10-14-22 roundup: Pro basketball and football, High school football, girls tennis and volleyball, College football and baseball, Middle school football, softball and boys soccer, Auto racing

By Richard Walker

Kings Mountain and East Lincoln improved to 8-0 on the season with large wins on Friday night.

Kings Mountain won 63-24 at Cramer as Teddy Jeffries tied a school record with five touchdowns.

Jeffries tied the five touchdowns scored by Kenny Bell (1977 against Burns), Joe Chambers (2008 against East Gaston), Da’Shon Guest (2012 against East Rutherford) and Kaylon Wade (2018 against Northwest Cabarrus).

Kings Mountain is off to its fourth 8-0 start in school history. In the Mountaineers’ previous 8-0 starts, they finished 10-0-1 as Western N.C. Activities Association state champions in 1955, finished 10-1 after a first round WNCHSAA playoff loss in 1964 and finished 8-1 after a second round 3A playoff loss to Monroe in the 2021 spring season.

East Lincoln won 55-3 at St. Stephens as quarterback Tyler Mizzell pass for three touchdowns and rushed for one touchdown.

East Lincoln is off to its fifth 8-0 start in school history. In the Mustangs’ previous 8-0 starts, they finished 8-2 in 1988, 16-0 and state champions in 2012 (2A) and 2014 (2AA) and 14-1 and 2AA Western runner-up in 2015.

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

Shelby 45, Bessemer City 0 (Thursday)

South Point 28, Ashbrook 19

Burns 44, East Gaston 0

Thomas Jefferson 26, Cherryville 20

Crest 51, Forestview 7

North Lincoln 55, Foard 17

Huss 22, North Gaston 15

Lincolnton 21, East Burke 17

Mountain Island Charter 28, Bishop McGuinness 7

West Lincoln 62, West Caldwell 20

Off – Highland Tech

(This week’s other area games:)
Hickory 56, West Iredell 30
Statesville 37, North Iredell 13
Bandys 21, Newton-Conover 14
Maiden 36, Bunker Hill 33
Chambers 41, North Meck 7
West Meck 22, Hopewell 6
Mallard Creek 13, Hough 9
Kell 36, Harding 0
Berry Academy 13, Palisades 10
Olympic 28, South Meck 22
Butler 20, Charlotte Catholic 19
Independence 53, East Meck 0
Providence at Rocky River, no report
Chase 48, Polk County 27
R-S Central 48, East Rutherford 8
Community School of Davidson 42, Lake Norman Charter 0
Clover, S.C. at Blythewood, S.C., no report

 

 

 

 

 

 

High school girls tennis

North Lincoln won the Western Foothills 3A Conference tournament title that was played at North Lincoln High and the Lake Norman Tennis Center with a team total of 9 points. The Knights were followed in the tournament standings by East Lincoln (8 points), Hickory (5), North Iredell (5), Foard (2), St. Stephens (1), Statesville (0) and West Iredell (0).

Here are the tournament results:

SINGLES DRAW
(First Round – Tuesday, October 11)
Emma Carver (North Lincoln) def. Esme Bragg (Statesville) 6-0, 6-0
Kate Reid (Foard) def. Cecilia Mena (West Iredell) 6-0, 6-0
Sophie Meyers (East Lincoln) def. Alleigh Johnson (North Iredell) 6-1, 6-1
Anna Spatz (St. Stephens) def. Carlee Baer (Hickory) 6-2, 6-2
Jackie Madison (North Iredell) def. Lena Tham (Statesville) 6-0, 6-1
Caitlin Simcox (North Lincoln) def. Sarah Starr (St. Stephens) 6-0, 6-0
Landon Beard (Hickory) def. Anai Romero (West Iredell) 6-0, 6-0
Karsyn Sink (East Lincoln) def. Heather Wright (Foard) 6-0, 6-1
(Second Round – Tuesday, October 11)
Emma Carver (North Lincoln) def. Kate Reid (Foard) 6-0, 6-0
Sophie Meyers (East Lincoln) def. Anna Spatz (St.Stephens) 6-1, 6-1
Caitlin Simcox (North Lincoln) def. Jackie Madison (North Iredell) 6-0, 6-3
Karsyn Sink (East Lincoln) def. Landon Beard (Hickory) 6-1, 6-1
(Semifinal Round – Thursday, October 13)
Emma Carver (North Lincoln) def. Sophie Meyers (East Lincoln) 6-0, 6-0
Karsyn Sink (East Lincoln) def. Caitlin Simcox (North Lincoln) 6-0, 6-2
(Championship Round – Thursday, October 13)
Emma Carver (North Lincoln) def. Karsyn Sink (East Lincoln) 6-0, 6-1
(Consolation Final – Thursday, October 13)
Caitlin Simcox (North Lincoln) def. Sophie Meyers (East Lincoln) 6-2, 6-2

DOUBLES DRAW
(First Round – Tuesday, October 11)
Ellie Holtzman & Berkeley Geyer (Hickory) def. Peyton Proctor & Roxy Sylvester (Foard) 6-0, 6-0
Lillian Pope & Meryl Sloan (North Iredell) def. Vivian Goforth & Chloe Hoyle (Statesville) 6-1, 6-2
Molly McGuirk & Katie Brown (East Lincoln) def. Lily Bodine & Taylor Stikeleather (West Iredell) 6-1, 6-1
Rachel Fink & Ella Wulfhorst (North Lincoln) def. Addison Cox & Gabby Spatz (St. Stephens) 6-3, 6-4
Leah Akel & Symone Akel (Foard) def. Heredia & Oetting (Hickory) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
Natalie Gore & Lulu King (North Lincoln) def. Marley Ralston & Wykaisha Nichols (Statesville) 6-0, 6-0
Paige Bias & Amelia Barrineau (East Lincoln) def. Rebecca Mena & Ava Hutton (West Iredell) 6-2, 6-1
Elleigh Williams & Sydney Templeton (North Iredell) def. Jordan Sanderson & Brianna Killian (St. Stephens ) 6-1, 6-0
(Second Round – Tuesday, October 11)
Ellie Holtzman & Berkeley Geyer (Hickory) def. Lillian Pope & Meryl Sloan (North Iredell) 6-0, 6-1
Molly McGuirk & Katie Brown (East Lincoln) def. Rachel Fink & Ella Wulfhorst (North Lincoln) 6-3, 6-3
Natalie Gore & Lulu King (North Lincoln) def. Leah Akel & Symone Akel (Foard) 6-2, 6-2
Elleigh Williams & Sydney Templeton (North Iredell) def. Paige Bias & Amelia Barrineau (East Lincoln) 6-2, 6-3
(Semifinal Round – Wednesday, October 12)
Ellie Holtzman & Berkeley Geyer (Hickory) def. Molly McGuirk & Katie Brown (East Lincoln) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
Elleigh Williams & Sydney Templeton (North Iredell) def. Natalie Gore & Lulu King (North Lincoln) 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
(Championship Round – Thursday, October 13)
Ellie Holtzman & Berkeley Geyer (Hickory) def. Elleigh Williams & Sydney Templeton (North Iredell) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
(Consolation Final – Thursday, October 13)
Natalie Gore & Lulu King (North Lincoln) def. Molly McGuirk & Katie Brown (East Lincoln) 7-5, 7-5

 

 

 

 

College baseball

Cherryville High and Cherryville American Legion Post 100 standout Will Fowler announced his commitment to play baseball at Catawba Valley Community College in the 2023-24 school year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High school volleyball

Cherryville def. Thomas Jefferson 3-1 (25-15, 17-25, 26-24, 25-20 on Thursday): Rileigh Kiser (37 assists 16 digs), Emily Allen (12 kills), Lexi McSwain (9 kills), Laila Davis (8 kills), Carson Reed (8 kills) and Taylor Digh (20 digs) for Cherryville (13-8), which advances to face Highland Tech in the Southern Piedmont 1A/2A tournament semifinals on Monday.

 

 

 

 

 

Middle school softball

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)
East Lincoln 6, Thomas Jefferson 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

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., Monday, Oct. 17
Thomas Jefferson 22, East Rutherford 20
Kings Mountain 8, Burns 0
Lincolnton 42, West Lincoln 0
R-S Central 33, Chase 20

(Oct. 17 game)
East Lincoln at North Lincoln

(Playoffs)
Oct. 19 – No. 2 West (R-S Central) at No. 1 East, No. 2 East at No. 1 West (Shelby)
Oct. 26 – championship game

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pro football

The Carolina Panthers will have a new starting quarterback on Sunday when they visit the defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams.

Interim head coach Steve Wilks announced P.J. Walker will start and said he was hopeful injured previous starter Baker Mayfield (ankle) would be the backup.

Walker is 2-0 as a NFL starter, winning one game each in 2020 and 2021 for the Panthers.

If Mayfield isn’t active in Sunday’s game, practice squad quarterback Jacob Eason is expected to be elevated to the active roster to be Walker’s backup.

Carolina’s other quarterbacks, Sam Darnold and Matt Corral, remain on injured reserve with Darnold now eligible to return but Corral out for the season.

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
North Carolina Central 59, Morgan State 20
-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