9-23-22 roundup: Pro baseball, football and soccer, High school football, boys soccer, girls tennis and cross country, College football, Middle school football and softball, Auto racing

By Richard Walker

Four teams from Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties entered Friday’s sixth week of the high school football season with unbeaten records.

After Friday’s results, three remain unbeaten as East Lincoln, Kings Mountain and South Point won comfortably to each improve to 4-0 while West Lincoln couldn’t hold a late lead before losing to perennial power Maiden.

East Lincoln took its first-ever win over Statesville with a 28-7 road victory.

Kings Mountain won 56-0 at North Gaston for its 21st straight victory in that rivalry.

And South Point got three touchdown runs from Cam Medlock in a 35-7 victory over visiting Huss.

West Lincoln took a 17-14 lead in the third quarter before host Maiden rallied for a 27-17 victory.

Here’s the other results for Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties:

Bessemer City 60, Highland Tech 14: Jameer Holmes had five touchdown passes for Bessemer City.

East Gaston 38, Cherryville 0: Sirr Stovall had 207 yards rushing to lead East Gaston.

Community School of Davidson 56, Mountain Island Charter 6: Mountain Island Charter’s score came on a 100-yard interception return.

Crest 54, Cramer 28: Ny’Tavious Huskey passed for 240 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 56 yards and another touchdown for Crest.

Forestview 24, Ashbrook 21: Forestview took its second straight win over the crosstown rival Green Wave.

Lincolnton 22, Newton-Conover 21: Lincolnton scored a touchdown on the game’s final play and converted the game-winning extra point for the victory.

Hickory 29, North Lincoln 22: North Lincoln couldn’t hold a 22-7 lead against the Tornadoes.

Shelby 55, Thomas Jefferson 6: Daylin Lee had four touchdown passes and one touchdown run for Shelby.

Off – Burns

(Other area games:)
West Iredell 26, Foard 8
St. Stephens at North Iredell, no report
Bandys 35, East Burke 14
Bunker Hill 52, West Caldwell 6
Hough 16, Chambers 7
Mallard Creek 47, Hopewell 7
West Charlotte at West Meck, no report
Kell 48, Palisades 0
South Meck 46, Berry Academy 6
Myers Park at Harding, no report
Butler 44, Providence 6
Charlotte Catholic 36, Independence 35
East Meck 31, Garinger 28
Charlotte Country Day at Lake Norman Charter, no report
Chase 55, East Rutherford 9
Brevard 44, R-S Central 6
Boiling Springs, S.C. at Clover, S.C., no report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pro baseball

Gastonia and Southern Maryland took 2-1 leads in their respective best-of-5 divisional playoff series on Friday.

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
Sept. 23 Game 3 – Gastonia 8, High Point 2 (Gastonia leads series 2-1)
Sept. 24 Game 4 – 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

(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

(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 3-4
Cramerton 2-5
Grier 1-6
Southwest 0-9

(Thursday’s games)
W.C. Friday 15, Grier 0
Holbrook 14, Cramerton 7
Chavis 11, Mount Holly 4
Bessemer City 20, Southwest 2
Belmont 8, Stanley 4

(Sept. 26 games)
Belmont at Mount Holly
Bessemer City at Holbrook
Chavis at Grier
Cramerton at W.C. Friday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High school boys soccer

West Lincoln 4, Bunker Hill 4 (Monday): Joel Sellers (35 steals, 2 assists), David Hoyle (1 goal, 1 assist), Josh Olvera (1 goal, 2 assists) and Jacob Coleman (1 goal) led West Lincoln.

Newton-Conover 9, West Lincoln 0 (Wednesday): Joel Sellers (30 steals) and Mark Aguilar (32 steals) led West Lincoln.

West Lincoln 3, Bessemer City 2 (Thursday): Joel Sellers (25 steals, game-winning goal) led West Lincoln.

Ashbrook 3, North Gaston 2 (Thursday): Sanders Zendejas, Alan Archer and Hilario Aguirre had one goal apiece and Jeremiah George and Angel Castillo had one assist each.

 

 

 

 

 

 

High school girls tennis

North Lincoln def. St. Stephens 8-1 (Thursday): Emma Carver, Caitlyn Simcox, Natalie Gore, Lulu King and Addisen Heavner won singles matches and the teams of Gore-King, Heavner-Rachel Fink and Mia Lang-Maike Rathgeb won in doubles for North Lincoln.

 

 

 

 

 

High school cross country

Kings Mountain’s girls finished 5th and the boys finished 13th in Wednesday’s Freedom Invitational. Medalists for the Mountaineers were Divinity Ervin (6th in girls, 22:09) and Max Thompson (7th in boys, 18:46).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

College football

This week’s NCAA Division I Carolinas schedule:

(Thursday’s games)
Coastal Carolina 41, Georgia State 24

(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