4-9-22 roundup: Pro basketball, golf and soccer, College baseball and beach volleyball, High school baseball, softball and girls soccer, Middle school baseball and girls soccer
By Richard Walker
Gastonia’s Harold Varner III struggled in Saturday’s unseasonable weather at The Master’s on Saturday.
A 2008 Forestview High graduate, Varner shot a eight-over-par 80 to fall from a tie for sixth to a tie for 36th in arguably the PGA’s most prestigious annual event.
Varner, who tees off at 11:10 a.m. for Sunday’s final round, birdied No. 3 but had nine bogeys on a day where temperatures hovered in the 50s and chilly winds made it feel like much colder.
In Thursday’s opening round, Varner eagled one hole (No. 13) and birdied four others (Nos. 2, 8, 14 and 16) to highlight his debut performance in the event.
In Friday’s second round, Varner had four more birdies (Nos. 2, 10, 13 and 16).
Varner is 15 shots behind leader Scottie Scheffler, who is nine-under-par in his first three days.
High school baseball
Standings through April 8:
Big South 3A
Kings Mountain 7-1, 8-3
Crest 7-1, 10-4
Forestview 5-3, 7-6
Cramer 4-4, 9-5
South Point 4-4, 7-5
North Gaston 4-4, 5-6
Ashbrook 1-7, 5-9
Huss 0-8, 0-10
Southern Piedmont 1A/2A
Burns 8-0, 13-1
East Gaston 7-1, 11-4
Shelby 5-3, 19-5
Cherryville 4-4, 7-6
Bessemer City 3-5, 3-9
Highland Tech 1-7, 4-9
Thomas Jefferson 0-10, 0-12
Others
Piedmont CC 3-3, 6-5
East Lincoln 6-3, 9-3
North Lincoln 7-2, 10-2
Lincolnton 7-3, 9-6
West Lincoln 6-4, 6-9
Lincoln Charter 5-1, 12-1
Mtn Isl Charter 0-6, 4-8
Gaston Christian 3-3, 6-6
Gaston Day 0-7, 2-9
Upcoming schedule:
(Monday)
Shelby at Bessemer City
A.C. Reynolds at Mountain Island Charter
Carolina Royals at Gaston Day
East Lincoln at West Iredell
Langtree Charter at Piedmont CC
R-S Central at West Lincoln
West Charlotte at Huss
(Tuesday)
Ashbrook at South Point
Cramer at Kings Mountain
Forestview at Crest
North Gaston at Huss
Burns at East Gaston
Highland Tech at Cherryville
North Lincoln at North Iredell
Newton-Conover at West Lincoln
West Caldwell at Lincolnton
Lincoln Charter in Easter tournament
(Wednesday)
Christ the King at Mountain Island Charter, DH
Bandys at East Lincoln
Lancaster, S.C. at North Lincoln
Lincoln Charter in Easter tournament
(Thursday)
Crest at Forestview
Huss at North Gaston
Kings Mountain at Cramer
South Point at Ashbrook
Bessemer City at Shelby
Cherryville at Highland Tech
East Gaston at Burns
Foard at East Lincoln
North Lincoln at St. Stephens
East Burke at Lincolnton
West Caldwell at West Lincoln
Lincoln Charter in Easter tournament
Davidson Day at Gaston Day
(Friday)
No games scheduled
High school softball
Upcoming schedule:
(Monday)
East Gaston at Shelby
East Lincoln at West Lincoln
(Tuesday)
Ashbrook at Forestview
Cramer at Crest
North Gaston at Kings Mountain
South Point at Huss
Burns at East Gaston
Highland Tech at Cherryville
Shelby at Bessemr City
East Lincoln at West Iredell
North Lincoln at North Iredell
Newton-Conover at West Lincoln
West Caldwell at Lincolnton
(Wednesday)
Piedmont CC at Bessemer City
(Thursday)
Ashbrook at North Gaston
Huss at Cramer
Kings Mountain at Forestview
South Point at Crest
Cherryville at Highland Tech
East Gaston at Burns
Foard at East Lincoln
North Lincoln at St. Stephens
Lincolnton at East Burke
West Lincoln at West Caldwell
(Friday)
Bessemer City at Shelby
High school girls soccer
Crest 11, Ashbrook 2 (Friday): Cadence Walker (5 goals, 2 assists), Madison Setzer (4 goals, 2 assists), Cadence Setzer (1 goal, 1 assist), Emma Harrill (1 goal), Madison Setzer (1 assist) and Hannah Merritt (1 assist) led Crest (8-3-1, 6-1 Big South 3A).
College baseball
Gaston College improved its winning streak to six while completing its ninth doubleheader sweep this season with victories over Guilford Tech on Saturday. The nationally-ranked Rhinos won 8-2 in the opener and 9-4 in the nightcap of a doubleheader played at Ragsdale High School in Jamestown. Gaston College (33-2, 23-1) plays at Guilford Tech on Sunday at noon in the final game of their three-game Region 10 Division II West series.
College beach volleyball
Gaston College made its debut in beach volleyball on a chilly Saturday at the Upward Star Center in Spartanburg, S.C. The Rhinos’ head coach Rachel Noreika’s inaugural team of Kendall McCarter, Stehanie Mason, Summer Meeks, Mahayla Shaw, Tiffany Burch and Kristina Harris competed against established programs from Sandhills Community College of Pinehurst and host Spartanburg Methodist.
In the opening match in school history, the Sandhills Flyers won all three sets by scores of 21-9, 21-8 against McCarter-Mason, 21-5, 21-3 against Meeks-Shaw and 21-4, 21-4 against Burch-Harris. In the next match against the Spartanburg Methodist Pioneers, the Rhinos lost all three sets by scores of 21-9, 21-9 against McCarter-Mason, 21-7, 21-9 against Meeks-Shaw and 21-4, 21-3 against Burch-Harris.
Middle school baseball
Gaston County Conference standings through April 7:
Stanley 5-0
Chavis 4-0
Mount Holly 4-0
Belmont 4-0
W.C. Friday 2-2
Bessemer City 1-2
Cramerton 1-2
York Chester 1-4
Grier 0-4
Holbrook 0-4
Southwest 0-4
(Monday, April 11)
Belmont at Chavis
Mount Holly at Holbrook
Southwest at Grier
Stanley at W.C. Friday
York Chester at Cramerton
(Tuesday, April 12)
Bessemer City at Cramerton
(Wednesday, April 13)
Mount Holly at Bessemer City
(Thursday, April 14)
Bessemer City at York Chester
Chavis at Stanley
Cramerton at Southwest
W.C. Friday at Mount Holly
Grier at Holbrook
Middle school girls soccer
Gaston County Conference standings through April 7:
Belmont 4-0
Cramerton 3-0
Stanley 4-1
W.C. Friday 3-1
Mount Holly 3-1
Chavis 2-2
Bessemer City 1-2
Grier 1-3
Holbrook 1-3
Southwest 0-4
York Chester 0-5
(Monday, April 11)
Belmont at Chavis
Mount Holly at Holbrook
Southwest at Grier
Stanley at W.C. Friday
York Chester at Cramerton
(Tuesday, April 12)
Bessemer City at Cramerton
(Wednesday, April 13)
Mount Holly at Bessemer City
(Thursday, April 14)
Bessemer City at York Chester
Chavis at Stanley
Cramerton at Southwest
W.C. Friday at Mount Holly
Grier at Holbrook
Pro basketball
The Charlotte enter Sunday’s regular season finale with a chance to be seeded seventh, eighth, ninth or 10th depending on their result and other results.
Currently seeded 10th, Charlotte (42-39) hosts Washington while current No. 7 Brooklyn (43-38) hosts Indiana, current No. 8 Cleveland (43-38) hosts Milwaukee and current No. 9 Atlanta (42-39) visits Houston.
All four games begin at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday and wins by each team would leave the seeds unchanged.
For Charlotte to finish seventh, it must win and have Brooklyn, Cleveland and Atlanta all lose.
For Charlotte to finish eighth, it and Cleveland must win and Brooklyn and Atlanta need to lose.
The No. 8 seed visits the No. 7 seed on Tuesday at 7 p.m. on TNT in the first play-in game with the No. 10 seed visiting the No. 9 seed on Wednesday at 7 p.m. on ESPN in the second play-in game.
Tuesday’s winner advances as the No. 7 seed and the No. 8 at No. 7 loser advances to host the No. 10 at No. 9 winner on Friday on ESPN at a time to be determined for the No. 8 seed.
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 (W 134-116)
Wed. 16 ATLANTA (W 116-106)
Sat. 19 DALLAS (W 129-108)
Mon. 21 NEW ORLEANS (W 106-103)
Wed. 23 NEW YORK (L 106-121)
Fri. 25 UTAH (W 107-101)
Sun. 27 at Brooklyn (W 118-110)
Mon. 28 DENVER (L 109-113)
Wed. 30 at New York (W 125-114)
APRIL
Sat. 2 at Philadelphia (L 114-144)
Tue. 5 at Miami (L 115-144)
Thu. 7 ORLANDO (W 128-101)
Fri. 8 at Chicago (W 133-117)
Sun. 10 WASHINGTON 3:30
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 (L 1-2)
March 19, New England (W 3-1)
March 26, Cincinnati (W 2-0)
April 2, at Philadelphia (L 0-2)
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