Local sports roundup: KM rocks Burns in baseball action

Baseball

Kings Mountain 12, Burns 2 — Kings Mountain showed little to no mercy to Burns in their 12-2 drubbing of the Bulldogs at Lancaster Field Monday night.  The Mountaineers (3-0) gave Brian Brown his first varsity start on the mound and it paid dividends. The lefty had six strikeouts in the win, allowing just four hits in a complete-game effort.

The KM junior also hit a standup double that sent first baseman Mitchell Cloninger home for Kings Mountain’s first run of the ballgame in the second inning. That inning turned out to be the ugliest for Burns as the Mountaineers’ bats got hot and finished with six runs.

Kings Mountain went through their entire batting order in the second with hits from Brown, third baseman Michael Grooms, shortstop Cody Austin and designated hitter Brandon Gantt consecutively.

Dallas Conner had a solo home run in the sixth inning with Dylan Smith hitting a two-RBI single. Smith (three RBI), Austin and Gantt (two RBI) all finished with four hits for the Mountaineers, while Chad Davis was 3 for 4.
Burns (1-2) will seek revenge Wednesday night as the teams face off again in Lawndale.

South Point 5, Clover 4 — Jeffery Springs got the win, giving up two runs and two hits while striking out nine batters. Jordan Edgerton pitched three innings while giving up two runs and two hits. Edgerton also had two strikeouts. Weston Lawing (3-for-3, two doubles, two RBI), Dariel Rogers (2-for-3, run) and Edgerton (2-for-4, RBI) provided the South Point offense. Kris Thompson (2-for-4) led Clover’s offense while Evan Jackson got the loss. South Point hosts Bessemer City today at 4:30 p.m.

Highland Tech 11, Waddell 1 (5 inn.) — Eric Froneberger got the complete-game win while allowing no hits and fanning 11 batters. Derrick Shuda had a double and 3 RBI to lead the Ram offense.

Crest 6, Cherryville 1 — The Crest High baseball team avenged its only loss of the season in a 6-1 triumph over Cherryville at Fraley Field on Monday. Dylan Hastings had Cherryville’s only two hits — a triple and a single.

Softball
Shelby 12, Ashbrook 2 (6 inn.) — Ashley Mellon (2-for-2, double, two runs), Hannah McFarland (2-for-4, double, two runs), Emma Thomas (2-for-4, two runs) and Alison Hendee (1-for-2). Lexi Poston got the win. Andreya O’Brien (1-for-3, double, RBI, run) and Kelsey Tate (1-for-2, RBI) led the Ashbrook offense while K. Cheek got the loss. Shelby (3-0) plays at Bessemer City today at 4:30 p.m.

Bessemer City 12, Hunter Huss 6 —  Breanna Stevens and Miranda Barrett were 2-for-4 in the win while Stevens got the win. Bessemer City (2-0) hosts Shelby today. Taylor Jordan hit a grand slam for the Huskies.

Soccer
East Gaston 7, Hunter Huss 0 —  Mandy Ross (assist) scored three goals while Stephanie Aguilar (two assists) scored two goals in Monday’s win. Crystal Ocasio (two assists) and Mikayla O’Meara (assist) scored one goal each while Hannah Krueger had the shutout in goal. East Gaston (3-1) plays at Ashbrook on Thursday.

Forestview 1, Shelby 0 — Mary Leslie Miller scored the lone Forestview goal (Christy VanBeek assist) while Emily Lindsay had the shutout in goal. Shelby (0-3) plays at Kings Mountain on Wednesday.  Forestview (3-1) hosts Nation Ford today.

JV soccer
Forestview 2, Shelby 1 —  Katie Hill and Hope Westinghouse scored for the Jags. Ann Meekins scored Shelby’s only goal. Shelby plays at Kings Mountain on Wednesday.

Golf
Forestview 316, Ashbrook 334, South Point 349, Crest 351, North Gaston 391, Hunter Huss 402, Kings Mountain 411 — At Kings Mountain Country Club in the first Big South Conference match of the season,  Forestview ‘s Alex Taylor (77) and Will Long (79) won medalist honors on Monday. James Black (Ashbrook, 80),  Caleb McFarland (Crest, 85), Cody Jones (Hunter Huss, 94), Devin Heath (Kings Mountain, 99), Brennan Hawkins and Tre Beaty of North Gaston (95) and Gary Carrigan (South Point, 84) led their schools respectively. On Monday, Ashbrook hosts the next conference match at Gastonia Municipal.