10-20-22 roundup: Pro basketball and football, High school football, girls tennis and volleyball, College football, Middle school football, Auto racing
By Richard Walker
East Lincoln and Kings Mountain have historically enjoyed high school football success.
They’ve also finished with unbeaten regular seasons.
Both are 8-0 overall entering Friday’s games, which makes them two wins shy of accomplishing a feat that has led to great success in each program’s history.
East Lincoln has had three unbeaten regular seasons in its 56-year history – in 2012, 2014 and 2015.
With future NFL linebacker Chazz Surratt as a receiver in 2012 and a quarterback in 2014 when the Mustangs won their two state championships for teams that went 16-0. And in Surratt’s senior year of 2015 in which he was named Parade magazine’s National Player of the Year, an injury knocked Surratt out of a Western finals loss that ended East Lincoln’s season at 14-1.
Other standouts on the East Lincoln roster in those year were quarterback Garrett Young and receivers Sage Surratt (Chazz’s younger brother) and Cameron Dollar.
Kings Mountain has had seven unbeaten regular seasons since it began playing football 100 years ago in 1922 – in 1926, 1955, 1956, 1963, 1964, 1996 and the 2021 spring season.
In the 1926, 1955, 1956, 1963 and 1996 seasons, the Mountaineers had at least one tie, highlighted the school’s lone state title year of 1956 when they finished 10-0-1 with a lone blemish a 6-all tie against Shelby in the ninth game.
In that 1956 season, future Gaston County Sports Hall of Famer Shu Carlton was head coach as Kings Mountain won the old the Western N.C. Actitivies Association Western Conference state title in a 7-6 victory over Lenoir in a game played at Lenoir-Rhyne College.
The Mountaineers were led by the school’s first 1,000-yard rusher Ken Baity and fellow all-conference linemen Keith Layton and David Marlowe.
In the championship game, Doug Rathbone’s touchdown in the second quarter was followed by J.L. Stewart’s extra point that proved decisive when Lenoir scored a touchdown but missed its extra point in the fourth quarter.
Here’s a look at this week’s Cleveland/Gaston/Lincoln games:
Ashbrook at Kings Mountain: Ashbrook leads all time 17-12-2 in a series that began in 1922 when it was Gastonia against Kings Mountain. The Mountaineers won 51-0 last season.
Cherryville at Burns: Burns leads 19-9 all time in a series that began in 1969 that includes a 47-0 win last season.
Crest at Huss: Crest leads 14-7 all time in the series, including a 57-6 win last season.
East Burke at West Lincoln: West Lincoln leads 3-1 all time, including a 16-14 win last season.
East Gaston at Shelby: Shelby leads 17-1 all time, including two victories last season – 62-28 in the regular season and 64-15 in the third round of the state playoffs.
East Lincoln at North Iredell: East Lincoln leads 12-8 all time, including a 42-0 win last season.
Forestview at South Point: South Point leads 22-3 all time, including two victories last season – 17-14 in double overtime in the regular season and 29-7 in the third round of the state playoffs.
Lincolnton at Maiden: Lincolnton leads 25-23-1 all time in a series that began in 1925, but Maiden won 27-7 last season.
North Gaston at Cramer: Cramer leads 7-1 all time, including a 49-14 win last season.
North Lincoln at West Iredell: North Lincoln leads 5-2 all time, including a 50-0 win last season.
Thomas Jefferson at Highland Tech: Thoams Jefferson lead 10-0 all time, including a 58-0 win last season.
Winston-Salem Carver at Mountain Island Charter: Mountain Island Charter won 39-0 last season in the only previous meeting.
Off – Bessemer City
(This week’s other area games:)
Hickory at Foard
St. Stephens at Statesville
West Caldwell at Bandys
Newton-Conover at Bunker Hill
Chambers at West Charlotte
Hopewell at North Meck
Hough at West Cabarrus
West Meck at Mallard Creek
Kell at Olympic
Palisades at Harding
Myers Park at South Meck
Charlotte Catholic at East Meck
Garinger at Providence
Independence at Rocky River
Chase at Patton
East Rutherford at Polk County
Lake Norman Charter at Pine Lake Prep
Clover, S.C. at Fort Mill, S.C.
Here are the area standings through Oct. 14 with conference records followed by overall records:
(Big South 3A)
Kings Mountain 5-0, 8-0
South Point 4-1, 7-1
Crest 4-1, 6-2
Ashbrook 2-3, 3-5
Forestview 2-3, 3-5
Huss 2-3, 3-5
Cramer 1-4, 3-5
North Gaston 0-5, 0-8
(Southern Piedmont 1A/2A)
Burns 4-0, 7-1
Shelby 4-0, 5-3
East Gaston 3-1, 5-3
Bessemer City 2-3, 2-7
Cherryville 1-3, 3-5
Thomas Jefferson 1-4, 1-7
Highland Tech 0-4, 0-8
(Western Foothills 3A)
East Lincoln 5-0, 8-0
Hickory 4-1, 6-2
Statesville 4-1, 5-3
North Lincoln 3-2, 3-5
St. Stephens 2-3, 3-5
North Iredell 1-4, 1-7
West Iredell 1-4, 1-7
Foard 0-5, 0-8
(Catawba Valley 2A)
Maiden 5-0, 7-1
Bunker Hill 4-1, 7-1
Lincolnton 4-1, 5-3
West Lincoln 3-2, 6-2
Newton-Conover 2-3, 3-5
Bandys 2-3, 3-5
East Burke 0-5, 1-7
West Caldwell 0-5, 0-8
(Queen City 3A/4A)
Mallard Creek 4-0, 6-2
Hough 4-1, 6-2
Chambers 3-1, 6-2
West Charlotte 2-2, 4-4
North Meck 1-3, 4-4
West Meck 1-4, 5-4
Hopewell 0-4, 1-7
(Southern Meck 4A)
Olympic 4-0, 8-0
Kell 4-0, 7-1
Myers Park 3-1, 3-5
South Meck 2-2, 4-4
Harding 1-3, 2-6
Berry Academy 1-4, 2-7
Palisades 0-5, 1-7
(Southwestern 4A)
Butler 5-0, 8-1
Catholic 4-1, 6-2
Independence 3-1, 7-1
Providence 1-3, 3-5
East Meck 1-3, 2-6
Rocky River 1-3, 2-6
Garinger 0-4, 0-8
(Others)
Mtn Isl Charter 1-4, 3-4
Chase 4-0, 8-0
East Rutherford 0-5, 1-8
R-S Central 2-3, 4-5
Lk Nor Charter none, 4-4
(Cleveland/Gaston/Lincoln team offensive statistical leaders)
All with 1000 or more yards
Total yards
Crest 3520
West Lincoln 3486
Burns 3368
Shelby 3118
East Lincoln 2952
East Gaston 2881
South Point 2795
Cramer 2772
Kings Mountain 2768
North Lincoln 2543
Lincolnton 2156
Mtn Isl Charter 2043
Ashbrook 1857
Bessemer City 1800
Forestview 1577
Cherryville 1386
Huss 1326
North Gaston 1128
Rushing yards
West Lincoln 3179
South Point 2384
North Lincoln 2022
East Gaston 1940
Ashbrook 1583
East Lincoln 1434
Crest 1382
Kings Mountain 1345
Burns 1265
Lincolnton 1160
Mtn Isl Charter 1039
Shelby 1000
Passing yards
Crest 2138
Shelby 2118
Burns 2103
Cramer 1824
East Lincoln 1518
Kings Mountain 1423
Bessemer City 1123
Mtn Isl Charter 1004
(Cleveland/Gaston/Lincoln individual statistical leaders)
All with 300 or more yards
Passing
Ny’Tavious Huskey, Crest 2056
Daylin Lee, Shelby 2040
Ben Mauney, Burns 1985
Justin Rocquemore, Cramer 1700
Tyler Mizzell, East Lincoln 1527
Lamont Littlejohn, Kings Mtn 1414
Jameer Holmes, Bessemer City 1092
Andre Bost, Lincolnton 949
Trent Sherrill, East Gaston 941
Jaxson Hill, Forestview 792
Chase Miller, Cherryville 705
Conner Carson, North Lincoln 499
Javarion Brown, Huss 389
Dwayne Fields, Mtn Isl Charter 356
Tiger Coffin, Mtn Isl Charter 345
Patrick Blee, South Point 327
Rushing
Mason Avery, West Lincoln 1597
Cam Medlock, South Point 943
Sirr Stovall, East Gaston 936
Carmelo Bess, Ashbrook 869
Cody Morse, North Lincoln 792
Christopher Daley, East Lincoln 732
Jeremiah Norris, Burns 687
Patrick Blee, South Point 638
Jaylin Winnex, West Lincoln 597
Khamoni Heath, Lincolnton 554
Aiden Carson, Crest 455
Justin Rocquemore, Cramer 453
Chase Johnson, East Gaston 414
Christian Holland, Forestview 395
Teddy Jeffries, Kings Mountain 370
Ny’Tavious Huskey, Crest 369
Mark O’Dell, Cramer 367
Terrance Smith, Bessemer City 354
Bricen Kee, Shelby 350
J.J. Gordon, North Gaston 349
Nate Eaton, Mtn Isl Charter 339
Caleb Holland, Kings Mountain 334
Ben Summey, East Gaston 301
Receiving
Javarius Green, Crest 944
Izay Bridges, Shelby 681
Ja’Keith Hamilton, Shelby 590
Isaiah Johnson, Cramer 508
Markel Clark, East Lincoln 502
Tyler Ward, Cramer 471
Ryan Thompson, Burns 466
Kahari Surratt, Burns 433
Jvontre Duff, Bessemer City 414
Randall Pettus, Bessemer City 377
Keandre Walker, East Lincoln 363
Eli Falls, Shelby 315
Sirr Stovall, East Gaston 300
High school volleyball
Fourteen teams from Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties have qualified for Saturday’s first round N.C. High School Athletic Association matches.
Here are Saturday’s pairings:
(Class 1A)
No. 27 Cherryville (13-9) at No. 6 Murphy
No. 4 Highland Tech (19-3) hosts No. 29 Millenium Charter
No. 30 Thomas Jefferson (8-12) at No. 3 Bishop McGuinness
No. 2 Mountain Island Charter (16-3) hosts No. 31 Bradford Prep
No. 8 Piedmont Community Charter (15-2) hosts No. 25 Avery County
(Class 2A)
No. 10 East Gaston (14-8) hosts No. 10 North Stanly
No. 14 Lincoln Charter (16-7) hosts No. 19 Community School of Davidson
(Class 3A)
No. 29 Cramer (12-10) at No. 4 North Henderson
No. 12 Forestview (14-3) host No. 21 Crest (16-10)
No. 3 Kings Mountain (24-2) hosts No. 30 North Davidson
No. 22 South Point (13-9) hosts No. 11 West Henderson
High school tennis
Oct. 19 first round results:
(Class 1A)
No. 4 Highland Tech (10-3) hosts No. 13 Piedmont Community Charter (3-7) – HT 6-0
(Class 2A)
No. 8 Shelby (11-2) hosts Wheatmore (12-7) – Shelby 8-1
No. 7 West Lincoln (15-2) hosts Mount Pleasant (9-6) – WL 8-0
No. 2 Lincoln Charter (11-0) hosts Southwestern Randolph (10-5) – LC 5-2
(Class 3A)
No. 1 Kings Mountain (8-0) hosts West Henderson (10-4) – WH 6-3
No. 5 North Lincoln (14-1) hosts Hickory (9-2) – NL 5-1
No. 11 East Lincoln (12-2) at W-S Atkins (11-2) – EL 5-3
No. 15 Forestview (8-2) at Franklin (14-0) – Franklin 5-1
Oct. 25 second round pairings:
(Class 1A)
No. 4 Highland Tech (11-3) hosts No. 12 Elkin (7-8)
(Class 2A)
No. 8 Shelby (12-2) at No. 1 Salisbury (16-0)
No. 7 West Lincoln (16-2) at No. 2 Lincoln Charter (12-0)
(Class 3A)
No. 5 North Lincoln (15-1) at No. 4 Lake Norman Charter (18-1)
No. 11 East Lincoln (13-2) at No. 3 Montgomery Central (16-0)
Middle school football
TRI-COUNTY CONFERENCE
(Playoffs)
Oct. 19 – No. 2 West (R-S Central) at No. 1 East (Kings Mountain) – R-S Central 20-0
Oct. 24 – No. 2 East (East Lincoln) at No. 1 West (Shelby)
Oct. 26 – Championship game: R-S Central at EL-Shelby winner
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 (L 10-24)
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:
October
19 at San Antonio (W 129-102)
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 weekend’s NCAA Division I Carolinas schedule:)
-Wednesday
Appalachian State 42, Georgia State 17
-Saturday
North Carolina A&T at Robert Morris, noon
Syracuse at Clemson, noon
Duke at Miami, 12:30 p.m.
Elon at New Hampshire, 1 p.m.
St. Thomas-Minnesota at Presbyterian, 1 p.m.
North Carolina Central at South Carolina State, 1:30 p.m.
Furman at VMI, 1:30 p.m.
The Citadel at Western Carolina, 2 p.m.
Davidson at Drake, 2 p.m.
Boston College at Wake Forest, 3:30 p.m.
Florida International at Charlotte, 3:30 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern, 6 p.m.
Texas A&M at Soth Carolina, 7:30 p.m.
Central Florida at East Carolian, 7:30 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-2)
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-3)
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 (Joey Logano-4)
Oct. 23 Dixie Vodka 400
Oct. 30 Xfinity 500
Nov. 6 NASCAR Cup Series Championship