4-7-23 roundup: Pro basketball, soccer, golf and baseball, High school baseball, College basketball, Middle school baseball and soccer
By Richard Walker
Five area players were announced on Thursday as members of the West team that play in this summer’s annual N.C. Coaches Association East-West All-Star football game.
They are Mason Avery of West Lincoln, Myles Jackson of Forestview, Justin Lipscomb of Shelby and Kahari Surratt and Lemont Wilson of Burns.
Players were nominated by their respective head coaches and then the coaches of the all-star teams pick the players who will represent the East and West.
This year’s game will be played July 19 at Greensboro Grimsley’s Jamieson Stadium.
East Duplin football coach Battle Holley will be the head coach of the East team and will be assisted by Matt Biggy (Gates County), Andrew Farris (Northern Nash), Bruce McClelland (Terry Sanford), Antonio Moore (Northeastern) and Darrin Stinson (Franklinton).
The West team will be led by Kennedy Tinsley, the head coach at Mallard Creek, and his assistants are Jim Beatty (North Henderson), Brian Hales (Butler), Josh McGee (Reagan), Rodney Pruett (Erwin) and Norman Weeks (Grimsley).
This year’s game marks the end of an era as the contest, which started in 1949, will be moving from the summer to the fall in the upcoming 2023-24 school year.
Here are the complete rosters for the football all-star game:
-2023 East Football All-Stars
Makari Abbo (Chapel Hill)
Jake Allen (Holly Springs)
El Avent (Fike)
Joshua Bradley (Tarboro)
Jacobi Chavis (Purnell Swett)
Jamari Coppage (Greene Central)
Semaj Cross (Gates County)
A.J. Dilworth (Franklinton)
Myles Fennell (Laney)
Andrew Frazier (Havelock)
Avery Gaby (East Duplin)
Kenderius Geddis (J.H. Rose)
Cadyn Graves (Scotland)
Cam’ren Hall (Northeastern)
Jesus Hernandez (Terry Sanford)
Tyree Holloway (Northside-Jacksonville)
Carson Jenkins (Northern Nash)
Dayreon Jennings (Lee County)
Keno Jones (Northern Nash)
Kade Kennedy (East Duplin)
Nick Magyar (Overhills)
Douglas Merritt (Roanoke Rapids)
Jashawn Middleton (Cleveland)
Jamarcus Nance (Southern Durham)
Jaiden Nesbit (Havelock)
Christian Olivas (Terry Sanford)
Xzavier Pearsall (Wallace-Rose Hill)
Wyatt Rickard (Lee County)
Jacob Schrei-Reyes (Wallace-Rose Hill)
Ahmaree Smith (North Brunswick)
Dawon Speller (Hertford County)
Shamar Sutton (Northeastern)
Donte Tyler (Camden County)
Dylan Wagner (New Bern)
Jimmyll Williams (Hillside)
Mathias Winston (Pine Forest)
-2023 West Football All-Stars
Eric Ainsworth (Eastern Guilford)
Mason Avery (West Lincoln)
Jaelan Brown (Williams)
Neko Brown (West Mecklenburg)
Alex Chambers (R-S Central)
Deshawn Cuyler (Ragsdale)
Diante Fountain (A.C. Reynolds)
Michael Godette (Northwest Guilford)
Marquis Harris (Mallard Creek)
Christian Hopper (A.L. Brown)
Myles Jackson (Forestview)
Matthew Keener (East Surry)
Jonathan LeGrant (West Forsyth)
Justin Lipscomb (Shelby)
Grayson Loy (Williams)
Nick Martin (East Forsyth)
Christopher McCorkle (Walkertown)
Adriel Miller (Central Cabarrus)
Oliver Mooney (Asheville)
Gavin Moore (Morehead)
Alejandro Morillon-Garcia (West Forsyth)
Joshua Nolan (Glenn)
Nashaun Price (Reidsville)
William Purvis III (Davie County)
Derrick Richardson (East Forsyth)
Nash Rogers (A.C. Reynolds)
Jalill Rogers (Reagan)
Spencer Schaper (Reagan)
Brodie Smith (Davie County)
Khalil Stimpson (Grimsley)
Kahari Surratt (Burns)
Wesley Thompson (Maiden)
Mason Thrasher (Murphy)
Khamani White-Carr (Northwest Cabarrus)
Lemont Wilson (Burns)
Kyle Zinn (East Surry)
College basketball
Piedmont Community Charter’s Grace East signed with the Cleveland Community College Yetis.
East became PCC’s all-time leading girls basketball scorer this past season and finished with 1,161 career points.
Pro golf
Former Forestview High standout Harold Varner III shot a 1-under-par 71 on Friday in the second round of The Masters in Augusta, Ga.
He’ll enter Saturday’s resumption of the tournament tied for 29th with a 2-day score of 143.
A 2008 Forestview High graduate, Varner won’t know his third round tee time until the second round is completed beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday.
This week is Varner’s second appearance in the PGA’s most prestigious tournament; He shot a three-over-par 291 to finish tied for 23rd in the 2022 event.
High school baseball
(Thursday, April 6)
Shelby 7, Kings Mountain 5: Parker Dixon picked up the win and Ryan McCracken got the save and Parker Dixon had 2 hits, including a double, and 2 RBIs to lead Shelby. Also for the Golden Lions, Eli Falls and Drew Dixon had 2 hits apiece, McCracken had 1 hit and 2 RBIs and Easton Davidson and Steven Spaes had 1 hit apiece.
(Friday, April 7)
Langtree Charter at Lincoln Charter, ppd., no date
Middle school baseball
Standings through games of April 6:
Belmont 6-0
Chavis 5-0
Stanley 5-1
Cramerton 4-1
Mount Holly 4-1
W.C. Friday 3-2
Holbrook 1-4
Bessemer City 1-5
York Chester 1-5
Grier 0-5
Southwest 0-6
(April 17 games)
Chavis at Belmont, Cramerton at York Chester, W.C. Friday at Stanley, Grier at Southwest, Holbrook at Mount Holly
Middle school girls soccer
Standings through games of April 6:
Belmont 6-0
Stanley 5-1
Cramerton 4-1
W.C. Friday 4-1
Mount Holly 4-1
Chavis 3-2
Grier 2-3
Holbrook 2-3
Bessemer City 0-6
Southwest 0-6
York Chester 0-6
(April 17 games)
Chavis at Belmont, Cramerton at York Chester, W.C. Friday at Stanley, Grier at Southwest, Holbrook at Mount Holly
Pro basketball
The Charlotte Hornets dropped their fourth straight game in a 112-109 home loss to the Houston Rockets in front of a sellout crowd of 19,102 at Spectrum Center in the 2022-23 home finale.
Svi Mykhailiuk had 25 points, Theo Maledon 22 points and Mark Williams 12 points and 13 rebounds to lead Charlotte.
Here’s the 2022-23 Charlotte Hornets schedule:
(26-55 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 (L 115-119)
19 at Sacramento (W 125-119)
21 at L.A. Clippers (L 105-126)
23 at L.A. Lakers (W 134-130)
26 at Portland (L 113-124)
27 at Golden State (L 105-110)
29 Oklahoma City (W 121-113)
31 Brooklyn (L 106-123)
January
2 L.A. Lakers (L 115-121)
4 Memphis (L 107-131)
6 at Milwaukee (W 138-109)
8 at Indiana (L 111-116)
10 at Toronto (L 120-132)
12 at Toronto (L 114-124)
14 Boston (L 106-122)
16 Boston (L 118-130)
18 at Houston (W 122-117)
21 at Atlanta (W 122-118)
23 at Utah (L 102-120)
24 at Phoenix (L 97-128)
26 Chicago (W 111-96)
29 Miami (W 122-117)
31 at Milwaukee (L 115-124)
February
2 at Chicago (L 98-114)
3 at Detroit (L 112-118)
5 Orlando (L 113-119)
8 at Washington (L 104-118)
10 at Boston (L 116-127)
11 Denver (L 105-119)
13 Atlanta (W 144-138)
15 San Antonio (W 120-110)
24 at Minnesota (W 121-113)
25 Miami (W 108-103)
27 Detroit (W 117-106)
March
1 Phoenix (L 91-105)
3 Orlando (L 106-117)
5 at Brooklyn (L 86-102)
7 at New York (W 112-105)
9 at Detroit (W 113-103)
11 Utah (L 111-119)
12 Cleveland (L 114-118)
14 Cleveland (L 104-120)
17 Philadelphia (L 82-121)
20 Indiana (W 115-109)
23 at New Orleans (L 96-115)
24 at Dallas (W 117-109)
26 Dallas (W 110-104)
28 at Oklahoma City (W 137-134)
31 Chicago (L 91-121)
April
2 Toronto (L 108-128)
4 Toronto (L 100-120)
7 Houston (L 109-112)
9 at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
Pro baseball
Columbus 17-4, Charlotte 0-0: The host Clippers swept the doubleheader to drop Charlotte to 3-4 on the season. Charlotte continues the six-game series on Saturday.
Pro soccer
Here is Charlotte FC’s full 2023 schedule:
(1-3-2 record)
Feb. 25 New England Revolution (L 0-1)
March 4 at St. Louis City SC (L 1-3)
March 11 Atlanta United FC (L 0-3)
March 18 at Orlando City SC (W 2-1)
March 25 New York Red Bulls (T 1-1)
April 1 at Toronto FC (T 2-2)
April 8 at Real Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.
April 15 Colorado Rapids, 7:30 p.m.
April 22 Columbus Crew, 7:30 p.m.
April 29 at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.
May 6 New York City FC, 7:30 p.m.
May 13 at Atlanta United FC, 7:30 p.m.
May 17 Chicago Fire FC, 7:30 p.m.
May 20 Nashville SC, 7:30 p.m.
May 27 at L.A. Galaxy, 10:30 p.m.
May 31 at Philadelphia Union, 7:30 0.m.
June 3 at Columbus Crew, 7:30 p.m.
June 10 Seattle Sounders FC, 7:30 p.m.
June 21 at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m.
June 24 CF Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
July 5 at New York City FC, 7:30 p.m.
July 8 FC Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
July 15 at CF Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 20 at Inter Miami CF, 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 26 L.A. FC, 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 30 Orlando City SC, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 2 at Nashville SC, 8:30 p.m.
Sept. 16 D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 20 Philadelphia Union, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 23 at FC Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 30 at New England Revolution, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 4 Toronto FC, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 7 at Chicago Fire FC, 8:30 p.m.
Oct. 21 Inter Miami CF, TBD
Auto racing
The 2023 NASCAR schedule (with winners in parentheses):
Feb 5 Clash at The Coliseum, Los Angeles CA (Martin Truex, Jr.)
Feb 16 Duel No. 1, Daytona Beach FL (Joey Logano)
Feb 16 Duel No. 2, Daytona Beach FL (Aric Almirola)
Feb 19 Daytona 500, Daytona Beach FL (Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.)
Feb 26 NASCAR Cup Series at California, Fontana CA (Kyle Busch)
Mar 5 NASCAR Cup Series at Las Vegas, Las Vegas NV (William Byron)
Mar 12 NASCAR Cup Series at Phoenix, Avondale AZ (William Byron-2)
Mar 19 NASCAR Cup Series at Atlanta, Hampton GA (Joey Logano-2)
Mar 26 NASCAR Cup Series at Circuit of the Americas, Austin TX (Tyler Reddick)
Apr 2 NASCAR Cup Series at Richmond, Richmond VA (Kyle Larson)
Apr 9 NASCAR Cup Series at Bristol, Bristol TN, 7 p.m. on FOX
Apr 16 NASCAR Cup Series at Martinsville, Martinsville VA, 3 p.m. on FS1
Apr 23 NASCAR Cup Series at Talladega, Lincoln AL, 3 p.m. on FOX
Apr 30 NASCAR Cup Series at Dover, Dover DE, 2 p.m. on FS1
May 7 NASCAR Cup Series at Kansas, Kansas City KS, 3 p.m. on FS1
May 14 NASCAR Cup Series at Darlington, Darlington SC, 3 p.m. on FS1
May 21 NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Open Race, North Wilkesboro NC, 6 p.m. on FS1
May 21 NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race, North Wilkesboro NC, 8 p.m. on FS1
May 28 NASCAR Cup Series at Charlotte, Concord NC, 6 p.m. at FOX
Jun 4 NASCAR Cup Series at World Wide Technology Raceway, Madison IL, 3:30 p.m. on FS1
Jun 11 NASCAR Cup Series at Sonoma, Sonoma CA, 3:30 p.m. on FOX
Jun 25 NASCAR Cup Series at Nashville, Lebanon TN, 7 p.m. on NBC
Jul 2 NASCAR Cup Series at Chicago, Chicago IL, 5:30 p.m. on NBC
Jul 9 NASCAR Cup Series at Atlanta, Hampton GA, 7 p.m. on USA
Jul 16 NASCAR Cup Series at New Hampshire, Loudon NH, 2:30 p.m. on USA
Jul 23 NASCAR Cup Series at Pocono, Long Pond PA, 2:30 p.m. on USA
Jul 30 NASCAR Cup Series at Richmond, Richmond VA, 3 p.m. on USA
Aug 6 NASCAR Cup Series at Michigan, Brooklyn MI, 2:30 p.m. on USA
Aug 13 NASCAR Cup Series at Indianapolis Road Course, Speedway IN, 2:30 p.m. on NBC
Aug 20 NASCAR Cup Series at Watkins Glen, Watkins Glen NY, 3 p.m. on USA
Aug 26 NASCAR Cup Series at Daytona, Daytona Beach FL, 7 p.m. on NBC
(Cup Playoffs)
Sep 3 NASCAR Cup Series at Darlington, Darlington SC, 6 p.m. on USA
Sep 10 NASCAR Cup Series at Kansas, Kansas City KS, 3 p.m. on USA
Sep 16 NASCAR Cup Series at Bristol, Bristol TN, 7:30 p.m. on USA
Sep 24 NASCAR Cup Series at Texas, Fort Worth TX, 3:30 p.m. on USA
Oct 1 NASCAR Cup Series at Talladega, Lincoln AL, 2 p.m. on NBC
Oct 8 NASCAR Cup Series at Charlotte, Concord NC, 2 p.m. on NBC
Oct 15 NASCAR Cup Series at Las Vegas, Las Vegas NV, 2:30 p.m. on NBC
Oct 22 NASCAR Cup Series at Miami, Homestead FL, 2:30 p.m. on NBC
Oct 29 NASCAR Cup Series at Martinsville, Martinsville, 2 p.m. on NBC
Nov 5 NASCAR Cup Series at Phoenix, Avondale AZ, 3 p.m. on NBC