12-16-22 roundup: Pro basketball and football, High school football, basketball and cross country, Legion baseball, College football, Middle school volleyball
By Richard Walker
North Carolina American Legion baseball officials recently named sites for the 2023 state tournaments in both Senior and Junior Legion baseball.
The 2023 Senior Legion tournament will return to Campbell University’s Barker-Lane Stadium at Campbell University from July 25-29. It’s the second straight year Campbell has been the host of the tournament that will send its winner to the Southeast Regionals in Asheboro.
Wilmington Post 10 is the defending N.C. champion.
The 2023 Junior Legion tournament will return to Cherryville’s Fraley Field for the first time since 2007 and second time overall when Post 100 hosts this year’s event from July 15-19.
Burns, which was sponsored by Cherryville Post 100, is the defending state champion.
Here are previous N.C. Senior American Legion state tournament sites:
2000 Granite Falls (Caldwell County)
2001 Garner
2002 Salisbury (Rowan County)
2003 Fayetteville (Hope Mills)
2004 Shelby
2005 Cherryville
2006 High Point
2007 Garner
2008 Gastonia
2009 Greenville (Pitt Post 39/160)
2010 Asheboro (Randolph County)
2011 Morehead City
2012 Granite Falls (Caldwell County)
2013 Wilson
2014 Lexington
2015 Salisbury (Rowan County)
2016 Wingate (Union County)
2017 Winterville (Pitt County)
2018 High Point
2019 Cherryville
2020 (ccd. by COVID-19 pandemic)
2021 Cherryville
2022 Buies Creek (Fuquay-Varina)
2023 Buies Creek (Fuquay-Varina)
Here are previous N.C. Junior American Legion state tournament sites:
2001 Goldsboro (Eastern Carolina Athletic Park)
2002 Goldsboro (Eastern Carolina Athletic Park)
2003 Goldsboro (Eastern Carolina Athletic Park)
2004 Salisbury (Newman Park, Catawba)
2005 Hickory (Henkel-Alley Field, Legion Fairgrounds)
2006 Cary
2007 Cherryville (Fraley Field)
2008 Kinston
2009 Asheboro (McCrary Park)
2010 Durham Athletic Park (Cary is host)
2011 Hickory (Henkel-Alley Field, Legion Fairgrounds)
2012 Swansboro (Swansboro HS)
2013 Kernersville (East Forsyth HS)
2014 Raleigh Athens Drive HS (Cary is host)
2015 Granite Falls (M.S. Deal Stadium)
2016 Swansboro (Swansboro HS)
2017 Mocksville (Rich Park)
2018 Manteo (Manteo HS) – finals moved to Asheboro (McCrary Park) due to excessive rain
2019 High Point (Finch Field)
2020 (ccd. by COVID-19 pandemic)
2021 High Point (Finch Field) – also High Point (Truist Point), Lexington (Holt-Moffitt Field)
2022 High Point (Finch Field)
2022 Cherryville (Fraley Field)
Middle school volleyball
Kings Mountain def. North Lincoln 3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-23): The Patriots avenged their lone loss to North Lincoln (3-1 in the opening match of the season) to win their fourth straight Tri-County Conference championship.
Campbell Benton (12 kills, 9 digs, 1 block, 10 service points, 2 aces), Jillian Patton (12 assists, 13 service points, 5 aces, 25 digs, 2 kills), Avaclaire Moss (13 service points, 7 digs, 4 aces, 9 assists), Avery Cruise (16 service points, 6 aces, 1 assist, 23 digs), Ava Broome (9 service points, 5 aces, 2 kills, 1 assist, 38 digs), Kaylee Mull (21 digs), and Jaylee Woodward (7 kills) led Kings Miuntain, which finished with a 13-1 overall record.
High school basketball
(Friday’s games)
-BOYS
Crest 73, Ashbrook 55: Amareion Goodlett had 23 points and A.J. Adams 15 for Crest and Gavin Fields had 11 points, Jonathan Black 10, Malaki Long 9 and Kenneth Greene 9 for Ashbrook.
Kings Mountain 69, Huss 62: Bradley Floyd had 37 points for Kings Mountain and Z-Man Gladden had 19 points and Trimell Dunlap 16 for Huss.
Forestview 72, North Gaston 51: Brandon Alfonse (17 points, 12 rebounds), Nate Aguilar (12 points), Daris Byers (9 points) and Antwan Corbin (9 points) led Forestview
South Point 83, Cramer 65: Garret Hunt (17 points), Graham Williams (11 points, 11 rebounds), Sean Gore (14 points, 5 steals), Greyson Kines (12 points, 7 rebounds) and Quay Harris (10 points) led South Point and Jacob Joyner (15 points), Quinton Rybczyk (18 points, 7 rebounds), Justin Rocquemore (13 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals) and Taelan Whitley (9 points, 7 rebounds, 1 blocked shot) led Cramer.
South Point also won the JV game 59-58 with Zach Alexander scoring 17, Kingston Womack 9 and Makhi Brown 9.
Burns 72, Highland Tech 67
Shelby 69, Cherryville 46
Bessemer City 81, Thomas Jefferson 55: Keyshawn Adams (31 points, 10 rebounds), Terrance Smith (15 points, 9 rebounds), Nazari Smarr (12 points, 5 assists), Randall Pettus (11 points, 18 assists) and Jameer Holmes (10 points, 13 rebounds) led Bessemer City.
Hickory 63, East Lincoln 51: Jackson Fannon had 22 points and Houston Hartsell 16 for East Lincoln.
North Lincoln 70, Statesville 41
Lincolnton 66, Bunker Hill 45
Bandys 59, West Lincoln 58
Gaston Day 67, Westchester CD 40: Callum Richard had 21 points, Evan Montanari 12, Chase Owens 9 and Kurt Hunter 9 for Gaston Day.
-GIRLS
Ashbrook 44, Crest 37
Huss 66, Kings Mountain 52
Forestview 64, North Gaston 42: Molly Forgan (15 points, 11 rebounds), Blair Riley (14 points, 12 rebounds, 4 blocked shots) and Megan Baker (10 points) led Forestview.
Cramer 54, South Point 36: Oshauna Holland (20 points, 5 assists, 5 steals, 8 rebounds), Hadley Womack (13 points) and Ellia Barajas (11 points, 4 rebounds) led Cramer and Amya Graham (18 points) and Maddie Frank (11 points) led South Point.
Burns 49, Highland Tech 46
Bessemer City 60, Thomas Jefferson 31
East Lincoln 62, Hickory 31
Lincolnton 44, Bunker Hill 43
West Lincoln 69, Bandys 48: Chloe Norman (36 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 5 steals), Carolina Robinson (8 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 3 blocks), Anna Bieberich (12 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists) and Zoey Owenby (8 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals) led West Lincoln.
Lincoln Charter 57, Charlotte Country Day 27
Pro basketball obituary
The family of former Charlotte Hornets coach Paul Silas, who died at 79 last Saturday, released a statement.
Widow Carolyn Silas, daughter Paula Silas and son Stephen Silas released the following:
“We would like to thank everyone who has reached out to give their condolences and share their memories of our husband and father, Paul Silas. This has been an extremely difficult week, but it has been amazing to hear from so many of the people he impacted throughout his life. We especially want to thank Adam Silver and the NBA; Michael Jordan, Fred Whitfield and the Charlotte Hornets; The Fertitta Family and the Houston Rockets, as well as all the teams and individuals who honored Paul with tributes this week. He will be missed dearly.”
Details are still being finalized, but the memorial for Silas will take place in early 2023.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Paul’s memory can be made to: The Boys and Girls Club of America: http://BGCA.org/paulsilas
or
The Paul Silas Memorial Scholarship at Creighton University: https://tinyurl.com/PaulSilasScholarship
Pro basketball
The Charlotte Hornets got one of their starters back from injury but lost their seventh straight game, 125-106, at home to the Atlanta Hawks on Friday.
Gordon Hayward (left shoulder) returned to the starting lineup for the first time since Nov. 23 and had 9 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists in 28 minutes.
LaMelo Ball (27 points), Kelly Oubre (16 points), Nick Richards (13 points, 11 rebounds) and Terry Rozier (10 points, 9 assists) led Charlotte.
Here’s the 2022-23 Charlotte Hornets schedule:
(7-22 record)
October
19 at San Antonio (W 129-102)
21 New Orleans (L 112-124)
23 at Atlanta (W 126-109)
26 at New York (L 131-134, OT)
28 at Orlando (L 93-113)
29 Golden State (W 120-113, OT)
31 Sacramento (L 108-115)
November
2 at Chicago (L 88-106)
4 at Memphis (L 99-130)
5 Brooklyn (L 94-98)
7 Washington (L 100-108)
9 Portland (L 95-105)
10 at Miami (L 112-117, OT)
12 at Miami (L 115-132)
14 at Orlando (W 112-105)
16 Indiana (L 113-125)
18 at Cleveland (L 122-132, 2 OT)
20 at Washington (L 102-106)
23 Philadelphia (W 107-101)
25 Minnesota (W 110-108)
28 at Boston (L 105-140)
December
2 Washington (W 117-116)
3 Milwaukee (L 96-105)
5 L.A. Clippers (L 117-119)
7 at Brooklyn (L 116-122)
9 New York (L 102-121)
11 at Philadelphia (L 113-131)
14 Detroit (L 134-141, OT)
16 Atlanta (L 106-125)
18 at Denver, 8 p.m.
19 at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
21 at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
23 at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
26 at Portland, 10 p.m.
27 at Golden State, 10 p.m.
29 Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.
31 Brooklyn, 7 p.m.
January
2 L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m.
4 Memphis, 7 p.m.
6 at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
8 at Indiana, 5 p.m.
10 at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
12 at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
14 Boston, 7 p.m.
16 Boston, 1 p.m.
18 at Houston, 8 p.m.
21 at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
23 at Utah, 9 p.m.
24 at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
26 Chicago, 7:30 p.m.
29 Miami, 1 p.m.
31 at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
February
2 at Chicago, 8 p.m.
3 at Detroit, 7 p.m.
5 Orlando, 1 p.m.
8 at Washington, 7 p.m.
10 at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
11 Denver, 7 p.m.
13 Atlanta, 7 p.m.
15 San Antonio, 7 p.m.
24 at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
25 Miami, 7 p.m.
27 Detroit, 7 p.m.
March
1 Phoenix, 7 p.m.
3 Orlando, 7 p.m.
5 at Brooklyn, 6 p.m.
7 at New York, 7:30 p.m.
9 at Detroit, 7 p.m.
11 Utah, 7 p.m.
12 Cleveland, 5 p.m.
14 Cleveland, 7 p.m.
17 Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
20 Indiana, 7 p.m.
23 at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
24 at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
26 Dallas, 1 p.m.
28 at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
31 Chicago, 7 p.m.
April
2 Toronto, 1 p.m.
4 Toronto, 7 p.m.
7 Houston, 7 p.m.
9 at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
High school cross country
Kings Mountain recently held its postseason banquet to honor boys and girls teams that won both Cleveland County titles and finished second in the Big South 3A Conference.
Here are the Mountaineers’ award winners:
Sarah Eagle – Women’s Rookie of the Year and All-Conference
Divinity Ervin – Women’s Team MVP and All-Conference
Hunter Cruise – All-Conference
Max Thompson – Men’s Rookie of the Year and All-Conference
Marty Lovingood – All-Conference
Isaiah Watts – Big South MVP, Team MVP, and All-Conference
Eric Bell – Coach’s Award
Nicole Poston – Coach’s Award
Brooke Waseman – All-Conference
Marcus Williams – Joe Hord Award
Pro football
The Carolina Panthers could enter Sunday’s game without their top receiver as interim head coach Steve Wilks said on Friday that D.J. Moore is questionable with an ankle injury.
Moore practiced for the third straight day but was limited participant on Friday.
Linebacker Brandon Smith (ankle) is the only player listed as out for Sunday’s game.
Two other players are listed as questionable – safety Xavier Woods (knee) and wide receiver Laviska Shenault Jr. (shoulder).
Here’s the full Carolina Panthers schedule for the 2022 season:
Week 1, Sept. 11, Cleveland (L 24-26)
Week 2, Sept. 18, at N.Y. Giants (L 16-19)
Week 3, Sept. 25, New Orleans (W 22-14)
Week 4, Oct. 2, Arizona (L 16-26)
Week 5, Oct. 9, San Francisco (L 15-37)
Week 6, Oct. 16, at L.A. Rams (L 10-24)
Week 7, Oct. 23, Tampa Bay (W 21-3)
Week 8, Oct. 30, at Atlanta (L 34-37, OT)
Week 9, Nov. 6, at Cincinnati (L 21-42)
Week 10, Nov. 10, Atlanta (W 25-15)
Week 11, Nov. 20, at Baltimore (L 3-13)
Week 12, Nov. 27, Denver (W 23-10)
Week 13, Dec. 4, BYE
Week 14, Dec. 11, at Seattle (W 30-24)
Week 15, Dec. 18, Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
Week 16, Dec. 24, Detroit, 1 p.m.
Week 17, Jan. 1, at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Week 18, Jan. 7 or 8, at New Orleans, TBD
College football
Here is the full 2022-23 NCAA Division I FBS schedule:
(College Football Playoff)
Championship – Jan. 9 at Inglewood, Cal., TBA
Semifinal – Dec. 31 Peach at Atlanta, Ga., 4 p.m. (ESPN)
No. 2 Michigan vs. No. 3 TCU
Semifinal – Dec. 31 Fiesta at Glendale, Ariz., 8 p.m. (ESPN)
No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 4 Ohio State
(CFP Selection Committee Bowl games)
Jan. 2 – Rose at Pasadena, Cal., 5 p.m. (ESPN)
No. 8 Utah vs. No. 11 Penn State
Jan. 2 – Cotton at Arlington, Tex., 1 p.m. (ESPN)
No. 10 Southern California vs. No. 16 Tulane
Dec. 31 – Sugar at New Orleans, La., Noon (ESPN)
No. 5 Alabama vs. No. 9 Kansas State
Dec. 30 – Orange and Miami, Fla., 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
No. 6 Tennessee vs. No. 7 Clemson
(Other bowl games)
Jan. 2 – Citrus at Orlando, Fla., 1 p.m. (ABC)
No. 17 LSU vs. Purdue
Jan. 2 – ReliaQuest at Tampa, Fla., Noon (ESPN2)
No. 22 Mississippi State vs. Illinois
Dec. 31 – Music City at Nashville, Tenn., Noon (ABC)
Iowa vs. Kentucky
Dec. 30 – Arizona at Tucson, Ariz., 4:30 p.m. (Barstool)
Ohio vs. Wyoming
Dec. 30 – Gator at Jacksonville, Fla., 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
No. 21 Notre Dame vs. No. 19 South Carolina
Dec. 30 – Sun at El Paso, Tex., 2 p.m. (CBS)
No. 18 UCLA vs. Pittsburgh
Dec. 30 – Duke’s Mayo at Charlotte, Noon (ESPN)
Maryland vs. No. 23 N.C. State
Dec. 29 – Alamo at San Antonio, Tex., 9 p.m. (ESPN)
No. 20 Texas vs. No. 12 Washington
Dec. 29 – Cheez-It at Orlando, Fla., 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Oklahoma vs. No. 13 Florida State
Dec. 29 – Pinstripe at Bronx, N.Y., 2 p.m. (ESPN)
Minnesota vs. Syracuse
Dec. 28 – Texas at Houston, Tex., 9 p.m. (ESPN)
Mississippi vs. Texas Tech
Dec. 28 – Holiday at San Diego, Cal., 8 p.m. (Fox)
No. 15 Oregon vs. North Carolina
Dec. 28 – Liberty at Memphis, 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Arkansas vs. Kansas
Dec. 28 – Military at Annapolis, Md., 2 p.m. (ESPN)
Duke vs. Central Florida
Dec. 27 – Guaranteed Rate at Phoenix, Ariz., 10:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Wisconsin vs. Oklahoma State
Dec. 27 – Birmingham at Birmingham, Ala., 6:45 p.m. (ESPN)
Coastal Carolina vs. East Carolina
Dec. 27 – First Responder at University Park, Tex., 3:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Memphis vs. Utah State
Dec. 27 – Camellia at Montgomery, Ala., Noon (ESPN)
Buffalo vs. Georgia Southern
Dec. 26 – Quick Lane at Detroit, Mich., 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Bowling Green vs. New Mexico State
Dec. 24 – Hawai’i at Honolulu, Hawai’i, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
San Diego State vs. Middle Tennessee
Dec. 23 – Gasparilla at Tampa, Fla., 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Missouri vs. Wake Forest
Dec. 23 – Independence at Shreveport, La., 3 p.m. (ESPN)
Houston vs. Louisiana
Dec. 22 – Armed Forces at Fort Worth, Tex., 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Baylor vs. Air Force
Dec. 21 – New Orleans at New Orleans, La., 9 p.m. (ESPN)
Western Kentucky vs. South Alabama
Dec. 20 – Boca Raton at Boca Raton, Fla., 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Toledo vs. Liberty
Dec. 20 – Famous Idaho Potato at Boise, Id., 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
San Jose State vs. Eastern Michigan
Dec. 19 – Myrtle Beach at Conway, S.C., 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Marshall vs. Connecticut
Dec. 17 – Frisco at Frisco, Tex., 9:15 p.m. (ESPN)
North Texas vs. Boise State
Dec. 17 – Las Vegas at Las Vegas, Nev., 7:30 p.m. (ABC)
Florida vs. No. 14 Oregon State
Dec. 17 – LendingTree at Mobile, Ala., 5:45 p.m. (ESPN)
Southern Miss vs. Rice
Dec. 17 – Jimmy Kimmel L.A. at Inglewood, Cal., 3:30 p.m. (ABC)
Washington State vs. Fresno State
Dec. 17 – New Mexico at Albuquerque, N.M., 2:15 p.m. (ESPN)
BYU vs. SMU
Dec. 17 – Fenway at Boston, Mass., 11 a.m. (ESPN)
Louisville vs. Cincinnati
Dec. 16 – Cure at Orlando, Fla., 3 p.m. (ESPN)
No. 24 Troy vs. No. 25 UT-San Antonio – Troy 18-12
Dec. 16 – Bahamas at Nassau, Bahamas, 11:30 a.m. (ESPN)
UAB vs. Miami, O. – UAB 24-20