9-14-22 roundup: Pro baseball, football and soccer, High school football and volleyball, College football and basketball, Middle school football and softball, Auto racing

By Richard Walker

Gaston County Conference middle school football teams moved into their second week of divisional competition while the Tri-County Conference opened division play on Wednesday.

Here are results from both leagues:

GASTON COUNTY CONFERENCE
Standings through Sept. 14 with division records followed by overall records:

(Division I)
Cramerton 1-0, 3-0
Southwest 1-0, 2-1
Mount Holly 0-0, 2-0
Holbrook 0-1, 2-1
Grier 0-1, 1-2

(Division II)
Belmont 2-0, 4-0
W.C. Friday 2-0, 2-2
Stanley 1-1, 1-2
Bessemer City 0-1, 0-3
York Chester 0-1, 0-3
Chavis 0-2, 0-3

(Wednesday’s games)
Belmont 28, Stanley 0: Cayden Rumph (TD pass to Jeremiah Holt, TD run), Jaxon Lathe (TD punt return), Tanner Layman (30-yard FG, XP kick) and Dodge Moore (TD run) led unbeaten Belmont.

Bessemer City at York Chester, no report

W.C. Friday 26, Chavis 8

Grier 16, Cramerton 8: Tiyan Marsh scored two TDs and the Knights offensive and defensive lines stood out in the victory.

Southwest 28, Mount Holly 8

(Next week’s games)

Bessemer City at Belmont
Cramerton at Southwest
W.C. Friday at Stanley
Holbrook at Mount Holly
York Chester at Chavis

TRI-COUNTY CONFERENCE
Standings through Sept. 14 with division records followed by overall records:

(West)
East Lincoln 1-0, 2-0
Lincolnton 1-0, 2-0
Kings Mountain 1-0, 1-1
North Lincoln 0-1, 1-1
West Lincoln 0-1, 1-1
Burns 0-1, 0-2

(East)
Crest 1-0, 2-0
R-S Central 1-0, 1-1
Chase 0-0, 0-1
Thomas Jefferson 0-0, 0-1
Shelby 0-1, 1-1
East Rutherford 0-1, 0-2

(Wednesday’s games)

East Lincoln 28, Burns 8

Crest 34, East Rutherford 0: Brock Melton had TD passes of 50 yards to Jahmere Canada, 40 yards to Malachi Gamble and 15 yards to Khali Clark, Maurice Redmond had a 4-yard TD run, Mari Brown a 5 yard TD run and Carson Grier had four extra point kicks for Crest, whose defense was led by Paxton Dobbins, Maurice Redmond, Dali Williams and Dushaut Long.

Lincolnton 26, North Lincoln 16

R-S Central 26, Shelby 20

Thomas Jefferson at Chase, no report

Kings Mountain 42, West Lincoln 0

(Next week’s games)
Chase at East Rutherford
Kings Mountain at North Lincoln
Lincolnton at East Lincoln
R-S Central at Crest
Thomas Jefferson at Shelby
West Lincoln at Burns

 

 

 

 

High school football

(This week’s Cleveland/Gaston/Lincoln schedule:)

Ashbrook at Crest
Bandys at West Lincoln
Burns at Highland Tech
East Gaston at Cherokee
Hickory at East Lincoln
Huss at Kings Mountain
Lincolnton at Bunker Hill
Mountain Island Charter at Pine Lake Prep
North Gaston at Forestview
Shelby at Cherryville
South Point at Cramer
Statesville at North Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson at Bessemer City

(This week’s other area games:)
North Iredell at Foard
West Iredell at St. Stephens
East Burke at Maiden
West Caldwell at Newton-Conover
West Meck at Chambers
North Meck at Hough
Mallard Creek at West Charlotte
Berry Academy at Myers Park
Harding at Olympic
South Meck at Palisades
Butler at Garinger
Providence at Charlotte Catholic
East Meck at Rocky River
Lake Norman Charter at Union Academy
East Rutherford at Chase
Hendersonville at R-S Central
Dorman, S.C. at Clover, S.C.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Middle school softball

Standings through Sept. 14:

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

(Wednesday’s game)
Stanley 11, Holbrook 3

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

 

 

 

High school volleyball

Kings Mountain def. Forestview 3-0 (25-13, 29-27, 25-15 on Tuesday): Meile Songaila (8 service points, 24 kills, 11 serve receptions), Camden Pasour (20 assists, 4 service points, 1 kill, 7 digs), Paige Bagwell (14 assists, 7 service points, 3 kills) and Myracle Davis (13 kills, 3 blocks) led the Mountaineers.
Kings Mountain also won the JV match 2-1 (25-23, 21-25, 15-8) behind Abigail Hedgepath (3 kills, 18 assists, 9 digs, 3 service points), Kenzlie Morris (6 kills, 2 digs, 8 service points), Megan Harrison (9 kills, 5 serve receptions, 4 service points) and Ava Tipton (18 serve receptions, 11 digs, 12 service points).

 

 

 

 

College football

This week’s NCAA Division I Carolinas schedule:

(Saturday’s games)
Wofford at Virginia Tech, 11 a.m.
Georgia at South Carolina, noon
Buffalo at Coastal Carolina, 1 p.m.
Troy at Appalachian State, 3:30 p.m.
Presbyterian at Western Carolina, 3:30 p.m.
Liberty at Wake Forest, 5 p.m.
North Carolina A&T at Duke, 6 p.m.
Campbell at East Carolina, 6 p.m.
Charleston Southern at Eastern Kentucky, 6 p.m.
N.C. Central at New Hampshire, 6 p.m.
The Citadel at Mercer, 6 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at Elon, 6 p.m.
Texas Tech at N.C. State, 7 p.m.
Charlotte at Georgia State, 7 p.m.
St. Andrews at Davidson, 7 p.m.
Furman at East Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m.
Louisiana Tech at Clemson, 8 p.m.

 

 

 

College basketball

Gaston College has announced a 30-game basketball schedule and its home gymnasium for the 2022-23 season. The Rhinos of first-year head coach Jamie Rosser will open the regular season on November 2 against Gaddis Watts Prep Academy at 7 p.m. at Ashbrook High School’s Larry Rhodes Gymnasium in Gastonia. The Ashbrook gymnasium will host all 15 Gaston College home games this season.

The full 2022-23 Gaston College basketball schedule follows:

(exhibitions)
Oct. 2 Corry Black Hoops JUCO Jamboree (at Carrollton, Ga.), 10 a.m.
Oct. 8 Battle of the South Jamboree (at Cumming, Ga.), 10 a.m.
Oct. 19 at Clinton College, 4 p.m.
Oct. 27 at Catawba Valley CC, 5 p.m.
(regular season)
Nov. 2 Gaddis Watts Prep Academy, 6 p.m.
Nov. 4 at Walters State, 6 p.m.
Nov. 5 Motlow State (at Walters State), 4 p.m.
Nov. 9 Combine Academy, 7 p.m.
Nov. 12 Lakeside Prep, 3 p.m.
Nov. 14 at Belmont Abbey, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 17 at Gordon State, 6 p.m.
Nov. 20 Carolina Prestige Academy, 3 p.m.
Nov. 22 Dell Prep Athletic Academy, 7 p.m.
Nov. 27 Davidson-Davie CC, 3 p.m.
Dec. 2 at Northwest Florida, 6 p.m.
Dec. 3 Pensacola State College (at Northwest Florida), 6 p.m.
Dec. 7 at Dell Prep Athletic Academy, 7 p.m.
Dec. 10 Moravian Prep, 3 p.m.
Dec. 14 at Combine Academy, 7 p.m.
Jan. 8 Gaddis Watts Prep Academy, 3 p.m.
Jan. 15 Brunswick CC, 2 p.m.
Jan. 21 Cape Fear CC, 3 p.m.
Jan. 28 at Denmark Tech, 3 p.m.
Feb. 1 at Spartanburg Methodist, 7 p.m.
Feb. 4 at Caldwell Tech, 3 p.m.
Feb. 8 at Cape Fear CC, 6 p.m.
Feb. 12 Denmark Tech, 3 p.m.
Feb. 15 at Richard Bland, 7 p.m.
Feb. 18 Hosanna Bible College, 3 p.m.
Feb. 22 Spartanburg Methodist, 7 p.m.
Feb. 25 Richard Bland, 3 p.m.
Feb. 28 at Brunswick CC, 7 p.m.
March 2 Caldwell Tech, 7 p.m.
March 5 Carolina Prestige Academy (Sophomore Night), 5 p.m.
March 9-11 Region 10 tournament (at Cape Fear CC)
March 20-25 NJCAA national tournament (at Hutchinson, Ks.)

 

 

 

 

Pro football

Here’s the full Carolina Panthers schedule for the 2022 season:

Week 1, Sept. 11, Cleveland (L 24-26)
Week 2, Sept. 18, at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.
Week 3, Sept. 25, New Orleans, 1 p.m.
Week 4, Oct. 2, Arizona, 4:05 p.m.
Week 5, Oct. 9, San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.
Week 6, Oct. 16, at L.A. Rams, 4:05 p.m.
Week 7, Oct. 23, Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Week 8, Oct. 30, at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Week 9, Nov. 6, at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
Week 10, Nov. 9, Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Week 11, Nov. 20, at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
Week 12, Nov. 27, Denver, 1 p.m.
Week 13, Dec. 4, BYE
Week 14, Dec. 11, at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.
Week 15, Dec. 18, Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
Week 16, Dec. 24, Detroit, 1 p.m.
Week 17, Jan. 1, at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Week 18, Jan. 7 or 8, at New Orleans, TBD

 

 

 

 

 

Pro baseball

The Gastonia Honey Hunters routed host High Point 15-1 on Wednesday night.

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

First half record: 45-21 (South Division winner)
Second half record: 41-21 (already clinched South Division)

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 (16-10)
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.(W 2-1)
25 at Lancaster, Pa.(L 3-13)
26 at Lancaster, Pa.(L 1-4)
27 at Long Island (W 5-3)
28 at Long Island (W 10-3)
29 at Long Island (W 3-2)
30 at Long Island (W 5-2)
31 Long Island (L 7-8)

June (17-9)
1 Long Island (L 9-10 in 11)
2 Long Island (L 0-5)
3 at High Point (W 5-4)
4 at High Point (W 8-3)
5 at High Point (W 8-3)
7 at Charleston,W.Va.(L 5-7)
8 at Charleston,W.Va.(W 6-0)
9 at Charleston,W.Va.(W 3-2)
10 High Point (W 7-6)
11 High Point (W 6-4)
12 High Point (W 9-5)
14 Charleston, W.Va. (L 4-6)
15 Charleston, W.Va. (W 14-7)
16 Charleston, W.Va. (W 2-0)
17 at Lexington, Ky. (W 6-1)
18 at Lexington, Ky. (L 2-3 in 10)
19 at Lexington, Ky. (W 4-0 in 11)
21 Charleston, W.Va. (W 8-7)
22 Charleston, W.Va. (L 1-4)
23 Charleston, W.Va. (W 5-4)
24 at So. Maryland (ppd.)
25 at So. Maryland (W 6-3)
25 at So. Maryland (W 3-0)
26 at So. Maryland (L 7-9)
28 Wild Health, Ky. (W 4-0)
29 Wild Health, Ky. (L 2-10)
30 Wild Health, Ky. (L 6-7)

July (21-5)
1 at Lexington, Ky. (W 12-11)
2 at Lexington, Ky. (W 10-6)
3 at Lexington, Ky. (W 10-5)
4 High Point (L 1-8)
–end of 1st half of season
5 High Point (W 8-5 in 5/weather)
6 at High Point (W 7-6)
7 at High Point (W 6-4)
8 High Point (ppd.)
9 High Point (W 4-0)
10 High Point (W 5-2)
10 High Point (ppd., Aug. 5)
12 at Wild Health, Ky. (W 8-6)
13 at Wild Health, Ky. (W 6-2)
14 at Wild Health, Ky. (W 4-1)
15 Lexington, Ky (ppd.)
16 Lexington, Ky. (W 4-1)
16 Lexington, Ky. (W 5-3)
17 Lexington, Ky. (W 12-5)
19 at York, Pa. (W 19-5)
20 at York, Pa. (W 10-0)
21 at York, Pa. (L 2-6)
22 at High Point (L 1-2)
23 at High Point (W 5-3)
24 at High Point (L 6-7)
26 Lexington, Ky. (L 4-10)
27 Lexington, Ky. (W 11-0)
28 Lexington, Ky. (W 8-6)
29 York, Pa. (W 3-2)
30 York, Pa. (ppd.)
31 York, Pa. (W 8-7)
31 York, Pa. (W 5-1)

August (14-13)
2 at Lexington, Ky. (W 10-8)
3 at Lexington, Ky. (W 10-3)
4 at Lexington, Ky. (W 10-5)
5 High Point (W 6-3)
5 High Point (L 2-3)
6 High Point (L 4-8)
7 High Point (L 5-11)
9 Staten Island (W 10-5)
9 Staten Island (W 7-2)
10 Staten Island (L 2-6)
11 Staten Island (L 7-9)
12 at High Point (W 9-4)
13 at High Point (L 3-5)
14 at High Point (L 3-6)
16 So. Maryland (L 2-3 in 10)
17 So. Maryland (W 5-3)
18 So. Maryland (W 12-7)
19 High Point (W 15-0)
20 High Point (W 11-5)
21 High Point (L 4-13)
23 at Charleston,W.Va.(L 4-7)
24 at Charleston,W.Va.(W 11-2)
25 at Charleston,W.Va.(W 9-1)
26 at High Point (L 3-8)
27 at High Point (W 6-5)
28 at High Point (L 3-7)
30 High Point (ppd.)
31 High Point (W 2-0)
31 High Point (L 7-8 in 8)

September (8-4)
1 High Point (L 2-3)
2 Wild Health, Ky. (L 2-3)
3 Wild Health, Ky. (W 5-3)
4 Wild Health, Ky. (L 4-5)
6 at Wild Health, Ky. (W 5-2)
7 at Wild Health, Ky. (W 6-3)
8 at Wild Health, Ky. (W 9-4)
9 Lexington, Ky. (W 12-0)
10 Lexington, Ky. (ppd.)
11 Lexington, Ky. (L 6-7)
11 Lexington, Ky. (W 4-3)
13 at High Point (W 10-3)
14 at High Point (W 15-1)
15 at High Point
16 at Charleston,W.Va.
17 at Charleston,W.Va.
18 at Charleston,W.Va.

—ALPB playoffs
(Southern Division championship: Best-of-5)
20 home at 6:15 p.m.
21 home at 6:15 p.m.
23 away TBA
24 (if necessary) away TBA
25 (if necessary) away TBA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pro soccer

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

(11-17-2 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 (L 1-2)
June 11, New York (W 2-0)
June 18, at Columbus (T 1-1)
June 25, at Montreal (L 1-2)
June 30, Austin (L 0-1)
July 3, at Houston (W 2-1)
July 9, Nashville (W 4-1)
July 16, at Miami (L 2-3)
July 23, at Toronto (L 0-4)
July 30, Columbus (suspended at 0-0 in 16th minute to Oct. 5)
August 3, D.C. (W 3-0)
August 6, Chicago (L 2-3)
August 13, at LAFC (L 0-5)
August 17, at New York City (W 3-1)
August 21, Orlando (L 1-2)
August 27, Toronto (L 0-2)
September 3, at Cincinnati (L 0-2)
September 10, New York City (W 1-0)
September 17, at Chicago, 8 p.m.
October 1, Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.
October 5, Columbus, 7 p.m.
October 9, at New York, 1 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auto racing

The 2022 NASCAR cup schedule (with winners):

Feb. 6 Busch Light Clash (Joey Logano)
Feb. 17 Bluegreen Vacations Duel 1 (Brad Keselowski)
Feb. 17 Bluegreen Vacations Duel 2 (Chris Buescher)
Feb. 20 Daytona 500 (Austin Cindric)
Feb. 27 Wise Power 400 (Kyle Larson)
Mar. 6 Pennzoil 400 (Alex Bowman)
Mar. 13 Ruoff Mortgage (Chase Briscoe)
Mar. 20 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (William Byron)
Mar. 27 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix (Ross Chastain)
Apr. 3 Toyota Owners (Denny Hamlin)
Apr. 9 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 (William Byron-2)
Apr. 17 Food City Dirt Race (Kyle Busch)
Apr. 24 Geico 500 (Ross Chastain-2)
May 2 DuraMAX Drydene 400 (Chase Elliott)
May 8 Goodyear 400 (Joey Logano)
May 15 AdventHealth 400 (Kurt Busch)
May 22 NASCAR All-Star Open (Daniel Suarez)
May 22 NASCAR All-Star (Ryan Blaney)
May 29 Coca-Cola 600 (Denny Hamlin-2)
June 5 Enjoy Illinois 300 (Joey Logano-2)
June 12 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Daniel Suarez)
June 26 Ally 400 (Chase Elliott-2)
July 3 Kwik Trip 250 (Tyler Reddick)
July 10 Quaker State 400 (Chase Elliott-3)
July 17 Ambetter 301 (Christopher Bell)
July 24 NASCAR Cup Series at Pocono (Chase Elliott-4)
July 31 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard (Tyler Reddick-2)
Aug. 7 FireKeepers Casino 400 (Kevin Harvick)
Aug. 14 Federated Auto Parts 400 (Kevin Harvick-2)
Aug. 21 Go Bowling at The Glen (Kyle Larson-2)
Aug. 27-28 Coke Zero Sugar 400 (Austin Dillon)
Sept. 4 Cook Out Southern 500 (Erik Jones)
Sept. 11 Hollywood Casino 400 (Bubba Wallace)
Sept. 17 Bass Pro Shops Night Race
Sept. 24 AutoTraderEchoPark Automotive 500
Oct. 2 YellaWood 500
Oct. 9 Bank of America ROVAL 400
Oct. 16 South Point 400
Oct. 23 Dixie Vodka 400
Oct. 30 Xfinity 500
Nov. 6 NASCAR Cup Series Championship