9-29-22 roundup: Pro basketball, football and soccer, High school football, boys soccer and volleyball, Middle school football and softball, College football, Auto racing

By Richard Walker

Kings Mountain and South Point set up the area’s biggest game of the regular season for next week with impressive Thursday night victories in Big South 3A Conference play.

With games moved up from Friday to Thursday due to Hurricane Ian’s projected Friday rainfall in the area, Kings Mountain routed Forestview 48-7 and South Point rolled past Crest 35-13.

It improves each team to 6-0 overall and 3-0 in the Big South entering next Friday’s game at Kings Mountain’s Gamble Stadium.

Kings Mountain improved to 6-0 in a season for the eighth time in school history and first time since the 2021 spring season as Teddy Jeffries, Caleb Holland and Robert Kendrick scored rushing touchdowns and A.J. Richardson had a touchdown fumble return for the Mountaineers.

South Point improved to 6-0 in a season for the 14th time in school history and first time since 2017 as Cam Medlock and Patrick Blee had two touchdowns apiece for the Red Raiders.

Here’s a look at Friday’s other games for Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties:

W-S Prep 18, Mountain Island Charter 6 (Wednesday): Thomas Loving’s 9-yard TD pass to Reggie Daniel accounted for the Raptors’ points.

Ashbrook 37, North Gaston 14

Burns 62, Bessemer City 6

Bunker Hill 35, West Lincoln 34 (OT): Mason Avery scored four touchdowns for West Lincoln in the loss.

Cramer at Huss, no report

East Gaston 28, Thomas Jefferson 16

Shelby 76, Highland Tech 0: Daylin Lee had three touchdown passes and Shelby returned two interceptions for touchdowns in the victory.

Lincolnton 43, Bandys 34

North Lincoln 38, North Iredell 17

East Lincoln 50, West Iredell 0

Off – Cherryville

 

(This week’s other area games:)
Statesville 49, Foard 13
Hickory 42, St. Stephens 28
Newton-Conover 28, East Burke 20
Maiden at West Caldwell, no report
Hopewell at West Charlotte, no report
West Meck at Hough, no report
Mallard Creek 48, North Meck 3
Kell 40, Myers Park 9
Harding at Berry Academy, no report
Olympic 48, Palisades 0
Butler 76, East Meck 0
Rocky River at Catholic, no report
Independence 75, Garinger 0
Mooresville 40, Providence 28
Chase 35, Hendersonville 16
Patton 38, East Rutherford 27
Polk County at R-S Central, no report
Nation Ford, S.C. at Clover, S.C., no report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 2-1, 4-1
Cramerton 2-2, 4-2
Grier 1-2, 2-3
Mount Holly 0-3, 2-3

(Division II)
Belmont 4-0, 6-0
York Chester 3-1, 3-3
Stanley 2-2, 2-3
W.C. Friday 2-2, 2-4
Bessemer City 1-3, 1-5
Chavis 0-4, 0-5

(Wednesday’s games)
Bessemer City 20, Chavis 14
Belmont 33, W.C. Friday 0
Holbrook 18, Grier 8
Cramerton 22, Mount Holly 15
York Chester 30, Stanley 0

(Oct. 5 games)
Chavis at Belmont
Mount Holly at Grier
Southwest at Holbrook
Stanley at Bessemer City
York Chester at W.C. Friday

 

 

TRI-COUNTY CONFERENCE
Standings through Sept. 22 with division records followed by overall records:

(West)
East Lincoln 2-1, 3-1
Lincolnton 2-1, 3-1
North Lincoln 2-1, 3-1
Kings Mountain 2-1, 2-2
Burns 1-2, 1-3
West Lincoln 0-3, 1-3

(East)
Crest 3-0, 4-0
Shelby 2-1, 3-1
R-S Central 2-1, 2-2
East Rutherford 1-2, 1-3
Thomas Jefferson 1-2, 1-3
Chase 0-3, 0-4

(Tuesday’s game)
Kings Mountain 28, East Lincoln 22 (2 OT)

(Wednesday’s games)
Lincolnton 28, Burns 14
Crest 57, Chase 8
North Lincoln 42, West Lincoln 0
R-S Central 47, Thomas Jefferson 28
Shelby 38, East Rutherford 0

(Oct. 4 games)
Burns at North Lincoln
Chase at Shelby
East Lincoln at West Lincoln
East Rutherford at R-S Central
Lincolnton at Kings Mountain
Thomas Jefferson at Crest

 

 

 

Middle school softball

Final regular season standings:

Belmont 9-0
Chavis 7-2
Stanley 7-2
W.C. Friday 6-3
Mount Holly 5-4
Bessemer City 4-5
Holbrook 4-5
Cramerton 2-7
Grier 1-8
Southwest 0-9

(Thursday’s games)
Chavis 15, Cramerton 0 (3 innings): Jenny Brown was the winning pitcher for Chavis and Landry Beam, Kate Mulvey, Livi Harmon, Kate Throckmorton and Mary Upchurch had hits to lead the offense.

W.C. Friday 9, Bessemer City 6

Belmont 16, Grier 0: Evy McKee and Ella Gibson each had 2 hits and pitchers Stella Absher and Reagan Mizell combined for 7 strikeouts.

Stanley 17, Mount Holly 7

(Next week’s playoffs)
Monday semifinals – W.C. Friday at Belmont, Stanley at Chavis
Thursday championship game

 

 

 

 

High school boys soccer

Forestview 6, Crest 0 (Wednesday): Plamedi Warsinsky scored 4 goals and Parker Hope and Noah Empsom 1 goal apiece for Forestview.

 

 

 

 

High school volleyball

Cherryville def. Bessemer City 3-0: Rileigh Kiser (8 aces, 18 assists, 6 kills), Laila Davis (7 aces), Emily Allen (8 kills) and Ceniya Powell (5 aces) led Cherryville (10-7 overall, 4-6 Southern Piedmont 1A/2A).

 

 

 

 

College football

This week’s NCAA Division I Carolinas schedule:

(Thursday’s game)
South Carolina 50, S.C. State 10

(Saturday’s games)
N.C. Central at Campbell, noon
Butler at Davidson, 1 p.m.
Presbyterian at Morehead State, 1 p.m.
Mercer at Wofford, 1:30 p.m.
Samford at Furman, 2 p.m.
Richmond at Elon, 2 p.m.
Wake Forest at Florida State, 3:30 p.m.
Virginia Tech at North Carolina, 3:30 p.m.
The Citadel at Appalachian State, 3:30 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at Marshall, 3:30 p.m.
VMI at Western Carolina, 3:30 p.m.
UTEP at Charlotte, 6 p.m.
Bryant at North Carolina A&T, 7 p.m.
East Carolina at South Florida, 7 p.m.
N.C. State at Clemson, 7:30 p.m.
Virginia at Duke, 7:30 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pro basketball

Here is the 2022-23 Charlotte Hornets schedule:

(Preseason)
October
2 at Boston, 1 p.m.
5 Indiana, 7 p.m.
7 Boston (at Greensboro), 7:30 p.m.
10 Washington, 7 p.m.
12 at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

(Regular season)
October
19 at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
21 New Orleans, 7 p.m.
23 at Atlanta, 5:00 p.m.
26 at New York, 7:30 p.m.
28 at Orlando, 7 p.m.
29 Golden State 7 p.m.
31 Sacramento, 7 p.m.
November
2 at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.
4 at Memphis, 8 p.m.
5 Brooklyn, 7 p.m.
7 Washington, 7 p.m.
9 Portland, 7 p.m.
10 at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
12 at Miami, 8 p.m.
14 at Orlando, 7 p.m.
16 Indiana, 7 p.m.
18 at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.
20 at Washington, 6 p.m.
23 Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
25 Minnesota, 5 p.m.
28 at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
December
2 Washington, 7 p.m.
3 Milwaukee, 6 p.m.
5 L.A. Clippers, 7 p.m.
7 at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.
9 New York, 7 p.m.
11 at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
14 Detroit, 7 p.m.
16 Atlanta, 7 p.m.
18 at Denver, 8 p.m.
19 at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
21 at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
23 at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
26 at Portland, 10 p.m.
27 at Golden State, 10 p.m.
29 Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.
31 Brooklyn, 7 p.m.
January
2 L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m.
4 Memphis, 7 p.m.
6 at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
8 at Indiana, 5 p.m.
10 at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
12 at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
14 Boston, 7 p.m.
16 Boston, 1 p.m.
18 at Houston, 8 p.m.
21 at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
23 at Utah, 9 p.m.
24 at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
26 Chicago, 7:30 p.m.
29 Miami, 1 p.m.
31 at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
February
2 at Chicago, 8 p.m.
3 at Detroit, 7 p.m.
5 Orlando, 1 p.m.
8 at Washington, 7 p.m.
10 at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
11 Denver, 7 p.m.
13 Atlanta, 7 p.m.
15 San Antonio, 7 p.m.
24 at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
25 Miami, 7 p.m.
27 Detroit, 7 p.m.
March
1 Phoenix, 7 p.m.
3 Orlando, 7 p.m.
5 at Brooklyn, 6 p.m.
7 at New York, 7:30 p.m.
9 at Detroit, 7 p.m.
11 Utah, 7 p.m.
12 Cleveland, 5 p.m.
14 Cleveland, 7 p.m.
17 Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
20 Indiana, 7 p.m.
23 at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
24 at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
26 Dallas, 1 p.m.
28 at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
31 Chicago, 7 p.m.
April
2 Toronto, 1 p.m.
4 Toronto, 7 p.m.
7 Houston, 7 p.m.
9 at Cleveland, 1 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 (W 22-14)
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. 25 AutoTraderEchoPark Automotive 500 (Tyler Reddick-3)
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