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SPORTS NOTEBOOK | JOE HABINA
Lewis wraps up Vance career with strong baseball season
Wayne Lewis recently closed out a four-year varsity career at Vance with a fine senior baseball season. Lewis joined the team late because of his role as a key sub on the Cougars' basketball team, which advanced far into the state playoffs.
He logged an errorless 10 games, playing half at shortstop and half in centerfield, his natural position.
Lewis batted .406 in 32 at-bats and was perfect in 21 stolen base attempts. He also had four doubles and 10 runs batted in, all team highs.
"He's just a gifted athlete," said Vance coach Philip Culicerto. "I think, honest to goodness, that he could play for any team in (Charlotte), that he could start for any of those teams."
Lewis is drawing interest from St. Augustine (Raleigh), N.C. A&T and USC Upstate.
ME-CA 7 golf
The three teams that qualified for the 4A Midwest golf tournament from the ME-CA 7 finished as the region's top three and advanced to the state tournament.North Mecklenburg (296) finished one shot behind first-place Hopewell while Concord Robinson (302) placed third.
The Vikings' top player was Jay Roberts, who tied two others for fourth with a 73. Teammates Cameron Bell and Brett Garner each shot a 74 to tie for seventh.
The 4A state tournament will be held Monday and Tuesday at Pinehurst No. 6.
Charlotte Storm
The Charlotte Storm boys' 14-under gold team won its fourth consecutive Youth Basketball Organization of America Division I state championship in Hickory May 2-4.
The team was unbeaten in the regional and state playoffs for the third straight year.
Players are Richard Brown, Khalil Ward, Rod Hampton, Hans Brase, Dionte Adams, Dominique Williams, Bradley Robinson, Mark Young Jr., Sean Anthony, Victor Freeman, Ivan Lowe Jr., Rashun Davis, J.J. Jones and Kyle Bullock. Coaches are Tony Brown, Jackie Drakeford and Richard Hall.
UNCC golf
UNC Charlotte's golf team, which won its third straight Atlantic 10 Conference championship last weekend, is seeded second at the NCAA East Regional, being held Thursday-Saturday in Chattanooga, Tenn.Georgia is the top seed of the 54-hole tournament.
Ten teams and two individuals not on advancing teams will qualify for the NCAA championships. Charlotte finished third at last year's NCAA tournament.
Softball
Junior second baseman Sarah Malene was named to the A-10 all-conference first team, her third straight all-conference selection.
Entering this weekend's conference tournament, Malene was batting .309 and had scored a team single-season-record 43 runs, breaking her own record of 42 set in 2006.
Freshman outfielder Whitney Williams was named second team all-conference and was named to the all-rookie team.
Rookie award
Redshirt freshman Cory Tilton earned his second Co-Rookie of the Week honor. As Charlotte won two out of three games from Fordham last weekend, Tilton had five hits in nine at-bats, drove in four runs, and scored four runs.
Charlotte entered this weekend's series with Richmond in a three-way tie for first place in the A-10 with a 14-7 conference mark, 34-13 overall. Sports Notebook | JOE HABINA
