
beat that bad,” said the third
year Mountaineer boss. “We
played the hardest we’ve played
in a losing effort. We moved the
ball well in the First half but we
didn’t do a good job in the se
cond half.”
Brooks said he felt the defense
did a good job considering Crest
was given the ball in good Field
position all night.
“We gave the ball to them in
good Field position every time,”
he said. “We had a fourth and a
foot one time and punted the
ball six yards. It’s hard to play
defense when you do that.”
Brooks has called sophomore
punter Roy Mathis up from the
jayvees for this week’s game,
hoping he can get the KM kick
ing game straightened out.
“We’re also going to run him
at fullback some,” said Brooks.
“We just don’t have a good run
ning game. W'e’re going to try to
throw the ball more and loosen
things up. We don’t have a back
that can break the long one.”
Brooks calls North Gaston a
good football team despite the
0-5 record.
“They’re more disciplined
than they’ve been in the past,”
he said. “They were ahead of
South Point and Shelby. They’re
the best they’ve been in a long
time.
“They’re not a great football
team or they wouldn’t be 0-5,”
he went on, “but our kids are go
ing to have to get after them. We
can’t go out there and think
they’re going to give it to us."
Brooks hinted he may call up
some more jayvees in the coming
weeks.
“Some of our players are not
doing as good as they can,” he
said. “If you’re going to get beat,
you might as well do it with
younger players.”
Brooks said he has been pleas
ed with the progress of the
jayvees and sophomore Trent
Hullender, who up until this
point was the only 10th grader
on the varsity team.
“He played a real good game
for us at defensive end last
week,” said Brooks, “and we’re
going to start working him some
at quarterback. He needs some
experience.”
KM RUSHING
Tony Boyce 19-80; Chris
Wright 846; Jeff Lineberger
4-20; Doug Wright 2-2; Mike
Woodberry 4- (minus 26).
KM PASSING
Woodberry 2-12-13.
RECEIVING
M.F. Smith 2-13.
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Tony Boyce (12).. .KM's leading rusher
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