9-29-21 roundup: Mixed martial arts, Pro football and baseball, College football, High school football and boys soccer, Middle school football and softball
By Richard Walker
It’s always good to be remembered in your hometown by your old school and mixed martial arts fighter and television star Justine Kish will be honored by Cramerton Middle School on Thursday.
A 2007 South Point High graduate, Justine Kish attended Cramerton in the 2001-02 and 2002-03 school years back when she was a multi-sport athlete.
Justine Kish, 33, is now a veteran mixed martial arts fighter who has appeared on a reality television, is currently doing stunt work for TV shows and has been casted for a new Game Show Network show.
“It’s an honor and I’m glad to be back home to do it,” said Justine Kish, who has a 7-4 all-time kickboxing record. “I’m still trying to stay in athletics right now but it’s a lot of moving parts.”
Her next competition is slated for November as she continues to do work at Venice Beach, Marina del Ray and Hollywood, Cal. while also working with new trainer Cris Cyborg, a MMA championship-winning fighter.
“She’s convinced me that if I made a few tweaks, I can be a champion,” Justine Kish said.
The last year has been bittersweet as her mother Laurel Kish died on Oct. 29, 2020.
“That’s been really hard on me,” Justine Kish said. “It was really tough to get back to see her during COVID. I miss her but I’m glad she’s not struggling anymore.
“I still have many friends in North Carolina and I still think of it as home. California is strictly business for me.”
College football
Here’s the Carolinas Division I schedule for this week:
(Saturday)
Charlotte at Illinois, noon
Duke at North Carolina, noon
Louisville at Wake Forest, 12:30 p.m.
Appalachian State at Georgia State, 1 p.m.
Davidson at Stetson, 1 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at Monmouth, 1 p.m.
Robert Morris at N.C. A&T, 1 p.m.
ULM at Coastal Carolina, 1:30 p.m.
Western Carolina at Chattanooga, 1:30 p.m.
Elon at Richmond, 2 p.m.
VMI at The Citadel, 2 p.m.
Troy at South Carolina, 3:30 p.m.
Tulane at East Carolina, 3:30 p.m.
Wofford at East Tennessee State, 3:30 p.m.
Louisiana Tech at N.C. State, 6 p.m.
Campbell at North Alabama, 7 p.m.
Boston College at Clemson, 7:30 p.m.
Here’s the Carolinas Division II schedule for this week:
(Saturday)
Limestone at Catawba, 1 p.m.
Newberry at Mars Hill, 1 p.m.
Shaw at Virginia Union, 1 p.m.
UNC Pembroke at Frostburg State, 1 p.m.
Carson-Newman at Barton, 2 p.m.
J.C. Smith at Bowie State, 2 p.m.
Lenoir-Rhyne at Virginia-Wise, 2 p.m.
-Virginia Lynchburg at Erskine, 2 p.m.
Livingstone at Elizabeth City State, 2:30 p.m.
Mississippi College at North Greenville, 3 p.m.
Tusculum at Wingate, 6 p.m.
Winston-Salem State at Chowan, 6 p.m.
St. Augustine’s at Virginia State, 6 p.m.
Lincoln, Pa. at Fayetteville State, 7 p.m.
Pro football
Here is the Carolina Panthers’ 2021 schedule (with results):
Sept. 12 New York Jets (W 19-14)
Sept. 19 New Orleans (W 26-7)
Sept. 23 at Houston (W 24-9)
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
High school football
Here are standings through Sept. 28 with conference record listed first followed by overall record:
BIG SOUTH 3A
Crest 3-0, 3-1
Kings Mountain 2-0, 4-1
South Point 2-0, 4-1
Forestview 2-0, 3-2
Cramer 0-2, 2-3
Ashbrook 0-2, 0-3
Huss 0-2, 0-3
North Gaston 0-3, 0-6
WESTERN FOOTHILLS 3A
Statesville 2-0, 4-0
North Iredell 2-0, 2-2
North Lincoln 1-1, 3-2
Hickory 1-1, 2-3
West Iredell 1-1, 1-2
St. Stephens 1-1, 1-3
East Lincoln 0-2, 3-2
Foard 0-2, 0-4
CATAWBA VALLEY 2A
Bunker Hill 2-0, 5-0
Maiden 2-0, 5-0
West Lincoln 1-1, 4-1
Newton-Conover 1-1, 1-3
Lincolnton 1-1, 1-4
East Burke 0-1, 1-2
Bandys 0-1, 2-1
West Caldwell 0-2, 0-4
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A/2A
Shelby 2-0, 4-1
Burns 1-0, 3-2
East Gaston 1-0, 3-2
Thomas Jefferson 1-1, 3-1
Bessemer City 1-1, 2-4
Cherryville 0-2, 1-4
Highland Tech 0-2, 0-5
SOUTH MECK 4A
South Meck 1-0, 5-1
Olympic 1-0, 4-1
Myers Park 1-0, 4-2
Kell 0-0, 3-1
Harding 0-1, 2-4
Berry Academy 0-2, 1-3
SOUTHWESTERN 4A
Catholic 2-0, 4-1
Butler 2-0, 3-2
Rocky River 1-0, 2-3
East Meck 1-1, 1-5
Independence 0-1, 1-3
Providence 0-2, 1-4
Garinger 0-2, 0-5
QUEEN CITY 3A/4A
Hough 2-0, 5-0
Mallard Creek 2-0, 3-1
Chambers 1-1, 5-1
West Charlotte 1-1, 4-1
North Meck 0-1, 2-2
Hopewell 0-1, 1-4
West Meck 0-2, 3-3
OTHERS
Chase 0-0, 5-0
Clover 0-0, 1-3
Mtn Island Charter 0-1, 3-1
R-S Central 1-1, 1-3
This week’s games:
(Tuesday)
Maiden 43, East Burke 6
(Friday)
Forestview at Kings Mountain
Huss at Cramer
North Gaston at Ashbrook
South Point at Crest
East Lincoln at West Iredell
North Lincoln at North Iredell
Bandys at Lincolnton
West Lincoln at Bunker Hill
Burns at Bessemer City
Patton at Cherryville
Shelby at Highland Tech
Thomas Jefferson at East Gaston
Winston-Salem Prep at Mountain Island Charter
Foard at Statesville
Hickory at St. Stephens
Newton-Conover at East Burke
West Caldwell at Maiden
West Charlotte at Hopewell
Hough at West Meck
Berry Academy at Harding
Kell at Myers Park
Butler at East Meck
Catholic at Rocky River
Independence at Garinger
Providence at Mooresville
Chase at Hendersonville
R-S Central at Polk County
High school boys soccer
Here are the standings through Sept. 29 with conference record listed first followed by overall record:
BIG SOUTH 3A
Cramer 6-0, 12-2
Forestview 5-1, 8-3-1
South Point 4-2, 8-5
Ashbrook 4-2, 6-3
Huss 2-4, 5-4
North Gaston 1-4, 3-6-1
Kings Mountain 1-5, 2-8
Crest 0-5, 0-9
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A/2A
Shelby 5-0, 10-1-1
Highland Tech 5-0, 7-2
Thomas Jefferson 3-2, 3-4
Burns 3-3, 6-3-1
East Gaston 2-3, 3-10
Cherryville 0-5, 1-7-1
Bessemer City 0-5, 1-8
OTHERS
Gaston Christian 2-2, 4-6
Gaston Day 4-0, 10-2
East Lincoln 4-1-1, 6-4-1
Lincoln Charter 1-2, 5-6-1
Lincolnton 6-0, 8-0-1
Mtn Island Charter 0-4, 3-7
North Lincoln 1-4, 5-7
Piedmont CC 2-0, 4-1
West Lincoln 0-6, 2-11
This week’s schedule:
(Monday)
Ashbrook 1, South Point 0
Shelby 7, Bessemer City 0
Thomas Jefferson 5, Cherryville 2
Cramer 9, Kings Mountain 0
Foard 6, East Lincoln 5 (OT)
Forestview 9, Crest 0
Highland Tech 4, East Gaston 3
Lincolnton 5, East Burke 0
Lincoln Charter 3, Mountain Island Charter 1
North Gaston 3, Huss 2
St. Stephens 2, North Lincoln 0
West Caldwell 7, West Lincoln 0
Gaston Christian 7, Woodlawn 1
(Tuesday)
Ashbrook 3, East Gaston 1
Highland Tech 3, Burns 2
Shelby 7, Cherryville 0
North Lincoln 6, Statesville 2
Thomas Jefferson 3, Bessemer City 0
Gaston Day 7, Westminster Catawba 0
(Wednesday)
Community School of Davidson 3, Lincoln Charter 0
Cramer 3, North Gaston 0
Huss 6, Crest 3
East Burke 6, West Lincoln 3
East Lincoln 2, St. Stephens 2 (OT)
Foard 1, North Lincoln 0
Langtree Charter 3, Mountain Island Charter 2
Ashbrook 6, Kings Mountain 1: Amari Speid had two goals and Bailey Wilcox, John Francis, Sanders Zendejas and Fidel Medina one apiece for the Green Wave.
Lincolnton 9, Maiden 0
South Point 1, Forestview 0
(Thurday)
Bessemer City at Cherryville
Crest at North Gaston
East Gaston at Thomas Jefferson
Gaston Day at SouthLake Christian
Shelby at Highland Tech
Middle school football
Gaston County Conference standings through Sept. 29 with division record listed first followed by overall record:
(Division I)
Southwest 3-0, 5-0
Holbrook 2-1, 4-1
Grier 2-1, 4-1
Cramerton 1-2, 3-2
Mount Holly 0-4, 0-5-1
(Division II)
Belmont 4-0, 4-2
York Chester 3-0, 3-1-1
Bessemer City 2-2, 2-4
W.C. Friday 1-2, 2-3
Stanley 1-3, 1-4
Chavis 0-4, 0-5
Wednesday’s games
Grier 30, Mount Holly 0
Southwest 34, Holbrook 8: Anthony Tate (110 yards rushing, 75 yards receiving with one TD), Jakelan Littlejohn (200 yards rushing with one TD), King Rhodes (35 yards rushing with one TD, 175 yards passing with one TD), Ametrius Presson (65 yards receiving with one TD) and Martino Smith, Jr. (65 yards rushing with one interception return TD) led Southwest and Holbrook got a touchdown from Jacaro Jones and two-pointer from Savion Lindsay.
Belmont 53, Chavis 0: Khamari Crawford scored two touchdowns and Zeke Pruitt, K.J. Shouse, Jent Miller and Reid Wilson scored one touchdown apiece and Ayden Bradley recorded a safety.
Bessemer City 24, Stanley 6
W.C. Friday at York Chester
Oct. 6 games
Cramerton at Holbrook
Southwest at Grier
York Chester at Belmont
W.C. Friday at Bessemer City
Chavis at Stanley
Tri-County Conference standings through Sept. 29 with division record listed first followed by overall record:
(East)
East Lincoln 3-0, 4-0
Kings Mountain 2-1, 2-2
North Lincoln 2-1, 3-1
Burns 1-2, 1-2
Lincolnton 0-2, 1-2
West Lincoln 0-2, 0-3
(West)
Shelby 2-0, 4-0
Crest 1-0, 1-1
East Rutherford 1-0, 1-1
Thomas Jefferson 1-2, 1-3
R-S Central 1-1, 2-1
Chase 0-2, 0-3
Wednesday’s games
East Rutherford at Shelby, ppd., no date
R-S Central 30, Thomas Jefferson 0
Chase at Crest, ppd., Thursday
Burns 12, Lincolnton 8
East Lincoln 12, Kings Mountain 0
North Lincoln 24, West Lincoln 0
Thursday’s game
Chase at Crest
Oct. 6 games
R-S Central at East Rutherford
Shelby at Chase
Crest at Thomas Jefferson
North Lincoln at Burns
Kings Mountain at Lincolnton
West Lincoln at East Lincoln
Middle school softball
Gaston County Conference standings through Sept. 28:
Cramerton 8-0 (9-0 overall)
Chavis 7-1
Mount Holly 6-3
Stanley 6-3
Belmont 5-3
Holbrook 4-4
Bessemer City 2-5 (2-6 overall)
W.C. Friday 2-6
Grier 1-8
Southwest 0-8
Wednesday’s game
Stanley 15, Grier 0: Madison Perrigo got the win and Hannah Massey got the save for Stanley.
Thursday’s games
Cramerton at Belmont
Chavis at Bessemer City
Holbrook at Southwest
(Playoffs)
Monday’s games
Semifinals
No. 4 Mount Holly at No. 1 Cramerton
No. 3 Stanley at No. 2 Chavis
Wednesday, Oct. 6
Championship game
Pro baseball
The Gastonia Honey Hunters took a 9-1 midday victory at Lexington on Wednesday to improve to 50-60 on the season.
Gastonia visits Lexington on Thursday to conclude their current three-game series.