Wednesday’s roundup: High school soccer, college softball, college basketball tournament pairings and results

By Richard Walker

South Point High’s boys soccer team won 2-0 at Chase on Wednesday and has a chance to wrap up its first conference title since 1998 with another win over Chase on Thursday.

A win also would give the Red Raiders (10-3, 10-1) the No. 1 2A playoff berth for the Southwestern 2A Conference by virtue of a 4-2 penalty kick victory over Shelby last week. Shelby and South Point split their regular season matchups with South Point’s win at Shelby on Feb. 10 ending Shelby’s 42-match unbeaten streak.

In other high school soccer action on Wednesday:

Lincoln Charter 7, Bessemer City 0

Christ the King 4, Cherryville 0

Newton-Conover 3, East Lincoln 2: Conner Dallin scored his first career goal off a Jason Gonzalez assist and Luke Felts later scored off a a Chase Lynch free kick assist for East Lincoln. But Newton-Conover scored the game-winning goal with approximately 10 minutes to play to hand the Mustangs their first regular season loss since Oct. 24, 2018. East Lincoln (10-1-1) had already clinched the South Fork 2A Conference championship.

Crest 2, Kings Mountain

South Point 2, Chase 0

North Lincoln 2, Bandys 1

Shelby 3, East Rutherford 0

Thomas Jefferson 5, Piedmont Community Charter 0

Thursday’s games:
Ashbrook at Huss
Chase at South Point
Cramer at Forestview

Standings through March 10 unless noted. Records are listed by conference record, overall record:

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

SOUTHWESTERN 2A
Shelby 11-1, 11-1
South Point 10-1, 10-3
East Gaston 7-5, 7-5
East Rutherford 5-6-1, 5-7-1
Chase 4-6-1, 6-6-1
R-S Central 2-9, 2-9
Burns 0-11, 1-11
Burns at R-S Central, late Wednesday

SOUTH FORK 2A
East Lincoln 10-1-1, 10-1-1
Newton-Conover 9-1-2, 9-1-2
Lincolnton 6-3-2, 6-3-2
Lk Norman Charter 5-7, 5-8
North Lincoln 4-6-2, 4-6-2
Bandys 3-8-1, 3-8-1
Maiden 0-11, 0-11
Maiden at Lincolnton, late Wednesday

SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A
Christ the King 10-0-1, 10-0-2
Thomas Jefferson 9-2-1, 10-2-1
Lincoln Charter 8-4, 4-4
Highland Tech 6-4, 6-4
Piedmont Comm Char 3-9, 3-9
Cherryville 3-9, 3-11
Bessemer City 0-11, 0-11

PAC 7 1A
Community Davidson 11-1, 13-1
Pine Lake Prep 8-2-1, 8-2-1
Langtree Charter 8-3-1, 8-3-1
Union Academy 5-6-1, 7-6-1
Mtn Island Charter 3-6-1, 3-6-1
Queen’s Grant 3-9, 5-9
Bradford Prep 0-11, 0-11

College softball
Crest’s Morgan McCurry has signed a college softball scholarship to play at Cleveland Community College.

High school football

Friday’s games:
Ashbrook at Crest
Bessemer City at St. Stephens
Chase at Shelby
Cherryville at Highland Tech
East Rutherford at Burns
Huss at Kings Mountain
Lincolnton at Bandys
Newton-Conover at West Lincoln
North Gaston at Forestview: Postponed
North Lincoln at East Lincoln
R-S Central at East Gaston
South Point at Cramer
Thomas Jefferson at Mountain Island Charter

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 vs. #4 West-UTSA, 6:30 p.m. Court A
#2 West-UAB vs. #6 West-Rice, 7 p.m. Court B
#1 West-Louisiana Tech vs. #4 East-Florida Atlantic, 9:30 p.m. Court A
#2 East-Old Dominion vs. #3 West-North Texas, 10 p.m. Court B

Friday’s semifinals
Noon and 3 p.m.

Saturday’s championship
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 vs. #4 East-FIU, noon Court A
#2 East-Charlotte vs. #6 East-Old Dominion, 12:30 p.m. Court B
#1 East-Middle Tennessee vs. #4 West-Louisiana Tech, 3 p.m. Court A
#2 West-UTEP vs. #3 East-Florida Atlantic, 3:30 p.m. Court B

Friday’s semifinals
6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Saturday’s championship
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
#4 Gardner-Webb at #1 High Point
#3 Longwood at #2 Campbell

Saturday’s championship
at highest remaining seed, 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
Lincoln Memorial vs. Carson-Newman-Tusculum winner, 5 p.m.
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)
#3 Carson-Newman (15-3) vs. #6 Catawba (10-3), 6 p.m.
#4 Tusculum (18-3) vs. #5 Tuskegee (12-1), 8:45 p.m.

Saturday’s semifinals
Barton vs. Carson-Newman-Catawba winner, 6 p.m.
Belmont Abbey vs. Tusculum-Tuskegee winner, 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 vs. #8 Syracuse, noon
#4 Georgia Tech vs. #13 Miami, 2:30 p.m
#2 Florida State vs. #10 Duke, 6:30 p.m.
#3 Virginia Tech vs. #6 North Carolina, 9 p.m.

Friday’s Semifinals
Thursday afternoon winners, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday evening winners, 9 p.m.

Saturday’s Championship
8:30 p.m.