JV Mountaineers
beat Crest,
host Forestview Wednesday
Kings Mountain High’s JV Mountaineers can run the table in the Big South 3A Conference when they host the Forestview Jaguars in their regular season finale at 7 p.m. tonight at John Gamble Stadium.
The Mountaineers overcame a 20-7 deficit after Crest scored its final touchdown by L.C. Bradley with 7:14 left in the third quarter.
Silas Tate returned the Crest kickoff to the Mountaineers’ 37 and Xavier Hutchens ran the ball twice for a first down at the Chargers’ 47. A holding penalty set the Mountaineers back to their own 43 but on third and 20 Hutchens scored on a 43-yard pass reception and Khareem Coleman ran a two-point conversion to cut the margin to 20-15.
Kings Mountain’s defense then began taking control of the game and held the Crest offense to three and out. After Crest punted KM took over at the Chargers’ 40 with 2:09 left on the third period clock. Two runs by Coleman and a 9-yard run by Houser for a first down at the Crest 27 sparked a drive that ended with KJ Bell’s touchdown and two-point conversion reception to give the Mountaineers a 23-20 lead with 9:48 left in the game.
The Mountaineer defense had the Chargers backed up to their own 19 yard line facing a fourth and six. Their punter shanked his kick out of bounds at the KM 30 with 6:25 left on the clock and the Mountaineers were able to run all but 2:51 off the clock before turning the ball over.
Again, the KM defense came up big and Crest was forced to try a fourth down pass from its own 33 with 1:17 left. The Mountaineers sacked the Chargers’ quarterback at the Crest 24. Crest had already used up all of its timeouts so the Mountaineers took a knee three times to end the game.
Before the late heroics the Mountaineers drove the opening kickoff 68 yards16 plays to basically eat up the first quarter clock. Khareem Coleman scored from a yard out at with 46.4 seconds on the clock and Refugio Gonzalez added the point-after for a 7-0 lead.
Crest answered with a 78-yard, 13-yard drive to tie the score at 7-all on a five-yard keeper by QB Malachi Gamble.
KM’s second half kickoff went out of bounds and Crest took over at its own 35. Gamble immediately circled left end and the Chargers went up 14-7.
The Mountaineers couldn’t get anything going and had to punt from their own 25 and the Chargers took possession at their own 48. On first down, QB CJ Bradley circled left end and went the distance to the Chargers were up 20-7. That would be the last time they hit paydirt.
Silas Tate returned the ensuing kickoff to the KM 37. Two carries by Hutchens put the Mountaineers at Crest 47. After a penalty, the Mountaineers faced third and 20 from their own 43 but Bell found Hutchens wide open for a 57-yard touchdown. Coleman added a two-point conversion to give the Mountaineers a 20-15 lead that they wouldn’t relinquish.
The Mountaineers overcame a 20-7 deficit after Crest scored its final touchdown by L.C. Bradley with 7:14 left in the third quarter.
Silas Tate returned the Crest kickoff to the Mountaineers’ 37 and Xavier Hutchens ran the ball twice for a first down at the Chargers’ 47. A holding penalty set the Mountaineers back to their own 43 but on third and 20 Hutchens scored on a 43-yard pass reception and Khareem Coleman ran a two-point conversion to cut the margin to 20-15.
Kings Mountain’s defense then began taking control of the game and held the Crest offense to three and out. After Crest punted KM took over at the Chargers’ 40 with 2:09 left on the third period clock. Two runs by Coleman and a 9-yard run by Houser for a first down at the Crest 27 sparked a drive that ended with KJ Bell’s touchdown and two-point conversion reception to give the Mountaineers a 23-20 lead with 9:48 left in the game.
The Mountaineer defense had the Chargers backed up to their own 19 yard line facing a fourth and six. Their punter shanked his kick out of bounds at the KM 30 with 6:25 left on the clock and the Mountaineers were able to run all but 2:51 off the clock before turning the ball over.
Again, the KM defense came up big and Crest was forced to try a fourth down pass from its own 33 with 1:17 left. The Mountaineers sacked the Chargers’ quarterback at the Crest 24. Crest had already used up all of its timeouts so the Mountaineers took a knee three times to end the game.
Before the late heroics the Mountaineers drove the opening kickoff 68 yards16 plays to basically eat up the first quarter clock. Khareem Coleman scored from a yard out at with 46.4 seconds on the clock and Refugio Gonzalez added the point-after for a 7-0 lead.
Crest answered with a 78-yard, 13-yard drive to tie the score at 7-all on a five-yard keeper by QB Malachi Gamble.
KM’s second half kickoff went out of bounds and Crest took over at its own 35. Gamble immediately circled left end and the Chargers went up 14-7.
The Mountaineers couldn’t get anything going and had to punt from their own 25 and the Chargers took possession at their own 48. On first down, QB CJ Bradley circled left end and went the distance to the Chargers were up 20-7. That would be the last time they hit paydirt.
Silas Tate returned the ensuing kickoff to the KM 37. Two carries by Hutchens put the Mountaineers at Crest 47. After a penalty, the Mountaineers faced third and 20 from their own 43 but Bell found Hutchens wide open for a 57-yard touchdown. Coleman added a two-point conversion to give the Mountaineers a 20-15 lead that they wouldn’t relinquish.