9-22-22 roundup: Pro baseball, football and soccer, High school football, volleyball and boys soccer, College football, Middle school football and softball, Auto racing
By Richard Walker
Lincolnton High faces its third-oldest existing rivalry when the Wolves host Newton-Conover on Friday.
Lincolnton first met “Newton” in 1929 – or 12 years before “Newton-Conover” was formed.
And the Wolves hold a 32-26-3 all-time lead in the series that includes a 20-0 win in that inaugural matchup at Love Field in Lincolnton that is now parking lot on Gaston College’s Lincoln County campus.
Leter this season, Lincolnton will face two older existing rivalries – both started in 1925 – when it meets Maiden and West Caldwell; West Caldwell was formed in 1977 when Lenoir (which faced Lincolnton in 1925) was combined with Gamewell-Collettsville.
Here’s a look at Friday’s other matchup in Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties:
Bessemer City at Highland Tech: Bessemer Ciety leads the series 21-1 that includes a 32-8 win last season.
Cherryville at East Gaston: East Gaston leads the series 9-4 that includes a 50-14 win last season.
Community School of Davidson at Mountain Island Charter: Mountain Island Charter leads the series 5-3, but has lost two straight including 23-14 last season.
Crest at Cramer: Crest leads the series 6-0 that includes a 35-16 win last season.
East Lincoln at Statesville: Statesville leads the series 6-0 that includes regular season (23-6) and second round playoff (42-3) wins last year.
Forestview at Ashbrook: Ashbrook leads the series 14-7, but Forestview won 24-0 last season.
Huss at South Point: South Point leads the series 22-6-1 that includes a 42-7 win last season.
Kings Mountain at North Gaston: Kings Mountain leads the series 35-3-2 that includes a 56-0 win last season that extended the Mountaineers’ winning streak to 20.
North Lincoln at Hickory: Hickory leads the series 2-1 after North Lincoln won 21-6 last season.
Thomas Jefferson at Shelby: Shelby won 55-7 in the first meeting between the schools last season.
West Lincoln at Maiden: Maiden leads the series 41-8 that includes regular season (20-14) and second rounder playoff (47-0) wins last year.
Off – Burns
(Other area games:)
Foard at West Iredell
St. Stephens at North Iredell
Bandys at East Burke
Bunker Hill at West Caldwell
Hough at Chambers
Hopewell at Mallard Creek
West Charlotte at West Meck
Palisades at Kell
Berry Academy at South Meck
Myers Park at Harding
Butler at Providence
Charlotte Catholic at Independence
Garinger at East Meck
Charlotte Country Day at Lake Norman Charter
East Rutherford at Chase
R-S Central at Brevard
Boiling Springs, S.C. at Clover, S.C.
Here are the standings through Sept. 16 with conference records followed by overall records:
(Big South 3A)
Kings Mountain 1-0, 4-0
South Point 1-0, 4-0
Crest 1-0, 3-1
Forestview 1-0, 2-2
Cramer 0-1, 2-2
Ashbrook 0-1, 1-3
Huss 0-1, 1-3
North Gaston 0-1, 0-4
(Southern Piedmont 1A/2A)
Burns 1-0, 4-1
Shelby 1-0, 2-3
Bessemer City 1-0, 1-4
East Gaston 0-0, 2-2
Cherryville 0-1, 2-3
Thomas Jefferson 0-1, 0-4
Highland Tech 0-1, 0-5
(Western Foothills 3A)
East Lincoln 1-0, 4-0
St. Stephens 1-0, 2-2
Statesville 1-0, 2-2
North Iredell 1-0, 1-3
Hickory 0-1, 2-2
Foard 0-1, 0-4
North Lincoln 0-1, 0-4
West Iredell 0-1, 0-4
(Catawba Valley 2A)
Bunker Hill 1-0, 4-0
West Lincoln 1-0, 4-0
Maiden 1-0, 3-1
Newton-Conover 1-0, 2-2
Bandys 0-1, 1-3
East Burke 0-1, 1-3
Lincolnton 0-1, 1-3
West Caldwell 0-1, 0-4
(Queen City 3A/4A)
Chambers 1-0, 4-1
Hough 1-0, 3-1
Mallard Creek 1-0, 3-2
Hopewell 0-0, 2-2
West Meck 0-1, 4-1
North Meck 0-1, 3-2
West Charlotte 0-1, 2-3
(Southern Meck 4A)
Olympic 1-0, 5-0
South Meck 1-0, 3-2
Myers Park 1-0, 1-4
Kell 0-0, 3-1
Palisades 0-1, 1-3
Berry Academy 0-1, 1-4
Harding 0-1, 1-4
(Southwestern 4A)
Butler 1-0, 4-1
Catholic 1-0, 3-1
Rocky River 1-0, 2-3
Independence 0-0, 4-0
Providence 0-1, 2-2
East Meck 0-1, 1-4
Garinger 0-1, 0-5
(Others)
Mtn Isl Charter 0-1, 2-1
Chase 0-0, 4-0
East Rutherford 0-1, 1-4
R-S Central 0-1, 2-3
(Cleveland/Gaston/Lincoln individual statistical leaders)
All with 200 or more yards
Passing
Daylin Lee, Shelby 1502
Ben Mauney, Burns 1163
Ny’Tavious Huskey, Crest 1100
Justin Rocquemore, Cramer 1033
Tyler Mizzell, East Lincoln 780
Jameer Holmes, Bessemer City 686
Lamont Littlejohn, Kings Mtn 635
Trent Sherrill, East Gaston 579
Andre Bost, Lincolnton 430
Jaxson Hill, Forestview 412
Chase Miller, Cherryville 372
Tiger Coffin, Mtn Isl Charter 345
Rushing
Mason Avery, West Lincoln 788
Cam Medlock, South Point 502
Jeremiah Norris, Burns 463
Jaylin Winnex, West Lincoln 431
Patrick Blee, South Point 407
Christopher Daley, East Lincoln 397
Terrance Smith, Bessemer City 316
Nehemiah Stovall, East Gaston 295
Nate Eaton, Mtn Isl Charter 284
Justin Rocquemore, Cramer 278
Bricen Kee, Shelby 264
Cody Morse, North Lincoln 262
J.J. Gordon, North Gaston 251
Caleb Holland, Kings Mountain 224
Christian Holland, Forestview 224
Chase Miller, Cherryville 215
Teddy Jeffries, Kings Mountain 214
Ben Summey, East Gaston 212
Ny’Tavious Huskey, Crest 204
Receiving
Javarius Green, Crest 641
Izay Bridges, Shelby 579
Ja’Keith Hamilton, Shelby 452
Randall Pettus, Bessemer City 349
Isaiah Johnson, Cramer 342
Tyler Ward, Cramer 337
Ryan Thompson, Burns 297
Eli Falls, Shelby 271
Markel Clark, East Lincoln 268
Kahari Surratt, Burns 259
Jvontre Duff, Bessemer City 257
Andrew Phelps, Lincolnton 249
Keandre Walker, East Lincoln 236
High school JV football
(Thursday’s results)
Newton-Conover 40, Lincolnton 34 (OT)
South Point 31, Huss 18
Pro baseball
ATLANTIC LEAGUE OF PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
(Southern Division championship: Gastonia vs. High Point – Best-of-5)
Sept. 20 Game 1 – Gastonia 12, High Point 1
Sept. 21 Game 2 – High Point 11, Gastonia 3 (series tied 1-1)
Sept. 23 Game 3 – at High Point at 6:35 p.m.
Sept. 24 Game 4 (if necessary) – at High Point at 6:35 p.m.
Sept. 25 Game 5 (if necessary) – at High Point at 6:35 p.m.
(League championship: Gastonia-High Point winner vs. Southern Maryland-Lancaster winner: Best-of-5)
Sept. 27 Game 1
Sept. 28 Game 2
Sept. 30 Game 3
Oct. 1 Game 4 (if necessary)
Oct. 2 Game 5 (if necessary)
Middle school football
GASTON COUNTY CONFERENCE
Standings through Sept. 21 with division records followed by overall records:
(Division I)
Southwest 3-0, 4-1
Holbrook 1-1, 3-1
Grier 1-1, 2-2
Cramerton 1-2, 3-2
Mount Holly 0-2, 2-2
(Division II)
Belmont 3-0, 5-0
Stanley 2-1, 2-2
W.C. Friday 2-1, 2-3
York Chester 2-1, 2-3
Chavis 0-3, 0-4
Bessemer City 0-3, 0-5
(Wednesday’s games)
Belmont 41, Bessemer City 0
Southwest 35, Cramerton 12
Stanley 31, W.C. Friday 14
Holbrook 28, Mount Holly 22
York Chester 40, Chavis 8
(Sept. 28 games)
Chavis at Bessemer City
W.C. Friday at Belmont
Grier at Holbrook
Mount Holly at Cramerton
York Chester at Stanley
TRI-COUNTY CONFERENCE
Standings through Sept. 22 with division records followed by overall records:
(West)
East Lincoln 2-0, 3-0
Kings Mountain 1-1, 1-2
Lincolnton 1-1, 2-1
North Lincoln 1-1, 2-1
Burns 1-1, 1-2
West Lincoln 0-2, 1-2
(East)
Crest 2-0, 3-0
Shelby 1-1, 2-1
East Rutherford 1-1, 1-2
R-S Central 1-1, 1-2
Thomas Jefferson 1-1, 1-2
Chase 0-2, 0-3
(Wednesday’s games)
East Rutherford 36, Chase 8
North Lincoln 12, Kings Mountain 0
East Lincoln 36, Lincolnton 8
Crest 42, R-S Central 6
Shelby 49, Thomas Jefferson 0
(Thursday’s game)
Burns 38, West Lincoln 20
(Sept. 28 games)
Burns at Lincolnton
Crest at Chase
Kings Mountain at East Lincoln
North Lincoln at West Lincoln
R-S Central at Thomas Jefferson
Shelby at East Rutherford
Middle school softball
Standings through Sept. 22:
Belmont 7-0
Stanley 6-2
Mount Holly 5-2
Chavis 5-2
W.C. Friday 4-3
Holbrook 4-4
Bessemer City 2-4
Cramerton 2-5
Grier 1-6
Southwest 0-8
(Thursday’s games)
W.C. Friday 15, Grier 0
Holbrook 14, Cramerton 7: Parker Gordon, Abby Helms, Christina Ramsey, Sophie Arrowood, Jaliyah Scotland, Shemiah McCoy, JaKyra Sadler, Chloe Green, Adejah Mobley and Maddy Morton led Holbrook.
Chavis 11, Mount Holly 4: Jenny Brown (7 batters) was the winning pitcher, Brown, Kate Mulvey, Livi Harmon and Grace Capps had multiple hits to lead the offense. Landry Beam, Maddie Avery, Kayla Throckmorton and Mary Upchurch added one hit each and Mulvey and Beam were defensive leaders.
Southwest at Bessemer City, no report
Belmont 8, Stanley 4: Ella Gibson, Evy McKee, Sally Risk, Stella Absher and Adeleigh Hutcheson led the Belmont offense and Absher was the winning pitcher with eight strikeouts.
(Sept. 26 games)
Belmont at Mount Holly
Bessemer City at Holbrook
Chavis at Grier
Cramerton at W.C. Friday
High school volleyball
Kings Mountain def. Crest 3-0 (25-13, 25-22, 25-14): Camden Pasour (20 assists, 14 service points, 4 digs, 1 kill), Meile Songaila (14 kills, 11 serve receptions, 5 digs, 2 service points), Myracle Davis (21 kills, 2 blocks), Paige Bagwell (18 assists, 4 kills, 7 service points, 5 digs) and Caroline Barber (23 serve receptions, 12 digs, 7 service points) led Kings Mountain.
The Mountaineers also won the JV match 2-0 (25-23, 25-23) behind Ruby Osborne (4 blocks, 3 kills), Brooke Hamrick (5 kills, 2 serve receptions, 3 digs, 5 service points), Abigail Hedgepath (15 assists) and Ava Tipton (4 service points, 7 serve receptions, 5 digs).
High school boys soccer
Forestview 8, Kings Mountain 0 (Wednesday): Plamedi Warsinsky and Christian Tyler scored two goals apiece and Parker Hope, Josh Martin, Rodrigo Rosales Gutierrez and Alex Valasquez had one goal each for Forestview.
College football
This week’s NCAA Division I Carolinas schedule:
(Thursday’s games)
Coastal Carolina at Georgia State
(Saturday’s games)
Clemson at Wake Forest, noon
Duke at Kansas, noon
Furman at Charleston Southern, noon
Western Carolina at Samford, 3 p.m.
Notre Dame at North Carolina, 3:30 p.m.
James Madison at Appalachian State, 3:30 p.m.
Elon at William & Mary, 3:30 p.m.
Virginia Lynchburg at N.C. Central, 4 p.m.
Mercer at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m.
Navy at East Carolina, 6 p.m.
Wofford at Kennesaw State, 6 p.m.
Davidson at Presbyterian, 7 p.m.
S.C. State at North Carolina A&T, 7 p.m.
Connecticut at N.C. State, 7:30 p.m.
Charlotte at South Carolina, 7:30 p.m.
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 (L 16-19)
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):
(12-17-2 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 (W 3-2)
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 (Chris Buescher)
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