8-28-22 roundup: Pro baseball, football and soccer, High school football and boys soccer, College football, Middle school softball, Auto racing
By Richard Walker
This week will start a segment called “Monday Morning Quarterback” that wraps up the recent high school football games.
In Gaston County, Justin Rocquemore is poised for a record-setting career during his senior season at Cramer. And the 5-foot-10, 190-pound quarterback tied a single-game county record last Friday in the Storm’s 48-28 win at Bessemer City with seven touchdown passes.
Rocquemore tied Cherryville’s Ben Lastra and Mountain Island Charter’s Kyle Holcomb who had seven touchdown passing games in 2003 and 2016, respectively.
After Friday’s game, Rocquemore has a chance at the county’s career passing yards and passing TD records with ….. passing yards and 53 touchdown throws in his four-year career; Huss’ Zo Wallace (6,457 yards from 2016 to 2019) and Forestview’s Logan Bradley (73 TD passes from 2011 to 2013) are the current leaders.
At South Point, where the Red Raiders are off to a 6-0 start, they extended their winning streak over rival East Gaston to 16 games. Later this season, they’ll have a chance to extend their winning streaks to 17 apiece against Ashbrook (Oct. 14) and North Gaston (Oct. 28).
And at Huss, the Huskies snapped a 10-game losing streak that was second-longest in school history with a 49-42 home victory over Hibriten. Huss’ longest losing streak was 19 games from 1965 to 1966 in the first two years the school competed in the Southwestern 4A Conference.
In Cleveland County, Shelby is 0-2 for the first time since 2012 as they prepare to visit rival Crest on Friday. And Friday’s loser will have a chance at dubious history. Crest has gone 0-3 against its county rivals only three times in its history – in 1970, 1979 and 1992 – and Shelby has done so only once (2010); Both teams close out their county schedules in Oct. 28 regular season finales with Crest facing Kings Mountain and Shelby meeting Burns.
And in Lincoln County, East Lincoln and West Lincoln are off to impressive 2-0 starts. It’s the second straight 2-0 for East Lincoln and 15th in school history and it’s the second straight for West Lincoln and 18th in school history.
(Friday’s Cleveland/Gaston/Lincoln results:)
South Point 48, East Gaston 6
A.C. Reynolds 45, Shelby 21
Kings Mountain 24, Asheville 0
Burns 35, Crest 12
West Lincoln 48, Cherryville 0
Mountain Island Charter 30, Corvian Community 17
Cramer 48, Bessemer City 28
East Lincoln 53, Forestview 0
Huss 49, Hibriten 42
Hickory Grove Christian 55, Highland Tech 22
Lincolnton 20, North Lincoln 17
Alexander Central 17, North Gaston 8
Roberson 12, Ashbrook 0
(Other area scores:)
Pine Lake Prep 21, Thomas Jefferson 0
Bandys 24, Foard 15
Hickory 53, South Caldwell 27
Lake Norman 42, North Iredell 0
Bunker Hill 33, St. Stephens 12
South Iredell 29, Statesville 13
Newton-Conover 44, West Iredell 8
Freedom 33, East Burke 20
Watauga 23, Maiden 19
R-S Central 36, West Caldwell 7
Highland Springs, Va. 26, Chambers 20
Hopewell 34, East Meck 0
Hough 34, Mooresville 6
Buford, Ga. 56, Mallard Creek 7
North Meck 42, Garinger 0
West Charlotte 40, Harding 6
West Meck 34, Berry Academy 13
Kell 40, Cuthbertson 3
Catawba Ridge, S.C. 16, Myers Park 0
Olympic 29, Rocky River 12
Palisades 52, Calhoun Falls Christian, S.C. 0
Providence 42, South Meck 13
Butler 40, Richmond County 7
Charlotte Catholic 35, Hickory Ridge 34, OT
Independence 28, Marvin Ridge 14
Chase 57, Owen 15
Lake Norman Charter 34, Winston-Salem Prep 14
Tuscola 56, East Rutherford 14
(Next week’s Cleveland/Gaston/Lincoln games:)
Ashbrook at West Meck
Bessemer City at Pine Lake Prep
Burns at Kings Mountain
Chase at North Gaston
Cherryville at Blacksburg, S.C.
Cramer at East Gaston
East Lincoln at Lincolnton
Foard at West Lincoln
Freedom at Forestview
Highland Tech at W-S Carver
Huss at Central Cabarrus
North Lincoln at Northwest Cabarrus
R-S Central at South Point
Shelby at Crest
(Next week’s other area games:)
Newton-Conover at Hickory
Bunker Hill at North Iredell
St. Stephens at Maiden
Statesville at Lake Norman
South Iredell at West Iredell
Draughn at East Burke
West Caldwell at Hibriten
Chambers at Glenn
Hopewell at Olympic
Mallard Creek at South Pointe, S.C.
Harding at North Meck
West Charlotte at Independence
Marvin Ridge at Kell
Berry Academy at Garinger
Myers Park at Reagan
Indian Land, S.C. at Palisades
East Meck at South Meck
New Hanover at Butler
Providence Day at Charlotte Catholic
Parkwood at Providence
Rocky River at Kannapolis A.L. Brown
Lake Norman Charter at Christ the King
McDowell at East Rutherford
Thomas Jefferson at Community School of Davidson
College football
Saturday’s NCAA Division I Carolinas results:
Florida Atlantic 43, Charlotte 13
North Carolina 56, Florida A&M 24
Next week’s NCAA Division I Carolinas schedule:
(Thursday, Sept. 1)
The Citadel at Campbell, 6 p.m.
Limestone at Gardner-Webb, 7 p.m.
North Greenville at Furman, 7 p.m.
South Carolina State at Central Florida, 7 p.m.
VMI at Wake Forest, 7:30 p.m.
(Friday, Sept. 2)
William & Mary at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Temple at Duke, 7:30 p.m.
(Saturday, Sept. 3)
North Carolina at Appalachian State, noon
N.C. State at East Carolina, noon
Western Carolina at Charleston Southern, noon
Davidson at Jacksonville State, 2 p.m.
Wofford at Chattanooga, 6 p.m.
Elon at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m.
Georgia State at South Carolina, 7:30 p.m.
North Carolina A&T vs. N.C. Central at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.
(Monday, Sept. 5)
Clemson vs. Georgia Tech at Atlanta, 8 p.m.
High school boys soccer
Full pairings and results of 2022 Gaston Cup Soccer tournament:
(Monday’s quarterfinals at Cramer)
Highland Tech 2, North Gaston 1
Forestview 4, Cramer 2
(Tuesday’s quarterfinals at Ashbrook)
East Gaston 2, Huss 1
South Point 3, Ashbrook 0
(Wednesday’s semifinals at Cramer)
Consolation – Cramer 2, North Gaston 1
Semifinal – Forestview 4, Highland Tech 0
(Thursday’s semifinals at Ashbrook)
Consolation – Huss 1, Ashbrook 0
Semifinal – South Point 1, East Gaston 1 (SP wins 5-4 on penalty kicks)
(Saturday’s games at Cramer)
7th place – North Gaston 1, Ashbrook 0
5th place – Cramer 2, Huss 0
3rd place – Highland Tech 1, East Gaston 1 (tie)
Championship – Forestview 3, South Point 0
Middle school softball
The full 2022 Gaston County Conference schedule that includes last Thursday’s opening date:
Aug. 25 – Belmont at Cramerton, Bessemer City at Chavis, Southwest at Holbrook, Stanley at Grier
Aug. 29 – Bessemer City at Belmont, Cramerton at Stanley, W.C. Friday at Southwest, Grier at Mount Holly
Sept. 1 – Chavis at Southwest, W.C. Friday at Holbrook, Mount Holly at Cramerton, Stanley at Bessemer City
Sept. 6 – Belmont at Southwest, Bessemer City at Mount Holly, Chavis at Holbrook, Cramerton at Grier
Sept. 8 – W.C. Friday at Chavis, Grier at Bessemer City, Holbrook at Belmont, Southwest at Stanley
Sept. 12 – Belmont at W.C. Friday, Bessemer City at Cramerton, Southwest at Mount Holly, Stanley at Holbrook
Sept. 15 – Chavis at Belmont, W.C. Friday at Stanley, Grier at Southwest, Holbrook at Mount Holly
Sept. 19 – Holbrook at Grier, Mount Holly at W.C. Friday, Southwest at Cramerton, Stanley at Chavis
Sept. 22 – Grier at W.C. Friday, Holbrook at Cramerton, Mount Holly at Chavis, Southwest at Bessemer City, Stanley at Belmont
Sept. 26 – Belmont at Mount Holly, Bessemer City at Holbrook, Chavis at Grier, Cramerton at W.C. Friday
Sept. 29 – Cramerton at Chavis, W.C. Friday at Bessemer City, Grier at Belmont, Mount Holly at Stanley
Oct. 3 – Conference semifinals
Oct. 6 – Conference championship game
Pro baseball
The Gastonia Honey Hunters dropped the final game of a three-game series at High Point 7-3 on Sunday.
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: 32-16
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 (13-12)
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
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.
—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 football
Here’s the full Carolina Panthers schedule for the 2022 season:
(Preseason)
Aug. 13 at Washington (W 23-21)
Aug. 19 at New England (L 10-20)
Aug. 26 Buffalo (W 21-0)
(Regular season)
Week 1, Sept. 11, Cleveland, 1 p.m.
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 soccer
Here’s the full Charlotte FC MLS schedule for the 2022 season (with results):
(10-16-2 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, 7:30 p.m.
September 10, New York City, 7 p.m.
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
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