12-11-21 roundup: High school football and basketball, Pro football and basketball, College football and basketball, Middle school wrestling

By Richard Walker

In an offensive shootout against North Carolina’s most prolific high school rushing attack in history, Shelby downed Wallace-Rose Hill 55-34 to win the 2021 N.C. 2A title at N.C. State’s Carter-Finley Stadium on Saturday.

It was Shelby’s 19th state in school history – and seventh championship in nine years.

Even after falling behind 7-0 and 21-14 in the first half, Shelby scored two touchdowns in the final 1:29 of the first half to take a 34-28 lead at the break. Then the Golden Lions scored the first 21 points of the second half to turn the game into a blowout victory.

Shelby finished 15-1 overall, losing only a non-conference game to eventual S.C. Class 4A state champion Rock Hill South Pointe.

Wallace-Rose Hill finished 13-3.

Shelby junior quarterback Daylin Lee completed 20 of 26 passes for 313 yards and five touchdowns and was named MVP.

The Bulldogs, who lost four players due to positive COVID-19 tests, were led by Kanye Roberts’ 253 yards rushing on 26 carries for five touchdowns. Roberts finished the season with 3,503 yards rushing and 58 touchdowns to lead Wallace-Rose Hill to a state-record 7,048 yards rushing this season.

Roberts, who has committed to play next season at Appalachian State, was named most outstanding offensive player for Wallace-Rose Hill.

Marquis Adams scored four touchdowns – three rushing and one receiving – for Shelby to earn outstanding offensive player honors for Shelby.

Shelby’s defensive player of the game went to senior linebacker Malaki Hamrick. A University of North Carolina commitment, Hamrick had 14 tackles including one sack as the Golden Lions limited Wallace-Rose Hill to seven second-half points. Antwon Montgomery, who had a team-high eight tackles, was Wallace-Rose Hill’s defensive player of the game.

The N.C. High School Athletic Association also handed out two sportsmanship award winners – Oscar Iraheta from Wallace-Rose Hill and Luke Williams from Shelby.

This weekend’s state finals pairings, dates, times and sites:

Class 1A: Tarboro (14-1) 28, Mitchell (13-3) 7 on Saturday (Kenan Stadium, North Carolina)
Class 2A: Shelby (15-1) 55, Wallace-Rose Hill (13-3) 34 on Saturday (Carter-Finley Stadium, N.C. State)
Class 3A: Greensboro Dudley (15-1) 69, Greenville Rose (11-5) 40 on Friday (Kenan Stadium, North Carolina)
Class 4A: Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons (15-1) 14, Charlotte Chambers (13-3) 2 on Saturday (Carter-Finley Stadium, N.C. State)

 

 

 

 

 

Middle school wrestling

After finishing second in the regular season race, Belmont won its second Gaston County Conference title in history by virtue of a tiebreaker over regular season champion W.C. Friday on Saturday at the South Point High gymnasium.

The Wildcats, whose only previous county title came in 2015, were coached by Karl Miller and Chris Wurster was named the event’s most outstanding heavyweight wrestler.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High school basketball

Boys results:

Gaston Christian 51, Trinity Christian 47 (Saturday)

East Lincoln 50, Hickory 47 (Friday): Drew Bean had 17 points, Palmer Crichton 16 and Logan Craig 12 to lead East Lincoln in a Western Foothills 3A Confence opener between previously unbeaten teams.

Girls results:

South Point 66, Cramer 33 (Friday): Amya Graham (15 points, 16 rebounds, 4 assists), Toney Milton (14 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists) and Lexi Birtwistle (11 points) led South Point.

Standings through Dec. 10:

BIG SOUTH 3A
(Boys)
Cramer 1-0, 6-0
Kings Mountain 1-0, 2-4
Ashbrook 0-0, 1-4
Forestview 0-0, 1-3
North Gaston 0-0, 1-6
Crest 0-0, 2-1
South Point 0-1, 3-2
Huss 0-1, 0-4
(Girls)
Kings Mountain 1-0, 4-2
South Point 1-0, 2-3
Ashbrook 0-0, 3-2
North Gaston 0-0, 3-4
Crest 0-0, 1-2
Forestview 0-0, 0-4
Huss 0-1, 2-1
Cramer 0-1, 0-6

SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A/2A
(Boys)
Bessemer City 0-0, 6-0
Thomas Jefferson 0-0, 6-1
Cherryville 0-0, 3-1
East Gaston 0-0, 4-3
Highland Tech 0-0, 2-2
Shelby 0-0, 0-0
Burns 0-0, 0-3
(Girls)
East Gaston 0-0, 5-2
Bessemer City 0-0, 4-2
Thomas Jefferson 0-0, 2-5
Burns 0-0, 0-3
Shelby 0-0, 0-2
Cherryville 0-0, 0-6
Highland Tech 0-0, 0-4

OTHERS
(Boys)
Piedmont CC 0-0, 0-4
East Lincoln 1-0, 6-0
North Lincoln 1-0, 5-2
Lincolnton 0-0, 0-5
West Lincoln 0-0, 2-5
Lincoln Charter 0-0, 7-3
Mtn Isl Charter 0-0, 2-1
Gaston Christian 0-2, 2-6
Gaston Day 3-0, 8-1

(Girls)
Piedmont CC 0-0, 3-3
East Lincoln 1-0, 5-1
North Lincoln 0-1, 0-7
Lincolnton 0-0, 3-2
West Lincoln 0-0, 4-4
Lincoln Charter 0-0, 3-4
Mtn Isl Charter 0-0, 0-1
Gaston Christian 1-2, 1-5
Gaston Day 1-3, 1-7

This week’s schedule:

(Monday)
Crest at Ashbrook
South Iredell at East Lincoln
Clover at Forestview
Franklin Prep at Mountain Island Charter
Huss at Bessemer City
Lincolnton at Cramer
Pinnacle at Cherryville
South Point at Catawba Ridge

(Tuesday)
Queen’s Grant at Piedmont CC
Crest at Shelby
Highland Tech at Huss

(Wednesday)
Bessemer City at East Rutherford
Charlotte Elite at Mountain Island Charter
Piedmont CC at Polk County
R-S Central at Burns

(Friday)
Ashbrook at Forestview
Cramer at Ashbrook
North Gaston at Kings Mountain
South Point at Huss
Highland Tech at Burns
Shelby at Cherryville
Hickory at North Lincoln
Statesville at East Lincoln
Bandys at West Lincoln
Lincolnton at Bunker Hill
Westminster Catawba at Mountain Island Charter

 

 

 

Pro football

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 (L 10-33)
Dec. 5 BYE WEEK
Dec. 12 Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Dec. 19 at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
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

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 (L 143-146, OT)
Mon. 29 at Chicago (L 119-133)
DECEMBER
Wed. 1 at Milwaukee (L 125-127)
Sun. 5 at Atlanta (W 130-127)
Mon. 6 PHILADELPHIA (L 124-127, OT)
Wed. 8 PHILADELPHIA (L 106-110)
Fri. 10 SACRAMENTO (W 124-123)
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 basketball

Charlotte 68, Valparaiso 67: Jahmir Young’s season-high 26 points and Austin Butler’s 18 points and 10 rebounds led Charlotte (5-4) to the victory. The 49ers’ next game is Friday against Wake Forest at 9 p.m. at Charlotte’s Spectrum Center.

VMI 64, Gardner-Webb 61: A potential game-tying 3-pointer from D’Maurian Williams rimmed out at the buzzer as Gardner-Webb dropped a non-conference game. The Runnin’ Bulldogs fell to 4-6 with the loss.

Emmanuel 84, Belmont Abbey 79 (2 OT): The Crusaders fell to 5-4 overall and 3-2 in Conference Carolinas despite 18 points from Sean Halloran.

Belmont Abbey women 74, Emmanuel 66 (OT): Taylor Stelley had 16 points including a jump shot at the end of regulation to force overtime for the Abbey (5-3, 3-1) in its Conference Carolinas home win.

 

 

 

College football

Here’s the full college bowl schedule:

Friday, Dec. 17
Bahamas Bowl: Middle Tennessee vs. Toledo, noon
Cure Bowl: Northern Illinois vs. Coastal Carolina, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 18
Boca Raton Bowl: Appalachian State vs. Western Kentucky, 11 a.m.
Celebration Bowl: Jackson State vs. South Carolina State, noon
New Mexico Bowl: Fresno State vs. UTEP, 2:15 p.m.
Independence Bowl: No. 13 BYU vs. UAB, 3:30 p.m.
LendingTree Bowl: Eastern Michigan vs. Liberty, 5:45 p.m.
LA Bowl: Oregon State vs. Utah State, 7:30 p.m.
New Orleans Bowl: No. 23 Louisiana vs. Marshall, 9:15 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 20
Myrtle Beach Bowl: Tulsa vs. Old Dominion, 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 21
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Kent State vs. Wyoming, 3:30 p.m.
Frisco Bowl: No. 24 San Diego State vs. UTSA, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 22
Armed Forces Bowl: Missouri vs. Army, 8 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 23
Frisco Football Classic: Miami, O. vs. North Texas, 3:30 p.m.
Gasparilla Bowl: Florida vs. Central Florida, 7 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 24
Hawai’i Bowl: Memphis vs. Hawaii, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 25
Camellia Bowl: Ball State vs. Georgia State, 2:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 27
Quick Lane Bowl: Western Michigan vs. Nevada, 11 a.m.
Military Bowl: East Carolina vs. Boston College, 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 28
Birmingham Bowl: No. 20 Houston vs. Auburn, noon
First Responder Bowl: Air Force vs. Louisville, 3:15 p.m.
Liberty Bowl: Texas Tech vs. Mississippi State, 6:45 p.m.
Holiday Bowl: No. 18 N.C. State vs. UCLA, 8 p.m.
Guaranteed Rate Bowl: Minnesota vs. West Virginia, 10:15 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 29
Fenway Bowl: Virginia vs. SMU, 11 a.m.
Pinstripe Bowl: Virginia Tech vs. Maryland, 2:15 p.m.
Cheez-It Bowl: No. 19 Clemson vs. Iowa State, 5:45 p.m.
Alamo Bowl: No. 14 Oregon vs. No. 16 Oklahoma, 9:15 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 30
Duke’s Mayo Bowl: North Carolina vs. South Carolina, 11:30 a.m.
Music City Bowl: Tennessee vs. Purdue, 3 p.m.
Peach Bowl: No. 10 Michigan State vs. No. 12 Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Las Vegas Bowl: Wisconsin vs. Arizona State, 10:30 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 31
Gator Bowl: No. 17 Wake Forest vs. No. 25 Texas A&M, 11 a.m.
Sun Bowl: Washington State vs. Miami, Fla., noon
Arizona Bowl: Central Michigan vs. Boise State, 2 p.m.

(College Football Playoff semifinals)
Cotton Bowl: No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 Cincinnati, 3:30 p.m.
Orange Bowl: No. 2 Michigan vs. No. 3 Georgia, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 1
Outback Bowl: No. 21 Arkansas vs. Penn State, noon
Citrus Bowl: No. 15 Iowa vs. No. 22 Kentucky, 1 p.m.
Fiesta Bowl: No. 5 Notre Dame vs. No. 9 Oklahoma State, 1 p.m.
Rose Bowl: No. 6 Ohio State vs. No. 11 Utah, 5 p.m.
Sugar Bowl: No. 7 Baylor vs. No. 8 Mississippi, 8:45 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 4
Texas Bowl: Kansas State vs. LSU, 9 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 10
(College Football Playoff championship game)
At Indianapolis: Cotton/Orange bowl winners, 8 p.m.