2-11-22 roundup: Pro basketball and football, College basketball, High school basketball and football, Middle school basketball

By Richard Walker

Two Gaston County high school boys basketball teams celebrated huge accomplishments on Friday as Cherryville’s Scott Harrill became the county’s first 400-game coaching winner and Gaston Day won its conference tournament title.

Cherryville ended its regular season with a 58-51 victory over Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy as Harrill improved his 22-year head coaching record to 400-179. Harrill in the 2020-21 season became Gaston County’s all-time basketball head coaching winner.

At Gaston Day, the Spartans avenged one of their three regular season losses with a 46-44 win over visiting Northside Christian in the Metrolina Athletic Conference tournament title game.

Chris Britt had 25 points, Callum Richard nine, Evan Montanari seven and Chase Owens five for Gaston Day (24-3), which opens the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association state playoffs next Tuesday at home.

Here’s Friday’s other games:

BOYS
Cramer 82, Forestview 60: Will Kelly (35 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 blocks, 4 steals), Jacob Joyner (19 points, 3 assists, 3 steals) and
Frankie Verdezas (6 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals) led Cramer.

Crest 79, Kings Mountain 57: Crest extended its Big South 3A Conference winning streak to 28 games with the school’s first-ever back-to-back unbeaten league championship seasons.

Shelby 68, Burns 51: Shelby forged a tie with Bessemer City at 11-1 atop the Southern Piedmont 1A/2A Conference standings.

East Lincoln 68, North Lincoln 52: Drew Bean had 23 points, Keandre Walker 14 and Jeremiah Jones 13 for East Lincoln.

GIRLS
Cramer 48, Forestview 31: Hadley Womack (23 points, 7 steals, 5 rebounds) and Dasia Harris (20 points, 11 rebounds) led Cramer.

Ashbrook 64, Huss 54: Ashbrook finished tied with Kings Mountain (13-1) for the Big South 3A title.

Kings Mountain 72, Crest 57: Saniya Wilson (31 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals), Khalia King (25 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists), CoRey Simpson (6 points, 6 rebounds), Myracle Davis (4 points, 7 rebounds, 2 blocks), Alayna Patrick (2 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists) and Tyasya Bell (2 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists) led Kings Mountain.

South Point 53, North Gaston 40

Shelby 73, Burns 22

East Gaston 39, Highland Tech 31

Thomas Jefferson 55, Cherryville 18

East Lincoln 65, North Lincoln 37

Piedmont Community Charter 63, Corvian Community 37 (Thursday): Kaylee Nolan had 25 points and Grace East 19 for Piedmont.

Saturday’s schedule:

Bunker Hill at Lincolnton

 

Pro basketball

Apparently, just playing the Detroit Pistons simply brings out the best in the Charlotte Hornets.

Charlotte put an end to its season-long six-game losing streak with a 141-119 victory at Detroit on Friday.

The win extended the Hornets’ franchise-record winning streak to 15 games over the Pistons.

LaMelo Ball (31 points, 5 rebounds, 12 assists), Terry Rozier (25 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists), Miles Bridges (25 points), Kelly Oubre (11 points, 6 rebounds), Mason Plumlee (7 points, 10 rebounds) and new acquisition Montrezl Harrell (15 points, 6 rebounds) led the Hornets, who led all but a few minutes of the first quarter in the 22-point victory.

Harrell, acquired from the Washington Wizards on Thursday, played 22 minutes in his first game for Charlotte.

Rozier’s triple-double was the first of his Hornets’ career, made him the 11th player in team history to record a triple-double and makes him and Ball the fourth pair of Charlotte teammates with triple-doubles in the same season; Stephen Jackson and Boris Diaw (2010-11), Baron Davis and Jamal Mashburn (2000-01) and Larry Johnson and Kendall Gill (1995-96) previous did so.

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 (L 96-120)
Wed. 15 at San Antonio (W 131-115)
Fri. 17 at Portland (L 116-125)
Sun. 19 at Phoenix (L 106-137)
Mon. 20 at Utah (L 102-112)
Thu. 23 at Denver (W 115-107)
Mon. 27 HOUSTON (W 123-99)
Wed. 29 at Indiana (W 116-108)
JANUARY
Sun. 2 PHOENIX (L 99-133)
Mon. 3 at Washington (L 121-124)
Wed. 5 DETROIT (W 140-111)
Sat. 8 MILWAUKEE (W 114-106)
Mon. 10 MILWAUKEE (W 103-99)
Wed. 12 at Philadelphia (W 109-98)
Fri. 14 ORLANDO (L 109-116)
Mon. 17 at New York (W 97-87)
Wed. 19 at Boston (W 111-102)
Fri. 21 OKLAHOMA CITY (W 121-98)
Sun. 23 ATLANTA (L 91-113)
Tue. 25 at Toronto (L 113-125)
Wed. 26 at Indiana (W 158-126)
Fri. 28 L.A. LAKERS (W 117-114)
Sun. 30 LA CLIPPERS (L 90-115)
FEBRUARY
Wed. 2 at Boston (L 107-113)
Fri. 4 CLEVELAND (L 101-102)
Sat. 5 MIAMI (L 86-104)
Mon. 7 TORONTO (L 101-116)
Wed. 9 CHICAGO (L 109-121)
Fri. 11 at Detroit (W 141-119)
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 football

North Gaston High coach Justin Clark announced his resignation as Wildcats coach on twitter Friday afternoon.

A 2002 North Gaston High graduate who played at Western Carolina, Clark had been North Gaston’s head coach for two seasons.

 

 

 

College basketball

Belmont Abbey 101, Chowan 91 (OT); Sean Halloran (17 points) led five double-figure scorers as the Crusaders improved to 15-8 overall and 13-6 in Conference Carolinas.

Belmont Abbey 77, Chowan 67: Brittany Autry scored 20 points for the Abbey (15-6, 13-4), which plays again Saturday at UNC Pembroke at 2 p.m.

 

 

 

 

Middle school basketball

Standings through Thursday’s games:

(Boys)
Southwest 6-0
Belmont 5-1
Grier 4-1
Holbrook 4-1
York Chester 4-2
Cramerton 2-3
Mount Holly 2-4
Stanley 2-4
W.C. Friday 1-4
Chavis 0-5
Bessemer City 0-5

(Girls)
Cramerton 5-0
Holbrook 5-0
Belmont 4-1
Southwest 4-2
W.C. Friday 2-2
Chavis 2-3
Mount Holly 2-4
Stanley 2-4
Grier 1-4
Bessemer City 1-5
York Chester 0-6

Next week’s schedule:

(Monday)
Bessemer City at York Chester
Chavis at Stanley
Cramerton at Southwest
W.C. Friday at Mount Holly
Grier at Holbrook

(Tuesday)
W.C. Friday at Belmont (girls only)

(Thursday)
Belmont at Stanley
Bessemer City at Southwest
Chavis at Mount Holly
Holbrook at Cramerton
W.C. Friday at Grier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pro football

The 2021-22 NFL playoffs:

(AFC 1st round)
1. Tennessee (12-5) – bye
4. Cincinnati (11-7) 26, 5. Las Vegas (10-8) 19
3. Buffalo (12-6) 47, 6. New England (10-8) 17
2. Kansas City (13-5) 42, 7. Pittsburgh (9-8-1) 21

(NFC 1st round)
1. Green Bay (13-4) – bye
2. Tampa Bay (14-4) 31, 7. Philadelphia (9-9) 15
6. San Francisco (11-7) 23, 3. Dallas (12-6) 17
4. Los Angeles (13-5) 34, 5. Arizona (11-7) 11

(AFC, NFC semifinals)
AFC
Cincinnati (12-7) 19, Tennessee (12-6) 16
Kansas City (14-5) 42, Buffalo (12-7) 36, OT
NFC
San Francisco (12-7) 13, Green Bay (13-5) 10
Los Angeles (14-5) 30, Tampa Bay (14-5) 27

(AFC, NFC championship games)
NFC
Los Angeles (15-5) 20, San Francisco (12-8) 17
AFC
Cincinnati (13-7) 27, Kansas City (14-6) 24, OT

(Super Bowl)
Feb. 13 – L.A. Rams vs. Cincinnati, 6:30 p.m.