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THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Saturday March 1 7 1 990 3F i Motosports Kings Mountain Races Past Rowan 13 22 17 27 26 27-67 i fifv JEFF WILLHELMStaff Kings Daniel Honeycutt passes over West Jimi Williams Friday night at Hickory Kings Mountain won 72-56 Campy Walker tied it Brown gave Maiden a 66-64 lead with two free throws with 26 seconds left and Ikard made two with six seconds left to advance the Blue Devils to their first regional final Starmount 13 21 13 17-64 Maiden 7 27 17 17-68 STARMOUNT 64 Trtptetl 14 Ireland 9 Holcomb 6 King 12 Walker 10 Sales 13 MAIDEN Ikard 11 Brown 21 Johnson 11 Patter-ion 4 Anderson 5 Ramseur 0 Abernathy 4 McKinney 12 1A Hendersonville 70 East Wilkes 62 The secret of success all season has been defense So it should come as no surprise that in Friday NC 1A Western regional semifinal with East Wilkes defense made the difference East Wilkes 18 17 10 Hendersonvtlla 19 16 20 EAST WILKES 62 Wallis 3 Lovette 7 Norman 4 Abshar 3 Brown 17 Triplett 14 Jordan 4 HENDERSONVILLE 70 Twitty 9 Lee 17 Roberta 4 Gilbert 6 Goodson 12 Jobnson 16 Smith 4 Lofton 2 Cherokee 72 North Moore 66 Cherokee (21-6) went on a 1 3-4 run to start the third quarter and erased a 40-35 deficit North Moore (15-11) never seemed to recover and the hot shooting pushed them into a date with Hendersonville today for the Western 1A title Cherokee 16 19 18 19-72 North Moore 19 21 12 Otowrvtr Stall Reports HICKORY Kings Mountain finally got a chance to do what it does best Friday night After a season spent trying to force a faster tempo in virtually every game the Mountaineers got their running game in high gear and ran right past West Rowan 72-56 and into Western NC 3A regional championship game against Concord a 97-73 winner over West Henderson The Mountaineers (25-2) broke out quickly took a 23-7 lead after one quarter and were ahead 40-19 at halftime Senior center Darian Hager scored 17 points and grabbed 17 rebounds Daniel Honeycutt added 15 points and eight rebounds Era Vaughn 13 points and eight rebounds Ryan Hollifield eight points and six rebounds and Petie McNeal seven points and seven rebounds the first half we probably played as well as we could play in the transition Kings Mountain coach Larry Sipe said kept running rebounding and West Rowan (24-6) got as close as 1 1 points once and 1 3 points three times in the second half before Kings Mountain pulled away again Alphanso Keaton finished with 14 points 12 rebounds and four blocked shots for the Falcons Toby Brown led West Rowan in scoring with 1 8 points Wt Rowan 7 12 20 Kinga Mountain 22 17 16 WEST ROWAN SS-6rown 18 Keaton 14 Mayfield 12 Hudson 5 Williams 5 Edwards 2 Cutfibertson 0 Harkey 0 Hunter 0 Utile 0 Owen 0 KING3 MOUNTAIN Hager 17 Honeycutt 15 Vaughn 13 Hollifield 8 McNeal 7 Byers 4 Ross 4 McClain 2 Sessoms 2 Currance 0 Hopper 0 Smith 0 Concord 97 West Henderson 73 Concord boys basketball season of great expectation came down to a third-quarter gut check in the Western NC 3A regional at Hickory Underdog West Henderson (18-9) had pulled to tvithin five points before Concord hit its next 12 shots to seal the victory The win moves the Spiders (27-2) ranked No 2 in The Charlotte Observer Sweet 16 into Western NC 3A championship game against No 3-ranked Kings Mountain (25-2) at 8 The winner advances to next NC 3A title game in Chapel Hill Chon Black scored 14 points for Concord Jason Moore scored 20 points and Clint Crane 19 for West Henderson NHL Standings WALES CONFERENCE PATRICK DIVISION Maple Leafs Slip By Sabres Gome Hwy 51 Ind 11229 Independence -Fullwood Plaza next to Pizza Hut Matthews Tues-Sat 10-6 847-9766 Toll Free 1-800-627-1865 Play Now Pay Later 25 Oft msr ON ALL SLATE Pool Tables Plus Free Delivery Installation Equipment 90 Days Same As Cash No Pmt for 90 Days on Approved Credit Earnhardt Wallace Could Start At Front By TOM HIGGINS Staff Writer HAMPTON Ga A Motor-craft 500 front row featuring Dale Earnhardt and Rusty Wallace appears likely after showers washed out qualifying Friday for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series race More of the same weather is forecast today at Atlanta International Raceway meaning likely the lineup for 328-lap race on the 1522-mile track will be determined by point standings If that happens put Earnhardt on the pole in a Chevrolet with Wallace in a Pontiac alongside him for the 1 pm green flag (ABC WSOC-TV channel 9) Partly-cloudy conditions are forecast for race day Speedway officials announced a revised schedule calling for practice from 8 am to 10 am today with one round of qualifying for the 40 positions in the 500 starting at 11 The Automobile Racing Club of 500K would go off at 1 pm as scheduled However with the prospect of further rainfall put at 100 NASCAR officials privately were preparing a starting order based on the car-owner standings A speedway spokesman was non-committal on what will happen with the ARCA race should showers interfere with its running After the first three Winston Cup races Earnhardt has 474 points to lead Wallace by eight A battle from the beginning Sunday between Earnhardt a three-time Winston Cup champion and defending champion Wallace would command attention under any circumstances They are currently the hardest-driving most dynamic personalities and are colorful fun-loving buddies as well The relationship recently was strained after a sheet-metal incident in the Pontiac 400 at Richmond as the two dueled for second place Wallace was angry but tempered his remarks When Earnhardt attempted to approach Wallace about the tangle a week later he initially was rebuffed got the first-time champion Earnhardt said The two talked a bit afterward however sat down and had a little Wallace said this week let it be known that going to race each other hard But we also agreed be friends The part is so intriguing about Earnhardt and Wallace starting in such proximity on a track where each has done well recently Earnhardt has won two of the Atlanta last three 500-milers Wallace took the Journal 500 of 1988 and led most of the first 2 1 7 laps of last Motorcraft 500 before a burned piston put him out If the point standings are used to set the starting order positions three to 10 will be Morgan Shepherd Ricky Rudd Kyle Petty Jimmy Spencer Bill Elliott Darrell Waltrip Sterling Marlin and Dick Trickle Buddy Baker bidding to begin a comeback from an injury suffered in 1988 would line up 22nd for his first start in 44 races get that position based on car owner Junie points However the debut of the new team owned by actor Paul Newman and Rick Hendrick probably would have to be put off The outfit fielding a car for driver Greg Sacks has no points A NASCAR committee on Friday rejected the Jack Roush Racing appeal of the penalties it received following driver Mark victory in the Pontiac 400 The team based near Greensboro was fined $40000 and docked 46 Winston Cup points for having an illegally large carburetor spacer plate on the winning Ford It was allowed to retain credit for the triumph Committee members John Cooper Dan Greenwood and Bob Smith at the Atlanta track and be reached Concorde WEST HENDERSON 73-Moore 20 Crane 19 Morrell 10 Roberta 9 Crocker 6 Dale 5 Keefe 2 lotus 2 Brato 0 Capps 0 Leary 0 Thornburg 0 Worley 0 CONCORD Black 14 Allen 13 Uppard 12 O'Neal 12 Thompson 10 Barbee 6 Peek 6 Stowe 6 Cone 4 Goodman 4 Watson 4 Womble 4 Watson 2 Henry 0 Robinson 0 2A Monroe 86 Bandys 81 Jamie Collins said his Monroe High boys basketball team simply became determined it was going to win Friday in the first round of the Western North Carolina 2A regional tournament at Hickory And after some shaky minutes the Rebels came through with an 86-81 double-overtime victory over Bandys at Lenoir-Rhyne to advance to 8:30 championship game The Rebels (21-3) will play Maiden (23-7) for a berth in the NC 2A final March 24 at Chapel Hill Monro 17 16 18 18 6 11-86 Bandys 22 19 15 13 6 6-81 MONROE Mills 22 Lowery 2 Lowery 8 Wilson 21 Ivey 13 Caldwell 16 Huntley 4 BANDYS Yancey 14 Campbell 0 Wilson 21 Connor 13 Gabriel 24 Burton 2 Stutts 7 Burke 0 Maiden 68 Starmount 64 Guards Von Brown and Dwayne Ikard hit two free throws each in the final 30 seconds as the Blue Devils eliminated Starmount (18-9) Maiden led 64-6 1 in the closing minute byt a three-pointer by Campbell Conference NORRIS DIVISION Turgeon) 11-12 (pp) 2 Toronto Damphousse 28 (Marols Ihnacak) 13 03 3 Buffalo Corkum 1 (Donnelly) 15 59 Second 4 Toronto Damphousse 29 (Gill lafrate) 1714 (pp) Third 5 Toronto Damphousse 30 (Ihnacak Richardson) :25 6 Buffalo Valve 27 (Housley Tur-geon) 1214 7 Toronto Franceschetti 21 (Osborne) 14 54 (sh) Shots on Toronto Buffalo Toronto Reese 8-5-2 (36 shots-33 saves) Buffalo Puppa 26-16-6 (26-22) Att-16433 (at Buffalo) S3 SouthPark 4400 Sharon Rd BRAHMA TRUCK TOPPERSCAMPER SHELLS Check our Prices on Meucci Custom Cues Plant TURF TYPE TALL FESCUE mmmmommm enough to drop Ellett to the ice no injury said suspension takes effect next Friday unless 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