11-10-21 roundup: College basketball and football, Pro football and basketball, High school football and boys soccer, Middle school boys soccer, volleyball and wrestling
By Richard Walker
After five straight losses, the Charlotte emphatically snapped their slump with a 118-108 win at the Memphis Grizzlies behind a record-setting performance from Kelly Oubre, Jr.
Oubre scored 37 points to set a franchise record for points off the bench.
It came in a game Charlotte trailed by eight with 5:31 left in the third quarter before a 25-8 surge pushed them ahead and helped the Hornets improve to 6-7 on the season.
Oubre’s effort came on 13-of-17 shooting that included seven of nine on 3-pointers. The previous franchise record was 36 points by Malik Monk in a Feb. 1, 2021 win at the Miami Heat. Oubre knocked a pair of 3-pointers with less than two minutes to play to push Charlotte’s lead from eight to 14 points.
Charlotte also got 25 points from Gordon Hayward and another near-triple-double from LaMelo Ball (12 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists).
South Carolina native Ja Morant scored 32 points – 19 in the first quarter – to lead the Grizzlies.
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 (L 99-114)
Sun. 31 PORTLAND (W 125-113)
NOVEMBER
Mon. 1 CLEVELAND (L 110-113)
Wed. 3 at Golden State (L 92-114)
Fri. 5 at Sacramento (L 110-140)
Sun. 7 at LA Clippers (L 106-120)
Mon. 8 at L.A. Lakers (L 123-126, OT)
Wed. 10 at Memphis (W 118-108)
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 boys soccer
Here’s Wednesday’s fourth round schedule:
(3A)
Concord 4, East Lincoln 0
Here’s Thursday’s fourth round schedule:
(2A)
No. 16 Community School of Davidson at No. 4 Shelby
No. 3 Salisbury at No. 2 Lincolnton
College basketball
Gaston College stays unbeaten: Despite trailing much of the second half, the Rhinos rallied to force overtime before pulling away for a 95-92 overtime victory over Lincolnton’s Combine Academy on Wednesday night at Gaston Christian.
Damon Davis (29 points, 10 rebounds) had his second double-double of the season to lead Gaston College (3-0), which hosts Lakeside Prep on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Gastonia’s Piedmont Community Charter School in its next game.
Kalil Camara (14 points, 13 rebounds) also had a double-double and Da’marco Watson (15 points) and Dee Merriweather (11 points) were other double-figure scorers.
Merriweather’s 3-pointer from the left corner with 16.9 seconds left in regulation forced the extra period of a game in which the Rhinos trailed by eight three times in the final 8 1-2 minutes, the last time at 78-70 at the 6:36 mark.
In the overtime, Gaston College limited Combine Academy to one of 10 field goal shooting, Watson’s driving layup gave the Rhinos the lead for good at 91-90 and Merriweather hit two clinching free throws with 2.0 seconds left.
Charlotte 49ers signing: Point guard Nik Graves of Durham is the first member of coach Ron Sanchez’s 2022 recruiting class. Graves played his first two years of high school at Durham Academy before spending his last two years of high school at Greensboro Day School.
Graves is a legacy player as his mother Nikki Richardson played for the 49ers women’s team from 1996-99 and was a 1,000-point career scorer.
Pro football
Carolina Panthers starting quarterback Sam Darnold will be placed on injured reserve and coach Matt Rhule said he’ll be out “four to six weeks.”
Darnold, who has started all nine of the team’s game this season, has an incomplete fracture of his right shoulder blade; The team thinks the injury happened during last Sunday’s 24-6 home loss to the New England Patriots.
Darnold originally injured his right shoulder in a different spot in a 19-13 win at Atlanta on Oct. 31.
P.J. Walker is expected to start at quarterback in Sunday’s game at the Arizona Cardinals. His backup will be veteran Matt Barkley, who was signed by the Panthers off the Tennessee Titans’ practice squad earlier this week.
Rhule added that the team was “open” to signing another quarterback. When asked if that could mean a return to the Panthers for free agent quarterback Cam Newton, Carolina’s No. 1 overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, Rhule said he wouldn’t discuss “hypotheticals.”
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 (W 19-13)
Nov. 7 New England (L 6-24)
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
Hollifield staying at Virginia Tech: Shelby’s Dax Hollifield is choosing to take advantage of the NCAA’s extra year of eligibility and stay another year at Virginia Tech.
“I’m coming back, so I’m not a senior,” Hollifield told The Roanoke Times on Tuesday.
Hollifield was one of the highest profile recruits under Hokies’ coach Justin Fuente chose Virginia Tech over Clemson on his 2018 signing day at Shelby High School.
“I don’t want my legacy here to end right now,” Hollifield said. “I love this place and I want this place to be successful.”
The Hokies are 4-5 with three games left – Duke at home this weekend and road games at Miami and Virginia – and need to win twice to become eligible for a bowl games
Here’s the Carolinas Division I schedule for this week:
(Thursday)
North Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.
(Saturday)
Connecticut at Clemson, noon
Davidson at Dayton, noon
East Carolina at Memphis, noon
Hampton at Campbell, 1 p.m.
Marist at Presbyterian, 1 p.m.
N.C. Central at Howard, 1 p.m.
Charleston Southern at Gardner-Webb, 1:30 p.m.
N.C. A&T at S.C. State, 1:30 p.m.
East Tennessee State at Western Carolina, 2 p.m.
Elon at Towson, 2 p.m.
VMI at Furman, 2 p.m.
Wofford at The Citadel, 2 p.m.
South Alabama at Appalachian State, 2:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Louisiana Tech, 3:30 p.m.
Duke at Virginia Tech, 3:30 p.m.
South Carolina at Missouri, 4 p.m.
N.C. State at Wake Forest, 7:30 p.m.
Here’s the Carolinas Division II schedule for this week:
(Saturday)
Shorter at North Greenville, noon
CIAA championship at Salem, Va. – Fayetteville State vs. Bowie State, 1 p.m.
Barton at Virginia Wise, 1 p.m.
Catawba at Lenoir-Rhyne, 1 p.m.
UNC Pembroke at Concord, W.Va., 1 p.m.
Mars Hill at Wingate, 3 p.m.
Newberry at Limestone, 4 p.m.
Kentucky State at Erskine, 4 p.m.
High school football
Here are Friday’s second round pairings:
1A
(East)
#1 Tarboro (9-1) vs. #16 Southeast Halifax (5-6)
#8 Perquimans (7-2) vs. #9 Riverside-Martin (6-3)
#5 Rosewood (5-2) vs. #12 North Edgecombe (6-5)
#4 Northampton County (8-2) vs. #20 Warren County (4-6)
#3 North Moore (9-1) vs. #14 Gates County (4-4)
#6 Pender (6-3) vs. #11 West Columbus (5-5)
#7 Southside (10-1) vs. #10 KIPP Pride (6-3)
Thursday/#2 Northside-Pinetown (9-1) vs. #15 Hobbton (5-6)
(West)
#1 Eastern Randolph (9-0) vs. #16 Draughn (6-5)
#8 Mountain Heritage (8-2) vs. #9 Murphy (7-4)
#5 Thomas Jefferson (7-3) vs. #12 North Rowan (7-3)
#4 Robbinsville (7-3) vs. #13 Cherokee (6-4)
#3 Mitchell (9-2) vs. #14 Swain County (5-5)
#6 Thomasville (8-2) vs. #11 South Stokes (6-4)
#7 Starmount (7-4) vs. #10 Andrews (7-3)
#2 Mount Airy (11-0) vs. #15 East Wilkes (5-6)
2A
(East)
#1 Princeton (10-0) vs. #17 Kinston (8-3)
#8 Nash Central (6-5) vs. #9 South Granville (5-6)
#5 St. Pauls (9-0) vs. #12 Roanoke Rapids (7-4)
#4 Whiteville (10-0) vs. #13 James Kenan (6-3)
#3 Northeastern (10-0) vs. #14 John A. Holmes (8-2)
#6 Cummings (9-1-1) vs. #11 Washington (10-0)
#7 West Craven (6-3) vs. #10 Wallace-Rose Hill (9-2)
#2 East Duplin (10-1) vs. #15 Clinton (8-2)
(West)
#1 Shelby (10-1) vs. #17 Polk County (7-3)
#24 East Gaston (7-4) vs. #25 Forest Hills (7-4)
#5 Hendersonville (9-1) vs. #12 Burns (8-3)
#4 Reidsville (10-0) vs. #13 Chase (10-1)
#3 Maiden (11-0) vs. #14 West Lincoln (9-2)
#6 Salisbury (10-0) vs. #11 Bunker Hill (10-1)
#7 Monroe (7-1) vs. #10 J.M. Robinson (10-1)
#2 East Surry (10-0) vs. #15 Forbush (8-3)
3A
(East)
#1 Eastern Alamance (8-1) vs. #16 Havelock (7-3)
#8 Westover (9-1) vs. #9 North Brunswick (7-4)
#5 Lee County (8-3) vs. #12 Southern Nash (9-1)
#4 Hunt (9-2) vs. #13 Jacksonville (8-2)
#3 Seventy-First (11-0) vs. #19 Williams (7-4)
#6 J.H. Rose (7-4) vs. #22 Terry Sanford (7-3)
#7 West Carteret (8-2) vs. #23 Scotland County (6-4)
#2 Northern Nash (10-1) vs. #15 Smithfield-Selma (8-3)
(West)
#1 Pisgah (10-1) vs. #16 South Point (8-3)
#9 Parkwood (6-2) vs. #25 Forestview (6-5)
#5 North Davidson (7-3) vs. #21 Hickory (7-4)
#4 Crest (8-2) vs. #20 West Rowan (7-3)
#3 Dudley (10-1) vs. #14 Ledford (8-3)
#6 West Charlotte (7-3) vs. #11 Kings Mountain (9-2) at Waddell HS
#7 Hibriten (7-3) vs. #10 Concord (7-3)
#2 Statesville (10-0) vs. #18 East Lincoln (8-3)
4A
(East)
#1 Richmond County (10-1) vs. #16 Leesville Road (8-2)
#9 Pine Forest (10-1) vs. #25 Knightdale (5-5)
#5 Hillside (8-2) vs. #12 Millbrook (10-1)
#4 New Bern (10-1) vs. #20 Rolesville (6-5)
#3 Cleveland (10-0) vs. #19 Laney (9-2)
#6 Cardinal Gibbons (9-2) vs. #11 Heritage (10-1)
#7 Hoggard (10-1) vs. #10 South View (9-2)
#2 Wake Forest (8-3) vs. #18 Panther Creek (8-3)
(West)
#1 Hough (11-0) vs. #16 South Mecklenburg (9-2)
#9 Asheville (9-2) vs. #25 Mallard Creek (5-4)
#5 Glenn (8-2) vs. #12 Myers Park (8-3)
#4 Ardrey Kell (8-2) vs. #13 East Forsyth (9-1)
#3 Weddington (10-1) vs. #14 Marvin Ridge (8-2)
#22 Lake Norman (8-3) vs. #27 Cuthbertson (5-6)
#7 Hickory Ridge (9-2) vs. #10 Julius Chambers (10-1)
#2 Grimsley (11-0) vs. #18 Porter Ridge (7-2)
Middle school boys soccer
Gaston County Conference standings through Nov. 10 games:
Belmont 6-0
Cramerton 5-0
Grier 4-1
Holbrook 4-1
Stanley 4-2
Mount Holly 3-3
Chavis 1-4
W.C. Friday 1-4
Southwest 1-5
York Chester 1-5
Bessemer City 0-5
(Wednesday’s games)
Belmont 4, Chavis 0: Bryan Shaw scored two goals and Zeke Pruitt and Owen Bene had one each for Belmont.
Cramerton 1, York Chester 0: Tristan Holt scored the game’s lone goal and Isaac Aycock recorded the shutout in goal for Cramerton.
Stanley 3, W.C. Friday 1
Grier 8, Southwest 1
Holbrook 2, Mount Holly 0
(Nov. 15 games)
Bessemer City at York Chester
Chavis at Stanley
Cramerton at Southwest
W.C. Friday at Mount Holly
Grier at Holbrook
Middle school volleyball
Gaston County Conference standings through Nov. 10 games:
Chavis 5-0
Cramerton 5-0
Mount Holly 5-1
Stanley 5-1
Belmont 4-2
Holbrook 2-3
Grier 1-3
W.C. Friday 1-4
York Chester 1-5
Bessemer City 0-5
Southwest 0-5
(Wednesday’s games)
Chavis 3, Belmont 0: Emily Allen, Kate Mulvey, Landry Beam, Kate Bookout, Raylei Gidney, Kennedy Weathers, Jenna Anthony, Maddie Avery and Sophia Williams led Chavis.
Cramerton 3, York Chester 0
Stanley 3, W.C. Friday 0: Cooper Payne, Peyton Safrit, Emma Horneman, Olivia Horneman, Morgan Styles and Adrianna Allisan led Stanley.
Southwest at Grier, no report
Mount Holly 3, Holbrook 0
(Nov. 15 games)
Bessemer City at York Chester
Chavis at Stanley
Cramerton at Southwest
W.C. Friday at Mount Holly
Grier at Holbrook
Middle school wrestling
Gaston County Conference wrestling standings through Nov. 9:
Belmont 4-0
Cramerton 3-0
W.C. Friday 3-0
York Chester 3-1
Mount Holly 2-2
Stanley 2-2
Grier 1-2
Holbrook 1-2
Chavis 1-3
Bessemer City 0-4
Southwest 0-4
(Tuesday’s matches)
Belmont 69, Holbrook 36
Grier 72, Bessemer City 12
W.C. Friday 78, Chavis 30
Stanley 60, Southwest 36
York Chester 66, Mount Holly 30
(Friday’s matches)
W.C. Friday at Belmont
Cramerton at Bessemer City
Grier at York Chester
Holbrook at Stanley
Mount Holly at Southwest