11-15-21 roundup: High school soccer and football, College football and basketball, Pro football and basketball, Middle school boys soccer, volleyball and wrestling

By Richard Walker

Cramer got top honors in Big South 3A Conference soccer this season after the Storm won its first league title.

In voting done by the league’s coaches, senior Joseph Bravo was named offensive player of the year, senior Noah Arrowood was named defensive player of the year and Matthew Robertson was named coach of the year after Cramer went 13-0-1 in league play and 21-3-1 overall with a third-round state playoff advance.

Bravo had 32 goals and 14 assists in all games and had 24 goals and 11 assists in Big South games.

Also earning a top individual honor was Ashbrook senior Nick Allen, who was named goalie of the year after recording five shutouts.

Here’s the full all-conference team:

Cramer: Joseph Bravo, Noah Arrowood, Jack Matz, Aidan Cameron, Miguel Herrera, Luke Mingus
Forestview: Nich Sanchez, Johan Tabora, Steve Camacho, Parker Hope, Plamedi Warsinsky
South Point: Trey Baker, Garett Ziemer, Dylan Nicks, Henry Southard
Ashbrook: Nick Allen, Duvier Gomez, Sanders Zendejas
North Gaston: Braydon Johnson, Joel Rodriguez, Bryson Stroud
Huss: Bryan Torres, Keenan Calbreath, Israel Peralta
Kings Mountain: Dylan Platt
Crest: Julian Arreola

 

 

College basketball

Kings Mountain High School senior Saniya Wilson announced her commitment to play college basketball at Catawba on twitter Sunday night.

A 5-foot-6 senior guard, Wilson has scored 1,165 yards while averaging 17.9 points per game during her three-year career at Kings Mountain.

 

 

Pro football

It’s looking more and more likely Cam Newton’s return to Bank of America Stadium will be as a starter for the Carolina Panthers in Sunday’s 1 p.m. home game against the Washington Football Team.

Panthers coach Matt Rhule said on Monday that Newton would have a bigger role this week, would most of the reps at quarterback in parctice this week and if Newton is comfortable enough with the playbook and game plan, he’ll play more and possibly start.

Two-year backup P.J. Walker started at quarterback for Carolina in Sunday’s 34-10 win at Arizona after Newton had only one full practice to prepare for the game; Newton did take a handful of snaps, and had a touchdown run and touchdown pass on his first two plays for Carolina in the win.

“We’ll give Cam most of the reps and try to get him as brought up to speed as possible,” Rhule said. “I thought he did a great job last week having 10 plays he was kind of ready for, 10 to 15.
“So we’ll start getting him ready, and if he’s ready to start, great. And if he’s not quite ready to do everything, obviously P.J. is available. So that’s kind of the plan right now.”

Here is the Carolina Panthers’ 2021 schedule (with results):

Sept. 12 New York Jets (W 19-14)
Sept. 19 New Orleans (W 26-7)
Sept. 23 at Houston (W 24-9)
Oct. 3 at Dallas (L 28-36)
Oct. 10 Philadelphia (L 18-21)
Oct. 17 Minnesota (L 28-34, OT)
Oct. 24 at New York Giants (L 3-25)
Oct. 31 at Atlanta (W 19-13)
Nov. 7 New England (L 6-24)
Nov. 14 at Arizona (W 34-10)
Nov. 21 Washington, 1 p.m.
Nov. 28 at Miami, 1 p.m.
Dec. 5 BYE WEEK
Dec. 12 Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Dec. 18 or 19 at Buffalo, TBD
Dec. 26 Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Jan. 2 at New Orleans, 1 p.m.
Jan. 9 at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m

 

 

 

 

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 7:00
Fri. 19 INDIANA 7:00
Sat. 20 at Atlanta 7:30
Mon. 22 at Washington 7:00
Wed. 24 at Orlando 7:00
Fri. 26 MINNESOTA 7:00
Sat. 27 at Houston 8:00
Mon. 29 at Chicago 8:00
DECEMBER
Wed. 1 at Milwaukee 8:00
Sun. 5 at Atlanta 6:00
Mon. 6 PHILADELPHIA 7:00
Wed. 8 PHILADELPHIA 7:00
Fri. 10 SACRAMENTO 7:00
Mon. 13 at Dallas 8:30
Wed. 15 at San Antonio 8:30
Fri. 17 at Portland 10:00
Sun. 19 at Phoenix 8:00
Mon. 20 at Utah 9:00
Thu. 23 at Denver 9:00
Mon. 27 HOUSTON 7:00
Wed. 29 at Indiana 7:00
JANUARY
Sun. 2 PHOENIX 7:00
Mon. 3 at Washington 7:00
Wed. 5 DETROIT 7:00
Sat. 8 MILWAUKEE 7:00
Mon. 10 MILWAUKEE 7:00
Wed. 12 at Philadelphia 7:00
Fri. 14 ORLANDO 7:00
Mon. 17 at New York 1:00
Wed. 19 at Boston 7:30
Fri. 21 OKLAHOMA CITY 7:00
Sun. 23 ATLANTA 7:00
Tue. 25 at Toronto 7:00
Wed. 26 at Indiana 7:00
Fri. 28 L.A. LAKERS 7:00
Sun. 30 LA CLIPPERS 1:00
FEBRUARY
Wed. 2 at Boston 7:30
Fri. 4 CLEVELAND 7:00
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

 

 

 

 

College football

Here’s the Carolinas Division I schedule for this week:

(Thursday)
Louisville at Duke, 7:30 p.m.
(Saturday)
Campbell at Robert Morris, noon
Charleston Southern at Georgia, noon
Wake Forest at Clemson, noon
Wofford at North Carolina, noon
Drake at Davidson, 1 p.m.
Furman at Samford, 1 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at N.C. A&T, 1 p.m.
Texas State at Coastal Carolina, 1 p.m.
The Citadel at Chattanooga, 1:30 p.m.
Western Carolina at VMI, 1:30 p.m.
Delaware State at N.C. Central, 2 p.m.
S.C. State at Norfolk State, 2 p.m.
Presbyterian at St. Thomas, Minn., 2 p.m.
Rhode Island at Elon, 2 p.m.
Appalachian State at Troy, 3:30 p.m.
East Carolina at Navy, 3:30 p.m.
Marshall at Charlotte, 3:30 p.m.
Syracuse at N.C. State, 4 p.m.
Auburn at South Carolina, 7 p.m.

Here’s the Carolinas Division II schedule for this week:

(Saturday)
NCAA Division II playoffs – Lenoir-Rhyne at Bowie STate
NCAA Division II playoffs – Newberry at West Florida

 

 

 

 

 

High school football

Here are NCHSAA third round playoff pairings:
1A
(East)
#8 Perquimans (8-2) at #1 Tarboro (10-1)
#5 Rosewood (6-2) at #4 Northampton County (9-2)
#6 Pender (7-3) at #3 North Moore (10-1)
#7 Southside (11-1) at #2 Northside-Pinetown (10-1)
(West)
#9 Murphy (8-4) at #1 Eastern Randolph (10-0)
#12 North Rowan (8-3) at #4 Robbinsville (8-3)
#6 Thomasville (9-2) at #3 Mitchell (10-2)
#7 Starmount (8-4) at #2 Mount Airy (12-0)

2A
(East)
#8 Nash Central (7-5) at #1 Princeton (11-0)
#5 St. Pauls (10-0) at #4 Whiteville (11-0)
#11 Washington (10-2) at #3 Northeastern (11-0)
#10 Wallace-Rose Hill (10-2) at #2 East Duplin (11-1)
(West)
#24 East Gaston (8-4) at #1 Shelby (11-1)
#5 Hendersonville (10-1) at #4 Reidsville (11-0)
#6 Salisbury (11-0) at #3 Maiden (12-0)
#7 Monroe (8-1) at #2 East Surry (11-0)

3A
(East)
#8 Westover (10-1) at #1 Eastern Alamance (9-1)
#13 Jacksonville (9-2) at #5 Lee County (9-3)
#6 J.H. Rose (8-4) at #3 Seventy-First (12-0)
#23 Scotland County (7-4) at #2 Northern Nash (11-1)
(West)
#25 Forestview (7-5) at #16 South Point (9-3)
#5 North Davidson (8-3) at #4 Crest (9-2)
#11 Kings Mountain (10-2) at #3 Dudley (11-1)
#7 Hibriten (8-3) at #2 Statesville (11-0)

4A
(East)
#25 Knightdale (6-5) at #16 Leesville Road (9-2)
#20 Rolesville (7-5) at #12 Millbrook (11-1)
#6 Cardinal Gibbons (10-2) at #3 Cleveland (11-0)
#18 Panther Creek (9-3) at #7 Hoggard (11-1)
(West)
#25 Mallard Creek (6-4) at #1 Hough (12-0)
#13 East Forsyth (10-1) at #5 Glenn (9-2)
#27 Cuthbertson (6-6) at #3 Weddington (11-1)
#18 Porter Ridge (8-2) at #10 Julius Chambers (11-1)

 

 

 

High school boys soccer

Here are Tuesday’s N.C. High School Athletics Association regional championship pairings:

1A
(East)
#1 Voyager Academy (16-1-3) vs. #2 Rosewood (21-0-2)
(West)
#1 Christ the King (20-1-0) vs. #3 Mount Airy (26-0-0)

2A
(East)
#2 Greene Central (24-1-0) vs. #4 Manteo (14-3-1)
(West)
#2 Lincolnton (20-0-3) vs. #4 Shelby (21-1-2)

3A
(East)
#6 Lee County (19-4-2) vs. #21 Western Alamance (17-5-1)
(West)
#3 Hickory (21-3-1) vs. #5 Concord (24-2-1)

4A
(East)
#1 New Hanover (25-0-1) vs. #2 Cardinal Gibbons (17-3-2)
(West)
#8 Hough (21-3-1) vs. #14 South Mecklenburg (15-3-4)

 

 

 

Middle school boys soccer

Gaston County Conference standings through Nov. 15 games:

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

(Monday’s games)
Bessemer City at York Chester, no report

Stanley 3, Chavis 1

Cramerton 10, Southwest 1: Aiden VanderMeer (4 second half goals), Jacob Ledwak (2 goals, 1 assist), Spencer Baker (1 goal, 2 assists), Maxi Rodriguez (1 goal, 2 assists), Lane Crotts (1 goal), Santi Calle (1 goal), Brody Dyer (1 assist) and defenders Caden Browning, Nick Markley, Tristan Holt and Jarrett Bumpas led Cramerton.

Mount Holly 4, W.C. Friday 0

Grier 2, Holbrook 2 (Grier 3-1 penalty kicks)

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

 

 

Middle school volleyball

Gaston County Conference standings through Nov. 15 games:

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

(Monday’s games)
York Chester 3, Bessemer City 0 (25-10, 25-22, 25-18): Ariel Pagan (17 aces), Samaryiah Jackson, Ti’kell Garvin (3 kills) and Terrish Rhodes (1 kill) led York Chester.

Stanley 3, Chavis 0 (25-10, 25-12, 25-13): Cooper Payne, Olivia Horneman, Emma Chupp, Adrianna Allisan, Peyton Safrit, Emma Horneman and Morgan Styles led Stanley.

Cramerton 3, Southwest 0: Cailey Evans, Arydn Thornburg, Lily Coletta, Julianna Mott, Jordan Gates, Addison Townsend, Josie Searby, Ava Cabe, Rylee Jacobs, Reagan Bowie, Madison Potter, Winzley Crotts and Finley Watson led Cramerton.

Mount Holly 3, W.C. Friday 0

Holbrook 3, Grier 0

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

 

 

Middle school wrestling

Gaston County Conference wrestling standings through Nov. 12:

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

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