1-13-23 roundup: Pro basketball, football and soccer, High school basketball, College football

By Richard Walker

Three former local standouts will be playing this weekend for NFL playoff teams and another local standout has been signed for next season.

The Minnesota Vikings (13-4) with Jonathan Bullard (Crest 2012 graduate) and Nick Muse (South Point 2017) won the NFC North Division title and will host the New York Giants on 4:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Bullard was placed on injured reserve two weeks ago with a biceps injury; The seven-year NFL defensive tackle has 23 tackles in 11 games (7 starts) this season.

Nick Muse, a tight end, played in three games for the Vikings in his rookie season.

Nick Muse’s older brother Tanner Muse (South Point 2015) and the Seattle Seahawks were the last NFC team to make the playoffs and the No. 7 seed Seahawks play at the NFC West Division champion San Francisco 49ers on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.

A linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks, Tanner Muse mad 14 tackles in 15 games this season, including six in the last two games.

Another local product – Chazz Surratt (East Lincoln 2016) – was signed to a reserve/future contract on Monday by the New York Jets after making on tackle in one game this season as a second-year linebacker.

Here’s the 2022-23 NFL playoff schedule:

(AFC)
No. 1 Kansas City – bye
No. 5 L.A. Chargers at Jacksonville, 8:15 p.m. Saturday (NBC)
No. 7 Miami at No. 2 Buffalo, 1 p.m. Sunday (CBS)
No. 6 Baltimore at No. 3 Cincinnati, 8:15 p.m. Sunday (NBC)

(NFC)
No. 1 Philadelphia – bye
No. 7 Seattle at No. 2 San Francisco, 4:30 p.m. Saturday (FOX)
No. 6 N.Y. Giants at No. 3 Minnesota, 4:30 p.m. Sunday (FOX)
No. 5 Dallas at No. 4 Tampa Bay, 8:15 p.m. Monday (ABC ESPN)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High school basketball

(Friday’s games)
-BOYS
South Point 80, Ashbrook 66: Garret Hunt (13 points, 4 assists, 3 steals), Jaquis Rumph (13 points, 5 steals, 4 assists), Greyson Kines (12 points), Sully Absher (10 points, 10 rebounds) and Sean Gore (10 points, 4 assists) led South Point.

Crest 70, Forestview 56

Kings Mountain 65, Cramer 53: Tucker Robinette scored 16 points for Kings Mountain and Justin Rocquemore (16 points, 3 assists), John Hill (10 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks), Owen Sloan (10 points, 5 assists, 3 steals) and Jacob Joyner (9 points) led Cramer.

East Gaston 70, Burns 28

Shelby 72, Thomas Jefferson 26

Bessemer City 71, Highland Tech 32 (Friday): Nazari Smarr (15 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists), Randall Pettus (14 points, 10 assists, 8 steals, 8 rebounds, 3 blocks), Keyshawn Adams (14 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 blocks), Jameer Holmes (10 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks), Terrance Smith (9 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals) and Jay Gaddy (8 points, 5 rebounds, 2 blocks) led Bessemer City.

East Lincoln 60, North Iredell 55: Palmer Crichton (16 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals) and Houston Hartsell (16 points) led East Lincoln. The win was Mustangs head coach Jon Hancock’s 450th of his career as a head coach; He’s now 126-26 in six years at East Lincoln.

Maiden 54, Lincolnton 27

West Lincoln 59, East Burke 47

Lincoln Charter 63, Mountain Island Charter 46

Gaston Christian 86, Metrolina Christian 56

Concord Academy 56, Gaston Day 49: Evan Montanari had 21 points for Gaston Day.

Burns 59, Kings Mountain 54 (Thursday): Jeremiah Norris had 15 points for Burns and Bradley Floyd had 16 points and Zay Smith 11 for Kings Mountain.

-GIRLS
Crest 58, Forestview 29

Cramer 70, Kings Mountain 41: Hadley Womack (20 points, 4 assists), Oshauna Holland (15 points, 6 steals) and Zion Duncan (14 points, 11 rebounds) led Cramer and Khalia King’s 27 points led Kings Mountain.

Ashbrook 50, South Point 44: Amya Graham (18 points, 7 rebounds), Maddie Frank (8 points, 5 assists), Toney Milton (8 points, 5 rebounds), Lauren French (4 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks) and Lexi Birtwistle (4 points, 3 rebounds) led South Point.
South Point won the JV game 24-8 behind Tayler Culbertson (6 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists), Jimena Conde (6 points, 5 rebounds, 5 steals, 3 assists) and Jossilyn Wallace (3 points, 6 rebounds, 5 steals).

Burns 42, East Gaston 37

Shelby 54, Thomas Jefferson 27

East Lincoln 50, North Iredell 27

Maiden 72, Lincolnton 48

East Burke 68, West Lincoln 37

 

 

 

 

 

 

College football

New Charlotte 49ers head football coach Biff Poggi has announced the date and time of his first spring game.

The 49ers, who are set to join the American Athletic Conference this season, will play their spring game at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 22.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pro basketball

Here’s the 2022-23 Charlotte Hornets schedule:

(11-32 record)
October
19 at San Antonio (W 129-102)
21 New Orleans (L 112-124)
23 at Atlanta (W 126-109)
26 at New York (L 131-134, OT)
28 at Orlando (L 93-113)
29 Golden State (W 120-113, OT)
31 Sacramento (L 108-115)
November
2 at Chicago (L 88-106)
4 at Memphis (L 99-130)
5 Brooklyn (L 94-98)
7 Washington (L 100-108)
9 Portland (L 95-105)
10 at Miami (L 112-117, OT)
12 at Miami (L 115-132)
14 at Orlando (W 112-105)
16 Indiana (L 113-125)
18 at Cleveland (L 122-132, 2 OT)
20 at Washington (L 102-106)
23 Philadelphia (W 107-101)
25 Minnesota (W 110-108)
28 at Boston (L 105-140)
December
2 Washington (W 117-116)
3 Milwaukee (L 96-105)
5 L.A. Clippers (L 117-119)
7 at Brooklyn (L 116-122)
9 New York (L 102-121)
11 at Philadelphia (L 113-131)
14 Detroit (L 134-141, OT)
16 Atlanta (L 106-125)
18 at Denver (L 115-119)
19 at Sacramento (W 125-119)
21 at L.A. Clippers (L 105-126)
23 at L.A. Lakers (W 134-130)
26 at Portland (L 113-124)
27 at Golden State (L 105-110)
29 Oklahoma City (W 121-113)
31 Brooklyn (L 106-123)
January
2 L.A. Lakers (L 115-121)
4 Memphis (L 107-131)
6 at Milwaukee (W 138-109)
8 at Indiana (L 111-116)
10 at Toronto (L 120-132)
12 at Toronto (L 114-124)
14 Boston, 7 p.m.
16 Boston, 1 p.m.
18 at Houston, 8 p.m.
21 at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
23 at Utah, 9 p.m.
24 at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
26 Chicago, 7:30 p.m.
29 Miami, 1 p.m.
31 at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
February
2 at Chicago, 8 p.m.
3 at Detroit, 7 p.m.
5 Orlando, 1 p.m.
8 at Washington, 7 p.m.
10 at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
11 Denver, 7 p.m.
13 Atlanta, 7 p.m.
15 San Antonio, 7 p.m.
24 at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
25 Miami, 7 p.m.
27 Detroit, 7 p.m.
March
1 Phoenix, 7 p.m.
3 Orlando, 7 p.m.
5 at Brooklyn, 6 p.m.
7 at New York, 7:30 p.m.
9 at Detroit, 7 p.m.
11 Utah, 7 p.m.
12 Cleveland, 5 p.m.
14 Cleveland, 7 p.m.
17 Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
20 Indiana, 7 p.m.
23 at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
24 at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
26 Dallas, 1 p.m.
28 at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
31 Chicago, 7 p.m.
April
2 Toronto, 1 p.m.
4 Toronto, 7 p.m.
7 Houston, 7 p.m.
9 at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

Pro soccer

Charlotte FC on Friday announced it had acquired two international roster slots for the 2023 season from Seattle Sounders FC in exchange for $175,000 General Allocation Money (GAM) in 2023 and $175,000 GAM in 2024.