6-10-22 roundup: Pro basketball, football, baseball and soccer, Legion baseball, College baseball
By Richard Walker
Former Crest standout C.J. Mayhue and former Lincolnton standout Lane Hoover shined on Friday as East Carolina took the opener of a best-of-three series over Texas 13-7 in front of a Clark-LeClair Stadium record crowd of 5,723.
Mayhue, a 2019 Crest High graduate, started and went five innings with nine strikeouts for thw win that improved his record to 6-1. He was relieved with the Pirates ahead 7-4 in the top of the sixth inning.
And Hoover, a 2018 Lincolnton High graduate, had a first-inning bunt single that sparked a three-run rally that gave East Carolina the lead for good; Hoover later added another base hit.
This weekend’s NCAA Division I best-of-three super regionals pairings:
Knoxville Super Regional (Knoxville, Tenn.) – Notre Dame vs. No. 1 Tennessee
Game 1: Friday (Notre Dame 8-6)
Game 2: Saturday, 2 p.m., ESPN
Game 3: Sunday, if necessary (TBD)
Greenville Super Regional (Greenville, N.C.) – No. 9 Texas vs. No. 8 East Carolina
Game 1: Friday (East Carolina 13-7)
Game 2: Saturday, Noon, ESPN2
Game 3: Sunday, if necessary (TBD)
College Station Super Regional (College Station, Texas) – No. 12 Louisville vs. No. 5 Texas A&M
Game 1: Friday
Game 2: Saturday, 3 p.m., ESPN2
Game 3: Sunday, if necessary (TBD)
Blacksburg Super Regional (Blacksburg, Va.) – Oklahoma vs. No. 4 Virginia Tech
Game 1: Friday (Oklahoma 5-4)
Game 2: Saturday, Noon, ESPNU
Game 3: Sunday, if necessary (TBD)
Stanford Super Regional (Palo Alto, Calif.) – Connecticut vs. No. 2 Stanford
Game 1: Saturday, 10:30 p.m., ESPNU
Game 2: Sunday, 7 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU
Game 3: Monday, if necessary (TBD)
Chapel Hill Super Regional (Chapel Hill, N.C.) – Arkansas vs. No. 10 North Carolina
Game 1: Saturday, 11 a.m., ESPN
Game 2: Sunday, 1 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2
Game 3: Monday, if necessary (TBD)
Hattiesburg Super Regional (Hattiesburg, Miss.) – Mississippi vs. No. 11 Southern Miss
Game 1: Saturday, 4 p.m., ESPNU
Game 2: Sunday, 4 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU
Game 3: Monday, if necessary (TBD)
Corvallis Super Regional (Corvallis, Ore.) – No. 14 Auburn vs. No. 3 Oregon State
Game 1: Saturday, 10:30 p.m., ESPN2
Game 2: Sunday, 10 p.m., ESPN2
Game 3: Monday, if necessary (TBD)
NCAA Division II World Series results/pairings at USA Baseball Training Complex at Cary:
June 4
No. 3 Southern Arkansas 3, No. 6 Rollins 1
No. 2 Point Loma 8, No. 7 Springfield 1
June 5
No. 5 Angelo State 7, No. 4 Southern New Hampshire 4
No. 1 North Greenville 3, No. 8 West Chester 1
June 6
Rollins 3, Springfield 2 (Springfield eliminated)
Point Loma 11, Southern Arkansas 3
June 7
West Chester 7, Southern New Hampshire 3 (Southern New Hampshire eliminated)
North Greenville 18, Angelo State 3
June 8
Rollins 7, Southern Arkansas 5 (Southern Arkansas eliminated)
West Chester 12, Angelo State 2 (Angelo State eliminated)
June 9
Rollins 12, Point Loma 4
North Greenville 8, West Chester 5 (West Chester eliminated)
June 10
Point Loma 2, Rollins 0 (Rollins eliminated)
National championship – North Greenville 5, Point Loma 3
Legion baseball
The inaugural June Classic began on Friday with games in Shelby and Cherryville:
JUNE CLASSIC 2022
Friday’s games
(at Veterans Field at Keeter Stadium, Shelby)
Randolph County 11, Kinston 0 (5 innings)
Wayne County 2, Cleveland County 1 (8 innings)
(at Fraley Field, Cherryville)
Cherryville 12, Rowan County 6: Collin Huss (winning pitcher), Ashton Pope (grand slam home run, triple, 5 RBIs), Will Blackburn (grand slam home run) and Chase Miller (2-run home run) led Cherryville.
Group A: Cleveland County, Kinston, Rowan County
Group B: Cherryville, Randolph County, Wayne County
Saturday’s games
(at Veterans Field at Keeter Stadium, Shelby)
Rowan County vs. Kinston, 2 p.m.
Kinston vs. Cleveland County, 4:30 p.m.
Rowan County vs. Cleveland County, 7 p.m.
(at Fraley Field, Cherryville)
Randolph County vs. Wayne County, 2 p.m.
Wayne County vs. Cherryville, 4:30 p.m.,
Randolph County vs. Cherryville, 7 p.m.
Sunday’s games
(at Veterans Field at Keeter Stadium, Shelby)
A No. 1 vs. B No. 2, Noon
A No. 2 vs. B No. 1, 12:30 p.m.
Junior Legion baseball
Area IV East Division standings (through Thursday):
Dallas 4-1
Burns 4-1
Matthews 3-1
Belmont 1-2
Cherryville 1-2
Shelby 1-2
Gaston Christian 1-3
Stuart Cramer 1-4
Pro basketball
The Charlotte Hornets held three pre-draft workouts on Friday with the following prospects:
(Group 1)
Max Christie (Michigan State)
R.J. Cole (Connecticut)
Grant Golden (Richmond)
Alex Hunter (Furman)
Ismaël Kamagate (Paris Basketball/France)
Gui Santos (Minas/Brazil)
(Group 2)
Mark Williams (Duke)
(Group 3)
Shaedon Sharpe (Kentucky)
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 (Boston wins series 4-3)
(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
3-Golden State vs. 4-Dallas (Golden State wins series 4-1)
(NBA Finals)
East-Boston vs. West-Golden State
Game 1 at Golden State: June 2 (Boston 120-108)
Game 2 at Golden State: June 5 (Golden State 107-88)
Game 3 at Boston: June 8 (Boston 116-100)
Game 4 at Boston: June 10 (Golden State 107-97)
Game 5 at Golden State: June 13
Game 6 (if necessary) at Boston: June 16
Game 7 (if necessary) at Golden State: June 19
Pro football
South Carolina’s York County is suing Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper’s companies and the City of Rock Hill for at least $21 million over the failed completion of the team’s proposed $800 million practice facility and headquarters. The structure remains half-built in Rock Hill, S.C., with no plans of being finished.
Tepper’s real estate company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware on June 2 after having invested more than $175 million into a proposed facility that would’ve been located about 25 miles south of the team’s current downtown stadium and headquarters in Charlotte, N.C.
The complaint, that was filed Thursday, said Tepper and his companies took $21 million from a special penny sales tax intended to expand a road in York County and used the money for what the county’s lawyers called a “failed vanity project.”
“Rather than cover the ballooning project budget themselves, the Tepper Defendants took money from York County and its taxpayers,” the complaint also said.
Pro baseball
The Gastonia Honey Hunters rallied from an early 6-0 deficit to rally for a 7-6 victory over the High Point Rockers on Friday night.
The win, Gastonia’s third straight, improved the Honey Hunters’ record to 30-14 and gives them a two-game lead over High Point (28-16) in the South Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.
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 (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 (6-3)
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
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.
Pro soccer
Here’s the full Charlotte FC MLS schedule for the 2022 season (with results):
(5-8-1 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 (L 1-2)
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
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
June 26 Ally 400
July 3 Kwik Trip 250
July 10 Quaker State 400
July 17 Ambetter 301
July 24 NASCAR Cup Series at Pocono
July 31 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard
Aug. 7 FireKeepers Casino 400
Aug. 14 Federated Auto Parts 400
Aug. 21 Go Bowling at The Glen
Aug. 27 Coke Zero Sugar 400
Sept. 4 Cook Out Southern 500
Sept. 11 Hollywood Casino 400
Sept. 17 Bass Pro Shops Night Race
Sept. 24 AutoTrader EchoPark 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