10-3-22 roundup: Pro basketball, football and soccer, High school football, College football, Middle school football and softball, Auto racing
By Richard Walker
Former Burns High and Cherryville American Legion Post 100 standout Christopher Proctor was a part of a professional baseball championship team.
Proctor and the Lancaster Barnstormers won the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball title following series wins over Southern Maryland and High Point.
A 2015 Burns High graduate, Proctor hit .243 with three home runs and 19 RBIs in 32 games for Lancaster after he was acquired from High Point on July 23.
Released by the Detroit Tigers’ organization in March, Proctor hit .296 with 17 RBIs in 37 games for High Point before he was traded.
Proctor hit .364 with four RBIs in two playoff games in the Barnstormers 3-0 best-of-five series sweep of High Point.
Here’s how some other area players finished up in minor league baseball this season:
Jeremy Walker (former Gardner-Webb player) played for two teams and ended the season as a Class AAA World Series championship for the Durham Bulls, who beat Nashville 13-0 on Saturday to win the International League title and beat Reno 10-6 on Sunday to win the Class AAA World Series title game. Walker went 0-0 with a 9.00 ERA in one appearance for Class AA San Jose of the San Francisco Giants’ organization before he was traded to the Tampa Bays’ organization on Aug. 2 and went 0-0 with a 5.91 ERA in 17 appearances (two starts) for Durham.
Will Wilson (Kings Mountain 2016) played for three teams in the San Francisco Giants’ organization. He hit .500 with one home run and nine RBIs in nine games for the Giants Orange Rookie League team, hit .225 with 12 home runs and 27 RBIs in 52 games Class AA Richmond and hit .182 with two RBIs in 10 games for Class AAA Sacramento.
Reilly Hovis (Forestview 2012) went 8-5 with a 5.61 ERA in 27 appearances (22 starts) for the Gastonia Honey Hunters of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.
Tyler White (former Gastonia Post 23 Legion, Gastonia Grizzlies player) hit .231 with 13 home runs and 46 RBIs in 75 games for the Milwaukee Brewers’ Class AAA Nashville before being traded to the Atlanta Braves where he hit .227 with three home runs and 12 RBIs in 28 games for Class AAA Gwinnett.
Garrett Davila (South Point 2015) went 6-5 with a 4.97 ERA in 29 appearances (11 starts) for Class AA Birmingham of the Chicago White Sox organization.
Mason Fox (former Gardner-Webb player) played for three teams in the San Diego Padres’ organization. He went 0-0 with one save and a 2.25 ERA in two appearances for Class A Fort Wayne, went 4-3 with 6.04 ERA in 31 appearances for Class AA San Antonio and went 0-0 with a 5.40 ERA in five appearances for Class AAA El Paso.
Chandler Redmond (former Gardner-Webb player) hit .235 with 21 home runs and 79 RBIs in 94 games for Class AA Springfield of the St. Louis Cardinals’ organization.
Blake Brown (North Gaston 2016) spent the entire season on the disabled list of Class AA Reading in the Philadelphia Phillies’ organization.
Dylan Smith (Forestview 2015, former Belmont Abbey player) went 2-0 with one save and a 3.89 ERA for the New York Boulders in the independent Frontier League.
Mason Miller (former Gardner-Webb player) went 0-1 with a 3.86 ERA in three starts for Class A Lansing and 0-1 with a 5.40 ERA in two starts for Class AAA Las Vegas of the Oakland Athletics’ organization.
Kyle Halbohn (former Belmont Abbey player) went 1-1 with three saves and a 7.24 ERA in 17 appearances for Piratas de Campeche of the Mexican League.
C.J. Mayhue (Crest 2019) went 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA in two appearances for the Los Angeles Angels Arizona Rookie League team.
Ben Gobbel (former Belmont Abbey player) hit .184 with four RBIs in 13 games for the Los Angeles Angels’ Rookie League team.
And Isaiah Lowe (Combine Academy 2022) signed with the San Diego Padres and Connor Godwin (Combine Academy 2021) with the Los Angeles Dodgers but neither played any games.
Pro football
The Carolina Panthers’ struggling offense won’t see a change at quarterback according to head coach Matt Rhule.
Rhule said on Monday, “Baker’s our starter,” as the team prepares for Sunday’s home game against the San Francisco 49ers.
Rhule added that 2021 starting quarterback Sam Darnold (high ankle sprain) wasn’t ready to return to practice.
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, 4:05 p.m.
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, 7 p.m.
7 Boston (at Greensboro), 7:30 p.m.
10 Washington, 7 p.m.
12 at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
(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.
Middle school softball
Gaston County Conference playoffs:
(Tuesday’s semifinals)
W.C. Friday at Belmont
Stanley at Chavis
(Thursday championship game)
At highest seed
Middle school football
GASTON COUNTY CONFERENCE
Standings through Sept. 28 with division records followed by overall records:
(Division I)
Southwest 3-0, 4-1
Holbrook 2-1, 4-1
Cramerton 2-2, 4-2
Grier 1-2, 2-3
Mount Holly 0-3, 2-3
(Division II)
Belmont 4-0, 6-0
York Chester 3-1, 3-3
Stanley 2-2, 2-3
W.C. Friday 2-2, 2-4
Bessemer City 1-3, 1-5
Chavis 0-4, 0-5
(Wednesday’s games)
Chavis at Belmont
Mount Holly at Grier
Southwest at Holbrook
Stanley at Bessemer City
York Chester at W.C. Friday
TRI-COUNTY CONFERENCE
Standings through Sept. 28 with division records followed by overall records:
(West)
East Lincoln 2-1, 3-1
Lincolnton 2-1, 3-1
North Lincoln 2-1, 3-1
Kings Mountain 2-1, 2-2
Burns 1-2, 1-3
West Lincoln 0-3, 1-3
(East)
Crest 3-0, 4-0
Shelby 2-1, 3-1
R-S Central 2-1, 2-2
East Rutherford 1-2, 1-3
Thomas Jefferson 1-2, 1-3
Chase 0-3, 0-4
(Tuesday’s games)
Burns at North Lincoln
Chase at Shelby
East Lincoln at West Lincoln
East Rutherford at R-S Central
Lincolnton at Kings Mountain
Thomas Jefferson at Crest
College football
This week’s NCAA Division I Carolinas schedule:
(Saturday’s games)
Gardner-Webb at Robert Morris, noon
Wofford at Samford, 1 p.m.
Valparaiso at Presbyterian, 1 p.m.
Furman at The Citadel, 2 p.m.
Davidson at St. Thomas-Minnesota, 2 p.m.
Towson at Elon, 2 p.m.
Florida A&M at South Carolina State, 2 p.m.
East Carolina at Tulane, 3:30 p.m.
Duke at Georgia Tech, 4 p.m.
North Carolina at Miami, Fla., 4 p.m.
Western Carolina at Mercer, 4 p.m.
Charleston Southern at Campbell, 4 p.m.
Appalachian State at Texas State, 7 p.m.
Clemson at Boston College, 7:30 p.m.
South Carolina at Kentucky, 7:30 p.m.
Army at Wake Forest, 7:30 p.m.
Florida State at N.C. State, 8 p.m.
Coastal Carolina at Louisiana-Monroe, 8 p.m.
High school football
(Friday’s Cleveland/Gaston/Lincoln counties games:)
Burns at Thomas Jefferson
Christ the King at Mountain Island Charter
Cramer at Ashbrook
East Gaston at Bessemer City
East Lincoln at Foard
Forestview at Huss
Highland Tech at Cherryville
Newton-Conover at West Lincoln
North Gaston at Crest
North Lincoln at St. Stephens
South Point at Kings Mountain
West Caldwell at Lincolnton
Off – Shelby
(Friday’s other area games:)
Hickory at North Iredell
Statesville at West Iredell
Maiden at Bandys
East Burke at Bunker Hill
Chambers at Hopewell
Hough at West Charlotte
North Meck at West Meck
South Meck at Kell
Olympic at Berry Academy
Myers Park at Palisades
Rocky River at Butler
Garinger at Charlotte Catholic
Providence at Independence
Chase at Brevard
East Rutherford at Hendersonville
R-S Central at Patton
Lake Norman Charter at Bear Grass Charter
Spring Valley, S.C. at Clover, S.C.
Pro soccer
Charlotte FC striker Daniel Rios was voted MLS Player of the Week after scoring all four goals of Saturday’s 4-0 thrashing of the Eastern Conference-leading Philadelphia Union to keep Charlotte’s playoff hopes alive.
Rios was the first player in Charlotte FC history to score a hat trick and first player to score multiple goals against Philadelphia in more than three years.
Here’s the full Charlotte FC MLS schedule for the 2022 season (with results):
(13-17-2 record)
Feb. 26 at D.C. (L 0-3)
March 5, L.A. (L 0-1)
March 13, at Atlanta (L 1-2)
March 19, New England (W 3-1)
March 26, Cincinnati (W 2-0)
April 2, at Philadelphia (L 0-2)
April 10, Atlanta (W 1-0)
April 16, at New England (L 1-2)
April 23, at Colorado (T 0-0)
April 30, at Orlando (L 1-2)
May 7, Miami (W 1-0)
May 14, Montreal (L 0-2)
May 22, Vancouver (W 2-1)
May 29, at Seattle (L 1-2)
June 11, New York (W 2-0)
June 18, at Columbus (T 1-1)
June 25, at Montreal (L 1-2)
June 30, Austin (L 0-1)
July 3, at Houston (W 2-1)
July 9, Nashville (W 4-1)
July 16, at Miami (L 2-3)
July 23, at Toronto (L 0-4)
July 30, Columbus (suspended at 0-0 in 16th minute to Oct. 5)
August 3, D.C. (W 3-0)
August 6, Chicago (L 2-3)
August 13, at LAFC (L 0-5)
August 17, at New York City (W 3-1)
August 21, Orlando (L 1-2)
August 27, Toronto (L 0-2)
September 3, at Cincinnati (L 0-2)
September 10, New York City (W 1-0)
September 17, at Chicago (W 3-2)
October 1, Philadelphia (W 4-0)
October 5, Columbus, 7 p.m.
October 9, at New York, 1 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
Oct. 16 South Point 400
Oct. 23 Dixie Vodka 400
Oct. 30 Xfinity 500
Nov. 6 NASCAR Cup Series Championship