2-4-22 roundup: Legion baseball, High school basketball, Pro basketball and football, Middle school basketball, College baseball

By Richard Walker

Shelby’s Veterans Field at Keeter Stadium and Cherryville’s Fraley Field will host a six-team June Classic American Legion baseball tournament from June 10-12,

The teams will be divided into two pools with Cleveland County, Kinston and Rowan County in Pool A and Cherryville, Randolph County and Wayne County in Pool B.

Here’s the schedule for the event:

June 10
(at Veterans Field at Keeter Stadium)
Randolph County vs. Kinston, 5:30 p.m.
Wayne County vs. Cleveland County, 7:30 p.m.
(at Fraley Field)
Rowan County vs. Cherryville, 6:30 p.m.

June 11
(at Veterans Field at Keeter Stadium)
Rowan County vs. Kinston, 2 p.m.
Kinston vs. Cleveland County, 4:30 p.m.
Rowan County vs. Cleveland County, 7 p.m.

(at Fraley Field)
Randolph County vs. Wayne County, 2 p.m.
Wayne County vs. Cherryville, 4:0 p.m.
Randolph County vs. Cherryville, 7 p.m.

June 12
(at Veterans Field at Keeter Stadium)
Semifinal – A No. 1 vs. B No. 2, 11 a.m.
Semifinal – A No. 2 vs. B No. 1, 1:30 p.m.
Championship game – Semifinal winners, 4 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

High school basketball

(Friday’s boys games)
Crest 84, Forestview 41

Kings Mountain 89, Cramer 77: Will Kelly (43 points, 6 blocks, 4 assists), Jacob Joyner (13 points, 4 assists, 4 steals) and Justin Rocquemore (6 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals) led Cramer.
Cramer won the JV game 72-50 behind Quinton Rybczyk (16 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists), Amari Littlejohn (13 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals), John Adams-McClendon (12 points, 4 rebounds) and Campbell Pierce (9 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals).

Bessemer City 76, Burns 65

Cherryville 63, Highland Tech 50

Shelby 70, East Gaston 52

East Lincoln 66, St. Stephens 51: Jeremiah Jones had a career high 21 points (with five 3-pointers) along with eight assists, three steals and three rebounds.

Lincoln Charter 71, Community School of Davidson 42

Northside Christian 60, Gaston Day 43: Former Lincoln Charter standout Sam Cogan had 17 points and Chris Britt had 18 for Gaston Day.

Forestview 70, North Gaston 51 (Thursday): Daris Byers (29 points, 5 assists, 7 steals), Brandon Alfonse (13 points, 8 rebounds) and Christian Williams (8 points, 7 rebounds) led Forestview.

(Friday’s girls games)
Crest 61, Forestview 34

Kings Mountain 63, Cramer 20: Saniya Wilson (26 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals), Khalia King (25 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists), Myracle Davis (6 points, 10 rebounds, 3 steals) and Alayna Patrick (3 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 steals) led Kings Mountain and Zoey Morris (8 points) and Hadley Womack (5 points, 6 steals) led Cramer.

Ashbrook 50, South Point 35: Kennette Bess had 28 points for Ashbrook and Lexi Birtwistle had 15 points and Maddie Frank 13 for South Point.

Bessemer City 43, Burns 32

Shelby 62, East Gaston 22

Piedmont Community Charter 69, Queen’s Grant 35: Kaylee Nolan had 24 points, Lauren French 11 and Grace East 10 for Piedmont.

Foard 68, North Lincoln 45

Lincoln Charter 49, Community School of Davidson 40

(Saturday’s games)
Huss at Crest
Kings Mountain at Forestview

 

 

 

 

Pro basketball

The Charlotte Hornets wasted a good start then staged one of their best comebacks of the year before suffering a heartbreaking 102-101 home loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

After the Hornets took a 101-98 lead, the Cavaliers scored the game’s last four points capped by two Kevin Love free throws with 1.2 seconds left.

Terry Rozier (24 points), Kelly Oubre (21 points), LaMelo Ball (15 points, 6 rebounds), Miles Bridges (12 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists) Masom Plumlee (8 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists) led Charlotte, which trailed 81-65 early in the fourth quarter before rallying.

The Hornets led 37-27 early in the second quarter before a 43-19 Cleveland surge in the middle of the game to take control of the game.

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 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

 

 

 

Middle school basketball

Standings through Thursday’s games:

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

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

This week’s games:

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

(Thursday)
Belmont at Chavis
York Chester at Cramerton
Stanley at W.C. Friday
Southwest at Grier’
Mount Holly at Holbrook

 

 

 

College baseball

Belmont Abbey 6, Shippensburg 2: The Crusaders hit four home runs in a game played at CaroMont Health Park.

 

 

 

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.