10-4-22 roundup: Pro basketball, football and soccer, High school football, boys soccer, volleyball and girls tennis, College football, Middle school golf, football and softball, Auto racing
By Richard Walker
Cramerton won its fifth Gaston County Conference middle school golf championship in six seasons on Tuesday at Green Meadows Golf Course in Mount Holly.
Belmont’s Will Monteith was the individual medalist for the second straight year with a 37 that was one shot ahead of five other golfers in the field.
Cramerton has won 15 county titles in the history of the event that dates to 1975.
The Eagles of coach Neil Jones had a balanced attack that was led by two of the second-place finishers – Lane Crotts and Ian Irish both shot 38 – in addition to Tripp Stacy’s 40 and Britton Steele and Coley Pruitt had 44s.
Belmont’s Harley Green and W.C. Friday’s Blake Mitchell joined Crotts and Irish in second place with 38s.
2022 Gaston County Middle School championships
(At Green Meadows Golf Course)
1. Chavis 160: Lane Crotts 38, Ian Irish 38, Tripp Stacy 40, Britton Steele 44, Coley Pruitt 44
2. Belmont 164: Will Monteith 37, Harley Green 38, Aidan McGinnis 40, Blake Cheshire 49, Danny Larck 50
3. Chavis 190: Kenan Fowler 42, Canon Whitesides 48, Isaiah Costner 49, Steven Bell 51, Will Skibo 54
4. W.C. Friday 191: Blake Mitchell 38, Caden Martin 49, Mason Hayes 51, Kohen Boye 53, Harley Averette 60
5. Holbrook 212: Luke Stevens 41, Maddox Collins 56, Bently Bridges 57, Fisher Maiers 58, Madison Borromeo 59
6 (tie). Mount Holly 222: Jason Black 48, Landon Hux 57, Jake Murphy 57, Corbin Thornburg 60, Payton Bell 61
6 (tie). Stanley 222: Diksha Shamar 53, Jax Allen 55, Jace Childers 56, Eamon Denison 58, Julian Merida 60
Bessemer City no team score: Brayden Swann 60, Skyler Christopher 62, Miller Sexton 62
Pro and college football
Former Crest High standout Jonathan Bullard has helped the Minnesota Vikings to a 3-1 start and leads a group of former local standouts shining in college and pro football.
A 2012 Crest High graduate, Bullard has made nine tackles in four games (two starts) for Minnesota in his seventh NFL season. Previously, Bullard has played for the Chicago Bears (2016-18), Arizona Cardinals (2019-20), Seattle Seahawks (2020) and Atlanta Falcons (2021).
Here’s a look at other local standouts:
Tanner Muse (South Point 2015) has played in three games for the Seattle Seahawks (2-2) during his second NFL season. He was elevated from the team’s practice squad before their second game on Sept. 18.
Aapri Washington (Mountain Island Charter 2017) and Devon King (South Point 2020) have helped East Carolina to a 3-2 start to its season. Washington has five tackles in four games and King has six tackles in five games.
Tyler Arrington (Shelby 2021) has 17 tackles in five games for Gardner-Webb (1-4).
Sam Brady (North Lincoln 2020) made two tackles for Virginia (2-3) in last Saturday’s 38-17 loss at Duke.
Dax Hollifield (Shelby 2018) has 39 tackles in five starts for Virginia Tech (2-3).
Daniel Carter (North Lincoln 2021) has 26 tackles in five starts for Davidson (4-1).
Middle school softball
Gaston County Conference playoffs:
(Tuesday’s semifinals)
Belmont 18, W.C. Friday 8 (6 innings): Ella Gibson had four hits, Sally Risk and Evy McKee had three hits apiece and winning pitcher Stella Absher had 12 strikeouts for Belmont.
Stanley 15, Chavis 14
(Thursday championship game)
Stanley at Belmont
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 Oct. 4 with division records followed by overall records:
(West)
East Lincoln 3-1, 4-1
Kings Mountain 3-1, 3-2
North Lincoln 2-1, 3-1
Lincolnton 2-2, 3-2
Burns 1-2, 1-3
West Lincoln 0-4, 1-4
(East)
Crest 3-0, 4-0
Shelby 3-1, 4-1
R-S Central 2-1, 2-2
East Rutherford 1-2, 1-3
Thomas Jefferson 1-2, 1-3
Chase 0-4, 0-5
(Tuesday’s games)
Shelby 44, Chase 0: Majay Thompson, Dymere Farmer, Immanuel Thompson, Kemarion Foster, Tyler Morgan and Bryson Brown scored touchdowns for Shelby.
East Lincoln 46, West Lincoln 12
Kings Mountain 14, Lincolnton 6
(Wednesday’s games)
Burns at North Lincoln
East Rutherford at R-S Central
Thomas Jefferson at Crest
High school girls tennis
North Lincoln 8, East Lincoln 1: Emma Carver, Caitlyn Simcox, Natalie Gore, Lulu King and Ella Wulfhurst won in singles the teams of Carver-Simcox, Gore-King and Rachel Fink-Wulfhurst won in doubles for North Lincoln. Amelia Barrineau won in singles for East Lincoln.
High school volleyball
Kings Mountain def. Cox Mill 3-1 (25-22, 25-16, 18-25, 26-24 on Monday): Meile Songaila (22 kills, 5 service points, 15 service receptions, 19 digs), Camden Pasour (25 assists, 18 service points, 2 kills, 6 digs, 1 serve reception), Paige Bagwell (18 assists, 3 service points, 7 kills, 5 digs, 1 block), Caroline Barber (8 service points, 33 serve receptions, 21 digs, 5 assists) and Myracle Davis (20 kills, 4 blocks) led Kings Mountain.
The Mountaineers also won the JV match 2-0 (25-16, 25-18) behind Kenzlie Morris (1 block, 3 digs, 4 kills, 12 service points), Abigail Hedgepath (18 assists, 6 digs, 1 kill) and Brooke Hamrick (8 kills, 7 service points).
High school boys soccer
Forestview 4, Stuart Cramer 2 (OT): Christian Tyler and Alex Velasquez had two goals apiece for Forestview.
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, 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.
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
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