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CHARLOTTE LATIN SOCCER: Won three play- off games by combined 9-2 to win NCI- SAA 3A championship Saturday. Latin averaged 3.3 goals per game, gave up 0.69 and had 11 shutouts for coach Lee Horton.
STATESVILLE CHRISTIAN GIRLS' TENNIS: Won seven individual state titles this weekend and won its fifth straight team title.
BUTLER, INDEPENDENCE, SOUTH POINTE FOOTBALL: Patriots are No.8 in the Na- tional Football Poll East Region rankings. Roebuck Dorman (S.C.) upset national No.2 Duncan Byrnes 35-28 Saturday and vaulted to No.1 in the region and No.9 nationally. Rock Hill South Pointe is No.9 in the region and Butler is 10th.
Hot Players
CIERRA BURDICK, BUTLER BASKETBALL: Was top girls' player at the Star 50 showcase Saturday at Hickory Grove, a gathering of 50 of the best Charlotte-area players. Top five girls: Burdick, Butler's Clair Watkins, West Charlotte's Jessica Freeman, Hickory Grove's Chelsea Douglas and Hickory Grove's Lacherish Reed.
COURTNEY GUNTER, INDIAN TRAIL PORTER RIDGE GOLF: Gunter, 17, was named an honorable mention Rolex Junior All-American by the American Junior Golf Association on Monday. Gunter has 10 top-10 finishes in national junior competition, including five in 2008. The Junior All-America team recognizes 96 juniors ages 13-18 from 26 states and four foreign countries. The team will be honored at a banquet in Reunion, Fla, on Nov.23.
ERIC MAYO, SHELBY BASKETBALL: Was top boys' camper at the Star 50 showcase at Hickory Grove, a gathering of 50 of the best Charlotte-area players. Top five boys: Mayo, Charles Robinson, Vance; T.J. Wilson, Gastonia Huss; and Jarvis Anderson, Gastonia Huss.
BERNARD SULLIVAN, NORTH MECKLENBURG BASKETBALL: 6-foot-8 sophomore wing was named one of the top-10 players at the adidas top 150 camp last weekend at Winston-Salem's Forsyth Country Day. Statesville's Tyler Lewis, a freshman point guard at Forsyth Country Day, was also named top 10.
United Faith boys' guard Miller commits to Florida State
United Faith Christian junior basketball player Ian Miller has verbally committed to Florida State, his mother, Cheryl Miller said.
Miller, a 6-3, 190-pound combo guard, averaged 25 points per game as a sophomore at South Mecklenburg last season. He was named to the All-Charlotte Observer team before transferring to United Faith over the summer.
Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton coached Miller's father, Julian Miller, at Austin Peay during the early '70s.
“Academically he looked at their curriculum for athletes and he thought it was top of the line,” Cheryl Miller said of her son. “He liked atmosphere, the people, the coaching staff and the environment.”
National recruiting analyst Dave Telep of scout.com ranks Miller 56th in the nation among juniors and fourth in North Carolina behind Kinston's Reggie Bullock, a 6-6 forward; Winston-Salem Mount Tabor's C.J. Leslie, a 6-3 point guard; and Concord Cannon's Jarell Eddie, a 6-7 wing.
“Florida State is getting a guy who can flat out score,” Telep said. “He's developed into a really strong scoring combo guard who may have a chance to steal some legitimate minutes at the point. This is a guy who keeps getting better. That's a big pickup for Florida State to go into North Carolina and dig him out.”
N.C.-S.C. Shrine Bowl rosters
to be released Thursday
Shrine Bowl coaches from North and South Carolina selected their teams over the weekend. Those selections have been sent to the N.C. and S.C. high school associations to verify eligibility. The 44-man teams will be announced at goupstate.com Thursday at 1p.m.
The Week's Best
HICKORY (22-5) AT NORTH IREDELL (24-0), 3A volleyball, tonight, 6: Hickory is led by seniors Anna Hilton, Meagan Meade, Heather Brown and Katie Johnston and has made the regional championship for the first time. North Iredell hasn't lost a game in the playoffs and tonight, coach Natalie Tribble – whose team is also in the state semis for the first time – will coach against a former player, Hickory coach Jonna Ramsey.
BIG FRIDAY FOOTBALL: In Mecklenburg County, it's the best week of the year. West Charlotte will be at unbeaten Mallard Creek for the ME-CA 7 4A championship. Charlotte Latin will be at Charlotte Country Day, possibly deciding the CISAA championship. If Country Day wins, it's champion. And East Mecklenburg needs to upset Sweet 16 No.1 Independence to keep its Southwestern 4A hopes alive. The Eagles need to beat the Patriots and hope Independence beats Butler next week.
Western N.C. Soccer Pairings
First round must be completed by Wednesday. Unless listed, call home school for date and time.
4A: N. Mecklenburg at Mount Tabor; High Point at NW Guilford; Greensboro Grimsley at Mallard Creek; N. Davidson at W-S Reynolds; Hopewell at E. Forsyth, Wed, 7; Providence at N. Forsyth, Wed, 7; W. Forsyth at Greensboro Page; Vance at Concord Robinson, Wed, 6:30; Ardrey Kell at Garinger, Wed, 6:30; Morganton Freedom at Asheville Reynolds; Alexander Central at E. Gaston, Wed, 7; Butler at Myers Park, Wed, 7; McDowell at South Meck, tonight, 6; Weddington at W. Mecklenburg, tonight, 6; Berry at Watauga, Wed, 6; E. Mecklenburg at Gastonia Ashbrook
3A: Trinity at Indian Trail Porter Ridge; Indian Trail Sun Valley at SW Guilford; Hickory Ridge at Mooresville; Newton Foard at Jamestown Ragsdale; Statesville at Pfafftown Reagan; SE Guilford at Marvin Ridge, Wed, 6:30; W-S Glenn at Asheboro; Monroe Parkwood at Lake Norman, tonight, 6; Belmont South Point at Charlotte Catholic, Wed, 7; NW Cabarrus at Hickory; Skyland Roberson at Lawndale Burns; N. Iredell at Gastonia Forestview, Wed, 7; N. Buncombe at Olympic; Asheville Erwin at R-S Central; Hickory St. Stephens at Gastonia Huss, Wed, 7; W. Iredell at Asheville, Wed, 7
2A: E. Davidson at E. Lincoln; Starmount at Lexington; W. Davidson at Monroe, Wed, 6:30; Lincolnton at Marshville Forest Hills, Wed, 6; Surry Central vs. Morganton Patton at Catawba River Soccer Complex, Wed, 6; Ashe County at Wilkes Central; Newton-Conover at W. Henderson, Wed, 6; Jimmy Draughan at Smoky Mountain
1A: Thomasville at Albemarle, Wed, 6; TBA at Highlands; Mt. Airy at Bishop McGuinness; S. Stokes at E. Montgomery; Misenheimer Gray Stone Day at Monroe Central Academy; W. Wilkes at Jordan-Matthews (play-in game: Lincoln Charter at Gastonia Highland, today, 6).
Notes
All-CISAA Field Hockey: Sarah Eades - Country Day; Mandy Epstein - Country Day; Katie Fox - Providence Day; Iovanna Golen - Country Day; Callie Kennedy - Charlotte Latin; McKay Kirkland - Charlotte Latin; Mary Kate McAlister - Charlotte Latin; Tyler McFayden - Country Day; Emily Orr - Providence Day; Arlie Pearce - Country Day; Jenny Roche - Charlotte Latin; Laurinda Schenck - Providence Day; Loren Shealy - Country Day; Georgia Walker - Charlotte Latin; Mary Wallace - Providence Day; Caroline Waters - Charlotte Latin; Juliet Waller - Charlotte Latin All-NCISAA: Selections in Scoreboard
