Friday’s roundup: High school football and soccer, middle school football, college basketball tournament pairings and results
By Richard Walker
Chase threatened one of the longest streaks in national high school history on Friday before Shelby rallied for a 47-41 home win.
Chase (1-2) has still never beaten Shelby in a rivalry that started in 1959. The Golden Lions’ series lead is now 53-0-1 with the tie coming in 1968.
The visiting Trojans led 20-7 and 27-14 in the first half and were ahead 41-39 before Omar Phillips’ third touchdown run of the game put Shelby ahead for the first time and provided the victory for the unbeaten Golden Lions (3-0), who visit Burns next Friday.
Crest 48, Ashbrook 6: The Chargers (3-0) rolled to a homecoming win over the visiting Green Wave. Crest visits Huss next week and AShrook hosts Kings Mountain.
St. Stephens 30, Bessemer City 0: The Yellow Jackets dropped the non-conference road game. Bessemer City (1-2) hosts Highland Tech next week.
Cherryville 33, Highland Tech 12: Cooper Sloan had 148 yards rushing and three touchdowns and Landon Hahn had two pass interceptions for the Ironmen (1-2), who host Community School of Davidson next week.
Burns 54, East Rutherford 7: The Bulldogs (3-0) stayed unbeaten in their home opener.
Kings Mountain 35, Huss 0: The host Mountaineers (2-0) visit Ashbrook next week.
Bandys 52, Lincolnton 8: The visiting Wolves, who fell to 1-2, host West Lincoln next week.
West Lincoln 27, Newton-Conover 21: The Rebels rallied to beat the visiting Red Devils and improve to 1-2.
North Gaston at Forestview: Postponed
East Lincoln 40, North Lincoln 30: The host Mustangs (3-0) stayed unbeaten entering next week’s game at Bandys. North Lincoln (2-1) visits Maiden next week.
R-S Central 56, East Gaston 27: The host Warriors (0-3) visit Chase next week.
South Point 42, Cramer 24: Hunter Hogue, Will Rhinehart and Trevon Jones were standouts for the Red Raiders (2-1), who visit East Rutherford next week.
Thomas Jefferson 25, Mountain Island Charter 21: The visiting Gryphons (3-0) knocked off the Raptors (1-2), who host R-S Central next week.
Other scores:
Community School of Davidson 42, Union Academy 0
Pine Lake Prep 64, Christ the King 12
North Meck 20, Hopewell 16
Hough 24, Lake Norman 9
Mallard Creek 40, West Charlotte 18
Vance 42, Mooresville 14
Myers Park 24, Butler 21
East Meck 20, Garinger 6
Hickory Ridge 41, Rocky River 20
Porter Ridge 21, Independence 6
Olympic 46, Berry Academy 24
Robinson 44, Harding 6
Kell 42, West Meck 7
Providence 27, South Meck 6
Catholic 51, Sun Valley 7
High school soccer
The N.C. High School Athletic Association state playoff pairings will be announced on Saturday and five teams have clinched playoff berths and two others hold out hopes for getting a chance – Big South 3A Conference champion Forestview, Southwestern 2A Conference South Point, South Fork 2A Conference champion East Lincoln, Big South 3A runner-up Cramer, Southwestern 2A runner-up South Point and possibly 3rd-place finishers Ashbrook (Big South) and Lincolnton (South Fork).
Forestview 4, Cramer 1 (Thursday): Ethan Frizzell and Tyler McMurray scored two goals apiece as Forestview completed a perfect 12-0 regular season.
Middle school football
Tri-County standings (through March 10)
Shelby 4-0
Crest 3-0
East Rutherford 2-1
Burns 1-2
R-S Central 1-2
Chase 0-2
Kings Mountain 0-4
Wednesday’s scores
Burns 72, R-S Central 6
Crest 28, Kings Mountain 6
Shelby 27, East Rutherford 0
Next Wednesday’s games
Burns at Kings Mountain
Chase at R-S Central
East Rutherford at Crest
College football
The Big South Conference announced on Friday that Gardner-Webb’s home football game against Monmouth that is scheduled for March 20 has been postponed due to a COVID-19 pause in the Gardner-Webb program.
College basketball
Conference USA men’s tournament pairings at Frisco, Tex.:
Tuesday’s preliminary round
#6 West-Rice 52, #7 West-Southern Miss 49
Wednesday’s first round
#4 West-UTSA 72, #5 East-Charlotte 62
#6 West-Rice 72, #3 East-Marshall 68
#4 East-Florida Atlantic 76, #5 West-UTEP 70
#3 West-North Texas 76, #6 East-Middle Tennessee 56
Thursday’s quarterfinals
#1 East-WKU 80, #4 West-UTSA 67
#2 West-UAB 73, #6 West-Rice 60
#1 West-Louisiana Tech 75, #4 East-Florida Atlantic 69
#3 West-North Texas 61, #2 East-Old Dominion 55
Friday’s semifinals
#1 East-WKU 64, #2 West-UAB 60
#3 West-North Texas 54, #1 West-Louisiana Tech 48
Saturday’s championship
#1 East-WKU vs. #3 West-North Texas, 9 p.m.
Conference USA women’s tournament pairings at Frisco, Tex.
Tuesday’s preliminary round
#6 East-Old Dominion 83, #7 East-WKU 77
#6 West-UAB 80, #7 West-UTSA 66
Wednesday’s first round
#4 East-FIU 85, #5 West-Southern Miss 75
#6 East-Old Dominion 71, #3 West-North Texas 66
#4 West-Louisiana Tech 50, #5 East-Marshall 48
#3 East-Florida Atlantic 72, #6 West-UAB 66
Thursday’s quarterfinals
#1 West-Rice 77, #4 East-FIU 60
#6 East-Old Dominion 90, #2 East-Charlotte 89, 2 OT
#1 East-Middle Tennessee 77, #4 West-Louisiana Tech 71
#2 West-UTEP 74, #3 East-Florida Atlantic 67
Friday’s semifinals
#1 West-Rice 62, #6 East-Old Dominion 60
#1 East-Middle Tennessee 74, #2 West-UTEP 58
Saturday’s championship
#1 West-Rice vs. #1 East-Middle Tennessee, 6 p.m.
Big South women’s tournament pairings:
Note: Radford (9-9) withdrew due to COVID pause in program.
March 7 first round
#8 USC Upstate 72, #9 Charleston Southern 64
Monday’s quarterfinals
#1 High Point 85, #8 USC Upstate 63
#4 Gardner-Webb 66, #5 Presbyterian 62
#2 Campbell 54, #7 Winthrop 41
#3 Longwood 83, #6 UNC-Asheville 69
Thursday’s semifinals
#1 High Point 75, #4 Gardner-Webb 58
#2 Campbell 54, #3 Longwood 39
Saturday’s championship
#2 Campbell at #1 High Point, 2 p.m.
Pairings for NCAA Division II Southeast men’s basketball regional at Harrogate, Tenn.:
Saturday’s quarterfinals
BYES – #1 Belmont Abbey (18-4), #2 Lincoln Memorial (16-3)
#3 Carson-Newman (11-5) vs. #6 Tusculum (13-5), 6 p.m.
#4 Emmanuel (15-6) vs. #5 Queens (16-5), 8:45 p.m.
Sunday’s semifinals
#2 Lincoln Memorial vs. Carson-Newman-Tusculum winner, 5 p.m.
#1 Belmont Abbey vs. Emmanuel-Queens winner, 7:45 p.m.
Tuesday, March 16
Championship game, 7 p.m.
Pairings for NCAA Division II Southeast women’s basketball regional at Jefferson City, Tenn.:
Friday’s quarterfinals
BYES – #1 Belmont Abbey (19-2), #2 Barton (12-2)
#6 Catawba 67, 3 Carson-Newman 48
#4 Tusculum 77, #5 Tuskegee 64
Saturday’s semifinals
#2 Barton vs. #3 Catawba, 6 p.m.
#1 Belmont Abbey vs. #4 Tusculum, 8:45 p.m.
Monday, March 15
Championship game, 6 p.m.
Pairings and results for the ACC tournament in Greensboro:
Tuesday’s First Round
#13 Miami 79, #12 Pitt 73
#10 Duke 86, #15 Boston College 51
#11 Notre Dame 80, #14 Wake Forest 77
Wednesday’s Second Round
#8 Syracuse 89, #9 NC State 68
#13 Miami 67, #5 Clemson 64
#10 Duke 70, #7 Louisville 56
#6 North Carolina 101, #11 Notre Dame 59
Thursday’s Quarterfinals
#1 Virginia 72, #8 Syracuse 69
#4 Georgia Tech 70, #13 Miami 66
#2 Florida State d. #10 Duke (COVID-19 positive test at Duke)
#6 North Carolina 81, #3 Virginia Tech 73
Friday’s Semifinals
#4 Georgia Tech d. #1 Virginia (COVID-19 positive test at Virginia)
#2 Florida State 69, #6 North Carolina 66
Saturday’s Championship
#4 Georgia Tech vs. #2 Florida State, 8:30 p.m.