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Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Page 3B
SHUN ALLISON
JT CASH
DARIAN MCCLAIN
KHAL WELCH
JONATHAN RIKARD
JERDON PRESSLEY
REESE REINHART
KAVIN MOSLEY
Eight Kings Mountain players named to SMAC All-Conference football team Kings Mountain High placed eight players on the All-South Mountain Athletic Conference team announced this week. Mountaineers honored included Tyshun Allison, JT Cash, Darian McClain, Khal Welch, Jonathan Rikard, Jerdon Pressley, Reese Reinhart and Kavin Mosley. The eight led the Mountaineers to a second place finish in the SMAC behind state champion Shelby, and an 8-4 overall record. Four of the standouts – Cash,
Pressley, Rikard and Reinhart – will return next year as the Mountaineers begin play in the Big South 3A Conference. Allison, McClain, Welch and Mosley will graduate in the spring. Shelby led in All-SMAC selections with nine, including Kings Mountain native Dax Hollifield who was voted SMAC Defensive Player of the Year. His teammate, Jayden Borders, was selected as Offensive Player of the Year. David Devine of Burns was se-
lected Coach of the Year. Shelby players joining Hollifield and Borders on the AllSMAC team were Michael Carson, Malik Surratt, Darius Clark, Damion Key, OJ Ross, Will Stites and Gesus Hartgrove. Burns was represented by Magale Burris, Bryson Allen, Stormy Mosteller, Austin Birch, Raheem Epps, Cameron Barbee, BJ Hopper and Noal Sanders. Crest players selected were Cameron Peeler, Tyshun Odom,
Quante Williams, Justin Foster, Jeremiah Boykins, Rae-Kwon Turner, Tavian Brintley and Jamaud Geter. Thirty-three of the 54 players on the team are from Cleveland County. RS Central, which went two rounds in the state 2A playoffs, put five on the team. They were Spencer Norris, Tyrese Tate, Ramon Rodriguez, Damarcus Johnson and Kanaan Black. Chase was represented by
Tyreece McSwain, Bruce Spires, Zach Anderson and Xavier Williams. Representing East Rutherford were Demetrius Mauney, Cade Hamilton, Zavie Lowrance and Fonzbee Clyburn. East Burke placed Seth Grain, Divan Canine, Bristol Cope and Dakota Fox, and Draughn’s selections were Will Viggers and Cooper Abernathy.
Allison’s three KM JVs fall at buzzer beats to Central Ashbrook 56-53 Shun Allison’s threepointer at the buzzer lifted Kings Mountain over Gastonia Ashbrook 56-53 in the Hoops for Halos Holy Angels tripleheader Saturday night at Belmont Abbey College. The Green Wave came back from a 40-33 deficit after three periods to tie the contest at 53-all in the final minute.
Kings Mountain’s JV boys fell to RS Central 62-44 Friday at DonKings Mountain trailed ald L. Parker Gymna-
18-13 after the first period and 30-27 at halftime, but outscored the Green Wave 13-3 in the third period to take the seven-point lead going into the final eight minutes. Adrain Delph led the Mountaineers with 26 points. Emmanuel Rhyne scored 21 for Ashbrook.
Kings Mountain’s Ka’Myiah Pressley is fouled by RS Central’s Kyra Davis in game Friday at Parker Gym.
sium. Caleb Watkins led the Mountaineers with 14 points.
Kings Mountain’s Leeasia Rhodes is closely guarded by Jada Logan (12) of RS Central in Friday’s SMAC game at KMHS gym. (Photos by Gary Smart)
Kings Mountain’s Zeke Littlejohn shoots a lay-up in Friday’s game with RS Central at Donald L. Parker Gymnasium.