10-27-21 roundup: Pro football and basketball, High school football, boys soccer, volleyball and girls tennis, College football, Middle school football, boys soccer and volleyball
By Richard Walker
The Charlotte Hornets matched their best five-game start in team history with a come-from-behind 120-111 victory at the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night.
The Hornets (4-1) matched franchise-record best starts in the 2000-01 and 2016-17 seasons.
In Wednesday’s win, Charlotte also rallied to win after trailing by double digits as the Hornets fell behind 20-8 early in the first quarter before taking a halftime lead at 64-61 and taking chaege of the contest with a strong fourth quarter.
Miles Bridges (31 points, 6 rebounds), Gordon Hayward (24 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists), Jalen McDaniels (16 points), Mason Plumlee (14 points, 10 rebounds) and Cody Martin (12 points) led a balanced Hornets’ attack that also got seven points, six rebounds and three assists from LaMelo Ball; Ball played 24 minutes are two first quarter fouls limited some of his playing time.
The Hornets, who play again on Friday at the Miami Heat, were without two of their top players due to injury as Terry Rozier (right ankle) and P.J. Washington (right knee) were out of action.
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 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
High school athletics
Gaston Day School will host three N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association Class 2A state championship games on Saturday.
The Spartans’ boys soccer team will host Fayetteville Trinity Academy and the volleyball and girls tennis teams will host Davidson Day.
High school soccer
Here are the standings for teams from Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties through Oct. 27 with conference record listed first followed by overall record:
BIG SOUTH 3A
Cramer 13-0-1, 19-2-1
Forestview 11-3, 14-6-1
South Point 10-4, 14-7
Ashbrook 8-5-1, 10-6-1
North Gaston 6-8, 8-10-1
Huss 3-10-1, 6-10-1
Kings Mountain 2-10-1, 3-14-1
Crest 0-13, 0-17
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A/2A
Shelby 12-0, 17-1-2
Highland Tech 9-3, 11-5
Thomas Jefferson 7-5, 7-7
Burns 6-6, 9-6-1
East Gaston 6-6, 7-13
Bessemer City 1-11, 2-14
Cherryville 1-11, 2-14-1
OTHERS
Gaston Christian 3-2, 6-9
Gaston Day 5-0, 16-2
East Lincoln 9-4-1, 11-7-2
North Lincoln 5-9, 9-12
Lincolnton 12-0-1, 15-0-3
West Lincoln 1-12, 3-17
Lincoln Charter 3-7, 7-11-1
Mtn Island Charter 0-10, 3-13
Piedmont CC 10-2-1, 12-3-1
This week’s schedule
(Monday)
Forestview 5, South Point 3
Huss 5, Crest 4
Cramer 5, North Gaston 0
East Lincoln 2, St. Stephens 0
North Lincoln 2, Foard 1
Lincolnton 7, Maiden 0
West Lincoln 4, East Burke 3
Piedmont CC 2, Queen’s Grant 0
(Tuesday)
Ashbrook 2, Kings Mountain 0: Hilario Aguirre and Jackson Thomas scored for the Green Wave.
Shelby 6, Highland Tech 2
East Gaston 2, Thomas Jefferson 0
Cherryville 2, Bessemer City 0
Christ the King 4, Lincoln Charter 1
Bradford Prep 2, Piedmont CC 1
NCISAA 2A playoffs- Gaston Day 5, Fayetteville Academy 1
(Wednesday)
Cramer 4, Forestview 0
Ashbrook 1, Huss 0: Hilario Aguirre scored on an assist from Amari Speid with two minutes left in regulation time and Nick Allen got the goalkeeping shutout for Ashbrook.
Kings Mountain at Crest, no report
South Point 2, North Gaston 1
North Iredell 1, East Lincoln 0
North Lincoln 1, West Iredell 0
West Lincoln at Lincolnton, no report
Piedmont CC at Carolina International, no report
(Thursday)
East Lincoln at Lincoln Charter
(Saturday)
NCISAA 2A final- Fayetteville Trinity Academy at Gaston Day
High school volleyball
Here are conference-by-conference playoff results:
BIG SOUTH 3A
(Saturday’s first round)
No. 12 Crest d. No. 21 Forestview 3-0 (25-15, 25-11, 25-11)
No. 20 South Point lost to No. 13 East Lincoln 0-3
No. 4 Kings Mountain d. No. 29 North Davidson 3-0 (25-5, 25-5, 25-8)
(Tuesday’s second round)
No. 12 Crest d. No. 5 Central Davidson 3-1
No. 4 Kings Mountain d. No. 13 East Lincoln 3-0 (26-24, 25-16, 25-13): The Mountaineers advance to third round behind Meile Songaila (13 serve receptions, 6 digs, 3 blocks, 16 kills, 13 service points), Aaliyah Byers (2 serve receptions , 10 digs, 3 blocks, 2 assists, 20 kills, 5 service points), Caroline Barber (14 serve receptions, 15 digs, 3 assists, 3 service points), Paige Bagwell (7 digs, 5 blocks, 38 assists, 2 kills, 5 service points) and Myracle Davis (4 digs, 6 blocks, 6 kills)
(Thursday’s third round)
No. 12 Crest at No. 4 Kings Mountain
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A/2A
2A state playoffs
(Saturday’s first round)
No. 23 Polk County d. No. 10 East Gaston 3-0
1A state playoffs
(Saturday’s first round)
No. 9 Elkin d. No. 24 Cherryville 3-0
No. 8 Highland Tech d. No. 25 Corvian Community 3-0
(Tuesday’s second round)
No. 8 Highland Tech d. No. 9 Elkin 3-1
(Thursday’s third round)
No. 8 Highland Tech at No. 1 Union Academy
WESTERN FOOTHILLS 3A
3A state playoffs
(Saturday’s first round)
No. 1 North Iredell d. No. 32 West Charlotte 3-0
No. 5 Central Davidson d. No. 28 St. Stephens 3-2
No. 10 Foard d. No. 23 Ledford 3-0
No. 13 East Lincoln d. No. 20 South Point 3-0
No. 14 Hickory d. No. 19 North Buncombe 3-0
(Tuesday’s second round)
No. 1 North Iredell d. No. 17 Pisgah 3-0
No. 4 Kings Mountain d. No. 13 East Lincoln 3-0
No. 3 West Rowan d. No. 14 Hickory 3-0
No. 10 Foard d. No. 26 Smoky Mountain 3-0
(Thursday’s third round)
No. 9 Ashe County at No. 1 North Iredell
No. 10 Foard at No. 2 West Henderson
CATAWBA VALLEY 2A
2A state playoffs
(Saturday’s first round)
No. 1 East Surry d. No. 32 West Lincoln 3-0
No. 17 Bandys d. No. 16 R-S Central 3-1
No. 9 Maiden d. No. 24 Providence Grove 3-0
(Tuesday’s second round)
No. 1 East Surry d. No. 17 Bandys 3-0
No. 9 Maiden d. No. 25 Whitmore 3-0
(Thursday’s third round)
No. 9 Maiden at No. 1 East Surry
Other NCHSAA playoff pairings
(Saturday’s first round)
1A- No. 13 Mount Airy d. No. 20 Mountain Island Charter 3-0
2A- No. 4 Lincoln Charter d. No. 29 Lexington 3-0
(Tuesday’s second round)
2A- No. 13 Randleman d. No. 4 Lincoln Charter 3-2
NCISAA playoffs
(Saturday’s third round)
Gaston Day d. Fayetteville Freedom Christian Academy 3-0 (25-9, 25-7, 25-5)
(Thursday’s semifinals)
Gaston Day d. Caldwell Academy at Gaston Day 3-0 (25-4, 25-11, 25-13)
(Saturday’s championship)
Davidson Day at Gaston Day
Pro football
On a day where multiple reports say the Carolina Panthers are no longer pursuing a trade for Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, the team announced only player was held out of practice among those on the active roster.
Rookie wide receiver Terrace Marshall Jr. remains out of practice, still recovering from the concussion he suffered against Minnesota on Oct. 16
Linebacker Shaq Thompson (foot) returned to practice in hopes he could return soon. Also, offensive tackle Cameron Erving (neck) participated fully after missing last week’s loss at the New York Giants due to illness.
For those not on the active roster, cornerback back Stephen Gilmore was at practice along with safeties Juston Burris and Myles Hartsfield, offensive guard Pat Elflein.
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 (L 3-25)
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
College football
Here’s the Carolinas Division I schedule this week:
(Thursday)
Troy at Coastal Carolina, 7 p.m.
South Florida at East Carolina, 7:30 p.m.
(Saturday)
Campbell at Charleston Southern, 1 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at Kennesaw State, 1 p.m.
Monmouth at North Carolina A&T, 1 p.m.
Stetson at Presbyterian, 1 p.m.
Furman at Chattanooga, 1:30 p.m.
Western Carolina at Wofford, 1:30 p.m.
Davidson at Morehead State, 2 p.m.
Elon at James Madison, 2 p.m.
Mercer at The Citadel, 2 p.m.
S.C. State at North Carolina Central, 2 p.m.
Florida State at Clemson, 3:30 p.m.
UL Monroe at Appalachian State, 3:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Western Kentucky, 4 p.m.
Duke at Wake Forest, 4 p.m.
Louisville at N.C. State, 7:30 p.m.
North Carolina at Notre Dame, 7:30 p.m.
Here’s the Carolinas Division II schedule this week:
(Saturday)
UNC Pembroke at West Liberty, noon
West Alabama at North Greenville, noon
Newberry at Erskine, 1 p.m.
Saint Augustine’s at J.C. Smith, 1 p.m.
Tusculum at Catawba, 1 p.m.
Winston-Salem State at Shaw, 1 p.m.
Bluefield State at Barton, 2 p.m.
Chowan at Virginia State, 2 p.m.
Virginia Union at Elizabeth City State, 2 p.m.
Livingstone at Fayetteville State, 2 p.m.
Mars Hill at Carson-Newman, 3 p.m.
Virginia Wise at Limestone, 4 p.m.
Lenoir-Rhyne at Wingate, 6 p.m.
High school football
Here are standings through Oct. 26 with conference record listed first followed by overall record:
BIG SOUTH 3A
Kings Mountain 6-0, 8-1
Crest 6-0, 6-2
South Point 4-2, 6-3
Cramer 3-3, 5-4
Forestview 3-3, 4-5
Ashbrook 1-5, 1-6
North Gaston 1-5, 1-8
Huss 0-6, 0-7
WESTERN FOOTHILLS 3A
Statesville 6-0, 8-0
North Lincoln 5-1, 7-2
Hickory 5-1, 6-3
East Lincoln 4-2, 7-2
North Iredell 2-4, 2-6
West Iredell 1-5, 1-6
St. Stephens 1-5, 1-7
Foard 0-6, 0-8
CATAWBA VALLEY 2A
Maiden 6-0, 9-0
Bunker Hill 5-1, 8-1
West Lincoln 4-2, 7-2
Lincolnton 4-2, 4-5
Newton-Conover 3-3, 3-5
Bandys 1-5, 3-5
East Burke 1-5, 2-6
West Caldwell 0-6, 0-8
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A/2A
Shelby 5-0, 8-1
Burns 5-0, 7-2
East Gaston 3-2, 5-4
Thomas Jefferson 3-3, 5-3
Bessemer City 1-4, 2-7
Cherryville 1-4, 2-7
Highland Tech 0-5, 1-8
QUEEN CITY 3A/4A
Hough 5-0, 9-0
Chambers 4-1, 8-1
West Charlotte 2-3, 6-3
North Meck 3-2, 5-3
Mallard Creek 3-2, 4-3
West Meck 1-5, 4-6
Hopewell 0-5, 1-8
SOUTH MECK 4A
South Meck 3-1, 7-2
Kell 3-1, 6-2
Myers Park 3-1, 6-3
Olympic 2-2, 5-3
Berry Academy 1-3, 2-5
Harding 0-4, 2-7
SOUTHWESTERN 4A
Butler 5-0, 6-2
Catholic 5-1, 7-2
Providence 3-2, 5-4
Independence 3-2, 4-4
Rocky River 1-4, 2-7
East Meck 1-4, 1-8
Garinger 0-5, 0-8
OTHERS
Chase 3-1, 8-1
Clover 2-1, 3-4
Mtn Island Charter 5-1, 8-1
R-S Central 2-2, 2-5
Lk Norman Charter 0-0, 5-3
This week’s schedule:
(Monday)
Thomas Jefferson 58, Highland Tech 0
(Tuesday)
East Burke 36, Bandys 32
(Friday)
Ashbrook at Huss
Crest at Kings Mountain
Forestview at Cramer
North Gaston at South Point
Burns at Shelby
Cherryville at Bessemer City
East Gaston at Highland Tech
East Lincoln at North Lincoln
Lincolnton at West Lincoln
Lake Norman Charter at Mountain Island Charter
Hickory at Statesville
St. Stephens at Foard
West Iredell at North Iredell
Bunker Hill at Bandys
East Burke at West Caldwell
Newton-Conover at Maiden
Hopewell at Hough
Mallard Creek at Chambers
North Meck at West Charlotte
Kell at Berry Academy
Olympic at Myers Park
South Meck at Harding
Butler at Independence
Garinger at Rocky River
Providence at East Meck
Carolina Bearcats at Thomas Jefferson
R-S Central at Chase
Clover, S.C. at Nation Ford
Middle school football
Longtime rivals Crest and Shelby will meet for the 2021 Tri-County Conference championship game on Thursday at Crest High School.
The series between the two schools began in 1976 when they were junior highs and Thursday’s game is the 63rd meeting between the schools; Shelby leads the all-time series 33-27-2.
In the junior high era that lasted from 1976 to 1986, the schools met twice a season as each school had varsity and junior varsity teams; Shelby had an 8-3-1 series lead in varsity games and the schools tied 5-5-1 in junior varsity matchups.
Since the middle school era began in 1987, Shelby holds a 20-19 series advantage including Crest’s 14-12 win on Oct. 14 in the regular season. That win snapped a three-game Shelby win streak and Thursday’s meeting is the fourth time the teams are meeting in the Tri-County championship games.
Crest won the 2010 and 2011 meetings with Shelby winning the 2014 matchup.
Shelby is 7-1 overall and Crest 6-1. Crest advanced with a 38-12 semifinal win over Kings Mountain and Shelby advanced with a 16-12 victory over East Lincoln.
Middle school boys soccer
Gaston County Conference standings through Oct. 27 games:
Belmont 2-0
Cramerton 2-0
W.C. Friday 1-0
Grier 1-0
York Chester 1-1
Holbrook 0-0
Chavis 0-1
Bessemer City 0-1
Southwest 0-1
Stanley 0-1
Mount Holly 0-2
(Wednesday’s matches)
Cramerton 7, Mount Holly 2: Kellen Albanese and Jacob Ledwak each recorded hat tricks, Saliou Diouf had one goal and two assists, Brody Dyer had an assist and Tristan Holt, Josh Ramsey and Jarrett Bumpas led the defense for Cramerton.
Belmont 2, York Chester 0: Zeke Pruitt scored on an assist from Brian Shaw and Ty Cunnningham scored on a penalty kick and Belmont’s defense was led by Bennet Nixon, Tanner Layman, Matthew Hackney, Griffin Williams and goalkeeper Hunter Gerould.
(Thursday’s matches)
Bessemer City at Stanley
Holbrook at W.C. Friday
Southwest at Chavis
Middle school volleyball
Gaston County Conference standings through Oct. 27 games:
Belmont 2-0
Cramerton 2-0
Chavis 1-0
W.C. Friday 1-0
Mount Holly 1-1
Holbrook 0-0
Bessemer City 0-1
Grier 0-1
Southwest 0-1
Stanley 0-1
York Chester 0-2
(Wednesday’s matches)
Cramerton 3, Mount Holly 1: Arydn Thornburg , Cailey Evans, Julianna Mott, Jordan Gates, Lilly Coletta, Addison Townsend and Finley Watson were leaders for Cramerton.
Belmont 3, York Chester 0: Carsyn Redmond, Bella Goodwin, Riley Walls, McKenna Grice and Charlotte Weeks led Belmont.
(Thursday’s matches)
Bessemer City at Stanley
Holbrook at W.C. Friday
Southwest at Chavis