9-7-21 roundup: Pro basketball, football and baseball, College football, High school football, boys soccer and volleyball, Middle school football and softball
By Richard Walker
Former Forestview and Gaston Day standout Nate Hinton has a new NBA team.
Hinton signed a contract with the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday. Indiana’s new head coach is Hinton’s former Dallas Mavericks’ coach Rick Carlisle.
A 2018 Gaston Day graduate who was an undrafted free agent signee out of the University of Houston with Dallas, Hinton averaged 2.0 points, 0.4 rebounds and 0.4 assists in 21 games last season for the Mavericks.
Hinton didn’t play in Dallas’ four games to three first round playoff loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.
College football
Former Crest High standout Lannden Zanders’ 2021 football season at Clemson is over.
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney announced during his Monday night radio show that Zanders injured his shoulder in Saturday’s 10-3 loss to Georgia and will miss the rest of the season.
Zanders first injured his shoulder during last season’s 47-40 double-overtime regular season loss at Notre Dame and missed two games.
A 2019 Crest High gradaute, Zanders has made 55 tackles in 25 career games for the Tigers.
High school football
Here is this Friday’s schedule for Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties:
Burns at Watauga
Cherokee at East Gaston
Cherryville at Chase
Christ the King at Bessemer City
Crest at North Gaston
Draughn at Highland Tech
Hibriten at Shelby
Union Academy at Mountain Island Charter
West Lincoln at Ashbrook
Standings with conference record listed first followed by overall record:
BIG SOUTH 3A
South Point 0-0, 2-1
Cramer 0-0, 2-1
Kings Mountain 0-0, 2-1
Forestview 0-0, 1-2
Ashbrook 0-0, 0-0
Crest 0-0, 0-1
Huss 0-0, 0-1
North Gaston 0-0, 0-3
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
North Iredell 0-0, 0-1
West Iredell 0-0, 0-1
Foard 0-0, 0-2
St. Stephens 0-0, 0-2
CATAWBA VALLEY 2A
Bandys 0-0, 2-0
Bunker Hill 0-0, 2-0
Maiden 0-0, 2-0
West Lincoln 0-0, 2-0
East Burke 0-0, 1-1
Newton-Conover 0-0, 0-1
West Caldwell 0-0, 0-2
Lincolnton 0-0, 0-3
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A/2A
Shelby 0-0, 2-0
Thomas Jefferson 0-0, 2-0
Burns 0-0, 2-1
Cherryville 0-0, 1-1
East Gaston 0-0, 1-2
Highland Tech 0-0, 0-2
Bessemer City 0-0, 0-3
SOUTH MECK 4A
Kell 0-0, 2-0
Olympic 0-0, 2-0
Berry Academy 0-0, 1-0
Myers Park 0-0, 2-1
South Meck 0-0, 2-1
Harding 0-0, 1-2
SOUTHWESTERN 4A
Catholic 0-0, 2-0
Butler 0-0, 1-2
Providence 0-0, 1-2
Garinger 0-0, 0-2
Independence 0-0, 0-2
East Meck 0-0, 0-3
Rocky River 0-0, 0-3
QUEEN CITY 3A/4A
Chambers 0-0, 3-0
West Meck 0-0, 3-0
Hough 0-0, 2-0
West Charlotte 0-0, 2-0
Mallard Creek 0-0, 1-0
Hopewell 0-0, 1-2
North Meck 0-0, 1-1
OTHERS
Chase 0-0, 2-0
Clover 0-0, 1-2
Mtn Island Charter 0-0, 2-0
R-S Central 0-0, 0-1
High school boys soccer
Here are the standings through Tuesday’s games (except Cherryville-Bandys result):
BIG SOUTH 3A
Huss 0-0, 1-0
Cramer 0-0, 5-2
Forestview 0-0, 3-2-1
South Point 0-0, 4-3
Ashbrook 0-0, 1-1
North Gaston 0-0, 2-2-1
Kings Mountain 0-0, 1-3
Crest 0-0, 0-4
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A/2A
Burns 0-0, 3-0-1
Shelby 0-0, 4-1
Cherryville 0-0, 1-0-1
Highland Tech 0-0, 2-1
East Gaston 0-0, 1-5
Thomas Jefferson 0-0, 0-2
Bessemer City 0-0, 0-3
OTHERS
East Lincoln 0-0, 2-3
Lincoln Charter 0-0, 3-1-1
Lincolnton 0-0, 2-0-1
Mtn Island Charter 0-0, 2-1
North Lincoln 0-0, 4-2
West Lincoln 0-0, 2-4
This week’s schedule:
(Monday)
Lincolnton at East Lincoln, ppd., no date
(Tuesday)
Ashbrook at Kings Mountain, ppd., Oct. 25
Bandys at Cherryville, no report
Chase 2, Crest 1
North Gaston 2, North Lincoln 1
East Rutherford 10, West Lincoln 3
(Wednesday)
Bradford Prep at Mountain Island Charter
Burns at North Gaston
East Lincoln at Lake Norman Charter
Forestview at Lincolnton
Huss at East Gaston
North Lincoln at South Iredell
Olympic at Cramer
Shelby at East Rutherford
West Lincoln at Lincoln Charter
(Thursday)
Burns at Bessemer City
Cherryville at Highland Tech
East Gaston at Shelby
Kings Mountain at Crest
Lincoln Charter at Forest Hills
High school volleyball
Kings Mountain 3, North Gaston 0 (25-12, 25-8, 25-7): Aaliyah Byers (17 kills, 9 service points, 3 serve receptions, 5 digs), Meile Songaila (5 kills, 12 service points, 5 serve receptions, 5 digs), Paige Bagwell (14 assists, 2 kills, 5 service points) and Jessie Ozmore (15 assists) led Kings Mountain to the Big South 3A Conference victory.
Crest 3, Cramer 0
Middle school football
Gaston County Conference standings through Aug. 31 with division record listed first followed by overall record:
(Division I)
Cramerton 0-0, 2-0
Grier 0-0, 2-0
Holbrook 0-0, 2-0
Southwest 0-0, 2-0
Mount Holly 0-0, 0-1-1
(Division II)
W.C. Friday 0-0, 1-1
Chavis 0-0, 0-1
Stanley 0-0, 0-1
York Chester 0-0, 0-1-1
Belmont 0-0, 0-2
Bessemer City 0-0, 0-2
Wednesday’s games
Grier at Cramerton
Mount Holly at Southwest
Stanley at Belmont
York Chester at Bessemer City
W.C. Friday at Chavis
The Tri-County Conference begins its season on Wednesday. Here is that league’s week one schedule:
East Rutherford at Lincolnton
R-S Central at West Lincoln
East Lincoln at Chase
Kings Mountain at Shelby
Burns at Crest
Thomas Jefferson at North Lincoln
Middle school softball
Belmont 4, Holbrook 0: Mallory Stafford pitched a no-hitter with nine strikeouts and Stafford (three hits) and Ella Gibson (two hits) led the Belmont offense.
Bessemer City 20, Grier 13
Chavis 21, W.C. Friday 0: Raylei Gidney got the win pitching her third straight no-hitter with three strikeouts. Chavis’ offense was led by Maddie Avery and Jenna Anthony (two hits apiece) and Kennedy Weathers, Gidney and Kate Bookout (one hit each) and Kate Mulvey, Landry Beam, Addison Davis and Abi Canipe also were Wolverines’ offensive contributors.
Stanley 22, Southwest 4: Winning pitcher Morgan Styles had a triple, Hannah Massey relieved for the save and Mattie Queen had a two-run home run.
Gaston County Conference standings through Tuesday:
Belmont 3-0
Chavis 3-0
Cramerton 3-0
Mount Holly 2-1
Stanley 2-1
Holbrook 1-2
W.C. Friday 1-2
Bessemer City 1-3
Grier 0-3
Southwest 0-4
Thursday’s games
W.C. Friday at Belmont
Cramerton at Bessemer City
Holbrook at Stanley
Mount Holly at Southwest
College football
Here are the Carolinas NCAA Division I football results and games for this weekend:
(Friday)
Kansas at Coastal Carolina, 6:30 p.m.
North Carolina A&T at Duke, 8 p.m.
(Saturday)
Norfolk State at Wake Forest, noon
Charleston Southern at The Citadel, 2 p.m.
Furman at Tennessee Tech, 2:30 p.m.
South Carolina State at Clemson, 5 p.m.
Elon at Campbell, 6 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at Charlotte, 6 p.m.
N.C. Central at Marshall, 6:30 p.m.
N.C. State at Mississippi State, 7 p.m.
Appalachian State at Miami, Fla., 7 p.m.
Western Carolina at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.
Georgia State at North Carolina, 7:30 p.m.
Here are the Carolinas Division II football results and games for this weekend:
(Thursday)
Virginia Lynchburg at Mars Hill, 7 p.m.
(Saturday)
Barton at Erskine, 1 p.m.
Chowan at Tusculum, 1 p.m.
Bluefield State at Elizabeth City State, 2:30 p.m.
Shaw at Davidson, 6 p.m.
Livingstone at Savannah State, 6 p.m.
Fayetteville State at Wingate, 6 p.m.
Allen University at J.C. Smith, 6 p.m.
North Greenville at Newberry, 6 p.m.
Winston-Salem State at Catawba, 7 p.m.
St. Augustine’s at Limestone, 7 p.m.
Pro football
Here is the Panthers’ 2021 regular season schedule:
Sept. 12 New York Jets, 1 p.m.
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 baseball
The Gastonia Honey Hunters revealed their mascot named “Bam” on a night in which the team lost 10-6 at High Point.
Gastonia (42-47) continues its current six-game road trip at High Point on Wednesday.