11-9-21 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
The Charlotte 49ers and Davidson Wildcats opened their 2021-22 college basketball seasons with home victories.
Charlotte edged Monmouth 68-66 behind Clemson transfer Clyde Trapp, Jr. (20 points), Jahmir Young (14 points, 10 rebounds), Aly Khalifa (11 points) and Holy Cross transfer Austin Butler (10 points).
And Davidson routed Delaware 93-71 behind Foster Loyer (27 points), Hyunjung Lee (15 points), Michael Jones (13 points) and Sam Mennenga (13 points).
Gardner-Webb opens its season at UNLV on Wednesday at 10 p.m.
High school boys soccer
Here’s Wednesday’s fourth round schedule:
(3A)
No. 16 East Lincoln at No. 5 Concord
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
Pro football
After the Carolina Panthers learned starting quarterback Sam Darnold suffered a partial fracture of his scapula, the team has is expected to sign quarterback Matt Barkley off the Titans practice squad, pending a Wednesday physical.
Darnold’s injury was discovered after a MRI on his right shoulder Monday. Several reports indicate the Panthers think Darnold suffered the injury during the second quarter of Sunday’s 24-6 home loss to the New England Patriots.
With Darnold expected to be out of action for “several weeks,” backup P.J. Walker is expected to get his second career start in Sunday’s game at the Arizona Carindals; Walker won his only previous NFL start last season at home against Detroit.
Barkley, 31 was a fourth-round draft pick of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2013 out of Southern California. He has 19 games of NFL experience (seven starts) for the Eagles (2013-14), Chicago Bears (2016) and Buffalo Bills (2018-20) with 2,699 yards passing, 11 touchdowns and 22 interceptions.
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
Pro basketball
The Charlotte Hornets wasted a late comeback, an early overtime lead and a LaMelo Ball triple double late Monday night in a 126-123 overtime loss at the Los Angeles Lakers.
The defeat was Charlotte’s fifth straight and dropped them to 0-4 on the ongoing road trip that concludes Wednesday night at 8 p.m. at Memphi.
Ball had 25 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists in his hometown to become the youngest player in NBA history with a 25/15/10 triple double.
Terry Rozier led Charlotte with 29 points and Gordon Hayward had 21.
The Hornets trailed 103-89 in the fourth quarter before rallying to tie at 115 at the end of regulation.
Anthony Davis (32 points, 12 rebounds), Carmelo Anthony (29 points) and Russell Westbrook (17 points, 12 rebounds, 14 assists) led the way for the Lakers, who were playing without the injured LeBron James.
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 8:00
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
College football
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. 8 games:
Belmont 5-0
Cramerton 4-0
Grier 3-1
Holbrook 3-1
Mount Holly 3-2
Stanley 3-2
Chavis 1-3
W.C. Friday 1-3
Southwest 1-4
York Chester 1-4
Bessemer City 0-5
(Monday’s games)
Belmont 4, W.C. Friday 0
Cramerton 5, Bessemer City 0
Grier 3, York Chester 2
Holbrook 1, Stanley 0
Mount Holly 5, Southwest 0
(Wednesday’s games)
Belmont at Chavis
York Chester at Cramerton
Stanley at W.C. Friday
Southwest at Grier
Mount Holly at Holbrook
(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. 8 games:
Cramerton 4-0
Belmont 4-1
Mount Holly 4-1
Stanley 4-1
Chavis 3-1
Holbrook 2-2
W.C. Friday 2-2
Grier 1-3
York Chester 1-4
Bessemer City 0-5
Southwest 0-5
(Monday’s games)
Belmont 3, W.C. Friday 0
Cramerton 3, Bessemer City 0
York Chester 3, Grier 1
Stanley 3, Holbrook 0
Mount Holly 3, Southwest 0
(Wednesday’s games)
Belmont at Chavis
York Chester at Cramerton
Stanley at W.C. Friday
Southwest at Grier
Mount Holly at Holbrook
(Nov. 15 games)
Bessemer City at York Chester
Chavis at Stanley
Cramerton at Southwest
W.C. Friday at Mount Holly
Grier at Holbrook
Kings Mountain 3, West Lincoln 0 (25-6, 25-6, 25-9): Abigail Hedgepath (6 kills, 17 assists, 7 digs, 14 service points, 4 aces), Camden Pasour (12 digs, 11 kills, 7 assists, 12 service points, 5 aces), Megan Harrison (4 kills, 2 digs, 21 service points, 12 aces), Kenzlie Morris (5 kills) and Ava Tipton (13 digs, 8 service points, aces) led the Patriots to the Tri-County Conference victory.
Middle school wrestling
Gaston County Conference wrestling standings through Nov. 5:
Belmont 4-0
Cramerton 3-0
W.C. Friday 3-0
Mount Holly 2-1
York Chester 2-1
Stanley 2-2
Holbrook 1-2
Chavis 1-3
Grier 0-2
Bessemer City 0-3
Southwest 0-4
(Tuesday’s matches)
Belmont 69, Holbrook 36
Bessemer City at Grier, no report
W.C. Friday 78, Chavis 30: Mario Robbins, Connor Bates, Micah Gordon, Carter Mason, Camryn Stafford, Kaden Brown, Landon Wilson, Caleb Gordon, Zac Moss, Gage Phalin and Amonti Hunter won by pin for Friday.
Stanley 60, Southwest 36
York Chester at Mount Holly, no report
(Friday’s matches)
W.C. Friday at Belmont
Cramerton at Bessemer City
Grier at York Chester
Holbrook at Stanley
Mount Holly at Southwest