9-14-21 roundup: College football, High school football, boys soccer and volleyball, Middle school football and softball, Pro football, basketball and baseball
By Richard Walker
Charlotte is off to its fourth 2-0 start in the school’s nine-year football history.
“Every week I say this to the team: ‘The key to our success is getting better and better week after week,'” Healy said. “That hasn’t changed.”
Georgia State enters 0-2 but they’ve played at Army (43-10 loss) and North Carolina (59-17).
“They’ve got talent all over the field,” Healy said of Georgia State.
Plus, while Healy had nothing to do it, Charlotte’s past after 2-0 starts hasn’t gone so well.
In 2013 in the school’s first season in the sport, a 2-0 start turned into a 5-6 season.
In 2014, a 3-0 start also turned into a 5-6 finish.
And in 2015, a 2-0 start in the first season of Conference USA football ended up at 2-10 overall.
“I think our guys care about 2-0 because they know there are challenges ahead,” Healy said.
So far, senior quarterback Chris Reynolds has thrown a game-winning touchdown in the historic 31-28 over Duke in the season-opener and set a school record for most passing yardage during last Saturday’s 38-10 win over Gardner-Webb.
Charlotte now heads on the road for the first time this season; The 49ers are 12-32 all-time in road games.
Leaders for Charlotte this season have been Reynolds (427 yards passing), Calvin Camp (107 yards rushing) and Victor Tucker (12 catches for 166 yards receiving).
High school football
The fifth week of high school will be played this week. Here’s a list of Friday games for Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties:
Bessemer City at Thomas Jefferson
Bunker Hill at Lincolnton
Cherokee at East Gaston
Cherryville at Shelby
Cramer at South Point
Crest at Ashbrook
East Lincoln at Hickory
Forestview at North Gaston
Highland Tech at Burns
Kings Mountain at Huss
North Lincoln at Statesville
Pine Lake Prep at Mountain Island Charter
West Lincoln at Bandys
Here are other games involving teams in the area:
Clover, S.C. at Spartanburg, S.C.
R-S Central at Hendersonville
Foard at North Iredell
St. Stephens at West Iredell
Maiden at East Burke
Newton-Conover at West Caldwell
Chambers at West Meck
Hough at North Meck
West Charlotte at Mallard Creek
Myers Park at Berry Academy
Olympic at Harding
Kell at Porter Ridge
Catawba Ridge, S.C. at South Meck
Garinger at Butler
Providence-Charlotte Catholic (at Memorial Stadium)
Rocky River at East Meck
Here are standings through Sept. 10 with conference record listed first followed by overall record:
BIG SOUTH 3A
Crest 1-0, 1-1
Cramer 0-0, 2-1
Kings Mountain 0-0, 2-1
South Point 0-0, 2-1
Forestview 0-0, 1-2
Ashbrook 0-0, 0-1
Huss 0-0, 0-1
North Gaston 0-1, 0-4
WESTERN FOOTHILLS 3A
East Lincoln 0-0, 3-0
Statesville 0-0, 2-0
North Lincoln 0-0, 2-1
Hickory 0-0, 1-2
West Iredell 0-0, 0-1
Foard 0-0, 0-2
North Iredell 0-0, 0-2
St. Stephens 0-0, 0-2
CATAWBA VALLEY 2A
Bunker Hill 0-0, 3-0
Maiden 0-0, 3-0
West Lincoln 0-0, 3-0
Bandys 0-0, 2-0
East Burke 0-0, 1-1
Newton-Conover 0-0, 0-2
West Caldwell 0-0, 0-2
Lincolnton 0-0, 0-3
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A/2A
Thomas Jefferson 0-0, 2-0
Shelby 0-0, 2-1
Burns 0-0, 2-2
Cherryville 0-0, 1-2
East Gaston 0-0, 1-2
Bessemer City 0-0, 1-3
Highland Tech 0-0, 0-3
SOUTH MECK 4A
Kell 0-0, 3-0
Olympic 0-0, 3-0
South Meck 0-0, 3-1
Myers Park 0-0, 2-2
Harding 0-0, 2-2
Berry Academy 0-0, 1-1
SOUTHWESTERN 4A
Catholic 0-0, 2-1
Butler 0-0, 1-2
Independence 0-0, 1-2
Providence 0-0, 1-2
Rocky River 0-0, 1-3
Garinger 0-0, 0-3
East Meck 0-0, 0-4
QUEEN CITY 3A/4A
Chambers 0-0, 4-0
Hough 0-0, 3-0
West Charlotte 0-0, 3-0
West Meck 0-0, 3-1
North Meck 0-0, 2-1
Mallard Creek 0-0, 1-1
Hopewell 0-0, 1-3
OTHERS
Chase 0-0, 4-0
Clover 0-0, 1-2
Mtn Island Charter 0-0, 3-0
R-S Central 0-0, 0-2
High school boys soccer
Here are the standings through Sept. 14:
BIG SOUTH 3A
Huss 1-0, 4-0
Cramer 1-0, 7-2
Forestview 1-0, 4-2-1
Ashbrook 1-0, 2-1
South Point 0-1, 4-4
North Gaston 0-1, 2-3-1
Kings Mountain 0-1, 1-4
Crest 0-1, 0-5
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A/2A
Shelby 1-0, 6-1
Highland Tech 1-0, 3-1
Thomas Jefferson 1-0, 1-2
Burns 1-1, 4-1-1
East Gaston 1-1, 2-7
Cherryville 0-2, 1-3-1
Bessemer City 0-1, 2-6
OTHERS
East Lincoln 1-0, 3-3
Lincoln Charter 0-0, 4-2-2
Lincolnton 0-0, 2-0-1
Mtn Island Charter 0-0, 3-2
North Lincoln 0-1, 4-4
West Lincoln 0-1, 2-6
This week’s schedule:
(Monday)
Bandys 8, West Lincoln 0
Cramer 4, South Point 1
Ashbrook 9, Crest 0: Hilario Aguirre had three goals and one assist, Jackson Thomas, Fidel Medina, Chevis Seigle, Amari Speid, Carlos Lopez and Duvier Gomez had one goal each and Sanders Zendejas had four assists, Jesus Aguilar two assists and John Francis one assist.
East Lincoln 4, North Lincoln 1
Forestview 2, North Gaston 0: Plamedi Warsinsky and Josh Martin scored goals for Forestview.
Huss 3, Kings Mountain 0
Hibriten 7, Lincoln Charter 0
Lincolnton 2, Bunker Hill 0
Forest Hills 3, Mountain Island Charter 1
(Tuesday)
Bessemer City at Shelby, ppd., Sept. 27
East Gaston 5, Cherryville 1
Thomas Jefferson 1, Burns 0
(Wednesday)
Ashbrook at Forestview
Cramer at Crest
Forest Hills at Lincoln Charter
Hickory at East Lincoln
Monroe Victory FC at Mountain Island Charter
Newton-Conover at Lincolnton
North Gaston at Kings Mountain
South Point at Huss
Statesville at North Lincoln
West Lincoln at Maiden
(Thursday)
Bessemer City at Highland Tech
Burns at East Gaston
Shelby at Thomas Jefferson
High school volleyball
Foard 3, East Lincoln 0 (10-25, 19-25, 20-25 on Sept. 9): East Lincoln lost despite solid efforts from Alexa Dos Santos (6 kills, 14 digs), Kendall Fisher (5 kills, 10 digs), Katie Cook (21 assists, 19 digs) and Haley Waugaman (17 digs). Foard also won the junior varsity match 2-0 (25-14, 25-14).
East LIncoln 3, St. Stephens 2 (24-26, 25-23, 20-25, 25-16, 15-11 on Monday): Fisher (17 kills, 7 aces, 24 digs), Dos Santos (14 kills, 28 digs), Ashey Fowler (10 kills, 18 digs) and Cook (47 assists, 5 aces) led the Mustangs to the five-set victory. St. Stephens won the junior varsity match 2-1 (24-26, 25-23, 15-8).
Middle school football
Gaston County Conference standings through Sept. 8 with division record listed first followed by overall record:
(Division I)
Grier 1-0, 3-0
Southwest 1-0, 3-0
Holbrook 0-0, 2-0
Cramerton 0-1, 2-1
Mount Holly 0-1, 0-2-1
(Division II)
W.C. Friday 1-0, 2-1
York Chester 1-0, 1-1-1
Belmont 1-0, 1-2
Bessemer City 0-1, 0-3
Chavis 0-1, 0-2
Stanley 0-1, 0-2
Sept. 15 games
Southwest at Cramerton
Mount Holly at Holbrook
Belmont at Bessemer City
Chavis at York Chester
Stanley at W.C. Friday
Tri-County Conference standings through Sept. 9 with division record listed first followed by overall record:
(East)
East Lincoln 0-0, 1-0
Lincolnton 0-0, 1-0
North Lincoln 0-0, 1-0
Burns 0-0, 0-0
Kings Mountain 0-0, 0-1
West Lincoln 0-0, 0-1
(West)
Shelby 0-0, 2-0
R-S Central 0-0, 1-0
Chase 0-0, 0-1
Crest 0-0, 0-1
East Rutherford 0-0, 0-1
Thomas Jefferson 0-0, 0-1
Sept. 15 games
Crest at East Rutherford
R-S Central at Shelby
Chase at Thomas Jefferson
East Lincoln at Burns
Kings Mountain at West Lincoln
Lincolnton at North Lincoln
Middle school softball
Gaston County Conference standings through Sept. 13:
Cramerton 4-0 (5-0 overall)
Chavis 4-0
Belmont 4-1
Mount Holly 4-1
Stanley 3-2
Holbrook 2-3
Grier 1-3
W.C. Friday 1-4
Bessemer City 1-4 (1-5 overall)
Southwest 0-6
Sept. 16 games
Chavis at Stanley
Cramerton at Southwest
W.C. Friday at Mount Holly
Grier at Holbrook
College football
Here’s the Carolinas Division I football schedule this week:
(Saturday)
Coastal Carolina at Buffalo, 11 a.m.
Elon at Appalachian State, 2:30 p.m.
Samford at Western Carolina, 2:30 p.m.
Georgia Tech at Clemson, 3:30 p.m.
Florida State at Wake Forest, 3:30 p.m.
Northwestern at Duke, 4 p.m.
Charlotte at Georgia State, 6 p.m.
East Carolina at Marshall, 6 p.m.
Kennesaw State at Wofford, 6 p.m.
Lincoln, Pa. at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m.
Monmouth at Charleston Southern, 6 p.m.
North Greenville at The Citadel, 6 p.m.
Presbyterian at Campbell, 6 p.m.
Winston-Salem State at N.C. Central, 6 p.m.
South Carolina at Georgia, 7 p.m.
Virginia at North Carolina, 7:30 p.m.
Furman at N.C. State, 7:30 p.m.
South Carolina State at New Mexico State, 8 p.m.
Here’s the Carolinas Division II football schedule this week:
(Saturday)
Barton at Catawba, 1 p.m.
Central State at Shaw, 1 p.m.
Erskine at Chowan, 1 p.m.
Virginia Wise at Mars Hill, 1 p.m.
Wingate at Carson-Newman, 1 p.m.
Limestone at Tusculum, 3 p.m.
Livingstone at Allen University, 5 p.m.
Bluefield State at J.C. Smith, 6 p.m.
Glenville State at UNC-Pembroke, 6 p.m.
Lenoir-Rhyne at Newberry, 6 p.m.
Virginia Lynchburg at Virginia Union, 6 p.m.
Elizabeth City State at Norfolk State, 7 p.m.
Pro football
The Carolina Panthers have a new kicker – and they have reclaimed their upcoming seventh-round draft pick – after waiving kicker Ryan Santoso on Tuesday and signing Zane Gonzalez off the Detroit Lions’ practice roster.
The Panthers have sent a conditional seventh-round pick to the Giants last month for Santoso. Had Santoso remained on the Panthers roster for Sunday’s second game of the season, Carolina would’ve owed New York the draft pick. Santoso missed an extra point Sunday’s 20-14 win over the New York Jets in the season-opener.
Gonzalez, 26, was in Panthers camp earlier this summer.
He also has kicked for the Cleveland Browns and Arizona Cardinals and has career percentages of 78.0 on fieid goals and 94.6 on extra points.
His best season came in 2019 for the Cardinals when he converted 31 of 35 field goals and 34 of 35 extra points.
Carolina also added cornerback Corn Elder to the practice squad, giving Elder a third try with the team. A fifth-round pick of the Panthers in 2017, Elder was released in August 2019 and re-signed in November 2019.
Elder had signed with the Detroit Lions in April but was released last month.
Here is the Carolina Panthers’ 2021 regular season schedule:
Sept. 12 New York Jets (W 19-14)
Sept. 19 New Orleans, 1 p.m.
Sept. 23 at Houston, 8:20 p.m.
Oct. 3 at Dallas, 1 p.m.
Oct. 10 Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Oct. 17 Minnesota, 1 p.m.
Oct. 24 at New York Giants, 1 p.m.
Oct. 31 at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Nov. 7 New England, 1 p.m.
Nov. 14 at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.
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
Former Charlotte Hornets forward Caleb Martin is signing a two-way contract with the Miami Heat.
Known for his defensive tenacity, Martin averaged 5.3 points and 2.5 rebounds in two seasons with the Hornets, who released him last month.
Pro baseball
The Gastonia Honey Hunters fell to 44-52 on the season after losing the opener of its six-game homestand 8-6 to Lexington on Tuesday.
Gastonia continues the six-game homestand against Lexington on Wednesday.