Tuesday’s roundup: 2 of 7 local teams win in volleyball playoffs, prep basketball results and college football commitment

By Richard Walker

Two of the area’s seven high school volleyball playoff teams won their first round matches – and they’ll meet one another in Thursday’s second round. Here’s the full results of Tuesday’s matches:

Highland Tech 3, Community School of Davidson 0 (25-20, 26-24, 25-23): The unbeaten Rams swept the first round match to take their first playoff victory since 2008. Highland Tech (12-0) visits top-seeded Mountain Island Charter in Thursday’s second round.

Mountain Island Charter 3, Mount Airy 1 (25-17, 25-17, 21-25, 25-20): The unbeaten Raptors downed Mount Airy in four sets to win a first round playoff match for the fourth straight season. Mountain Island Charter (15-0) hosts No. 8 seed Highland Tech in Thursday’s second round.

Patton 3, East Lincoln 1 (22-25, 27-25, 30-28, 25-17): The South Fork 2A champion Mustangs saw their season ende at 10-2. East Lincoln was led by Ashley Fowler (8 kills, 13 digs), Peyton Crates (29 assists, 15 digs), Jordan Gromlich (11 kills, 5 solo blocks), Maddy Gartland (9 kills),
Kaylee Spees (45 digs) and Linda Baker (10 digs).

T.C. Roberson 3, Crest 0 (25-10, 25-8, 25-7): The Big South 3A runner-up Chargers saw their season end at 9-3.

Marvin Ridge 3, Kings Mountain 0 (25-23, 25-20, 25-21): The Big South 3A champion Mountaineers saw their season end at 11-2.

Murphy 3, Lincoln Charter 0 (25-20, 25-11, 25-15): The Southern Piedmont 1A runner-up Eagles saw their season end at 10-4.

South Rowan 3, South Point 0 (25-10, 25-12, 25-22): The Southwestern 2A runner-up Red Raiders saw their season end at 10-3.

High school boys basketball

South Point 77, East Gaston 38: Ayden Baker (24 points) and Cooper Ray (14 points) led South Point (2-0), which hosts East Rutherford in its next game on Friday. For East Gaston (0-3), which hosts Chase on Friday, Trent Sherrill had 11 points

Lincoln Charter 92, Cherryville 35: The Eagles improved to 2-0 behind Troy Fulton (20 points, 6 of 9 3-pointers), Sam Cogan (18 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists), Carter Seitz (16 points, 14 rebounds), Marcus Farley (13 points) and Elijah Burnett (9 points, 6 assists). Lincoln Charter hosts Highland Tech on Friday. Cherryville (1-1) hosts Bessemer City on Friday.

North Gaston 49, Forestview 45: The Wildcats, who hosts Cramer on Friday, improved to 1-1. Forestview (1-2), which visits Hickory on Friday, was led by Jamarion Dawkins (11 points) and River Unsworth (7 points).

Thomas Jefferson 61, Bessemer City 56: Randall Pettus (36 points 3 assists, 3 steals), Terrance Smith (10 points) and Jameer Holmes (10 rebounds) led Bessemer City (1-1), which visits Cherryville on Friday.

Newton-Conover 55, West Lincoln 45

Burns 82, East Rutherford 51

East Lincoln at North Lincoln: Moved to Jan. 21.

Lincolnton 59, Bandys 40

Shelby 80, Chase 26

Crest 84, Cramer 62 (Monday): Crest won behind Mari Adams (15 points, 5 assists), Caleb Borders (14 points, 5 steals), Jadin Merritt (14 points, 6 rebounds), Eli Hall (10 points, 11 rebounds) and Ray Hall (8 points, 4 steals).

High school girls basketball

Forestview 66, North Gaston 24: Myla Hoover (23 points, 4 assists, 5 steals), Jimena Vazquez (11 points, 11 rebounds, 3 blocks), Kendall Manning (10 points, 3 rebounds) and Kianna Robinson (7 points, 8 rebounds, 4 steals) led Forestview (1-2), which visits Hickory on Friday.

Bessemer City 51, Thomas Jefferson 36: The Yellow Jackets (2-0), who visits Cherryville on Friday, won behind Janiya Adams (30 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals), Imani Rhodes (9 points, 9 rebounds) and Daejia Hardin (5 points, 8 steals).

East Rutherford 63, Burns 27

East Gaston 65, South Point 32

East Lincoln at North Lincoln: Moved to Jan. 21.

Newton-Conover 59, West Lincoln 20

Shelby 98, Chase 4

College football commitment

Hunter Huss standout Raagzon “Ray” Mackey announced on twitter on Tuesday that he had committed to play football at West Virginia State University.