Sports
In 2009, the middle school had an outstanding year on the athletic field. Starting in the spring of 2009, the baseball team recorded a perfect 12-0 season capped off by winning the Gaston County Championship.
The girls fast-itch softball team followed in the fall and also had a perfect 12-0 season. The Lady Wildcats defeated arch-rival Chavis Middle School 5 to 4 in the county championship game. This is the first time the Lady Wildcats finished the season with a perfect record.
One week later Belmont Middle School defeated Southwest Middle School to win the county championship and finish the season with another 12-0 perfect record.
This may be the first time in history that a Gaston County middle school had three sports teams complete back to back to back perfect seasons.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“It is usual for a Man who loves Country Sports to preserve the Game in his own Grounds, and divert himself upon those that belong to his Neighbour.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
“I looked so much like a guy you couldn’t tell if I was a boy or a girl. I had no hair, I wore guys’ clothes, I walked like a guy ... [ellipsis in source] I didn’t do anything right except sports. I was a social dropout, but sports was a way I could be acceptable to other kids and to my family.”
—Karen Logan (b. 1949)
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)