10-17-21 roundup: Pro football and basketball, High school football, boys soccer and volleyball, College football
By Richard Walker
Despite a disappointing offense and a suddenly struggling defense, the Carolina Panthers forced overtime with the visiting Minnesota Vikings.
But the same struggles the defense endured throughout the day showed again as the Vikings drove 75 yards on the lone possession of the extra period for a 34-28 victory that pinned a third straight defeat on the Panthers.
“Obviously disappointed in the outcome of that game,” Carolina coach Matt Rhule said. “We made a little run at the end to push it to overtime and I was proud to show that type of grit and all that, but for most of the game they certainly outplayed us.
“As I told our team, we’re going to have to execute and make some plays that are there offensively. As I’m sure you all know and will ask me, it was not very good until we went to the rally mode at the end, the two minute at the end, and were able to make some plays defensively.”
The late score was the only time the Panthers drove for any significant distance for a touchdown on Sunday; The 96-yard drive came after Carolina’s first two TD drives came on an 18-yard drive after a fumble recovery and on a blocked punt return.
Even with the 96-yard drive, the Panthers finished with 306 yards total offense and had two lost fumbles, one pass interception and quarterback Sam Darnold completed 17 of 41 throws and was sacked four times.
“We just couldn’t find a rhythm, couldn’t execute,” Darnold said. “We weren’t executing at a high enough level like I said before. Again, we have to watch the tape and figure out kind of how we can execute better and what that looks like.”
The loss dropped the Panthers to 3-3 on the season entering next Sunday’s road game at the New York Giants.
Here is the Carolina Panthers’ 2021 schedule (with results):
Sept. 12 New York Jets (W 19-14)
Sept. 19 New Orleans (W 26-7)
Sept. 23 at Houston (W 24-9)
Oct. 3 at Dallas (L 28-36)
Oct. 10 Philadelphia (L 18-21)
Oct. 17 Minnesota (L 28-34, OT)
Oct. 24 at New York Giants, 1 p.m.
Oct. 31 at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Nov. 7 New England, 1 p.m.
Nov. 14 at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.
Nov. 21 Washington, 1 p.m.
Nov. 28 at Miami, 1 p.m.
Dec. 5 BYE WEEK
Dec. 12 Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Dec. 18 or 19 at Buffalo, TBD
Dec. 26 Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Jan. 2 at New Orleans, 1 p.m.
Jan. 9 at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m
High school football
North Gaston snapped two long losing streaks in Friday night’s 20-19 victory at Huss.
The Wildcats ended a 24-game overall losing streak that dated to early in the 2019 season and a 37-game conference winning streak that dated o the start of the 2016 season.
The longest overall and conference losing streaks in Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties history is held by Bessemer City; The Yellow Jackets lost 40 straight overall games from 1973 to 1977 and 56 straight league games from 1973 to 1980.
In Friday’s win, Michael Harris scored two touchdowns, Kandan Zollo had two touchdown passes and Jason Melton caught one touchdown pass and made a team-high nine tackles.
Here are standings through Oct. 15 with conference record listed first followed by overall record:
BIG SOUTH 3A
Kings Mountain 5-0, 7-1
Crest 5-0, 5-2
Forestview 3-2, 4-4
South Point 2-2, 4-3
Cramer 2-3, 4-4
Ashbrook 1-3, 1-4
North Gaston 1-4, 1-7
Huss 0-5, 0-6
WESTERN FOOTHILLS 3A
Statesville 5-0, 7-0
North Lincoln 4-1, 6-2
Hickory 4-1, 5-3
East Lincoln 3-2, 6-2
North Iredell 2-3, 2-5
West Iredell 1-4, 1-5
St. Stephens 1-4, 1-6
Foard 0-5, 0-7
CATAWBA VALLEY 2A
Maiden 5-0, 8-0
Bunker Hill 4-1, 7-1
Lincolnton 4-1, 4-4
West Lincoln 3-2, 6-2
Newton-Conover 3-2, 3-4
Bandys 0-4, 2-4
East Burke 0-4, 1-5
West Caldwell 0-5, 0-7
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A/2A
Shelby 4-0, 7-1
Burns 4-0, 6-2
East Gaston 3-1, 5-3
Thomas Jefferson 2-3, 4-3
Cherryville 1-3, 2-6
Bessemer City 1-4, 2-7
Highland Tech 0-4, 0-7
QUEEN CITY 3A/4A
Hough 5-0, 8-0
Chambers 3-1, 7-1
West Charlotte 2-2, 6-2
North Meck 2-2, 4-3
Mallard Creek 2-2, 3-3
West Meck 1-4, 4-5
Hopewell 0-4, 1-7
SOUTH MECK 4A
Myers Park 3-0, 6-2
South Meck 2-1, 6-2
Olympic 2-1, 5-2
Kell 2-1, 5-2
Berry Academy 1-3, 2-5
Harding 0-4, 2-7
SOUTHWESTERN 4A
Butler 5-0, 6-2
Catholic 4-1, 6-2
Providence 2-2, 4-4
Independence 2-2, 3-4
Rocky River 1-3, 2-6
East Meck 1-3, 1-7
Garinger 0-4, 0-7
OTHERS
Chase 2-1, 7-1
Clover 2-0, 3-3
Mtn Island Charter 4-1, 7-1
R-S Central 2-2, 2-5
Lk Norman Charter 0-0, 5-2
Next week’s schedule:
(Monday)
Ashbrook at South Point
(Friday)
Cramer at North Gaston
Huss at Crest
Kings Mountain at Ashbrook
South Point at Forestview
Burns at Cherryville
Highland Tech at Thomas Jefferson
Shelby at East Gaston
North Iredell at East Lincoln
West Iredell at North Lincoln
Maiden at Lincolnton
West Lincoln at East Burke
Mountain Island Charter at W-S Carver
Foard at Hickory
Statesville at St. Stephens
Bandys at West Caldwell
Bunker Hill at Newton-Conover
North Meck at Hopewell
West Cabarrus at Hough
West Charlotte at Chambers
West Meck at Mallard Creek
Olympic at Kell
South Meck at Myers Park
East Meck at Catholic
Providence at Garinger
Rocky River at Independence
Patton at Chase
Gaffney, S.C. at Clover, S.C.
Pro basketball
Here is the Charlotte Hornets’ full regular season schedule:
OCTOBER
Wed. 20 INDIANA 7:00
Fri. 22 at Cleveland 7:00
Sun. 24 at Brooklyn 4:00
Mon. 25 BOSTON 7:00
Wed. 27 at Orlando 7:00
Fri. 29 at Miami 7:30
Sun. 31 PORTLAND 7:00
NOVEMBER
Mon. 1 CLEVELAND 7:00
Wed. 3 at Golden State 10:00
Fri. 5 at Sacramento 10:00
Sun. 7 at LA Clippers 9:00
Mon. 8 at L.A. Lakers 10:30
Wed. 10 at Memphis 8:00
Fri. 12 NEW YORK 7:00
Sun. 14 GOLDEN STATE 7:00
Wed. 17 WASHINGTON 7:00
Fri. 19 INDIANA 7:00
Sat. 20 at Atlanta 7:30
Mon. 22 at Washington 7:00
Wed. 24 at Orlando 7:00
Fri. 26 MINNESOTA 7:00
Sat. 27 at Houston 8:00
Mon. 29 at Chicago 8:00
DECEMBER
Wed. 1 at Milwaukee 8:00
Sun. 5 at Atlanta 6:00
Mon. 6 PHILADELPHIA 7:00
Wed. 8 PHILADELPHIA 7:00
Fri. 10 SACRAMENTO 7:00
Mon. 13 at Dallas 8:30
Wed. 15 at San Antonio 8:30
Fri. 17 at Portland 10:00
Sun. 19 at Phoenix 8:00
Mon. 20 at Utah 9:00
Thu. 23 at Denver 9:00
Mon. 27 HOUSTON 7:00
Wed. 29 at Indiana 7:00
JANUARY
Sun. 2 PHOENIX 7:00
Mon. 3 at Washington 7:00
Wed. 5 DETROIT 7:00
Sat. 8 MILWAUKEE 7:00
Mon. 10 MILWAUKEE 7:00
Wed. 12 at Philadelphia 7:00
Fri. 14 ORLANDO 7:00
Mon. 17 at New York 1:00
Wed. 19 at Boston 7:30
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
College football
Here’s the Carolinas Division I results from last week:
(Tuesday)
Louisiana 41, Appalachian State 13
(Friday)
Clemson 17, Syracuse 14
(Saturday)
Virginia 48, Duke 0
Samford 27, Wofford 24
North Carolina 45, Miami 42
Monmouth 34, Campbell 17
S.C. State 37, Morgan State 14
South Carolina 21, Vanderbilt 20
Kennesaw State 14, N.C. A&T 0
Furman 24, The Citadel 14
Charleston Southern 35, Hampton 5
Davidson 70, Presbyterian 35
N.C. State 33, Boston College 7
Here’s the Carolinas Division II results from last week:
(Saturday)
Lincoln, Pa. 17, Elizabeth City State 14
Lenoir-Rhyne 59, Carson-Newman 0
Virginia Union 38, Chowan 31
Winston-Salem State 41, St. Augustine’s 0
Shaw 14, Livingstone 3
Fayetteville State 55, J.C. Smith 12
North Greenville 42, Delta State 34
Erskine 24, Bluefield State 19
Newberry 14, Catawba 7
Mars Hill 32, Limestone 3
UNC-Pembroke at West Virginia State, 6 p.m.
Barton 26, Wingate 20 (OT)
Here’s the Carolinas Division I schedule for this week:
(Wednesday)
Coastal Carolina at Appalachian State, 7:30 p.m.
(Thursday)
Florida Atlantic at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.
(Saturday)
Wake Forest at Army, noon
Davidson at Butler, 1 p.m.
New Hampshire at Elon, 1 p.m.
N.C. Central at Morgan State, 1 p.m.
San Diego at Presbyterian, 1 p.m.
Robert Morris at Gardner-Webb, 1:30 p.m.
East Tennessee State at Furman, 2 p.m.
N.C. A&T at Hampton, 2 p.m.
S.C. State at Delaware State, 2 p.m.
Western Carolina at The Citadel, 2 p.m.
Charleston Southern at North Alabama, 3 p.m.
Clemson at Pittsburgh, 3:30 p.m.
East Carolina at Houston, 4 p.m.
Kennesaw State at Campbell, 4 p.m.
Wofford at Mercer, 6 p.m.
South Carolina at Texas A&M, 7:30 p.m.
N.C. State at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Here’s the Carolinas Division II schedule for this week:
(Saturday)
Wingate at Virginia Wise, noon
Catawba at Mars Hill, 1 p.m.
Fayetteville State at St. Augustine’s, 1 p.m.
J.C. Smith at Shaw, 1 p.m.
Limestone at Lenoir-Rhyne, 1 p.m.
Livingstone at Winston-Salem State, 1 p.m.
Chowan at Elizabeth City State, 1:30 p.m
Barton at Tusculum, 2 p.m.
Charleston, W.Va. at UNC-Pembroke, 2 p.m.
Carson-Newman at Newberry, 4 p.m.
North Greenville at West Georgia, 6 p.m.
High school boys soccer
The N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association playoff brackets were determined Sunday and Gaston Day and Gaston Christian are part of the field.
In Class, 2A, Gaston Day (13-2) is the No. 1 seed and gets a bye into Thursday’s second round against the winner of Tuesday’s Hickory Christian (5-11) at University Christian (6-7-1) game.
In Class 3A, unseeded Gaston Christian (5-8) plays at Fayetteville Christian (10-3) on Tuesday.
Here are the standings for teams from Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties through Oct. 14 with conference record listed first followed by overall record:
BIG SOUTH 3A
Cramer 10-0, 16-2
Forestview 8-2, 11-4-1
Ashbrook 6-4, 8-5
South Point 7-3, 11-6
North Gaston 4-6, 6-8-1
Huss 2-7-1, 5-7-1
Kings Mountain 2-7-1, 3-11-1
Crest 0-10, 0-14
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A/2A
Shelby 9-0, 14-1-1
Highland Tech 9-1, 11-3
Thomas Jefferson 5-4, 5-6
Burns 5-5, 8-5-1
East Gaston 3-6, 4-13
Bessemer City 1-8, 2-11
Cherryville 0-8, 1-11-1
OTHERS
Gaston Christian 3-2, 5-8
Gaston Day 5-0, 13-2
East Lincoln 6-3-1, 8-6-2
North Lincoln 3-7, 7-10
Lincolnton 9-0-1, 11-0-3
West Lincoln 0-10, 2-15
Lincoln Charter 2-5, 6-9-1
Mtn Island Charter 0-8, 3-11
Piedmont CC 9-1, 11-2
This week’s schedule
(Monday)
Cramer at Ashbrook
Forestview at Huss
North Gaston at Crest
South Point at Kings Mountain
Cherryville at Shelby
East Lincoln at West Iredell
North Lincoln at North Iredell
Lincolnton at West Caldwell
Newton-Conover at West Lincoln
Lincoln Charter at Community School of Davidson
Mountain Island Charter at Langtree Charter
(Tuesday)
Forestview at Lincolnton
Burns at Thomas Jefferson
East Gaston at Cherryville
Shelby at Bessemer City
NCISAA playoffs – Gaston Christian at Fayetteville Christian
(Wednesday)
Crest at Forestview
Huss at North Gaston
Kings Mountain at Cramer
South Point at Ashbrook
Foard at East Lincoln
St. Stephens at North Lincoln
East Burke at Lincolnton
West Caldwell at West Lincoln
Pine Lake Prep at Lincoln Charter
Mountain Island Charter at Christ the King
(Thursday)
Bessemer City at East Gaston
Burns at Cherryville
Highland Tech at Thomas Jefferson
Shelby at T.C. Roberson
NCISAA playoffs – Tuesday winner at Gaston Day
(Friday)
Piedmont CC at Corivan Community
High school volleyball
MAC regular season and tournament champion Gaston Day (25-9) is the No. 1 seed in the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association playoffs and will host Salem Baptist (0-16) in Tuesday’ first round.
In NCISAA Class 3A, Gaston Christian (6-11) visits Calvary Day (9-10) in a first round match.
Here’s the standings for two local conferences through Oct. 14:
BIG SOUTH 3A
Kings Mountain 13-0, 17-2
Crest 9-1, 16-1
South Point 9-4, 10-9
Forestview 7-6, 12-7
Cramer 5-7, 9-10
North Gaston 4-6, 5-12
Ashbrook 1-11, 1-13
Huss 0-13, 1-16
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A/2A
Highland Tech 10-0, 15-2
East Gaston 10-1, 14-5
Cherryville 8-4, 12-12
Burns 5-5, 8-7
Thomas Jefferson 4-8, 6-11
Bessemer City 1-10, 1-16
Shelby 1-11, 1-16