6-8-21 roundup: Prep baseball and softball, College baseball and softball, Pro baseball and hockey, Legion baseball, Golf

By Richard Walker

Lincoln Charter ended Cherryville’s season-opening 12-game winning streak as well as clinching at least a share of the Southern Piedmont 1A Conference baseball title on Tuesday night.

The Eagles knocked off Cherryville 5-1 at Fraley Field.

It gave Lincoln Charter a 12-1 overall record and 11-1 league record entering its Friday non-conference regular season finale at perennial power South Caldwell.

Winning pitcher Mason Smith threw a six-hitter with 14 strikeouts and also had two hits and two RBIs to lead the Eagles’ offense, which also got two hits and one RBI each from Max McCreary and Davis al-Hussani.

Cherryville, which won 4-3 at Lincoln Charter on May 14 in their first meeting this season, falls to 12-1 overall and 10-1 in the league. The Ironmen can clinch a tie with Lincoln Charter for the league title with a home win over Bessemer City on Friday night.

Landon Hahn (3 hits, triple, 1 run), Ty Heavner (1 hit, 1 RBI) and Will Fowler (1 hit) led the Ironmen.

Cherryville’s loss ended the second-longest unbeaten streak to open a season in school history; The Ironmen went 13-0 in 2017 before losing at Lincoln Charter.

R-S Central 8, Burns 1

East Rutherford 5, Shelby 0

East Gaston 8, Thomas Jefferson 0

North Lincoln 13, Bandys 3 (5 innings)

Lake Norman Charter 2, West Lincoln 0

Christ the King 16, Highland Tech 3 (5 innings)

Bessemer City 5, Piedmont Community Charter 4 (9 innings)

Here are local high school baseball standings through Tuesday’s games unless noted (x-) with conference record first followed by overall record:

BIG SOUTH 3A
Crest 11-0, 11-0
x-Kings Mountain 9-1, 10-2
x-Forestview 6-4, 8-4
x-North Gaston 6-5, 6-6
Cramer 4-7, 6-7
x-Ashbrook 1-9, 1-11
Huss 0-11, 1-11

SOUTHWESTERN 2A
R-S Central 10-1, 11-2
x-South Point 7-3, 8-4
x-Chase 6-4, 8-4
East Rutherford 6-5, 7-5
East Gaston 5-7, 6-7
Burns 3-8, 4-9
Shelby 1-10, 1-12

SOUTH FORK 2A
x-East Lincoln 11-1, 11-1
North Lincoln 10-3, 10-3
Lk Norman Charter 9-4, 9-4
x-Maiden 7-5, 7-5
Bandys 6-7, 6-7
x-Lincolnton 4-8, 4-8
West Lincoln 2-11, 2-11
x-Newton-Conover 1-11, 1-11

SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A
Lincoln Charter 11-1, 12-1
Cherryville 10-1, 12-1
Christ the King 7-4, 8-5
Thomas Jefferson 5-6, 6-7
Highland Tech 4-7, 5-7
Bessemer City 2-9, 2-11
Piedmont CC 0-11, 0-11

PAC 7 2A
x-Mtn Isl Charter 10-0, 10-0
Pine Lake Prep 10-2, 11-2
x-Comm Sch Davidson 7-3, 8-3
Union Academy 7-5, 7-5
Bradford Prep 4-7, 4-9
Langtree Charter 0-10, 0-11
Queen’s Grant 0-11, 1-11

This week’s games

Thursday
Ashbrook at Huss
Cramer at Forestview
Kings Mountain at Crest
North Lincoln at Bandys
Thomas Jefferson at Highland Tech

Friday
East Gaston at North Gaston
Burns at R-S Central
Chase at South Point
Shelby at East Rutherford
Lake Norman Charter at West Lincoln
Maiden at Lincolnton
Newton-Conover at East Lincoln
Bessemer City at Cherryville
Lincoln Charter at South Caldwell
Piedmont Community Charter at Christ the King
Community School of Davidson at Mountain Island Charter

 

College baseball

Former Crest standout Logan McNeely had three hits, including a double, with one run and one RBI as Wingate stayed alive in the NCAA Division II World Series with a 3-2 win over Southern New Hampshire at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary.

McNeely, a 2017 Crest High graduate, is now five for seven at the plate during the Bulldogs’ two World Series games.

Wingate (35-13) plays another elimination game on Wednesday at 2 p.m. against Seton Hill.

Austin Mitchell (North Gaston 2018) and Brett Walls (Cherryville 2020) also are on the Bulldogs’ roster.

Here are the pairings and results for NCAA Division II World Series:

June 5 games
Game 1 – No. 5 Tampa 7, No. 4 Trevecca Nazarene 6 (10 innings)
Game 2 – No. 1 Central Missouri 9, No. 8 Northwest Nazarene 3

June 6 games
Game 3 – No. 3 Angelo State 6, No. 6 Wingate 2
Game 4 – No. 2 Seton Hill 4, No. 7 Southern New Hampshire 3

June 7 games
Game 5 – Northwest Nazarence 9, Trevecca Nazarene 3
Game 6 – Central Missouri 8, Tampa 4

Tuesday, June 8
Game 7 – Wingate 3, Southern New Hampshire 2
Game 8 – Angelo State 9, Seton Hill 4

Wednesday, June 9
Game 9 – Wingate vs. Seton Hill, 2 p.m.
Game 10 – Northwest Nazarene vs. Tampa, 6 p.m.

Thursday, June 10
Game 11 – Angelo State vs. Game 9 winner, 2 p.m.
Game 12 – Central Missouri vs. Game 10 winner, 6 p.m.

Friday, June 11
Game 13/14 (if necessary) – If Game 6 and Game 8 winners lose on June 10, TBA

Saturday, June 12
Championship game, TBA

 

 

High school baseball/softball

Rock Hill’s Legion Collegiate beat Andrew Jackson 10-7 on Tuesday night at Lancaster to win the S.C. High School League Class 2A state baseball championship.

Legion Collegiate is in its first full season of baseball and its head coach is former South Point High and Gaston Braves standout Devon Lowery.

Here is the full schedule for all best-of-three S.C. High School baseball and softball state championship series:

Class 5A Baseball
Tuesday: Hillcrest 5-3
Friday: Hillcrest 8-7 (Hillcrest beats Summerville 2 games to 0)

Class 4A Baseball
Tuesday: A.C. Flora 10-0
Thursday: A.C. Flora 10-0 (A.C. Flora beats James Island 2 games to 0)

Class 3A Baseball
Tuesday: Gilbert 14-4
Thursday: West-Oak 6-0
Saturday: Gilbert 12-3 (Gilbert wins series 2 games to 1)

Class 2A Baseball
Wednesday: Andrew Jackson 1-0
Friday: Legion Collegiate 11-1 in 5 innings
Tuesday: Legion Collegiate 10-7 (Legion Collegiate wins series 2-1)

Class 1A Baseball
Tuesday: Lake View 11-2
Saturday: Lake 7-6 (Lake View beats Southside Christian 2 games to 0)

Class 5A Softball
Tuesday: Byrnes 2-0
Thursday: Byrnes 4-0 (Byrnes beat Ashley 2 games to 0)

Class 4A Softball
Tuesday: Lugoff-Elgin 4-3
Friday: Lugoff-Elgin 5-4 (Lugoff-Elgin beats Darlington 2 games to 0)

Class 3A Softball
Tuesday: Dillon 3-2
Thursday: Seneca 6-5
Saturday: Dillon 3-1 (Dillon wins series 2-1)

Class 2A Softball
Tuesday: Legion Collegiate 6-3
Thursday: Legion Collegiate 10-4 (Legion Collegiate beats Andrew Jackson 2 games to 0)

Class 1A Softball
Tuesday: Lake View 5-3
Thursday: Lake View 8-2 (Lake View beats Dixie 2 games to 0)

 

High school basketball

East Lincoln Awards: The Mustangs’ varsity boys basketball team had their year end banquet and the following players received awards:
Drew Bean – Co-MVP, Logan Craig – Most Improved, Jeremiah Jones – Co-MVP, Tyler Mizzell – Spark Plug Award
Bean and Jones, were the leading scorers on the team and both were named to the South Fork 2A All-Conference team for the 2021 season. Jones also was named All-District 10 which represents Lincoln, Gaston, Catawba, Burke, McDowell, and Alexander counties. Craig led the Mustangs in rebounding and always guarded the other team’s biggest player. He also averaged over 10 points a game. And Mizzell provided toughness and intelligence at the guard position and was willing to do the little things that make a team successful.

 

College baseball

Eight Carolinas teams are in the 64-team NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Here are the pairings and results for the regionals:

Fayetteville Regional hosted by Arkansas (No. 1 overall seed)
June 4 games
No. 1 Arkansas 13, No. 4 NJIT 8
No. 2 Nebraska 8, No. 3 Northeastern 6
June 5 games
NJIT 3, Northeastern 2
Arkansas 5, Nebraska 1
June 6 games
Nebraska 18, NJIT 4
Nebraska 5, Arkansas 3
June 7 game
Arkansas 6, Nebraska 2 (Arkansas wins regional)

Austin Regional hosted by Texas (No. 2 overall seed)
June 4 games
No. 1 Texas 11, No. 4 Southern U. 0
No. 2 Arizona State 7, No. 3 Fairfield 6
June 5 games
Fairfield 6, Southern U. 2
Texas 10, Arizona State 3
June 6 games
Fairfield 9, Arizona State 7
Texas 12, Fairfield 2 (Texas wins regional)

Knoxville Regional hosted by Tennessee (No. 3 overall seed)
June 4 games
No. 3 Liberty 11, No. 2 Duke 6
No. 1 Tennessee 9, No. 4 Wright State 8
June 5 games
Duke 14, Wright State 6
Tennessee 9, Liberty 3
June 6 games
Liberty 15, Duke 4
Tennessee 3, Liberty 1 (Tennessee wins regional)

Nashville Regional hosted by Vanderbilt (No. 4 overall seed)
June 4 games
No. 2 Georgia Tech 7, No. 3 Indiana State 6
No. 1 Vanderbilt 10, No. 4 Presbyterian 0
June 5 games
Indiana State 9, Presbyterian 2
Vanderbilt 4, Georgia Tech 3
June 6 games
Georgia Tech 9, Indiana State 0
Vanderbilt 14, Georgia Tech 11, 11 innings (Vanderbilt wins regional)

Tucson Regional hosted by Arizona (No. 5 overall seed)
June 4 games
No. 3 UC Santa Barbara 14, No. 2 Oklahoma State 4
No. 1 Arizona 12, No. 4 Grand Canyon 6
June 5 games
Oklahoma State 5, Grand Canyon 3
Arizona 4, UC Santa Barbara 0
June 6 games
UC Santa Barbara 13, Oklahoma State 3
Arizona 5, UC Santa Barbara 2 (Arizona wins regional)

Fort Worth Regional hosted by TCU (No. 6 overall seed)
June 4’s games
No. 3 Dallas Baptist 6, No. 2 Oregon State 5
No. 1 TCU 12, No. 4 McNeese 4
June 5 games
Oregon State 10, McNeese 5
Dallas Baptist 8, TCU 6
June 6 games
Oregon State 3, TCU 2
Oregon State 5, Dallas Baptist 4
June 7 game
Dallas Baptist 8, Oregon State 5 (Dallas Baptist wins regional)

Starkville Regional hosted by Mississippi State (No. 7 overall seed)
June 4 games
No. 1 Mississippi State 8, No. 4 Samford 4
No. 2 VCU 19, No. 3 Campbell 4
June 5 games
Campbell 16, Samford 13
Mississippi State 16, VCU 4
June 6 games
Campbell 19, VCU 10
June 7 game
Mississippi State 6, Campbell 5, 10 innings (Mississippi State wins regional)

Lubbock Regional hosted by Texas Tech (No. 8 overall seed)
June 4 games
No. 1 Texas Tech 6, No. 4 Army 3
No. 3 North Carolina 5, No. 2 UCLA 4
June 5 games
UCLA 13, Army 6
Texas Tech 7, North Carolina 2
June 6 games
UCLA 12, North Carolina 2
Texas Tech 8, UCLA 2 (Texas Tech wins regional)

Palo Alto Regional hosted by Stanford (No. 9 overall seed)
June 4 games
No. 1 Stanford 9, No. 4 North Dakota State 1
No. 2 UC Irvine 7, No. 3 Nevada 0
June 5 games
North Dakota State 6, Nevada 1
Stanford 12, UC Irvine 4
June 6 games
UC Irvine 18, North Dakota State 3
UC Irvine 8, Stanford 4
June 7 game
Stanford 11, UC Irvine 8 (Stanford wins regional)

South Bend Regional hosted by Notre Dame (No. 10 overall seed)
June 4 games
No. 1 Notre Dame 10, No. 4 Central Michigan 0
No. 2 Connecticut 6, No. 3 Michigan 1
June 5 games
Central Michigan 8, Michigan 2
Notre Dame 26, Connecticut 3
June 6 games
Central Michigan 14, Connecticut 9
Notre Dame 14, Central Michigan 2 (Notre Dame wins regional)

Columbia Regional hosted by South Carolina (Old Dominion No. 11 overall seed)
June 4 games
No 2 South Carolina 4, No. 3 Virginia 3
No. 1 Old Dominion 4, No. 4 Jacksonville 3
June 5 games
Virginia 13, Jacksonville 8
Old Dominion 2, South Carolina 1
June 6 games
Virginia 3, South Carolina 2
Virginia 8, Old Dominion 3
June 8 game
Virginia 4, Old Dominion 3, 10 innings (Virginia wins regional)

Oxford Regional hosted by Ole Miss (No. 12 overall seed)
June 4 games
No. 3 Florida State 5, No. 2 Southern Miss 2
No. 1 Ole Miss 6, No. 4 Southeast Missouri State 3
June 5 games
Southern Miss 21, Southeast Missouri State 0
Ole Miss 4, Florida State 3
June 6 games
Southern Miss 7, Florida State 4
Southern Miss 10, Ole Miss 7
June 7 game
Ole Miss 12, Southern Miss 9 (Ole Miss wins regional)

Greenville Regional hosted by East Carolina (No. 13 overall seed)
June 4 games
No. 1 East Carolina 8, No. 4 Norfolk State 5
No. 2 Charlotte 13, No. 3 Maryland 10
June 5 games
Maryland 16, Norfolk State 0
East Carolina 7, Charlotte 5
June 6 games
Maryland 2, Charlotte 1
East Carolina 9, Maryland 6 (East Carolina wins regional)

Eugene Regional hosted by Oregon (No. 14 overall seed)
June 4 games
No. 1 Oregon 13, No. 4 Central Connecticut State 10
No. 2 Gonzaga 3, No. 3 LSU 0
June 5 games
LSU 6, Central Connecticut State 5 (10 innings)
Oregon 7, Gonzaga 3
June 6 games
LSU 9, Gonzaga 4
LSU 4, Oregon 1
June 7 game
LSU 9, Oregon 6 (LSU wins regional)

Gainesville Regional hosted by Florida (No. 15 overall seed)
June 4 games
No. 4 South Florida 5, No. 1 Florida 3
No. 2 Miami 1, No. 3 South Alabama 0
June 5 games
South Alabama 19, Florida 1
South Florida 10, Miami 2
June 6 games
South Alabama 7, Miami 2
June 7 games
South Alabama 4, South Florida 0
South Florida 6, South Alabama 4 (South Florida wins regional)

Ruston Regional hosted by Louisiana Tech (No. 16 overall seed)
June 4 games
No. 2 N.C. State 8, No. 3 Alabama 1
No. 1 Louisiana Tech 18, No. 4 Rider 2
June 5 games
Alabama 3, Rider 1
N.C. State 8, Louisiana Tech 3
June 6 games
Louisiana Tech 10, Alabama 8
N.C. State 14, Louisiana Tech 7 (N.C. State wins regional)

This weekend’s Super Regional pairings

N.C. State at No. 1 Arkansas
Game 1: Friday, 6 p.m.
Game 2: Saturday, 3 p.m.
Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday, 6 p.m.

South Florida at No. 2 Texas
Game 1: Saturday, 9 p.m.
Game 2: Sunday, 9 p.m.
Game 3 (if necessary): Monday, 4 or 7 p.m.

LSU at No. 3 Tennessee
Game 1: Saturday, 7 p.m.
Game 2: Sunday, Noon or 3 p.m.
Game 3 (if necessary): Monday, 4 or 7 p.m.

No. 13 East Carolina at No. 4 Vanderbilt
Game 1: Friday, noon
Game 2: Saturday, noon
Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday, 1 p.m.

No. 12 Ole Miss at No. 5 Arizona
Game 1: Friday, 9 p.m.
Game 2: Saturday, 10 p.m.
Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday, 9 p.m.

Dallas Baptist vs. Virginia (at Columbia, S.C.)
Game 1: Saturday, Noon
Game 2: Sunday, Noon
Game 3 (if necessary): Monday, 1 p.m.

No. 10 Notre Dame at No. 7 Mississippi State
Game 1: Saturday, 2 p.m.
Game 2: Sunday, 6 p.m.
Game 3 (if necessary): Monday, 7 p.m.

No. 9 Stanford at No. 8 Texas Tech
Game 1: Friday, 3 p.m.
Game 2: Saturday, 3 p.m.
Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday, 3 p.m.

 

 

College softball

Full pairings and results for the World Series at Oklahoma City:

June 3 games
Game 1: James Madison 4, No. 1 Oklahoma 3, 8 innings
Game 2: No. 5 Oklahoma State 3, Georgia 2
Game 3: No. 3 Alabama 5, No. 11 Arizona 1
Game 4: No. 2 UCLA 4, No. 10 Florida State 0

June 4 games
Game 5: James Madison 2, Oklahoma State 1
Game 6: Alabama 6, UCLA 0

June 5 games
Game 7: Oklahoma 8, Georgia 0
Game 8: Florida State 4, Arizona 3
Game 9: Oklahoma 10, UCLA 3
Game 10: Florida State 4, Oklahoma State 2

Sunday’s games
Game 11: Oklahoma 6, James Madison 3
Game 12: Florida State 2, Alabama 0

June 7 games
Game 13: Oklahoma 7, James Madison 1
Game 14: Florida State 8, Alabama 5

Championship series:
Game 1: June 8, Florida State 8-4 (Florida State leads series 1-0)
Game 2: June 9, Oklahoma vs. Florida State, 7:30 p.m.
Game 3 (if necessary): June 10, Oklahoma State vs. Florida State, 7 p.m.

 

 

Pro hockey

The Carolina Hurricanes’ season came to an end Tuesday.

Here’s how the Central Division champion did in the playoffs this year:

Central Division semifinals vs. Nashville Predators
Game 1 – May 17, Carolina 5-2
Game 2 – May 19, Carolina 3-0
Game 3 – May 21, Nashville 5-4 in 2 OT
Game 4 – May 23, Nashville 4-3 in 2 OT
Game 5 – May 25, Carolina 3-2 in OT
Game 6 – May 27, Carolina 4-3 in OT (Carolina wins series 4-2)

Central Division finals vs. Tampa Bay Lightning
Game 1 – May 30, Tampa Bay 2-1
Game 2 – June 1, Tampa Bay 2-1
Game 3 – June 3, Carolina 3-2, OT
Game 4 – Saturday, Tampa Bay 6-4
Game 5 – Tuesday, Tampa Bay 2-0 (Tampa Bay wins series 4-1)

 

 

 

 

Golf tournament

The Rutherford County Sports Hall of Fame is holding registration for the T. Max Champion Memorial Golf Tournament presented by Hardin’s Drugs. The event will be held Aug. 6 at Cleghorn Golf and Sports Club in Rutherfordton and will consist of three-person teams and a registration of $75 per player. The proceeds will benefit the RCSHOF Scholarship Fund and a prize of $600 will be awarded to the winning team. For more information on the T. Max Champion Memorial Golf Tournament or to nominate an athlete for the Rutherford County Sports Hall of Fame, please visit the RCSHOF website at https://rcshof.org/ or the organization’s Facebook page.