11-26-21 roundup: High school football and basketball, Pro basketball and football, College football
By Richard Walker
South Point won a thriller and Shelby dominated the top seed in the playoffs to highlight Friday’s area high school football action.
South Point scored late in regulation to force overtime, then won 34-27 at Crest to advance to next week’s Western N.C. 3A championship game.
The Red Raiders (11-3) avenged an earlier loss at Crest as Tyson “A.J.” Riley and Elijah Phifer scored two touchdowns apiece and Charles Birtwhistle kicked four extra points and two field goals.
Phifer completed a key third down pass on South Point’s last drive in regulation, then scored on a 2-yard run with 10 seconds left before Birtwhistle’s extra point forced overtime.
In the extra period, Phifer scored on a 5-yard run and South Point’s defense intercepted Crest on a fourth down one play after a holding penalty nullified a potential 9-yard Chargers’ touchdown pass.
South Point advances to play at Greensboro Dudley (12-1) next week; Dudley advanced with a 20-6 win at Statesville.
Crest finished 10-3 overall.
Shelby routed top-seeded Reidsville 31-14 in a matchup of the state’s winningest high school football programs.
The victory improved Shelby to 13-1 and advanced the Golden Lions into the Western finals for the 15th time in the last 19 seasons.
Daylin Lee had two touchdown passes, Jalon Petty and Bricen Kee had touchdown runs, Jack Berkowitz had a field goal and two extra points and Shelby’s defense forced a safety against the previously unbeaten Rams (12-1).
Petty’s 11-yard TD run in the second quarter erased a 7-3 Reidsville lead and gave the Golden Lions the lead for good.
Here are Friday’s full NCHSAA regional semifinal results:
1A
(East)
#1 Tarboro (12-1) 27, #4 Northampton County (10-3) 3
#6 Pender (9-3) 34, #2 Northside-Pinetown (11-2) 28
(West)
#4 Robbinsville (10-3) 28, #9 Murphy (9-5) 14
#3 Mitchell (12-2) 21, #2 Mount Airy (13-1) 14
2A
(East)
#1 Princeton (13-0) 45, #5 St. Pauls (11-1) 28
#10 Wallace-Rose Hill (12-2) 57, #3 Northeastern (12-1) 22
(West)
#1 Shelby (13-1) 31, #4 Reidsville (12-1) 14
#2 East Surry (13-0) 36, #3 Maiden (13-1) 35
3A
(East)
#13 Jacksonville (11-2) 27, #1 Eastern Alamance (10-2) 21 (OT)
#6 J.H. Rose (10-4) 49, #23 Scotland County (8-5) 28
(West)
#16 South Point (11-3) 34, #4 Crest (10-3) 27 (OT)
#3 Dudley (13-1) 20, #2 Statesville (12-1) 6
4A
(East)
#20 Rolesville (9-5) 47, #16 Leesville Road (10-3) 24
#6 Cardinal Gibbons (12-2) 42, #18 Panther Creek (10-4) 14
(West)
#1 Hough (14-0) 26, #13 East Forsyth (11-2) 14
#10 Julius Chambers (13-1) 45, #3 Weddington (12-2) 14
Here are next Friday’s full NCHSAA regional finals pairings:
1A
(East)
#1 Tarboro (12-1) vs. #6 Pender (9-3)
(West)
#3 Mitchell (12-2) vs. #4 Robbinsville (10-3)
2A
(East)
#1 Princeton (13-0) vs. #10 Wallace-Rose Hill (12-2)
(West)
#1 Shelby (13-1) vs. #2 East Surry (13-0)
3A
(East)
#6 J.H. Rose (10-4) vs. #13 Jacksonville (11-2)
(West)
#3 Dudley (13-1) vs. #16 South Point (11-3)
4A
(East)
#6 Cardinal Gibbons (12-2) vs. #20 Rolesville (9-5)
(West)
#1 Hough (14-0) vs. #10 Julius Chambers (13-1)
College football
Next week’s ACC championship game pairings in Charlotte will be determined after Saturday’s Wake Forest at Boston College game.
With N.C. State’s 34-30 come-from-behind win over North Carolina on Friday, the Wolfpack (9-4, 6-2) needs Wake Forest (9-2, 6-1) to lose in order to make its first-ever ACC championship game appearance.
Pittsburgh (9-2, 6-1) clinched the Coastal Division title last week.
Next Saturday’s ACC championship game is slated to begin at 8 p.m. at the NFL Carolina Panthers’ Bank of America Stadium.
Here’s this week’s Carolinas Division I schedule:
(Friday)
Cincinnati 35, East Carolina 13
Coastal Carolina 27, South Alabama 21
N.C. State 34, North Carolina 30
(Saturday)
Wake Forest at Boston College, noon
Miami, Fla., at Duke, 12:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Old Dominion, 2 p.m.
Georgia Southern at Appalachian State, 2:30 p.m.
FCS playoffs – Davidson at Kennesaw State, 2 p.m.
Here’s this week’s Carolina Division II schedule:
(Saturday)
Newberry at Bowie State, 3 p.m.
Pro basketball
The Charlotte Hornets will take their hottest streak of the season on the road after rolling past the Minnesota Timberwolves 133-115 in front of a sellout crowd of 19,314 at the Spectrum Center.
The Hornets improved to 13-8 on the season with their eighth win in the last nine games entering a four-game road trip.
Kelly Oubre came off the bench and scored 27 points to lead Charlotte, which put all five starters in double figures – Gordon Hayward (18 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists), P.J. Washington (17 points), Miles Bridges (15 points), Terry Dozier (15 points) and LaMelo Ball (10 points, 6 rebounds, 13 assists).
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 (L 105-115)
Mon. 22 at Washington (W 109-103)
Wed. 24 at Orlando (W 108-99)
Fri. 26 MINNESOTA (W 133-115)
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 basketball
United Faith 86, Gaston Day 83: Evan Montanari had 38 points, Chris Britt 18 and Callum Richard 14 in a losing effort for the Spartans (4-1), who playe against on Tuesday at home against Concord Academy.
College basketball
USC-Aiken 78, Belmont Abbey 65: Chandler Baker scored a season-high 18 points as the Abbey (4-2) dropped its final non-conference game of the year. The Crusaders play again next Friday at Conference Carolinas rival Mount Olive.
Belmont Abbey women 52, Clayton State 47: Jo Snow had 12 points to lead the Abbey, which outscored the Lakers 17-5 in the final quarter to complete a come-from-behind victory. The Crusaders (3-1) host Lander on Saturday at 6 p.m. in their next game.
Pro football
The Carolina Panthers revolving offensive line will continue this weekend after head coach Matt Rhule said Dennis Daley would start at left tackle in Sunday’s 1 p.m. game at the Miami Dolphins.
Daley, who hasn’t finished either of the last two games because of a glute injury, has been a full participant in practice all this week.
Also, since right guard John Miller is doubtful due to an ankle injury, Rhule said Trent Scott is likely to return to the starting lineup.
That would mean a rare repeat of the Panthers’ starting lineup from two weeks ago Arizona and leave the team with eight different offensive line combinations in 12 games this season.
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 (L 21-27)
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.