12-2-22 roundup: Pro basketball and football, High school football, basketball and wrestling, College football and basketball, Middle school soccer, volleyball and wrestling
By Richard Walker
East Lincoln High School is headed to its fourth state championship football game after outlasting South Point 14-7 on Friday night in the Western N.C. 3A championship game at East Lincoln.
The unbeaten Mustangs (15-0) got touchdown down runs from Christopher Daley and Ben Cutter and survived a late rally by South Point (13-2) to advance to next Saturday’s 7 p.m. state title game at N.C. State’s Carter-Finley Stadium.
East Lincoln clinched the victory by intercepting a pass deep in its territory on the final play of the game in front of a crowd estimated at 6,000.
The Mustangs will meet Northern Nash in next week’s championship game.
The area’s other Western finals participant, Burns, lost 32-14 at Reidsville.
The host Rams (14-1) built a 17-0 advantage and it was enough to survive Burns’ second half comeback.
Here are this week’s statewide regional finals results:
(1A)
Tarboro 35, Rosewood 7
Mount Airy 35, Draughn 6
(2A)
East Duplin 28, Wallace-Rose Hill 26
Reidsville 32, Burns 14
(3A)
Northern Nash 23, 71st 22
East Lincoln 14, South Point 7
(4A)
New Bern 35, Millbrook 27
Grimsley 28, Weddington 27
Here are next week’s state finals pairings:
-Friday
(4A)
New Bern (15-0) vs. Grimsley (15-0) at UNC, 7 p.m.
-Saturday
(2A)
East Duplin (14-1) vs. Reidsville (14-1) at UNC, 11 a.m.
(1A)
Tarboro (13-1) vs. Mount Airy (14=1) at N.C. State, 3 p.m.
(3A)
Northern Nash (15-0) vs. East Lincoln (15-0) at N.C. State, 7 p.m.
High school basketball
-BOYS
Gaston Christian 63, Gaston Day 53: Cameron Newman had 27 points, Corey Gaines 13 and Gabriel Mabor 10 for Gaston Christian and Evan Montanari had 31 points to lead Gaston Day.
Cramer 70, South Rowan 26: Jacob Joyner (14 points), Taelan Whitley (12 points, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks), Amari Littlejohn (11 points), Quinton Rybczyk (10 points, 4 steals, 3 assists) and Owen Sloan (10 assists, 4 steals) led Cramer.
Cramer also won the JV game 65-41 behind Makhi Brown (6 points, 13 rebounds, 2 blocks), Zack Alexander (20 points, 2 steals) and D.J. Cross (13 points, 4 rebounds, 3 steals).
North Lincoln 81, Ashbrook 71 (OT)
Bessemer City 60, North Gaston 58: Randall Pettus surpassed 1,500 career points for Bessemer City.
Cherryville 66, West Lincoln 52
-GIRLS
Cramer 55, South Rowan 20: Hadley Womack (23 points, 3 assists), Zion Duncan (16 points) and Oshauna Holland (10 points 6 assists, 8 steals) led Cramer.
West Lincoln 62, Cherryville 40: Chloe Norman had 21 points, Calla Varner 12 and Carolina Robinson 11 to lead West Lincoln.
High school wrestling
(Thursday’s results)
West Lincoln def. Enka 42-33
West Lincoln def. North Henderson 48-30
College basketball
Charlotte 71, Appalachian State 62: The 49ers improved to 7-2 by rallying from a 30-7 deficit with 11:58 left in the first half. Charlotte outscored the Mountaineers (5-4) 40-20 in the second half.
College football
(This weekend’s NCAA Division I Carolinas schedule:)
-Saturday
ACC championship – Clemson vs. North Carolina, 8 p.m.
-FCS playoffs
(Dec. 3 second round games)
New Hampshire at Holy Cross, noon
Furman at Incarnate Word, 2 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at William & Mary, 2 p.m.
Southeastern Louisiana at Samford, 3 p.m.
Delaware at South Dakota State, 3 p.m.
Weber State at Montana State, 3 p.m.
Montana at North Dakota State, 3:30 p.m.
Richmond at Sacramento State, 5 p.m.
-NCAA Division II
Wingate at West Florida, 2:05 p.m.
Pro basketball
The Charlotte Hornets outlasted the Washington Wizards 117-116 to improve to 7-15 on the season.
Charlotte built as much as a 22-point lead before holding off a Washington rally as Terry Rozier (25 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists), Kelly Oubre (22 points, 7 rebounds), P.J. Washington (21 points, 5 assists), Mason Plumlee (17 points, 10 rebounds) and Nick Richards (12 points, 9 rebounds) led the Hornets.
Here’s the 2022-23 Charlotte Hornets schedule:
(6-16 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 (L 116-117)
3 Milwaukee, 6 p.m.
5 L.A. Clippers, 7 p.m.
7 at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.
9 New York, 7 p.m.
11 at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
14 Detroit, 7 p.m.
16 Atlanta, 7 p.m.
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.
Pro football
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, 4:25 p.m.
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
Middle school boys soccer
GASTON COUNTY CONFERENCE
Final regular season standings:
Cramerton 10-0
Belmont 9-1
Holbrook 8-2
Stanley 7-3
Mount Holly 6-4
Bessemer City 4-6
York Chester 3-6-1
Southwest 3-7
Grier 2-8
Chavis 1-8-1
W.C. Friday 0-10
(Playoffs)
-Monday, Dec. 5 semifinals
Stanley at Cramerton
Holbrook at Belmont
-Thursday, Dec. 8 championship
At highest seeded team
Middle School volleyball
GASTON COUNTY CONFERENCE
Final regular season standings:
Mount Holly 10-0
Cramerton 9-1
Belmont 8-2
Stanley 7-3
Chavis 6-4
Holbrook 5-5
W.C. Friday 4-6
Bessemer City 3-7
Southwest 2-8
York Chester 1-9
Grier 0-10
(Playoffs)
-Monday, Dec. 5 semifinals
Stanley at Mount Holly
Belmont at Cramerton
-Wednesday, Dec. 7 championship
At highest seeded team
Middle School wrestling
GASTON COUNTY CONFERENCE
Standings through Dec. 2:
Belmont 8-1
Cramerton 8-1
Stanley 8-1
W.C. Friday 6-3
Chavis 5-4
Grier 4-5
Holbrook 4-5
York Chester 3-5
Mount Holly 2-7
Southwest 1-8
Bessemer City 0-9
x-missing Dec. 2 result
(Friday’s matches)
Belmont def. Mount Holly 90-18
Chavis def. Grier 79-18
Cramerton def. W.C. Friday 72-30
York Chester at Southwest
(Dec. 6 matches)
Cramerton at Chavis, W.C. Friday at Bessemer City, Grier at Belmont, Holbrook at York Chester, Mount Holly at Stanley
END REGULAR SEASON
TRI-COUNTY CONFERENCE
West Lincoln update: The Chiefs improved to 9-0 with a 70-32 win over Kings Mountain on Tuesday and a 62-36 win over Lincolnton on Thursday. Also this week, head coach Wayne Navey was presented a plaque for his 300th win as West Lincoln’s middle school coach.