9-8-21 roundup: Pro football and baseball, College football and women’s soccer, High school football, boys soccer and cross country, Middle school football and softball

By Richard Walker

Former South Point High standout Tanner Muse has a new NFL home.

Muse, a 2015 South Point High graduate, signed to play on the Seattle Seahawks practice squad on Wednesday. It comes two days after the Las Vegas Raiders released Muse from their roster.

Muse had made eight tackles with half a sack in three preseason games covering 95 snaps for the Raiders, who selected him in the third round of the 2020 NFL Draft out of Clemson.

 

 

High school football

Shelby acted quickly to replace a cancelled game.

Slated to host Hibriten on Friday, Shelby will now host perennial power South Pointe, S.C., after Hibriten had to cancel its scheduled trip to Shelby.

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, cancelled
Union Academy at Mountain Island Charter
South Pointe, S.C. at Shelby
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 Wednesday’s games unless noted-x:

BIG SOUTH 3A
Huss 0-0, 2-0
Cramer 0-0, 6-2
x-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, 5-1
Cherryville 0-0, 1-1-1
Highland Tech 0-0, 2-1
East Gaston 0-0, 1-6
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
x-Lincolnton 0-0, 2-0-1
Mtn Island Charter 0-0, 3-1
North Lincoln 0-0, 4-3
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 6, Cherryville 0
Chase 2, Crest 1
North Gaston 2, North Lincoln 1
East Rutherford 10, West Lincoln 3

(Wednesday)
Mountain Island Charter 3, Bradford Prep 2
Forestview at Lincolnton, no report
Huss 2, East Gaston 0
South Iredell 4, North Lincoln 0
Cramer 2, Olympic 1
Shelby 4, East Rutherford 1

(Thursday)
Burns at Bessemer City
Cherryville at Highland Tech
East Gaston at Shelby
Kings Mountain at Crest
Lincoln Charter at Forest Hills

(Friday)
West Lincoln at Lincoln Charter

 

 

High school volleyball

Cherryville 3, Hunter Huss 0 (25-10, 25-9, 25-11): Cherryville improved to 5-5 with the non-conference win behind Rileigh Kiser (4 aces, 17 assists,8 digs, Taylor Digh 5 aces, Terayha Bess 7 kills, Katie eaker and Skye reed 4 kills
Cherryville is 5-5, 2-1 Conference

Gaston Day 3, Spartanburg Christian Academy 0 (25-23, 25-21, 28-26 on Tuesday): The Spartans improved to 11-4 overall behind Megan Brown (19 Kills), Drew Brown (16 Kills, 19 Digs), Anne Bradley Bing (32 Assists, 4 Kills, 3 Aces) and Mary Kate Hurst (17 Digs). Gaston Day hosts Hickory Grove on Thursday.

 

 

High school cross country

Cramer’s boys and Kings Mountain’s girls won Tuesday’s Ashbrook Luminary Run, with Kings Mountain winning each individual title.

Here are the results:

Boys team scores
Stuart Cramer (SC) 34
Kings Mountain (KM) 48
Forestview (FV) 60
South Point (SP) 95
Ashbrook (AHS) 111
Hunter Huss (HH) DNS
East Gaston (EG) DNS

Top 10 individuals
KM Parker Key 18:58
SC Luke Auten 19:40
SC Zach Willer 19:41
SC Nick Willer 19:41
FV Ethan Jones 19:59
FV Chris Tuttle 20:55
SP Ruffin Johnson 21:19
KM Isaiah Wood 21:23
KM Rohen Johnson 21:24
FV Will Wallace 21:30

Girls team scores
Kings Mountain 29
South Point 55
Stuart Cramer 70
Forestview 71
Ashbrook DNS
Hunter Huss DNS
East Gaston DNS

Top 10 individuals
KM Thalia Kushman 23:30
SP Maddie Frank 23:51
KM Divinity Ervin 23:57
SP Rachel Tolbert 24:31
KM Brooke Waseman 25:54
EG Emily Cerilli 26:50
KM Nicole Poston 26:52
SC Zaniyah Littlejohn 27:24
SC Mackenzie Granados 27:44
SC Savannah Powell 27:47

 

 

 

Middle school football

Wednesday’s Gaston County Conference results:

Grier 28, Cramerton 0: Clee Phillips (8 of 8 passing with one TD and one rushing TD), Qua’mell Scott (one rushing TD), Keenan Early (one receiving TD) and solid play by both lines led Grier to the win.

Southwest 30, Mount Holly 0: Southwest rolled to the win behind Anthony Tate (160 yards rushing with 3 TDs, 86 yards receiving with 1 TD, 1 interception, 4 tackles for loss), Elijah Littlejohn (100 yards rushing with 1 TD), Martino Smith, Jr. (100 yards rushing, 60 yards receiving),
Ametrius McCoy (110 yards receiving with 1 TD), Chandler Grayson (60 yards receiving), King Rhodes II (316 yards passing with 2 TDs, 55 yards rushing with 1 touchdown), Derrick Bess (5 tackles, including 3 for loss), Andres Gaston (3 tackles, including 2 for loss) and Ronnie Green (4 tackles, 1 forced fumble).

Belmont 34, Stanley 0

York Chester 24, Bessemer City 0

W.C. Friday at Chavis, no report

Gaston County Conference standings through Sept. 8 with division record listed first followed by overall record unless noted with-x:

(Division I)
Grier 1-0, 3-0
Southwest 1-0, 3-0
Holbrook 0-0, 2-0
Cramerton 0-1, 2-1
Mount Holly 0-1, 0-2-1
(Division II)
Belmont 1-0, 1-2
York Chester 1-0, 1-1-1
x-W.C. Friday 0-0, 1-1
x-Chavis 0-0, 0-1
Bessemer City 0-1, 0-3
Stanley 0-1, 0-2

Sept. 15 games
Southwest at Cramerton
Mount Holly at Holbrook
Belmont at Bessemer City
Chavis at York Chester
Stanley at W.C. Friday

Here are the Tri-County Conference results from Wednesday’s season-openers:

East Rutherford at Lincolnton, ppd. Thursday at 5 p.m.
R-S Central 14, West Lincoln 8
East Lincoln 56, Chase 6
Kings Mountain at Shelby, ppd. Thursday at 4:30 p.m.
Burns at Crest, ppd., no date
North Lincoln 32, Thomas Jefferson 6
Gaffney, S.C. 14, Crest 8 (OT)

Tri-County Conference standings through Sept. 8 with division record listed first followed by overall record:

(East)
East Lincoln 0-0, 1-0
North Lincoln 0-0, 1-0
Burns 0-0, 0-0
Kings Mountain 0-0, 0-0
Lincolnton 0-0, 0-0
West Lincoln 0-0, 0-1
(West)
R-S Central 0-0, 1-0
East Rutherford 0-0, 0-0
Shelby 0-0, 0-0
Chase 0-0, 0-1
Crest 0-0, 0-1
Thomas Jefferson 0-0, 0-1

Sept. 15 games
Crest at East Rutherford
R-S Central at Shelby
Chase at Thomas Jefferson
East Lincoln at Burns
Kings Mountain at West Lincoln
Lincolnton at North Lincoln

 

 

Middle school softball

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.
UNC-Pembroke at West Virginia Wesleyan, cancelled

 

 

College women’s soccer

Carson-Newman 2, Belmont Abbey 1: Goose Andrews found the back of the net in the 50th minute but the Belmont Abbey women’s soccer team lost at home. The Lady Crusades play again on Tuesday at 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 won 4-2 at High Point on Wednesday to improve its record to 43-47 overall on the season.

Gastonia completes the three-game series at High Point on Thursday night.