Football workouts resume at KMHS

After having a week off due to the NCHSAA’s annual coaches’ clinic, Kings Mountain High’s football team got back into light workouts Monday at John Gamble Stadium and head coach Strait Herron and his assistants were well-pleased with the Mountaineers’ effort.

“Today was very good,” Coach Herron said. “We had good numbers and that’s a good sign. I hate those weeks off. Sometimes players get a little winded but they came back in good shape. We’ve got a lot of good athletes and the coaches are doing a really good job. Everybody has a good attitude and are working hard. That’s most of the battle.”

Herron is still pleased with the number of prospects. “We have more players and we had another new player come in today and had a call from someone who wants to play,” he said. Herron said the varsity has 55 players at present and the JVs 58.

Herron and the Mountaineers are looking forward to August when they can begin regular practice. They will be in helmets first and then shoulder pads only until the first hitting day on Saturday, August 5.

They should know very quickly how much progress they’ve made when they take on perennial Western NC power AC Reynolds at 6 p.m. in the annual Cleveland County Jamboree August 9 in Shelby. Two days later they will travel to Gaffney, SC for a 7 p.m. bout with Catawba Ridge in the annual McDonald’s Kickoff Classic. They open their regular season on Friday, Aug. 18 at home against Shelby. All regular season games begin at 7:30.

THE SCHEDULE

AUGUST

9 – Cleveland Co. Jamboree in Shelby, 6 p.m.

11 – McDonald’s Kickoff Classic, Gaffney, 7 p.m. 18 – Shelby home, 7:30* 25 – at Cox Mill, 7:00*

SEPTEMBER

1 – at Burns, 7:30*

8 – Bye 15 – at Hunter Huss, 7:30

22 – North Gaston, 7:30 29 – Forestview, 7:30

OCTOBER 6 – at South Point, 7:30 13 – Stuart Cramer, 7:30** 20 – at Ashbrook, 7:30

27 – Crest, 7:30

*Non-conference **Homecoming