Tuesday’s roundup: College golf and basketball, High school football, softball and girls soccer and Middle school football
By Richard Walker
Belmont Abbey College claimed its fourth Conference Carolinas women’s golf championship at the Carolina Country Club in Spartanburg, S.C.
The Abbey previously has won league titles in 2007, 2010 and 2011.
Three Lady Crusaders finished in the top 10 to earn all-league honors; Jenna Nagy finished second overall and YenXuan Ong and Morgan Comer tied for sixth. Other scorers for the Abbey were Hannah Bailey (tied for 14th) and Lauren Denhard (tied for 30th).
College basketball
In a unusual twist, Western Carolina announced the hiring of Justin Gray as its new head men’s basketball coach on Tuesday.
Gray replaces Mark Prosser as Catamounts’ head coach; Prosser was hired as Winthrop’s new coach earlier this month after Pat Kelsey left Winthrop for the head coaching job at College of Charleston.
Gray had served on Kelsey’s staff the past two seasons. Gray previously served as the Director of Basketball Development at his collegiate alma mater of Wake Forest following a 12-year professional career overseas.
A 2002 graduate of the prestigious Oak Hill, Va., Academy, Gray played his first three season of high school basketball at West Charlotte. During his four-year career at Wake Forest that started with him playing alongside NBA All-Star Chris Paul, Gray was a three-time All-ACC selection and had 1,946 career points and 319 3-pointers.
At Winthrop, Gray helped the Eagles to 47 wins the past two seasons and two Big South Conference titles.
High school softball
Crest 16, Cramer 2
Mountain Island Charter 10, Pine Lake Prep 1
Lincoln Charter 11, Piedmont Community Charter 1
East Lincoln 7, Maiden 2: Winning pitcher Payton Baker had six strikeouts in a three-hitter and Taliyah Thomas (1 single, 3 runs, 3 stolen bases), Katelynn Crowe (1 single, 1 triple, 2 RBIs, 2 runs), Katie Hogue (1 single, 1 stolen base), Betsy Eatmon (2 singles, 2 RBIs), Jaelyn Freeston (1 single, 1 run, 1 RBI), Bailey Hardin (1 single, 1 double, 1 RBI), Tori Venters (2 singles) and Autumn Keziah (1 double) led the East Lincoln offense. The Mustangs (9-0) host Maiden on Thursday at 6 p.m.
West Lincoln 8, Bandys 7 (9 innings): Amelia May led off the bottom of the ninth with a double, then scored on Gracie Elmore’s bunt and an errant throw for the Rebels, who visit Bandys on Thursday at 6 p.m.
Cherryville 7, Bessemer City 2: Raegon Nowoweicki pitched a two-hitter with 13 strikeouts and Amber Roach (2-3, 4 RBIs), Aleigha Whisnant (2-4) and Riley Bryant (2-3, RBI) led the offense for Cherryville (4-5, 2-1).
High school soccer
Piedmont Community Charter 4, Highland Tech 0
Gaston Christian 2, Asheville Christian 1
Gaston Day 2, Westminster Catawba 0
Middle school football
Shelby hosts East Rutherford at 3:30 p.m. at Shelby High’s Blanton Stadium in the championship game of the Tri-County Conference.
High school football
This week’s statewide first round pairings with one result due to a COVID forfeiture announced on Monday:
Class 1A
(East)
#1 West Columbus (2-3) vs. #8 Pamlico County (4-2)
#4 Rosewood (6-1) vs. #5 Northside-Pinetown (5-2)
#3 Bear Grass Charter (3-1) vs. #6 Perquimans (4-1)
#2 Northampton Co. (1-3) vs. #7 North Duplin (3-4)
(West)
#1 Elkin (5-1) vs. #8 Andrews (4-2)
#4 Murphy (6-1) vs. #5 Thomas Jefferson (6-0)
#3 Mitchell (6-0) vs. #6 Christ the King (4-3)
#2 Robbinsville (7-0) vs. #7 Winston-Salem Prep (5-2)
Class 1AA
(East)
#1 Tarboro (5-0) vs. #8 Manteo (2-4)
#4 John A. Holmes (5-0) vs. #5 Princeton (7-0)
#3 East Carteret (5-2) vs. #6 Hobbton (2-5)
#2 Louisburg (4-2) vs. #7 Lakewood (2-5)
(West)
#8 Polk County d. #1 North Stanly by forfeit
#4 North Rowan (4-2) vs. #5 Community School of Davidson (5-2)
#3 Pine Lake Prep (7-0) vs. #6 Mount Airy (4-2)
#2 East Surry (6-1) vs. #7 North Moore (4-3)
Class 2A
(East)
#1 Reidsville (6-0) vs. #8 Southwest Onslow (4-1)
#4 Wallace-Rose Hill (4-3) vs. #5 Red Springs (4-1)
#3 Northeastern (4-0) vs. #6 Kinston (5-1)
#2 Clinton (7-0) vs. #7 Eastern Randolph (4-1)
(West)
#1 Hendersonville (5-2) vs. #8 Bunker Hill (6-1)
#4 Shelby (5-2) vs. #5 Walkertown (5-0)
#3 Mount Pleasant (7-0) vs. #6 West Lincoln (5-2)
#2 Mountain Heritage (4-1) vs. #7 Forbush (6-0)
Class 2AA
(East)
#1 Washington (5-1) vs. #8 South Granville (5-2)
#4 Croatan (6-1) vs. #5 McMichael (2-5)
#3 Southwest Edgecombe (5-2) vs. #6 Roanoke Rapids (5-1)
#2 St. Pauls (5-0) vs. #7 Randleman (7-0)
(West)
#1 North Davidson (6-1) vs. #8 Pisgah (6-1)
#4 Ashe County (7-0) vs. #5 Oak Grove (5-2)
#3 Hibriten (7-0) vs. #6 Burns (5-2)
#2 Maiden (6-0) vs. #7 Salisbury (5-2)
Class 3A
(East)
#1 Rocky Mount (6-1) vs. #8 Eastern Alamance (5-1)
#4 Terry Sanford (6-1) vs. #5 Western Alamance (7-0)
#3 Havelock (7-0) vs. #6 Southern Guilford (5-2)
#2 Northwood (5-2) vs. #7 West Carteret (5-2)
(West)
#1 A.C. Reynolds (6-1) vs. #8 West Rowan (4-2)
#4 Charlotte Catholic (5-1) vs. #5 Crest (6-1)
#3 Kings Mountain (7-0) vs. #6 J.M. Robinson (5-2)
#2 Statesville (5-1) vs. #7 Monroe (5-2)
Class 3AA
(East)
#1 Cleveland (7-0) vs. #8 Southern Durham (5-1)
#4 J.H. Rose (6-0) vs. #5 Lee County (7-0)
#3 West Brunswick (5-1) vs. #6 Chapel Hill (5-1)
#2 Southeast Guilford (6-1) vs. #7 Clayton (6-1)
(West)
#1 Watauga (5-1) vs. #8 Dudley (6-1)
#4 A.L. Brown (6-1) vs. #5 T.C. Roberson (6-1)
#3 Weddington (6-0) vs. #6 Asheville (5-2)
#2 Mount Tabor (7-0) vs. #7 Alexander Central (5-2)
Class 4A
(East)
#1 Cardinal Gibbons (6-0) vs. #8 Pine Forest (4-2)
#4 Richmond (3-0) vs. #5 Middle Creek (6-1)
#3 New Bern (5-1) vs. #6 Scotland (4-1)
#2 South View (6-1) vs. #7 Jack Britt (4-1)
(West)
#1 Grimsley (6-0) vs. #8 East Forsyth (3-3)
#4 South Caldwell (3-2) vs. #5 Hillside (5-1)
#3 Glenn (5-1) vs. #6 Butler (6-1)
#2 Providence (6-1) vs. #7 Hickory Ridge (5-2)
Class 4AA
(East)
#1 Apex Friendship (7-0) vs. #8 Pinecrest (5-2)
#4 Millbrook (5-2) vs. #5 Wake Forest (5-1)
#3 Hoggard (7-0) vs. #6 Leesville Road (5-2)
#2 Rolesville (6-0) vs. #7 Holly Springs (4-3)
(West)
#1 Hough (7-0) vs. #8 Green Hope (4-1)
#4 Ardrey Kell (6-1) vs. #5 Z.B. Vance (6-1)
#3 Panther Creek (7-0) vs. #6 Olympic (6-1)
#2 Myers Park (7-0) vs. #7 Northwest Guilford (6-1)