1-20-22 roundup: High school basketball, football and wrestling, College basketball and football, Pro basketball and football

By Richard Walker

Bessemer City didn’t have to look far for a new athletic director with the departure of longtime athletic director and football coach Larry Boone.

The Yellow Jackets announced on Thursday that girls basketball head coach Billy James will become the school’s athletic director.

A 1986 Bessemer City High graduate, James was the school’s all-time passing leader for 24 years before Xavier Logan’s 3,223 career passing yards exceeded the 2,796 yards James had from 1983 to 1985.

James has been the Yellow Jackets’ head girls basketball coach since 2015 and his 49 victories rank fourth all-time in school history. Last season, James guided Bessemer City to its first girls basketball conference title since 2001 and only its second in history.

 

 

 

High school football

East Gaston’s Justin Hill announced on twitter Thursday night he had committed to play at Emory & Henry.

Hill, the offensive player of the year in the Southern Piedmont 1A/2A Conference this season, rushed for 2,023 yards and 20 touchdowns in leading the Warriors to a 8-5 record last fall.

 

 

 

 

High school basketball

Thursday’s games:
(Boys)
Ashbrook d. Huss

Crest at Kings Mountain (ppd., no date)

Cramer 67, Forestview 66

Bessemer City 62, Thomas Jefferson 48

East Lincoln at North Lincoln (ppd., Jan. 26)

Lincolnton at West Lincoln (ppd., Feb. 3)

Metrolina Christian 58, Gaston Day 49: Callum Richard had 18 points and Chris Britt 10 for Gaston Day.

Langtree Charter at Mountain Island Charter (ppd., Jan. 31)

(Girls)
Crest at Kings Mountain (ppd., no date)

Forestview 48, Cramer 37: Kendall Manning had 21 points and Samantha Bolton 13 for Forestview and Hadley Womack (15 points) and Dasia Harris (14 points, 16 rebounds) led Cramer.

North Gaston 43, South Point 41: Lexi Birtwistle (17 points, 7 rebounds, 5 steals), Maddie Frank (14 points, 8 rebounds) and Dajshia Foust (10 rebounds, 7 steals) led South Point.

East Gaston 55, Cherryville 25

Thomas Jefferson 51, Bessemer City 45

East Lincoln at North Lincoln (ppd., Jan. 26)

Lincolnton at West Lincoln (ppd., Feb. 3)

Lincoln Charter 63, Community School of Davidson 53

Langtree Charter at Mountain Island Charter (ppd., Jan. 31)

Here are standings for Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties through Jan. 15:

BIG SOUTH 3A
(Boys)
Kings Mountain 5-0, 8-5
Crest 3-0, 8-2
Cramer 3-1, 12-1
Ashbrook 2-3, 3-10
South Point 2-4, 6-9
Forestview 1-1, 3-6
Huss 1-3, 4-8
North Gaston 0-5, 3-12
(Girls)
Kings Mountain 6-0, 9-2
Ashbrook 4-1, 8-5
Huss 3-1, 7-3
Crest 2-2, 5-7
South Point 2-3, 5-8
North Gaston 1-4, 5-10
Cramer 0-3, 2-10
Forestview 0-4, 0-11

SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A/2A
(Boys)
Shelby 4-0, 6-3
Thomas Jefferson 2-0, 11-2
Bessemer City 2-1, 9-3
Burns 2-3, 3-11
Cherryville 2-3, 10-4
East Gaston 1-2, 7-6
Highland Tech 0-4, 2-10
(Girls)
Shelby 4-0, 7-2
Thomas Jefferson 2-0, 4-7
East Gaston 1-2, 7-6
Bessemer City 2-1, 7-5
Burns 3-2, 4-10
Highland Tech 0-4, 2-10
Cherryville 1-4, 2-12

OTHERS
(Boys)
Piedmont CC 1-3, 2-9
East Lincoln 6-0, 14-2
North Lincoln 2-3, 8-6
Lincolnton 4-1, 6-9
West Lincoln 2-3, 5-10
Lincoln Charter 3-0, 12-4
Mtn Isl Charter 0-2, 5-10
Gaston Christian 3-2, 8-9
Gaston Day 6-0, 17-1

(Girls)
Piedmont CC 1-0, 4-5
East Lincoln 5-0, 13-2
North Lincoln 0-5, 2-12
Lincolnton 0-4, 4-10
West Lincoln 1-3, 7-9
Lincoln Charter 3-0, 11-6
Mtn Isl Charter 0-2, 0-5
Gaston Christian 1-3, 1-6
Gaston Day 2-5, 2-10

The rest of this week’s schedule:

(Friday)
Ashbrook at Crest
Huss at Kings Mountain
North Gaston at Forestview
South Point at Cramer
Cherryville at Thomas Jefferson
Highland Tech at East Gaston
Shelby at Burns
Piedmont CC at Bradford Prep
Hickory at East Lincoln
Statesville at North Lincoln
Bunker Hill at Lincolnton
West Lincoln at Bandys
SouthLake Christian at Gaston Christian
Lincoln Charter at Pine Lake Prep
Christ the King at Mountain Island Charter

(Saturday)
Cramer at Kings Mountain
Huss at Crest, 12:30 p.m.
Shelby at East Rutherford

 

 

 

 

High school wrestling

West Lincoln 48, Lincolnton 24 – 106: Andy Saine (WELI) over Isaac Powell (LINC) (Fall 0:00), 113: Matthew Davis (LINC) over Eli Leatherman (WELI) (Fall 0:00), 120: Logan Reynolds (WELI) over Rylee Wesson (LINC) (Fall 0:00), 126: Caleb Deaton (LINC) over Chade Norman (WELI) (Dec 5-0), 132: Luke Heavner (WELI) over Issiah Herycyk (LINC) (Dec 3-2), 138: Kemp Wehunt (WELI) over Ethan Smith (LINC) (Fall 0:00), 145: Quinlan Hunter (LINC) over Xandor Hedrick (WELI) (Fall 0:00), 152: Mason Avery (WELI) over Cory Watson (LINC) (Fall 0:00), 160: Josh White (LINC) over Patrick Goins (WELI) (Fall 0:00), 170: Levi Huss (WELI) over Nathan Wells (LINC) (Fall 0:00), 182: Braxton Young (WELI) over Jordy Hernandez (LINC) (Fall 0:00), 195: Geviaunta Walker (LINC) over Jake Gragg (WELI) (Dec 8-5), 220: Curtis Goins (WELI) over Bernard Wingate (LINC) (TB-1 6-4), 285: Camden Sain (WELI) over Nathan Jenkins (LINC) (Fall 0:00)

 

 

 

College basketball

North Texas 65, Charlotte 51: Adrian Butler’s 14 points led Charlotte (9-7, 2-2), which dropped the Conference USA road game.

Gaston College 90, Spartanburg Methodist 86: The Rhinos (11-7, 2-3) knocked off the last unbeaten team in Region 10 behind sophomore guard Damon Davis’ 27 points, five rebounds, seven assists and five steals. Other key contributors were Dee Merriweather (19 points), Jaylen Bates (13 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals), Dedrick Givens (10 points, 7 rebounds) and Zavion Jackson (7 points, 5 rebounds).

 

 

 

 

Pro basketball

Here is the Charlotte Hornets’ full regular season schedule (with results):

OCTOBER
Wed. 20 INDIANA (W 123-122)
Fri. 22 at Cleveland (W 123-112)
Sun. 24 at Brooklyn (W 111-95)
Mon. 25 BOSTON (L 129-140, OT)
Wed. 27 at Orlando (W 120-111)
Fri. 29 at Miami (L 99-114)
Sun. 31 PORTLAND (W 125-113)
NOVEMBER
Mon. 1 CLEVELAND (L 110-113)
Wed. 3 at Golden State (L 92-114)
Fri. 5 at Sacramento (L 110-140)
Sun. 7 at LA Clippers (L 106-120)
Mon. 8 at L.A. Lakers (L 123-126, OT)
Wed. 10 at Memphis (W 118-108)
Fri. 12 NEW YORK (W 104-96)
Sun. 14 GOLDEN STATE (W 106-102)
Wed. 17 WASHINGTON (W 97-87)
Fri. 19 INDIANA (W 121-118)
Sat. 20 at Atlanta (L 105-115)
Mon. 22 at Washington (W 109-103)
Wed. 24 at Orlando (W 108-99)
Fri. 26 MINNESOTA (W 133-115)
Sat. 27 at Houston (L 143-146, OT)
Mon. 29 at Chicago (L 119-133)
DECEMBER
Wed. 1 at Milwaukee (L 125-127)
Sun. 5 at Atlanta (W 130-127)
Mon. 6 PHILADELPHIA (L 124-127, OT)
Wed. 8 PHILADELPHIA (L 106-110)
Fri. 10 SACRAMENTO (W 124-123)
Mon. 13 at Dallas (L 96-120)
Wed. 15 at San Antonio (W 131-115)
Fri. 17 at Portland (L 116-125)
Sun. 19 at Phoenix (L 106-137)
Mon. 20 at Utah (L 102-112)
Thu. 23 at Denver (W 115-107)
Mon. 27 HOUSTON (W 123-99)
Wed. 29 at Indiana (W 116-108)
JANUARY
Sun. 2 PHOENIX (L 99-133)
Mon. 3 at Washington (L 121-124)
Wed. 5 DETROIT (W 140-111)
Sat. 8 MILWAUKEE (W 114-106)
Mon. 10 MILWAUKEE (W 103-99)
Wed. 12 at Philadelphia (W 109-98)
Fri. 14 ORLANDO (L 109-116)
Mon. 17 at New York (W 97-87)
Wed. 19 at Boston (W 111-102)
Fri. 21 OKLAHOMA CITY 7:00
Sun. 23 ATLANTA 7:00
Tue. 25 at Toronto 7:00
Wed. 26 at Indiana 7:00
Fri. 28 L.A. LAKERS 7:00
Sun. 30 LA CLIPPERS 1:00
FEBRUARY
Wed. 2 at Boston 7:30
Fri. 4 CLEVELAND 7:00
Sat. 5 MIAMI 7:00
Mon. 7 TORONTO 7:00
Wed. 9 CHICAGO 7:30
Fri. 11 at Detroit 7:00
Sat. 12 MEMPHIS 7:00
Tue. 15 at Minnesota 8:00
Thu. 17 MIAMI 7:00
Fri. 25 TORONTO 7:00
Sun. 27 DETROIT 7:00
Mon. 28 at Milwaukee 8:00
MARCH
Wed. 2 at Cleveland 7:00
Sat. 5 SAN ANTONIO 7:00
Tue. 8 BROOKLYN 7:00
Wed. 9 BOSTON 7:00
Fri. 11 at New Orleans 8:00
Mon. 14 at Oklahoma City 8:00
Wed. 16 ATLANTA 7:00
Sat. 19 DALLAS 7:00
Mon. 21 NEW ORLEANS 7:00
Wed. 23 NEW YORK 7:00
Fri. 25 UTAH 7:00
Sun. 27 at Brooklyn 7:30
Mon. 28 DENVER 7:00
Wed. 30 at New York 7:30
APRIL
Sat. 2 at Philadelphia 12:30
Tue. 5 at Miami 7:30
Thu. 7 ORLANDO 7:00
Fri. 8 at Chicago 8:00
Sun. 10 WASHINGTON TBD

 

 

 

 

Pro football

The 2021-22 NFL playoffs:

(AFC 1st round)
1. Tennessee (12-5) – bye
4. Cincinnati (11-7) 26, 5. Las Vegas (10-8) 19
3. Buffalo (12-6) 47, 6. New England (10-8) 17
2. Kansas City (13-5) 42, 7. Pittsburgh (9-8-1) 21

(NFC 1st round)
1. Green Bay (13-4) – bye
2. Tampa Bay (14-4) 31, 7. Philadelphia (9-9) 15
6. San Francisco (11-7) 23, 3. Dallas (12-6) 17
4. Los Angeles (13-5) 34, 5. Arizona (11-7) 11

(AFC, NFC semifinals)
AFC
Cincinnati (11-7) at Tennessee (12-5), 4:30 p.m. Saturday
Buffalo (12-6) at Kansas City (13-5), 6:30 p.m. Sunday
NFC
San Francisco (11-7) at Green Bay (13-4), 8:15 p.m. Saturday
Los Angeles (13-5) at Tampa Bay (14-4), 3 p.m. Sunday

(AFC, NFC championship games)
Jan. 30

(Super Bowl)
Feb. 13