5-22-22 roundup: Pro basketball, baseball, soccer and hockey, High school baseball, track and girls soccer, College baseball

By Richard Walker

Mountain Island Charter won its second straight N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 1A track championship at North Carolina A&T on Saturday.

Mountain Island Charter’s 2022 state championship-winning boys track team.

The Raptors finished with 99 team points to outdistance second-place Union Academy by 47 points.

Mountain Island Charter won five events outright, including a pair of relay races. The Raptors were led by Trevin Moyer, who won the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes. Moyer won the 100 with a time of 10.66 seconds, the 200 in 21.78 second and the 400 in 46.97 seconds.

In the 1A girls championship meet, Swain County won the team title (edging North Rowan by three points at 80-77) while Highland Tech’s Lauren Tolbert set a state record in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:09.37; It eclipsed the previous 1A Meet Record of 2;12.26 set by Community School of Davidson star Malia Ellington in 2015.

A Duke University signee, Tolbert had a spectacular meet. In addition to breaking the 800 1A record, she won in the 100- and 200-meter dashes with winning times of 12.54 and 25.27 seconds, respectively, to earn 1A girls Most Outstanding Performer honors.

High school baseball

This week’s best-of-three Western N.C. championship series matchups:

(Class 4A)
No. 1 Providence (30-0) vs. No. 10 T.C. Roberson (22-6)

(Class 3A)
No. 1 South Rowan (26-4) vs. No. 11 East Lincoln (20-6)

(Class 2A)
No. 1 Randleman (29-1) vs. No. 15 Community School of Davidson (17-6)

(Class 1A)
No. 3 Cherryville (19-9) vs. No. 5 Union Academy (19-7)

High school softball

This week’s best-of-three Western N.C. championship series matchups:

(Class 4A)
No. 3 Marvin Ridge (20-2) vs. No. 5 East Forsyth (24-1)

(Class 3A)
No. 3 North Buncombe (23-1) vs. No. 4 Central Davidson (17-5)

(Class 2A)
No. 2 West Stanly (25-4) vs. No. 5 West Stokes (20-4-1)

(Class 1A)
No. 1 South Stanly (26-3) vs. No. 11 South Stokes (21-6)

Legion baseball

Cherryville 12, Burke County 0 (5 innings): Joseph Webb was the winning pitcher and he and Cole Irby led Cherryville’s offense.

High school girls soccer

Here are Monday’s area third round pairings:

(Class 3A)
W-S Atkins at South Point
Asheboro at East Lincoln

(Class 2A)
Pine Lake Prep at East Gaston

College baseball

The pools and schedule for this week’s ACC baseball championship that will be played at Charlotte’s Truist Field.

Here are the seeding and the four pools:

POOL A – #1 Virginia Tech, #8 North Carolina, #12 Clemson
POOL B – #2 Louisville, #7 Georgia Tech, #11 Pitt
POOL C – #3 Miami, #6 Wake Forest, #10 NC State
POOL D – #4 Notre Dame, #5 Virginia, #9 Florida State

Here is the schedule for the games:
(Tuesday)
Pitt vs. Georgia Tech, 11 a.m.
N.C. State vs. Wake Forest, 3 p.m.
Clemson vs. North Carolina, 7 p.m.
(Wednesday)
Louisville vs. Pitt, 11 a.m.
Florida State vs. Virginia, 3 p.m.
Miami vs. N.C. State, 7 p.m.
(Thursday)
Georgia Tech vs. Louisville, 11 a.m.
Notre Dame vs. Florida State, 3 p.m.
Virginia Tech vs. Clemson, 7 p.m.
(Friday)
Virginia vs. Notre Dame, 11 a.m.
Wake Forest vs. Miami, 3 p.m.
North Carolina vs. Virginia Tech, 7 p.m.
(Saturday – semifinals)
Pool A Winner vs. Pool D Winner, 1 p.m.
Pool B Winner vs. Pool C Winner, 5 p.m.
(Sunday)
ACC Championship, Noon

ACC standings through May 21:

(Atlantic)
Louisville 18-11-1
Notre Dame 16-11
Wake Forest 15-14-1
Florida State 15-15
N.C. State 14-15
Clemson 13-16
Boston College 5-25

(Coastal)
Virginia Tech 19-9
Miami 20-10
Virginia 17-13
Pitt 13-13
North Carolina 15-15
Georgia Tech 15-15
Duke 10-20

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional No. 1 at North Greenville:

(Thursday’s games)
No. 4 Lenoir-Rhyne 12, No. 5 UNC-Pembroke 5
No. 1 North Greenville 12, UNC-Pembroke 5 (UNC-Pembroke eliminated)

(Friday’s games)
Lenoir-Rhyne 7, North Greenville 1
North Greenville 8, Lenoir-Rhyne 4

(Saturday’s game)
Championship – North Greenville 13, Lenoir-Rhyne 3 (Lenoir-Rhyne eliminated)

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional No. 2 at Wingate:

(Thursday’s gaems)
No. 2 Wingate 9, No. 7 Young Harris 4
No. 3 Columbus State 15, No. 6 Belmont Abbey 8

(Friday’s games)
Young Harris 6, Belmont Abbey 5 (Belmont Abbey eliminated)
Columbus State 8, Wingate 5

(Saturday’s games)
Wingate 9, Young Harris 0 (Young Harris eliminated)

(Sunday’s game)
Columbus State 8, Wingate 7 (Wingate eliminated)

NCAA Division II Southeast Super Regional
May 27-28
No. 3 Columbus State at No. 1 North Greenville

NCAA Division II World Series at USA Baseball National Training Center in Cary:
June 4-11

Pro basketball

Here’s the schedule for the NBA playoffs:

(Eastern Conference)
FIRST ROUND
1-Miami vs. 8-Atlanta (Miami wins series 4-1)
4-Philadelphia vs. 5-Toronto (Philadelphia wins series 4-2)
2-Boston vs. 7-Brooklyn (Boston wins series 4-0)
3-Milwaukee vs. 6-Chicago (Milwaukee wins series 4-1)

SEMIFINALS
1-Miami vs. 4-Philadelphia (Miami wins series 4-2)
2-Boston vs. 3-Milwaukee (Boston wins series 4-3)

FINALS
1-Miami vs. 2-Boston
Game 1 at Miami: May 17 (Miami 118-107)
Game 2 at Miami: May 19 (Boston 127-102)
Game 3 at Boston: May 21 (Miami 109-103)
Game 4 at Boston: May 23
Game 5 at Miami: May 25
Game 6 (if necessary) at Boston: May 27
Game 7 (if necessary) at Miami: May 29

(Western Conference)
FIRST ROUND
1-Phoenix vs. 8-New Orleans (Phoenix wins series 4-2)
4-Dallas vs. 5-Utah (Dallas wins series 4-2)
2-Memphis vs. 7-Minnesota (Memphis wins series 4-2)
3-Golden State vs. 6-Denver (Golden State wins series 4-1)

SEMIFINALS
1-Phoenix vs. 4-Dallas (Dallas wins series 4-3)
2-Memphis vs. 3-Golden State (Golden State wins series 4-2)

FINALS
1-Dallas vs. 3-Golden State
Game 1 at Golden State: May 18 (Golden State 112-87)
Game 2 at Golden State: May 20 (Golden State 126-117)
Game 3 at Dallas: May 22 (Golden State 109-100)
Game 4 at Dallas: May 24
Game 5 (if necessary) at Golden State: May 26
Game 6 (if necessary): at Dallas: May 28
Game 7 (if necessary): at Golden State: May 30

Pro hockey

The Carolina Hurricanes’ first round playoff schedule in their series against the Boston Bruins:

Game 1 at Carolina: May 2 (Carolina 5-1)
Game 2 at Carolina: May 4 (Carolina 5-2)
Game 3 at Boston: May 6 (Boston 4-2)
Game 4 at Boston: May 8 (Boston 5-2)
Game 5 at Carolina: May 10 (Carolina 5-1)
Game 6 at Boston: May 12 (Boston 5-2)
Game 7 at Carolina: May 14 (Carolina 3-2, Carolina wins series 4-3)

The Carolina Hurricanes’ second round playoff schedule in their series against the New York Rangers:
Game 1 at Carolina: May 18 (Carolina 2-1, OT)
Game 2 at Carolina: May 20 (Carolina 2-0)
Game 3 at New York: May 22 (New York 3-1)
Game 4 at New York: May 24
Game 5 at Carolina: May 26
Game 6 (if necessary) at New York: May 28
Game 7 (if necessary) at Carolina: May 30

Pro soccer

Daniel Rios’ goal in the 85th minute was the difference in Charlotte FC’s 2-1 win over Vancouver at Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Here’s the full Charlotte FC MLS schedule for the 2022 season (with results):

(5-7-1 record)
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 (W 1-0)
April 16, at New England (L 1-2)
April 23, at Colorado (T 0-0)
April 30, at Orlando (L 1-2)
May 7, Miami (W 1-0)
May 14, Montreal (L 0-2)
May 22, Vancouver (W 2-1)
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

Pro baseball

The Charleston, W.Va., Dirty Birds salvaged the finale of a three-game series at the Gastonia Honey Hunters with an 8-1 road victory.

The loss dropped Gastonia to 19-8 on the season entering a seven-game road trip that begins on Tuesday.

The full Gastonia Honey Hunters’ 2022 schedule (Games times 6:15 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 4:15 on Sunday):

April (8-1)
21 Lancaster, Pa. (L 2-5)
22 Lancaster, Pa. (W 4-3)
23 Lancaster, Pa. (W 8-1)
24 Lancaster, Pa. (W 13-4)
26 Wild Health, Ky. (W 12-1)
27 Wild Health, Ky. (W 17-4)
28 Wild Health, Ky. (W 6-4)
29 Staten Island (W 5-4)
30 Staten Island (W 6-5)

May (11-7)
1 Staten Island (W 10-5)
3 at York, Pa. (W 3-1)
4 at York, Pa. (L 4-5 in 10)
5 at York, Pa. (W 12-7)
6 at Staten Island (ppd.)
7 at Staten Island (ppd.)
8 at Staten Island (W 4-1)
8 at Staten Island (W 7-2)
10 at So. Maryland (W 2-0)
11 at So. Maryland (L 0-4)
12 at So. Maryland (L 2-4)
13 at Staten Island (ppd.)
14 at Staten Island (ppd.)
15 at Staten Island (L 1-2)
15 at Staten Island (W 1-0)
16 at Staten Island (W 8-3)
17 So. Maryland (L 4-5)
18 So. Maryland (L 6-8)
19 So. Maryland (W 13-1)
20 Charleston, W.Va.(W 12-10)
21 Charleston, W.Va.(W 6-4)
22 Charleston, W.Va.(L 1-8)
24 at Lancaster, Pa.
25 at Lancaster, Pa.
26 at Lancaster, Pa.
27 at Long Island
28 at Long Island
29 at Long Island
30 at Long Island
31 Long Island

June
1 Long Island
2 Long Island
3 at High Point
4 at High Point
5 at High Point
7 at Charleston, W.Va.
8 at Charleston, W.Va.
9 at Charleston, W.Va.
10 High Point
11 High Point
12 High Point
14 Charleston, W.Va.
15 Charleston, W.Va.
16 Charleston, W.Va.
17 at Lexington, Ky.
18 at Lexington, Ky.
19 at Lexington, Ky.
21 Charleston, W.Va.
22 Charleston, W.Va.
23 Charleston, W.Va.
24 at So. Maryland
25 at So. Maryland
26 at So. Maryland
28 Wild Health, Ky.
29 Wild Health, Ky.
30 Wild Health, Ky.

July
1 at Lexington, Ky.
2 at Lexington, Ky.
3 at Lexington, Ky.
4 High Point
5 High Point
6 at High Point
7 at High Point
8 High Point
9 High Point
10 High Point
12 at Wild Health, Ky.
13 at Wild Health, Ky.
14 at Wild Health, Ky.
15 Lexington, Ky.
16 Lexington, Ky.
17 Lexington, Ky.
19 at York, Pa.
20 at York, Pa.
21 at York, Pa.
22 at High Point
23 at High Point
24 at High Point
26 Lexington, Ky.
27 Lexington, Ky.
28 Lexington, Ky.
29 York, Pa.
30 York, Pa.
31 York, Pa.

August
2 at Lexington, Ky.
3 at Lexington, Ky.
4 at Lexington, Ky.
5 High Point
6 High Point
7 High Point
9 Staten Island
10 Staten Island
11 Staten Island
12 at High Point
13 at High Point
14 at High Point
16 So. Maryland
17 So. Maryland
18 So. Maryland
19 High Point
20 High Point
21 High Point
23 at Charleston, W.Va.
24 at Charleston, W.Va.
25 at Charleston, W.Va.
26 at High Point
27 at High Point
28 at High Point
30 High Point
31 High Point

September
1 High Point
2 Wild Health, Ky.
3 Wild Health, Ky.
4 Wild Health, Ky.
6 at Wild Health, Ky.
7 at Wild Health, Ky.
8 at Wild Health, Ky.
9 Lexington, Ky.
10 Lexington, Ky.
11 Lexington, Ky.
13 at High Point
14 at High Point
15 at High Point
16 at Charleston, W.Va.
17 at Charleston, W.Va.
18 at Charleston, W.Va.