KM volleyball ready to make another run in Big South Conference and state playoffs

Kings Mountain High’s women’s volleyball has a history of being among the best teams in the state and it’s not likely to change anytime soon.

Coach Heather Pasour lost only two players off of last year’s team and the Lady Mountaineers should be favored to win the Big South Conference again.

“Everybody is stepping up,” she said. “We’ve been undefeated in our scrimmages so far. This is the best we’ve looked starting out. The girls filling those two graduating seniors’ spots are looking really good.”

The Lady Mountaineers played some scrimmages last week and were scheduled to open their regular season yesterday at East

Lincoln. They will compete in the CJV Best of the Carolinas Invitational August 19 and play their first home game August 22 against West Henderson.

Meile Songaila and Myracle Davis. Other returning starters are Camden Pasour, London Brown, Joels and

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Jessie Moore. Others who will play big roles include Mary Grace Hogue, Alexa Jones and Jessie Ozmore.

“We only lost two players but the two filling their spots are looking really good,” Coach Pasour said.

Sophomores who are looking good are Ava Tipton and Morris Kenzlie.

“We expect to be as good as we were last year when we won the conference and lost in the fourth round of the state playoffs,” she added. “We finished 14-0 in the conference and 27-3 overall. We didn’t drop a set in conference games.”

Kings Mountain’s fourth round loss was to perennial state power Fred T. Foard. “We were up 22-16 in the first game and lost 3-1. We should not have lost,” Pasour said.

Kings Mountain has won the conference five of the last seven years and was second the eighth year under Pasour’s guidance.

“Practice is going well,” Pasour said. “I’m happy where we are. We have some things to work on but we’re really looking good.”

Pasour sees Forestview as the other conference favorite. “I haven’t seen South Point but they will be competitive,” she said.

“We’ve won the conference for the past few years,” she added. “We’ve been focused. We have a good chance of going to the playoffs.

“Our non-conference games will be really competitive. We’re playing good teams like East Lincoln, West Henderson, Weddington, Clover, Sun Valley, Maiden and Cox Mill. Those are big name programs.

“And, we’ll have some really good teams in the conference. I feel like Kings Mountain, Crest and Forestview will be the top three. Our team is solid and we have two big hitters and everybody’s contributors.”

Pasour has a career record of 276-59 with coaching stops at WC Friday, North Gaston and Kings Mountain and could have a shot at the 300-win mark with this year’s team. She is 138-35 with the Lady Mountaineers from 2016 to the present, including a conference record of 88-7.

KM women’s tennis hopes to repeat as BSC champions

Kings Mountain High’s women’s tennis team is looking to fare well this fall in the Big South Conference as they attempt to repeat as conference champions. Coach Rick Henderson’s ladies went undefeated last season to claim their fifth championship in the last eight years.

“That is definitely a KMHS record in either the boys or girls team, noted; the 16-year veteran head coach.

Henderson has only two starters back but has some promising newcomers.

Katherine Frye and Melissa Brooks are the two returnees and Coach Henderson feels that they will again help the team to a successful season.

Also looking very promising are returning players Kayla McSwain and Lilly Bolin and incoming sophomore Elizabeth Bolt who didn’t participate last year due to elbow surgery.

Jasmyn Accor and Amelia Pruitt, who were starters on the Kings Mountain Middle School team last year, also look promising, Henderson said.

Newcomers to tennis are Annie Byers, Isabella Feemster, Madisin Goble, Taryne Jones and Kaydence Smith. “They are working hard and learning as much as they can over the last couple of weeks,” Henderson said. THE SCHEDULE

SEPTEMBER 4 – at Hunter Huss 19 – North Gaston 21 – Forestview 26 – at South Point 28 – Stuart Cramer

OCTOBER 3 – at Ashbrook