1-31-22 roundup: High school wrestling and basketball, Middle school basketball, Pro basketball and football

By Richard Walker

West Lincoln advanced to Wednesday’s N.C. Class 2A regional finals with a pair of wins in the first two rounds of the state playoffs on Monday.

After knocking off Surry Central in the opening round, the Rebels improved to 19-3 with a 42-33 victory over host R-S Central.

On Wednesday, West Lincoln needs two wins to advance to Saturday’s state championship match at the Greensboro Coliseum Field House.

The Rebels have won state titles in 2000, 2015, 2018 and 2019.

 

 

 

High school basketball

(Monday’s boys games)
Shelby 74, Thomas Jefferson 65

East Rutherford 85, Burns 79

(Monday’s girls games)
East Rutherford 65, Burns 27: Tishiona Strong had 11 points for Burns.

Piedmont Community Charter 61, Bradford Prep 43: Grace East had 18 points, Hailey Moore 11, Kaylee Nolan 10, Kennedy Williams 10 and Lauren French 10 led Piedmont Community Charter.

Rest of this week’s games:

(Tuesday)
Cramer at Ashbrook
Forestview at Huss
North Gaston at Crest
South Point at Kings Mountain
Cherryville at Burns
East Gaston at Bessemer City
Thomas Jefferson at Highland Tech
Piedmont CC at Cabarrus Charter
East Lincoln at Foard
North Lincoln at St. Stephens
West Caldwell at Lincolnton
Newton-Conover at West Lincoln
Hickory Grove at Gaston Day
Lincoln Charter at Mountain Island Charter
Concord Academy at Gaston Christian

(Wednesday)
Cramer at Crest
East Gaston at Bessemer City
Hickory at East Lincoln
Highland Tech at Ashbrook
Kings Mountain at Shelby
Lincoln Charter at Pine Lake Prep
Gaston Christian at Metrolina Christian

(Thursday)
Forestview at North Gaston
Lincolnton at West Lincoln

(Friday)
Crest at Forestview
Huss at North Gaston
Kings Mountain at Cramer
South Point at Ashbrook
Burns at Bessemer City
Cherryville at Highland Tech
Shelby at East Gaston
Queen’s Grant at Piedmont CC
East Lincoln at St. Stephens
Foard at North Lincoln
East Burke at Lincolnton
West Caldwell at West Lincoln
Lincoln Charter at Community School of Davidson
Gastpn Christian at Hickory Grove
Gaston Day at Northside Christian
Asheville Trailblazers at Thomas Jefferson

(Saturday)
Huss at Crest
Kings Mountain at Forestview

 

 

 

 

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 (W 121-98)
Sun. 23 ATLANTA (L 91-113)
Tue. 25 at Toronto (L 113-125)
Wed. 26 at Indiana (W 158-126)
Fri. 28 L.A. LAKERS (W 117-114)
Sun. 30 LA CLIPPERS (L 90-115)
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

 

 

 

 

Middle school basketball

(Monday’s boys games)
Grier 55, Cramerton 50: Antonio Griggs had 20 points, Qua’Melle Scott 16 and Jonathan Black 15 for Grier.

Holbrook 62, Chavis 20: Kendall Southern (25 points, 10 rebounds), Savion Lindsay (11 points) and Dyson Britt (10 points) led Holbrook.

Southwest 41, Belmont 38: Rhodes (15 points) and Phillips (13 points) led Southwest and K.J. Shouse (21 points) led Belmont.

(Monday’s girls games)
Cramerton 25, Grier 8: Ava Cabe had 11 points and Madison Bridges six for Cramerton.

Holbrook 59, Chavis 5: Nykira Arrington had 13 points and 13 rebounds and Shemia McCoy, Ellia Barajas and O’Shauna Holland had nine points apiece for Holbrook.

Belmont 26, Southwest 16: Claire Frank had 10 points and Tayler Culbertson and Stella Absher six each for Belmont and Patience James had seven points for Southwest.

Stanley 25, York Chester 10

 

 

 

 

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 (12-7) 19, Tennessee (12-6) 16
Kansas City (14-5) 42, Buffalo (12-7) 36, OT
NFC
San Francisco (12-7) 13, Green Bay (13-5) 10
Los Angeles (14-5) 30, Tampa Bay (14-5) 27

(AFC, NFC championship games)
NFC
Los Angeles (15-5) 20, San Francisco (12-8) 17
AFC
Cincinnati (13-7) 27, Kansas City (14-6) 24, OT

(Super Bowl)
Feb. 13 – L.A. Rams vs. Cincinnati, 6:30 p.m.