3-12-22 roundup: College basketball and baseball, High school basketball and baseball, Pro basketball and soccer
By Richard Walker
We’re two weeks into high school baseball season and all leagues will begin conference play this week if they haven’t already.
Five teams in Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties remain unbeaten – Burns (5-0) in Cleveland County, South Point 3-0) in Gaston County and East Lincoln (4-0), Lincoln Charter (4-0) and North Lincoln (4-0) in Lincoln County.
Here are the current high school baseball standings for teams from Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties, with conference record followed by overall record:
Big South 3A
South Point 0-0, 3-0
Ashbrook 0-0, 2-1
Cramer 0-0, 2-1
Crest 0-0, 2-2
Forestview 0-0, 2-2
Kings Mountain 0-0, 1-2
North Gaston 0-0, 1-2
Huss 0-0, 0-1
Southern Piedmont 1A/2A
Burns 2-0, 5-0
East Gaston 2-0, 3-2
Shelby 2-0, 3-2
Cherryville 0-0, 2-1
Highland Tech 0-2, 2-3
Thomas Jefferson 0-2, 0-4
Bessemer City 0-2, 0-5
Others
Piedmont CC 0-1, 2-2
East Lincoln 1-0, 4-0
North Lincoln 1-0, 4-0
Lincolnton 2-0, 3-2
West Lincoln 1-1, 1-4
Lincoln Charter 0-0, 4-0
Mtn Island Charter 0-0, 1-2
Gaston Christian 1-0, 2-1
Gaston Day 0-2, 1-4
THIS WEEK’s SCHEDULE:
(Monday)
Ashbrook at Highland Tech
Corvian Community at Mountain Island Charter
(Tuesday)
Ashbrook at Crest
Huss at Kings Mountain
North Gaston at Forestview
South Point at Cramer
Bessemer City at Highland Tech
East Gaston at Thomas Jefferson
Shelby at Cherryville
Hickory at North Lincoln
Statesville at East Lincoln
Bandys at Lincolnton
West Lincoln at Bunker Hill
Metrolina at Gaston Christian
Starmount at Lincoln Cahrter
(Wednesday)
Bunker Hill at East Lincoln
Clover, S.C. at South POint
Cramer at North Meck
Crest at Burns
East Rutherford at Forestview
Lincolnton at East Gaston
West Meck at Huss
(Thursday)
Burns at Kings Mountain
Community School of Davidson at Cherryville
Gaston Christian at SouthLake Christian
Lincoln Charter at Rocky River
Mountain Island Charter at Carolina Royals
(Friday)
Cramer at South Point
Crest at Ashbrook
Forestview at North Gaston
Kings Mountain at Huss
Cherryville at Shelby
Highland Tech at Bessemer City
Thomas Jefferson at East Gaston
North Iredell at North Lincoln
West Iredell at East Lincoln
Lincolnton at West Caldwell
West Lincoln at Newton-Conover
Mountain Island Charter at South Iredell
College basketball
Here are the pairings for the 2022 NCAA Division II Southeast Regional at Augusta, Ga.:
(Saturday’s quarterfinals)
No. 3 Lincoln Memorial 100, No. 6 Georgia College 65
No. 2 Queens 86, No. 7 Columbus State 84
No. 1 Augusta 106, No. 8 Belmont Abbey 77: Sean Halloran and Chandler Baker each tallied 12 points, but a hot-shooting Augusta team led the top-seeded and fifth-ranked Jaguars to victory and ended the Abbey’s season at 22-10.
No. 4 UNC-Pembroke 74, No. 5 Flagler 70
(Sunday’s semifinals)
5 p.m. – Lincoln Memorial vs. Queens
7:30 p.m. – Augusta vs. UNC-Pembroke
(Tuesday, March 15 championship)
7 p.m. (Winner advances to March 22-26 Elite 8 in Evansville, Ind.)
The full 2022 New York Life ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament schedule:
Tuesday, March 8
First Round
No. 13 Boston College 66, No. 12 Pitt 46
No. 10 Clemson 70, No. 15 N.C. State 64
No. 11 Louisville 84, No. 14 Georgia Tech 74
Wednesday, March 9
Second Round
No. 8 Syracuse 96, No. 8 Florida State 57
Boston College 82, No. 5 Wake Forest 77, OT
No. 7 Virginia Tech 76, Clemson 75, OT
No. 6 Virginia 51, Louisville 50
Thursday, March 10
Quarterfinals
No. 1 Duke 88, Syracuse 79
No. 4 Miami 71, Boston College 69, OT
Virginia Tech 87, No. 2 Notre Dame 80
No. 3 North Carolina 63, Virginia 43
Friday, March 11
Semifinals
Duke 80, Miami 76
Virginia Tech 72, North Carolina 59
Saturday, March 12
Championship
Virginia Tech 82, Duke 67
Davidson 84, Saint Louis 69: Foster Loyer paced five Davidson players in double figures with a game-high 21 points as the Wildcats led from start to finish on Saturday to advance to the 21st conference title game (19 Southern Conference, 2 Atlantic 10) in school history.
Charlotte women 68, Louisiana Tech 63: A 49-point second half lifted the 49ers to a Conference USA tournament title – and the school’s first NCAA tournament berth.
High school basketball
Here are full statewide pairings for Saturday’s state championship games:
(1A at Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh)
Girls – Bishop McGuinness 70, Bertie 42
Boys – Hayesville 54, Chatham Charter 43, OT
(2A at Smith Center, Chapel Hill)
Girls – Salisbury 54, Farmville Central 44
Boys – Robinson 70, Farmville Central 68
(3A at Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh)
Girls – Northwood 70, Enka 42
Boys – West Charlotte 83, Seventy-First 75
(4A at Smith Center, Chapel Hill)
Girls – Julius Chambers 46, Apex Friendship 44
Boys – Weddington 76, Panther Creek 68
College baseball
Catawba Valley Community College 19, Gaston College 4: The visiting Red Hawks scored 17 runs in the last three innings to hand Gaston College (19-1) its first loss of the season. The teams conclude their three-game series with a 1 p.m. doubleheader Sunday at Gastonia’s CaroMont Health Park.
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 (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 (L 118-125)
Tue. 15 at Minnesota (L 120-126, OT)
Thu. 17 MIAMI (L 107-111, 2 OT)
Fri. 25 TORONTO (W 125-93)
Sun. 27 DETROIT (L 126-127, OT)
Mon. 28 at Milwaukee (L 106-130)
MARCH
Wed. 2 at Cleveland (W 119-98)
Sat. 5 SAN ANTONIO (W 123-117)
Tue. 8 BROOKLYN (L 121-132)
Wed. 9 BOSTON (L 101-115)
Fri. 11 at New Orleans (W 142-120)
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
Pro soccer
Here’s the full Charlotte FC schedule for the 2022 season (with results):
Feb. 26 at D.C. (L 0-3)
March 5, L.A. (L 0-1)
March 13, at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.
March 19, New England, 7 p.m.
March 26, Cincinnati, 6 p.m.
April 4, at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
April 10, Atlanta, 1:30 p.m.
April 16, at New England, 7:30 p.m.
April 23, at Colorado, 9 p.m.
April 30, at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.
May 7, Miami, 3:30 p.m.
May 14, Montreal, 7 p.m.
May 22, Vancouver, 5 p.m.
May 29, at Seattle, 9:30 p.m.
June 11, New York, 3 p.m.
June 18, at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
June 25, at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
June 30, Austin, 7 p.m.
July 3, at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
July 9, Nashville, 7 p.m.
July 16, at Miami, 8 p.m.
July 23, at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
July 30, Columbus, 7 p.m.
August 3, D.C., 7 p.m.
August 6, Chicago, 7 p.m.
August 13, at LAFC, 10:30 p.m.
August 17, at New York City, TBD
August 21, Orlando, 7 p.m.
August 27, Toronto, 7 p.m.
September 3, at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
September 10, New York City, 7 p.m.
September 17, at Chicago, 8 p.m.
October 1, Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
October 9, at New York, TBD