11-19-21 roundup: High school football, soccer and basketball, College football and basketball, Pro football and basketball, Middle school boys soccer, volleyball and wrestling

By Richard Walker

Crest, Shelby and South Point will be practicing on Thanksgiving Day.

All three perennial local high school football powers took convincing playoff wins on Friday night to advance into next Friday’s regional semifinal round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association playoffs.

Crest scored the first 21 points of the game before cruising to a 35-14 home win over North Davidson in a Class 3A playoff game. Running back Mari Adams continued to shine for the Chargers and scored the game’s first two touchdowns.

Shelby broke open a close game with a 21-point second quarter in a 64-15 win over Class 2A league rival East Gaston. The Golden Lions scored on three kickoff returns and a fumble return.

South Point broke open a game that was tied at 7 in the first half to down visiting Forestview 27-7 in 3A playoff game. Elijah Phifer’s 7-yard run with five minutes left in the first half snapped the 7-all tie and sparked the Red Raiders to a game-closing 20-0 surge.

Meanwhile, Kings Mountain fell 36-10 at Greensboro Dudley in a 3A playoff game after tying the score at 7 in the first half.

Next week, Shelby will host perennial power Reidsville and Crest will host South Point in a rematch of a closely-contested regular season matchup.

Here are Friday’s full NCHSAA third round playoff results:

(East)
#1 Tarboro (11-1) 42, #8 Perquimans (8-3) 0
#4 Northampton County (10-2) 34, #5 Rosewood (6-3) 16
#6 Pender (8-3) 50, #3 North Moore (10-2) 12
#2 Northside-Pinetown (11-1) 14, #7 Southside (11-2) 7
(West)
#9 Murphy (9-4) 64, #1 Eastern Randolph (10-1) 31
#4 Robbinsville (9-3) 50, #12 North Rowan (8-4) 47
#3 Mitchell (11-2) 38, #6 Thomasville (9-3) 21
#2 Mount Airy (13-0) 44, #7 Starmount (8-5) 7

(East)
#1 Princeton (12-0) 63, #8 Nash Central (7-6) 12
#5 St. Pauls (11-0) 38, #4 Whiteville (11-1) 36
#3 Northeastern (12-0) 57, #11 Washington (11-1) 47
#10 Wallace-Rose Hill (11-2) 21, #2 East Duplin (11-2) 17
(West)
#1 Shelby (12-1) 64, #24 East Gaston (8-5) 15
#4 Reidsville (12-0) 50, #5 Hendersonville (10-2) 35
#3 Maiden (13-0) 32, #6 Salisbury (11-1) 20
#2 East Surry (12-0) 10, #7 Monroe (8-2) 9

(East)
#1 Eastern Alamance (10-1) 43, #8 Westover (10-2) 12
#13 Jacksonville (10-2) 25, #5 Lee County (9-4) 22 (OT)
#6 J.H. Rose (9-4) 20, #3 Seventy-First (12-1) 14
#23 Scotland County (8-4) 29, #2 Northern Nash (11-2) 26
(West)
#16 South Point (10-3) 27, #25 Forestview (7-6) 7
#4 Crest (10-2) 35, #5 North Davidson (8-4) 14
#3 Dudley (12-1) 36, #11 Kings Mountain (10-3) 10
#2 Statesville (12-0) 42, #7 Hibriten (8-4) 0

(East)
#16 Leesville Road (10-2) 28, #25 Knightdale (6-6) 7
#20 Rolesville (8-5) 54, #12 Millbrook (11-2) 48
#6 Cardinal Gibbons (11-2) 29, #3 Cleveland (11-1) 21
#18 Panther Creek (10-3) 35, #7 Hoggard (11-2) 21
(West)
#1 Hough (13-0) 31, #25 Mallard Creek (6-5) 17
#13 East Forsyth (11-1) 14, #5 Glenn (9-3) 0
#3 Weddington (12-1) 34, #27 Cuthbertson (6-7) 21
#10 Julius Chambers (12-1) 28, #18 Porter Ridge (8-3) 10

Pro basketball

Charlotte got a season-high 32 points from LaMelo Ball in a 121-118 victory over the Indiana Pacers that gave the Hornets their fifth straight win for the first time since February 2018.

Gordon Hayward added 25 points, and Kelly Oubre Jr. 16 as the Hornets completed a 4-0 homestand highlighted by a win over Golden State.

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 (W 104-96)
Sun. 14 GOLDEN STATE (W 106-102)
Wed. 17 WASHINGTON (W 97-87)
Fri. 19 INDIANA (W 121-118)
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 basketball

Gaston Day 113, Asheville Christian 110 (3 OT): Chris Britt scored 44 points, Colin Fayed 21, Evan Montanari 16, Callum Richard 15 and Chase Owens 10 as the Spartans improved to 3-0.

High school boys soccer

Here’s the N.C. High School Athletic Association title game pairings for games that will all be played at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary:
(Friday)
3A
#21 Western Alamance Warriors (19-5-1) 1, #3 Hickory Red Tornadoes (22-4-1) 0

(Saturday)
1A
#1 Voyager Academy Vikings (17-1-3) vs. Christ the King Crusaders (21-1-0), 11 a.m.

2A
#2 Greene Central Rams (25-1-0) vs. #4 Shelby Golden Lions (22-1-2), 2:30 p.m.

4A
#1 New Hanover Wildcats (26-0-1) vs. #8 Hough Huskies (22-3-1), 6 p.m.

Pro football

Cam Newton was officially named Carolina Panthers’ starting quarterback for Sunday’s home game against Washington.

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 (W 34-10)
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 basketball

Tallahassee Community College 84, Gaston College 75: The Rhinos fell for the first time this season and remain in Florida and face another stiff challenge on Saturday at 5 p.m. as they travel to play Northwest Florida State College. Northwest Florida State College is the No. 10-ranked team in the latest National Junior College Athletic Association poll.

In Friday’s game, Gaston College twice trailed by 11 points in the first half before rallying to take a 39-36 halftime lead. In the second half, the Rhinos took a 51-46 lead with 13 1-2 minutes to play and were ahead 57-56 with 8:29 left before the Eagles responded with a game-closing 28-18 surge to take the nine-point victory.

Sophomore guard Damon Davis led Gaston College with 20 points, 11 assists, three steals and two rebounds. Da’marco Watson (17 points, 6 assists), Kalil Camara (14 points, 4 rebounds), Jaylen Bates (10 points, 8 rebounds, 4 steals) and Naysean Baisy (10 points, 3 rebounds) also were key Gaston College contributors.

College football

Here’s the Carolinas Division I schedule for this week:

(Thursday)
Louisville 62, Duke 22
(Saturday)
Campbell at Robert Morris, noon
Charleston Southern at Georgia, noon
Wake Forest at Clemson, noon
Wofford at North Carolina, noon
Drake at Davidson, 1 p.m.
Furman at Samford, 1 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at N.C. A&T, 1 p.m.
Texas State at Coastal Carolina, 1 p.m.
The Citadel at Chattanooga, 1:30 p.m.
Western Carolina at VMI, 1:30 p.m.
Delaware State at N.C. Central, 2 p.m.
S.C. State at Norfolk State, 2 p.m.
Presbyterian at St. Thomas, Minn., 2 p.m.
Rhode Island at Elon, 2 p.m.
Appalachian State at Troy, 3:30 p.m.
East Carolina at Navy, 3:30 p.m.
Marshall at Charlotte, 3:30 p.m.
Syracuse at N.C. State, 4 p.m.
Auburn at South Carolina, 7 p.m.

Here’s the Carolinas Division II schedule for this week:

(Saturday)
NCAA Division II playoffs – Lenoir-Rhyne at Bowie STate
NCAA Division II playoffs – Newberry at West Florida

Middle school boys soccer

Gaston County Conference standings through Nov. 18 games:

Belmont 8-0
Cramerton 7-0
Grier 6-1
Stanley 5-3
Holbrook 4-3
Mount Holly 5-4
W.C. Friday 2-5
York Chester 2-5
Bessemer City 1-7
Southwest 1-7
Chavis 0-7

(Thursday’s games)
Belmont 5, Stanley 1
Bessemer City 5, Southwest 1
Mount Holly 8, Chavis 2
Cramerton 3, Holbrook 0
Grier 8, W.C. Friday 4

(Monday’s games)
Holbrook at Bessemer City
Grier at Chavis
W.C. Friday at Cramerton
Southwest at York Chester

Middle school volleyball

Gaston County Conference standings through Nov. 18 games:

Cramerton 7-0
Mount Holly 8-1
Stanley 7-1
Chavis 5-2
Belmont 4-4
Holbrook 3-4
York Chester 2-5
Southwest 2-6
W.C. Friday 2-5
Grier 1-6
Bessemer City 0-7

(Thursday’s games)
Stanley 3, Belmont 0
Southwest 3, Bessemer City 0
Mount Holly 3, Chavis 0
Cramerton 3, Holbrook 0
W.C. Friday 3, Grier 0

(Monday’s games)
Holbrook at Bessemer City
Grier at Chavis
W.C. Friday at Cramerton
Southwest at York Chester

Middle school wrestling

Gaston County Conference wrestling standings through Nov. 19:

W.C. Friday 6-0
Cramerton 5-0
Belmont 5-1
York Chester 4-2
Holbrook 4-2
Mount Holly 3-4
Stanley 3-4
Grier 2-4
Chavis 1-5
Bessemer City 0-5
Southwest 0-6

(Friday’s matches)
Bessemer City at York Chester, no report

Stanley 63, Chavis 40

Cramerton at Southwest, ppd. to Monday

W.C. Friday 84, Mount Holly 24: Mario Robbins, Jordan Coy, Keldon Williams, Connor Bates, Jacari Long, Carter Mason, Kaden Brown, Eli Johnson
Caleb Gordon and Zac Moss all won by pin for W.C. Friday.

Holbrook 58, Grier 42: Tucker Motes, Elijah Christenbury, Louis Scott, Keola Ondayog, Nakaya Hale, Gavin Robinson, Miles Davis, Logan Flint, Anthony Taylor and Keegan Davis won for Holbrook.

(Monday’s match)
Cramerton at Southwest

(Tuesday’s matches)
Belmont at Stanley
Bessemer City at Southwest
Chavis at Mount Holly
Holbrook at Cramerton
W.C. Friday at Grier