Are the Red Raider’s football team as good as the starting gate is predicting?

The Gaston Gazette seems to want to take a wait and see attitude after the first two games of the season.

Chris Lane-SPHS

(Benjamin Patton-Gaston Gazette Photo)

Two early season wins give the South Point boys a bucket full of confidence as they enter into conference play. Let’s just keep the momentum goin’ boys – GIT-R-DUN !

Line Count:

South Point 53, Kings Mountain 3
Red Raiders 19 13 14 7 — 53
Mountaineers 0 3 0 0 — 3
First quarter
SP—Desmond Lowery 17 run (James Justice kick), 7:35.
SP—Lowery 14 run (kick failed), 7:20.
SP—Jesse McGaha 37 interception return (kick failed), 5:39.
Second quarter
KM—FG Alex Randall 27, 11:06.
SP—Lowery 35 run (Justice kick), 9:24.
SP—Aaron Crumbley 16 run (run failed), 1:29.
Third quarter
SP—McGaha 5 run (Justice kick), 8:08.
SP—McGaha 5 run (Justice kick), 2:01.
Fourth quarter
SP—Josh Justice (James Justice kick), 3:44.
SP KM
First downs 20 15
Rushes-yards 41-459 49-207
Passing yards 0 22
Comp-Att-Int 0-1-0 5-15-2
Fumbles-lost 2-2 3-1
Penalties-yards 6-65 5-21
Individual statistics
RUSHING—South Point, Lowery 12-145, Crumbley 10-97, Josh Justice 1-69, Chris Lane 5-66, McGaha 6-46, Brandon Spencer 4-31, Dilion Gantt 2-7, Curtis English 1-minus 2. Kings Mountain, C.J. Belcher 7-53, Jerry Lowery 8-46, Michael Roberts 11-42, Lance Surratt 12-44, Trevarris Crosby 2-18, Leon Stanton 6-11, Devon Thompson 3-minus 7.
PASSING—South Point, Lowery 0-1-0, 0. Kings Mountain, Roberts 4-9-2, 15; Thompson 1-6-0, 7.
RECEIVING—South Point, none. Kings Mountain, Stanton 1-minus 1, Ricky Greene 1-0, Chaz King 2-8, Whitesides 1-15.