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UP: Southlake Christian tennis: Won first
match in school history last week
(match winners: Stephanie Hypolite, Jessica Atkinson, Julia Choquette, Reid Myers and Ariel Gardner).
UP: Metrolina Christian soccer: Won four
straight matches.
UP: Lake Norman soccer: 3-0 start pushed
team's win streak to 59 games. It needs
seven more to break the 38-year-old state record for consecutive wins. Potential roadblock? Mooresville (4-0-1) Sept. 8.
UP: Charlotte Catholic tennis: Off to 3-0 start.
Hot Players
David Alexander, Metrolina Christian soccer: Scored eight goals in three games last week, including four against Northside.
Shelby Norton, Concord Robinson volleyball: Broke the school record for kills (306) last week. The senior now has 336 kills and should expand her new record with 14 regular season matches remaining.
The Week's Best
Myers Park at North Mecklenburg soccer, Thursday, 6:30: The Mustangs (2-0), No. 8 in the state coaches poll, have outscored teams 10-0. No. 15 North Meck (1-1) lost 5-1 to Ardrey Kell in its opener, but bounced back with a 2-1 win over Butler last week.
Ardrey Kell at Myers Park volleyball, Thursday, 5:30: Myers Park was a state 4A finalist last season and this is Kell's first year under perhaps the best public school volleyball coach in Mecklenburg County history, Zoe Bell, who won multiple state titles at Providence.
Shelby at Lincolnton soccer, Thursday, 5 p.m.: Shelby is No. 1 in the state 2A coaches poll; Lincolnton, eighth. They played in last year's playoffs with Shelby winning in two OT.
Notes
Anson Senior needs four teams to complete an eight-team field for an April baseball tournament. Information?
Mike Currie at 704-695-2249 or curriemike@anson.k12.nc.us.
The girls tennis teams of Hickory St. Stephens and Alexander Central will have a “Swing For The Cure” promotion during their Sept. 22 match at St. Stephens, wearing pink-and-white shirts and playing with pink balls in support of breast cancer research.
East Lincoln pitcher
Drew Spear, a senior left hander, committed to UNC-Asheville. Spear hit .500 with 27 RBIs last season. He was 4-2 as a pitcher with a 2.88 ERA and 39 strikeouts in 34 innings.
During its 59-game win streak, Lake Norman's soccer team has outscored opponents 246-23, including 7-1 this season.
Doug Maynard has been named interim athletics director at Concord Cannon, replacing
Ron Johnson, who resigned to take a basketball assistant job at the University of Georgia. Maynard starts Sept. 8
Langston Wertz Jr.
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