10-13-22 roundup: Pro basketball and football, High school football and volleyball, College football, Middle school football, volleyball, softball and boys soccer, Auto racing

By Richard Walker

Cherryville American Legion Post 100 has had a tough last couple of weeks.

Just this past week, a former star baseball player and a former player and longtime baseball official have died.

It comes a month after longtime Fraley Field scoreboard operator Darise Hartman died at 89 on Sept. 15

Former star player Ronnie Hovis died at 79 on Oct. 9 and former player and former player and longtime baseball official Rocky Bennett died at 72 on Oct. 10.

Hovis was a star at Cherryville High and for the Cherryville Legion program before he signed a free agent contract with the old Washington Senators organization. A 1999 Cherryville Sports Hall of Fame inductee, Hovis helped Cherryville High to back-to-back Western N.C. High School Activities Association championship games in 1960 and 1961, his 21-7 pitching record from 1957 to 1960 made him the first 20-game winner in Post 100 history and the 1960 Cherryville Legion team was N.C. runner-up.

Born in Lincoln County on Oct. 12, 1942, the son of the late James Ralph “Tom” Hovis and Angelita Hollifield Hovis, Ronnie Hovis retired from the trucking industry having worked for Carolina Freight Carriers Corporation in Cherryville for 30 years and was a faithful member of the First United Methodist Church in Cherryville and the Men’s Bible Class.

Ronnie Hovis also served the church in various other capacities over the years. He was a member of Cherryville Masonic Lodge No. 505 and the Oasis Shrine Club.

Also a member of the Cherryville Jaycees, he later would serve as a city councilman for Cherryville, as a member of the Gaston County School Board, the Board of Trustees for Gaston College and as a member of the N.C. Beverage Control Board.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Janice Ruth Hovis Anthony. Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Janice Ledford Hovis of the home; a daughter Julie Dawn Lyles and husband Tracy of Cherryville; a son, David Ronald Hovis, Jr. of Huntersville; a granddaughter, Mary Elizabeth Wyatt (Cain Wilkinson) of Cherryville; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Steve and Patty Owens of Cherryville; a brother-in-law, Eddie Ledford of Gastonia. Also surviving are numerous nieces and nephews.

Bennett played for Post 100 in the late 1960s before later serving as athletic officer and from 2013 to 2014, he was the N.C. Area IV commissioner. He is a 2003 Cherryville Sports Hall of Fame inductee, a 2007 N.C. American Legion Hall of Fame inductee and was the 2014 David Poole Service Award winner at the Gaston County Sports Hall of Fame banquet.

Born on Sept. 29, 1950, to the late Henry Wilson Bennett, Jr. and the late Juanita Huffstetler Bennett Hill, Rocky Bennett was a proud veteran of the U.S. Army and a successful business owner of Bennett Insurance Group in Cherryville, which he founded in 2007.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter, Allison Lynn Bennett Hovis; brothers, Michael Jacob Bennett, and Robert Eugene Bennett; and brother-in-law, Mutt Hayes. Survivors include his loving wife of 51 years, Lynn Leatherman Bennett of the home; sons; Kevin Bennett and wife, Lutricia, Wesley Bennett and wife Kristen, and Kyle Bennett, all of Cherryville; granddaughters, Elizabeth Bennett, Audrey Bennett, Ragan Lynn Hovis, and Margaret “Meg” Jones; sisters, Sherry Hayes, and Mary Anne Bennett Jenkins and husband, T.J.; and son-in-law, Chris Hovis.

 

 

 

 

 

High school football

Shelby 45, Bessemer City 0: Daylin Lee had four touchdown passes and ran for one touchdown to lead the Golden Lions to the victory.

Here’s a look at Friday’s Cleveland/Gaston/Lincoln games:

South Point at Ashbrook
Burns at East Gaston
Cherryville at Thomas Jefferson
Crest at Forestview
East Lincoln at St. Stephens
Foard at North Lincoln
Huss at North Gaston
Kings Mountain at Cramer
Lincolnton at East Burke
Mountain Island Charter at Bishop McGuinness
West Lincoln at West Caldwell
Off – Highland Tech

(This week’s other area games:)
West Iredell at Hickory
North Iredell at Statesville
Bandys at Newton-Conover
Bunker Hill at Maiden
North Meck at Chambers
West Meck at Hopewell
Mallard Creek at Hough
Kell at Harding
Palisades at Berry Academy
South Meck at Olympic
Charlotte Catholic at Butler
Independence at East Meck
Providence at Rocky River
Polk County at Chase
R-S Central at East Rutherford
Community School of Davidson at Lake Norman Charter
Clover, S.C. at Blythewood, S.C.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Middle school softball

West Lincoln 2, R-S Central 0: The unbeaten Chiefs (12-0) won their second straight Tri-County Conference title as Gabby Wright pitched a three-hitter with five strikeouts. Lilly Sain (double), Kaylee Albano (double, sacrifice bunt), Kennedy McCumber (double), Payton Hood (RBI triple) and Danilyn Lewis (3 hits, 1 RBI) led the West Lincoln offense.

In the last three seasons, the Chiefs have gone 29-3 with two league titles and one runner-up finish.

TRI-COUNTY CONFERENCE

(Tuesday’s semifinals)
West Lincoln 9, Chase 2
R-S Central 10, East Lincoln 3

(Thursday’s championship game)
West Lincoln 2, R-S Central 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Middle school boys soccer

TRI-COUNTY CONFERENCE

(Tuesday’s semifinals)
East Lincoln 5, Shelby 1
Thomas Jefferson 2, Burns 0

(Thursday’s championship game)
Thomas Jefferson at East Lincoln

 

 

 

 

 

 

Middle school volleyball

Piedmont Community Charter School of Gastonia followed up its Carolina Beltway Conference regular season title with a postseason tournament title.

The Patriots, who finished 14-2 overall, won the league tournament title with a 2-1 victory (25-19, 9-25, 15-10) over Gray Stone Day in Monroe.

All-conference selections for PCCS were Georgia Raby, Kiara Capistran, Madelyn Wyatt and Shelby Ostrander.

 

 

 

 

 

Middle school football

GASTON COUNTY CONFERENCE
Final regular season standings with division records followed by overall records:

(Division I)
Holbrook 3-1, 5-1
Southwest 3-1, 4-2
Cramerton 2-2, 4-2
Mount Holly 1-3, 3-3
Grier 1-3, 2-4

(Division II)
Belmont 5-0, 7-0
York Chester 4-1, 4-3
Stanley 2-3, 2-4
Bessemer City 2-3, 2-5
W.C. Friday 2-3, 2-5
Chavis 0-5, 0-7

(Monday’s championship game)
Holbrook vs. Belmont at South Point HS, 6 p.m.

 

TRI-COUNTY CONFERENCE
Standings through Oct. 12 with division records followed by overall records:

(West)
Kings Mountain 4-1, 4-2
East Lincoln 3-1, 4-1
North Lincoln 3-1, 4-1
Lincolnton 3-2, 4-2
Burns 1-4, 1-5
West Lincoln 0-5, 1-5

(East)
Crest 4-1, 5-1
Shelby 4-1, 5-1
R-S Central 4-1, 4-2
Thomas Jefferson 2-3, 2-4
East Rutherford 1-4, 1-5
Chase 0-5, 0-6

(Wednesday’s games)
Shelby 14, Crest 7
East Lincoln at North Lincoln, ppd., no date
Thomas Jefferson 22, East Rutherford 20
Kings Mountain 8, Burns 0
Lincolnton 42, West Lincoln 0
R-S Central 33, Chase 20

(Playoffs)
Oct. 19 – semifinals
Oct. 26 – championship game

 

 

 

 

 

High school volleyball

Kings Mountain def. Cramer 3-0 (25-12, 25-8, 25-11): Meile Songaila (14 kills, 11 serve receptions, 4 digs, 13 service points), Camden Pasour (16 assists, 12 service points, 4 kills, 3 digs), Paige Bagwell (11 assists, 15 service points, 4 kills, 3 digs), Caroline Barber (9 serve receptions, 12 digs, 4 service points) and Myracle Davis (10 kills, 1 block) led Kings Mountain.
The Mountaineers also won the JV match 2-0 (25-10, 25-9) behind Abigail Hedgepath (22 assists, 2 service points, 3 digs, 2 kills), Ruby Osborne (5 kills, 4 blocks), Megan Harrison (10 kills, 2 digs) and Kenzlie Morris (16 service points, 2 kills, 2 digs).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pro football

Here’s the full Carolina Panthers schedule for the 2022 season:

Week 1, Sept. 11, Cleveland (L 24-26)
Week 2, Sept. 18, at N.Y. Giants (L 16-19)
Week 3, Sept. 25, New Orleans (W 22-14)
Week 4, Oct. 2, Arizona (L 16-26)
Week 5, Oct. 9, San Francisco (L 15-37)
Week 6, Oct. 16, at L.A. Rams, 4:05 p.m.
Week 7, Oct. 23, Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Week 8, Oct. 30, at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Week 9, Nov. 6, at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
Week 10, Nov. 9, Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Week 11, Nov. 20, at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
Week 12, Nov. 27, Denver, 1 p.m.
Week 13, Dec. 4, BYE
Week 14, Dec. 11, at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.
Week 15, Dec. 18, Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
Week 16, Dec. 24, Detroit, 1 p.m.
Week 17, Jan. 1, at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Week 18, Jan. 7 or 8, at New Orleans, TBD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pro basketball

Here is the 2022-23 Charlotte Hornets schedule:

(Preseason)
October
2 at Boston (L 93-134)
5 Indiana (L 97-122)
7 Boston-at Greensboro (L 103-112)
10 Washington (L 107-116)
12 at Philadelphia (L 94-98)

(Regular season)
October
19 at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
21 New Orleans, 7 p.m.
23 at Atlanta, 5:00 p.m.
26 at New York, 7:30 p.m.
28 at Orlando, 7 p.m.
29 Golden State 7 p.m.
31 Sacramento, 7 p.m.
November
2 at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.
4 at Memphis, 8 p.m.
5 Brooklyn, 7 p.m.
7 Washington, 7 p.m.
9 Portland, 7 p.m.
10 at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
12 at Miami, 8 p.m.
14 at Orlando, 7 p.m.
16 Indiana, 7 p.m.
18 at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.
20 at Washington, 6 p.m.
23 Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
25 Minnesota, 5 p.m.
28 at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
December
2 Washington, 7 p.m.
3 Milwaukee, 6 p.m.
5 L.A. Clippers, 7 p.m.
7 at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.
9 New York, 7 p.m.
11 at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
14 Detroit, 7 p.m.
16 Atlanta, 7 p.m.
18 at Denver, 8 p.m.
19 at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
21 at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
23 at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
26 at Portland, 10 p.m.
27 at Golden State, 10 p.m.
29 Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.
31 Brooklyn, 7 p.m.
January
2 L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m.
4 Memphis, 7 p.m.
6 at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
8 at Indiana, 5 p.m.
10 at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
12 at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

College football

This week’s NCAA Division I Carolinas schedule:
-Thursday
Morgan State at North Carolina Central, 7:30 p.m.
-Saturday
Old Dominion at Coastal Carolina, noon
Morehead State at Davidson, 1 p.m.
Elon at Rhode Island, 1 p.m.
Robert Morris at Campbell, 1 p.m.
Edward Waters at North Carolina A&T, 1 p.m.
The Citadel at Wofford, 1:30 p.m.
Virginia Lynchburg at South Carolina State, 1:30 p.m.
Western Carolina at Furman, 2 p.m.
N.C. State at Syracuse, 3:30 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at Liberty, 3:30 p.m.
Charlotte at UAB, 3:30 p.m.
Charleston Southern at Bryant, 4 p.m.
Clemson at Florida State, 7:30 p.m.
Memphis at East Carolina, 7:30 p.m.
North Carolina at Duke, 8 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auto racing

The 2022 NASCAR cup schedule (with winners):

Feb. 6 Busch Light Clash (Joey Logano)
Feb. 17 Bluegreen Vacations Duel 1 (Brad Keselowski)
Feb. 17 Bluegreen Vacations Duel 2 (Chris Buescher)
Feb. 20 Daytona 500 (Austin Cindric)
Feb. 27 Wise Power 400 (Kyle Larson)
Mar. 6 Pennzoil 400 (Alex Bowman)
Mar. 13 Ruoff Mortgage (Chase Briscoe)
Mar. 20 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (William Byron)
Mar. 27 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix (Ross Chastain)
Apr. 3 Toyota Owners (Denny Hamlin)
Apr. 9 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 (William Byron-2)
Apr. 17 Food City Dirt Race (Kyle Busch)
Apr. 24 Geico 500 (Ross Chastain-2)
May 2 DuraMAX Drydene 400 (Chase Elliott)
May 8 Goodyear 400 (Joey Logano)
May 15 AdventHealth 400 (Kurt Busch)
May 22 NASCAR All-Star Open (Daniel Suarez)
May 22 NASCAR All-Star (Ryan Blaney)
May 29 Coca-Cola 600 (Denny Hamlin-2)
June 5 Enjoy Illinois 300 (Joey Logano-2)
June 12 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Daniel Suarez)
June 26 Ally 400 (Chase Elliott-2)
July 3 Kwik Trip 250 (Tyler Reddick)
July 10 Quaker State 400 (Chase Elliott-3)
July 17 Ambetter 301 (Christopher Bell)
July 24 NASCAR Cup Series at Pocono (Chase Elliott-4)
July 31 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard (Tyler Reddick-2)
Aug. 7 FireKeepers Casino 400 (Kevin Harvick)
Aug. 14 Federated Auto Parts 400 (Kevin Harvick-2)
Aug. 21 Go Bowling at The Glen (Kyle Larson-2)
Aug. 27-28 Coke Zero Sugar 400 * (Austin Dillon)
Sept. 4 Cook Out Southern 500 (Erik Jones)
Sept. 11 Hollywood Casino 400 (Bubba Wallace)
Sept. 17 Bass Pro Shops Night Race (Chris Buescher)
Sept. 25 AutoTraderEchoPark Automotive 500 (Tyler Reddick-3)
Oct. 2 YellaWood 500 (Chase Elliott-5)
Oct. 9 Bank of America ROVAL 400 (Christopher Bell)
Oct. 16 South Point 400
Oct. 23 Dixie Vodka 400
Oct. 30 Xfinity 500
Nov. 6 NASCAR Cup Series Championship