Lady Mountaineers’ softball looking forward to good year

Kings Mountain High’s women’s softball team will warm up for its 2023 season Saturday with its annual scrimmage at the YMCA.

Eight teams will be involved in the event, beginning at 9 a.m.

Coach Kevin Cruise said the Lady Mountaineers will open their regular season on Wednesday, March 1 against the Burns Lady Bulldogs.

Cruise said the team has already won scrimmage games against Draughn, North Buncombe and Hibriten and did not give up a single run.

With several veterans returning, the Lady Mountaineers could make a strong run in the Big South 3A Conference.

Melton said the Mountaineers will have some promotional nights this season that the fans will enjoy. They will honor the 1989 and 1993 state championship teams and have some other promotions for the fans to enjoy.

The first game’s promotional night will be Lickety Lew’s Night which will feature free giveaways. Other special nights include Hotdog Night ($1 hot dogs) on March 14, T-shirt Night (free T-shirt giveaways) on March 21, Retro Night (80’s music) on March 31, Little League Night (teams invited and kids run bases after the game) on April 6, Earth Day Night (free giveaways from the city) on April 18, Senior Night (honoring all senior players) on April 28, Champion Night featuring a shortened game pitting the 1989 and 1983 state championship teams against each other) on April 28 and Thirsty Night (half price drinks at the concession stand) on May 5.

KM Touchdown Club golf tourney May 12

The annual Kings Mountain Touchdown Club golf tournament will be held Friday, May 12 at Kings Mountain Country Club. Entry fee is $75 per player and includes one mulligan per player, one red tee per player and one string per team on hole 15.

Prizes will be given to closest to the pin on the four par 3s and longest drive for men, women and seniors on hole 2. Prizes will also go to each flight winner. There will be two tee times – 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. – with 20 teams at each time. Those planning to

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CLEVELAND

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS

Having qualified on 12th of October, 2022 as Executrix of the Estate of JAMES STANLEY PITTS, deceased, of Cleveland County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at Akerman LLP in Winston-Salem, NC at the address below on or before the 15th day of May, 2023 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate to please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 15th day of February, 2023.

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KMH (2/15, 22, 3/01 & 08/2023) participate should indicate which tee time they prefer as they will be designated on a first-come, first-serve basis. Lunch will be donated and served by Ray Nathan’s BBQ, Gastonia, from 121:30 p.m. This is the TD Club’s

Two of their leading players, Austyn Dixon and Alayna Patrick, have already made commitments to attend and play college ball at USC-Aiken and Gaston College, respectively. Dixon was last year’s Big South Player of the Year. Their ace pitcher Kali Weaver also returns.

The Big South Conference is always one of the

Veteran KMHS softball coach Kevin Cruise expects to make a good run in the Big South 3A Conference this season. The Lady Mountaineers will host their annual scrimmage at the YMCA Saturday.

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Cruise feels like the Lady Mountaineers will be right in the thick of the battle for first place. Most of his players have varsity starting experience and he also has some promising freshmen in Madeline Huffman and Ava Tipton.

“We’re very young,” he noted. “There’s a good chance we could start four to five freshmen. All of them are very talented. This freshman class may be one of the most talented since the Morgan Childers group (that won championships). We look for this group to be very good.

“Practice has been going very well,” he added. “We’ve been able to dodge the rain. We were outside every day last week. Every player is working hard. The season is coming on us pretty quickly and we have so much to get in. They’ve all done good and competing every day. We’ve got a really good group. The defense looks solid and our pitching will lead us. We have three quality pitchers and any one of them can be dominant. The defense is leaps and bounds better than last year and we have good depth.”

Coach Cruise has three good assistants in Jeff Cloninger, Cassie King and Shon Macopson.