Thursday’s Rewind: Providence, Myers Park win conference baseball titles
Providence High’s baseball powerhouse will enter the state playoffs undefeated.
Playing away from home for probably the last time this month, the Panthers blanked host butler 6-0 Thursday evening and captured the Southwestern 4A Conference tournament championship.
Providence’s victory was part of a very busy night in high school sports, with champions crowned in baseball and softball conference tournaments, girls’ soccer champions determined in two conferences, and lacrosse state playoffs continuing.
Providence’s victory improved the Panthers’ record to 26-0 on the season. They haven’t lost since dropping a third-round state playoff game last June.
Anthony Watson’s home run provided Providence with all the offense it needed Thursday.
Butler fell to 15-9 on the season.
With its perfect record and a No. 1 ranking in North Carolina, coach Danny Hignight’s team almost certainly will be the West Region’s No. 1 seed when the state playoff schedule is finalized Monday.
That means the Panthers will play at home through the Regional finals.
Myers Park takes title
Myers Park won a pair of closely-contested games Thursday, capturing the SoMeck 4A Conference baseball title.
The Mustangs, seeded second in the conference tournament, toppled No. 1 seed Ardrey Kell 5-3 in 10 innings in the finals.
The semifinals had been rained out Wednesday, so teams had to play twice Thursday.
Myers Park downed third-seeded South Mecklenburg 4-3 in its semifinal, scoring twice in the bottom of the sixth inning for the decisive runs. Max Perry had two hits, and Reece Perry drove in a pair of runs.
Meanwhile, Ardrey Kell downed No. 4 seed Olympic 6-1 in the late afternoon, then traveled to Myers Park for the championship contest in the evening.
Myers Park scored twice in the top of the 10th for the winning runs. Once again, Max Perry had a big game. He had two hits and drove in four runs. Owen Williams also had a pair of hits. Matthew Suppa had two hits and two RBI for Ardrey Kell.
Myers Park reliever Kaled Tischler worked the final three innings and got the victory.
3 soccer champs crowned
Independence completed its improbable championship run, while Charlotte Latin and Providence Day finished in a tie for first place Thursday.
Independence completed Southwestern 4A Conference play with an 11-0-1 record after blanking Charlotte Catholic 3-0. Abbey Stengel, Maddie Fowler and Samantha Swinson each scored a goal, and Aleisha Lamb assisted on all three scores. Caroline Wehr made five saves in goal.
It is believed to be the Patriots’ first-ever conference championship in girls’ soccer.
Providence (10-1-1) finished in second place with a 9-0 blanking of Butler.
Meanwhile, the CISAA race finished in a tie, as both Charlotte Latin and Providence Day won their matches. The two teams, who split a pair of regular-season contests, finished 9-1.
Charlotte Latin downed Charlotte Country Day 5-1, as Eleanor Fisher scored three goals. Cora Wickham and Ella Smith added single tallies, and Madie Eastman scored for Country Day.
Providence Day blanked Cannon School 4-0, behind Blane McElroy’s two goals.
In the other CISAA match, Covenant Day edged Charlotte Christian 2-1.
Thursday’s top athletes
Addison Hostetler (Hough softball): Hostetler, a freshman, slammed two doubles and drove in three runs as the Huskies beat Mallard Creek 9-3 for the Queen City 3A-4A softball title. Hostetler is batting .455 on the season.
Ava McCauley (Providence softball): McCauley, a freshman, pitched a perfect game as the Panthers blanked Butler 10-0 for the Southwestern 4A Conference tournament championship.
Max Perry (Myers Park baseball): Perry had four hits and five RBI, as his team won twice and captured the SoMeck 4A tournament championship. He drove in four runs in the Mustangs’ 5-3, 10-inning triumph over Ardrey Kell in the title game.
Here are results from the weekend’s games and matches:
Baseball
QUEEN CITY 3A-4A finals
Hough 5, Hopewell 4
GREATER METRO 4 4A finals
Lake Norman 10, Cox Mill 9: Cox Mill built a 6-1 lead after four innings, getting a home run from James Green. But the Wildcats battled back for the victory, scoring three runs in the bottom of the fifth and three more in the sixth. Carson Cherry homered and drove in three runs, and Chase Wigginton had two singles and a triple.
SOUTHERN CAROLINA 4A semifinals
Sun Valley 19, Cuthbertson 4: The top-seeded Spartans moved into the finals, where they will face second seed Porter Ridge. Weather permitting, the game is set for 7 p.m. Friday at Marvin Ridge High.
NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A finals
Alexander Central 7, South Caldwell 0: The top-seeded Cougars down the No. 2 seeds, as Maddox Jack pitched two-hit ball over five innings for the victory. J.D. Little finished with two-hit ball in the final two innings. Jaret Hoppes had two hits and two RBI.
SANDHILLS 3A-4A finals
Pinecrest 8, Lee County 3
SOUTH PIEDMONT 3A finals
South Rowan 5, East Rowan 2: Nathan Chrismon blasted a three-run homer in the fourth inning for the winning runs. With the victory, South Rowan is likely to gain the No. 1 seed in the West Region in the 3A playoffs.
WESTERN FOOTHILLS 3A finals
Fred T. Foard 10, St. Stephens 1: Foard’s Hayden Tabor had two hits and two RBI, and starting pitcher Aiden Landrum tossed a three-hitter over six innings.
ROCKY RIVER 2A-3A finals
Parkwood 8, West Stanly 4
METROLINA ATHLETIC finals
SouthLake Christian 5, Hickory Grove Christian 0: Freshman Ryan Herkey pitched a shutout and went 3-for-3 at the plate, as the top-seeded Eagles downed the No. 2 seeds. Hickory Grove’s Langston Rupert went 3-for-4, with two doubles.
CATAWBA VALLEY 2A finals
Bandys 16, Bunker Hill 2: Parker Styborski tripled and homered, driving in five runs, and Nolan Jones added two hits and three runs.
CATAWBA SHORES 1A-2A semifinals
Community School of Davidson 3, Pine Lake Prep 1: The Spartans trailed 1-0 after five innings but went ahead with two runs in the sixth. The No. 2 seeds are scheduled to play top-seeded Lincoln Charter for the title at 6 p.m. Friday at Mountain Island Charter, weather permitting.
CENTRAL CAROLINA 1A-2A finals
East Davidson 8, West Davidson 0
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A-2A finals
Burns 4, Cherryville 3: Cherryville built an early 3-1 lead, but Burns tied the contest in the fourth. Cherryville then avoided a pair of bases-loaded jams before Burns won it in the bottom of the seventh on Joseph Webb’s RBI hit.
HOMESCHOOL WORLD SERIES
Charlotte Stampede 12, Fort Worth (TX) THESA: Boston Torres went 4-for-4 with two doubles, as the Stampede stayed alive in the consolation bracket of the tournament in Auburndale, Fla.
Carrollton (TX) Alliance of Christian Athletes 8, Charlotte Stampede 2: Caleb Harley had three hits for the Stampede, as they were ousted in the tournament.
REGULAR SEASON
BIG SOUTH 3A
Ashbrook 11, Hunter Huss 4
Crest 7, Kings Mountain 4
Forestview 12, Stuart Cramer 3
WESTERN HIGHLANDS 1A-2A
Mitchell County 9, Avery County 2
Mountain Heritage 7, C.D. Owen 6
FOOTHILLS ATHLETIC
Davidson Day 12, Hickory Christian 6: Cole Mitchell homered and drove in four runs for Davidson Day.
NONCONFERENCE
Charlotte Latin 7, Carolina Royals 6: Down 6-1, Latin rallied with six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Dave Mosrie and Tommy Beason each drove in three runs.
Softball
QUEEN CITY 3A-4A finals
Hough 9, Mallard Creek 3: The No. 1 seeds downed the No. 2 seeds, as Hough’s Addison Hostetler drove in three runs and Jenna Borkley hit a triple. Jhneal Williams homered for Mallard Creek.
SOUTH MECK 4A finals
South Mecklenburg 3, Ardrey Kell 2: The Sabres rallied from a 2-0 deficit with three runs in the top of the seventh inning.
SOUTHWESTERN 4A finals
Providence 10, Butler 0: Freshman Ava McCauley pitched a perfect game, as the Panthers took the championship.
GREATER METRO 4 4A finals
Hickory Ridge 2, A.L. Brown 0: Anna Dew pitched a five-hitter, striking out 11, for the victory. Lindsay Wolford had two of Brown’s five hits.
NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A finals
Alexander Central 1, South Caldwell 0: Tournament MVP Faith Carrigan pitched a no-hitter and struck out 12 for the Cougars. Alexander Central’s run came in the bottom of the sixth, when Kenzie Church’s single scored pinch-runner Karen Kerley. Losing pitcher Kadie Becker tossed a four-hitter and struck out nine.
SOUTH PIEDMONT 3A finals
Central Cabarrus 5, West Rowan 4: Winning pitcher Brantleigh Parrott delivered a game-winning RBI, and Kasey Lee added two RBI for the Vikings. Emma Clarke accounted for all of West Rowan’s runs with a pair of two-run homers.
WESTERN FOOTHILLS 3A finals
East Lincoln 6, North Lincoln 0: The Mustangs improved to 21-0 and made a case for the West’s No. 1 seed in 3A, as Leah Correll tossed a three-hitter and Taliyah Thomas slammed a triple and a home run.
ROCKY RIVERS 2A-3A finals
Anson County 5, West Stanly 4: The second-seeded Bearcats won behind Camryn Martin, who doubled, homered and drove in three runs. Top-seeded West Stanly got two hits from Kristen Smith.
Parkwood 16, Central Academy 0: Parkwood scored 11 times in the fourth inning and won a game to determine the conference’s 3A playoff qualifier.
METROLINA ATHLETIC finals
Hickory Grove Christian 8, Metrolina Christian 4: The Lions broke a 4-4 tie with two runs in the top of the sixth.
CATAWBA VALLEY 2A finals
Bandys 7, West Lincoln 1
CATAWBA SHORES 1A-2A finals
Lincoln Charter 8, Pine Lake Prep 3: Pine Lake’s Kaylan Brown had three hits, but the top-seeded Eagles prevailed.
SOUTH PIEDMONT 1A-2A finals
Burns 12, East Gaston 0
YADKIN VALLEY 1A-2A finals
South Stanly 7, Mount Pleasant 1: The Bulls, who might be the West Region’s No. 1 seed in 1A, got a big game from Mattie Poulos, who hit a double and two home runs, knocking in six runs.
METRO 8 1A finals
Queens Grant Charter 21, Piedmont Community Charter 9: Grace East had four hits for Piedmont Community Charter.
REGULAR SEASON
CISAA
Charlotte Latin 8, Charlotte Country Day 5: Ainsley Sullivan’s three hits and two RBI led the Hawks.
Charlotte Christian 10, Covenant Day 0: The Knights (16-1, 10-0) completed a perfect run through the conference schedule, as Wynne Gore tossed a five-hitter, and Hailey Conde and Mary Catherine Eaton hit home runs.
BIG SOUTH 3A
Crest 3, Kings Mountain 2
Hunter Huss 21, Ashbrook 11
North Gaston 24, South Point 13
Stuart Cramer 6, Forestview 5: The Storm’s Madison Lee homered and drove in two runs.
MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS 2A
Brevard 5, Polk County 4
Patton 9, Hendersonville 0
WESTERN HIGHLANDS 1A-2A
Mitchell County 14, Avery County 7
Mountain Heritage 10, C.D. Owen 0
Girls’ soccer
QUEEN CITY 3A-4A
Hough def. Chambers by forfeit: Chambers did not have enough players to compete. It was scheduled to be Senior Night at Hough, and the school honored its eight seniors in a ceremony at the stadium.
Mallard Creek 2, Hopewell 2 (OT)
SOUTHERN CAROLINA 4A
Cuthbertson 2, Weddington 1: The first-place Cavaliers improved to 5-0-3 in conference play, as Caroline Palmer and Olivia Simon scored.
Piedmont 5, Sun Valley 2
NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A
Freedom 1, South Caldwell 0
Watauga 6, Alexander Central 0
SANDHILLS 3A-4A
Union Pines 2, Pinecrest 1
BIG SOUTH 3A
Crest 4, Kings Mountain 0
Forestview 1, Stuart Cramer 0 (2 OT): Makenzie Howard scored in the second overtime for the Jaguars.
SOUTH PIEDMONT 3A
Concord 4, West Rowan 3
Jesse Carson 9, East Rowan 0
WESTERN FOOTHILLS 3A
East Lincoln 3, Hickory 1: The Mustangs improved to 9-1-2 by downing first-place Hickory (11-2). St. Stephens remained third, at 9-2-2.
Fred T. Foard 0, North Iredell 0
North Lincoln 8, Statesville 0
St. Stephens 7, West Iredell 1
ROCKY RIVER 2A-3A
Forest Hills 4, Central Academy 1: The Yellow Jackets outscored CATA 3-0 in the second half and handed the Cougars their first conference loss. Forest Hills is now 7-1, while CATA is 6-1.
CATAWBA VALLEY 2A
Newton-Conover 2, Bandys 1: Andrea Ozuna and Lilly Gargis scored goals, as Newton Conover (8-3-1) took over first place from Bandys (7-3-2).
West Lincoln 4, West Caldwell 0
FOOTHILLS ATHLETIC
Hickory Christian 3, University Christian 0
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A-2A
East Gaston 9, Bessemer City 0
Highland Tech 2, Shelby 2
Thomas Jefferson Academy 4, Burns 0
NONCONFERENCE
Ardrey Kell 2, A.C. Reynolds 0: The Knights took the trip to Asheville and won behind Maddie Montgomery’s two goals. Ardrey Kell is now 18-1-1.
Salisbury 4, Gray Stone Day 0: All-time leading Salisbury goal-scorer Sutton Webb scored four times.
Statesville Christian 5, The Burlington School 3
Boys’ lacrosse
4A PLAYOFFS
Weddington 10, Northwest Guilford 5: The Warriors outscored their foes 8-3 in the second half.
1A/2A/3A PLAYOFFS
Pine Lake Prep 12, Atkins 6: Braedon Chayes had five goals and two assists, as the Pride advanced.
Girls’ lacrosse
PLAYOFFS
Charlotte Catholic 22, Lake Norman 4
Hough 27, East Forsyth 19
Myers Park 13, West Forsyth 3
R.J. Reynolds 11, Ardrey Kell 7
Weddington 20, Northern Guilford 6: Ella Papke and Elektra Koulouris each had three goals and three assists in the victory.
REGULAR SEASON
Charlotte Latin 18, Charlotte Country Day 9: Paige Klingenberg (six goals) and Reese Morgan (four goals, one assist) carried the Hawks.
Providence Day 10, Cannon School 4
Track and field
CATAWBA SHORES 1A-2A
Mountain Island Charter swept the boys’ and girls’ team championships in this meet.
Boys’ team scores: Mountain Island Charter 217; Pine Lake Prep 126; Lincoln Charter 92; Community School of Davidson 78; Christ the King 35; Langtree Charter 1.
Top boys’ performers: Trevin Moyer (Mountain Island Charter) won the 100 and 200 meter dashes; Lukas Valley (Pine Lake Prep) won the 110 and 300 meter hurdles; Jaklin Milton-Hall (Mountain Island Charter) won the 400 meters and was second in the 100 and 200 meters.
Girls’ team scores: Mountain Island Charter 228; Pine Lake Prep 128; Christ the King 83; Community School of Davidson 71; Lincoln Charter 27; Langtree Charter 1.
Top girls’ performers: Jaida McGraw (Mountain Island Charter) won the 100 and 200 meter dashes; Aniya Hawkins (Mountain Island Charter) won the 100 and 300 meter hurdles; Stefania Williams (Pine Lake Prep) won the long jump and triple jump; Arielle Baker (Mountain Island Charter) won the shot put and discus.
Boys’ tennis
Charlotte Country Day 8, Charlotte Latin 1: Sam Farnham (No. 1 singles) and Noah McDonald (No. 2 singles) won their individual matches, then teamed to win No. 1 doubles. The closest match was in No. 3 singles, where Benjamin Farnham downed Latin’s Emilio Llerenas 6-3, 7-6 (7-1).
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Wednesday Rewind: Providence Day, Latin seek soccer title
An era will end, and a championship might be decided Thursday evening with a pair of CISAA girls’ soccer games in Charlotte.
Providence Day and Charlotte Latin enter the final night of the regular season tied for first place with 8-1 records.
Each will be favored, with Providence Day (14-4, 8-1) hosting Cannon School (7-9, 0-8) at 7 p.m., and Charlotte Latin (14-2, 8-1) visiting Charlotte Country Day (9-7-1, 3-6) at 7 p.m.
But regardless of what happens, Thursday night’s contest will be the final regular-season game for longtime Latin coach Lee Horton.
Horton, who has coached boys’ and girls’ soccer at Charlotte Latin for 37 years, is retiring at the end of the season. He will be replaced by former Hawks’ standout Kyle Seares.
Horton earned his 1,000th coaching victory at Charlotte Latin earlier this spring and is a member of the N.C. Soccer Hall of Fame and a former National Coach of the Year (in 2018).
He is likely to have several postseason matches as coach, with the Hawks expected to get one of the top seeds in the 4A private school playoffs that begin next Tuesday.
Providence Day and Charlotte Latin, which split their two meetings this season, met for the state title last spring, with the Chargers beating the Hawks 4-3.
Northside names coach
Ed Cooke, a longtime amateur basketball coach in the Charlotte area, is taking over as head coach of the boys’ varsity at Northside Christian. He replaces Erasto Hatchett, who had a 115-64 record in six years at the school.
Cooke has coached Team United Nike Eybl for several years and served as an assistant at Metrolina Christian.
Northside Christian finished 23-9 last season, losing to Wayne County Day 59-57 in the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association’s 2A playoff quarterfinals.
Wednesday’s top athletes
Blaise Atkinson (Lake Norman Charter track and field): Atkinson, a senior, swept the 100-meter dash and the 110 and 300 meter hurdles events in the South Piedmont 3A Conference championships at East Rowan High.
Luke Schmolke (Lake Norman baseball): Schmolke pitched five innings of three-hit ball, earning the victory in his team’s 1-0 decision over Hickory Ridge in the Greater Metro 4 4A semifinals. Schmolke struck out 10.
Lily Yampolsky (Lake Norman Charter track and field): A sophomore, Yampolsky dominated the middle and long distance events in the South Piedmont 3A Conference championships at East Rowan High. She won the 400, 800 and 1,600 meter runs.
Here are results from Wednesday’s games and matches:
Track and field
SOUTHERN CAROLINA 4A
Cuthbertson swept the boys’ and girls’ team titles in the conference meet, held at Weddington. Marvin Ridge’s Aria Wegh won three events in helping her team to a second-place finish.
Boys’ team scores: Cuthbertson 185; Weddington 150; Marvin Ridge 149; Porter Ridge 50; Sun Valley 31; Piedmont 10.
Top performers: Reece Morgan (Cuthbertson), first in 100 and 200 dashes; second in 400; Caden Townshend (Weddington), first in 800 and 1,600 meters; Denmar Chambers (Sun Valley), first in shot put and discus.
Girls’ team scores: Cuthbertson 209.1; Marvin Ridge 151.8; Weddington 140.1; Porter Ridge 15; Piedmont 5; Sun Valley 4.
Top performers: Lauren Fleming (Marvin Ridge), first in 100 and 200 dashes; Aria Wegh (Marvin Ridge), first in 100 and 300 hurdles and in the high jump; Elizabeth Sawicki (Cuthbertson), first in shot put and discus.
GREATER METRO 4 4A
Athletes from Hickory Ridge and Lake Norman were big winners in this conference meet, held at West Cabarrus. Team scores were not kept.
Boys’ top performers: Spencer Higdon (Hickory Ridge), first in 100 and 200 dashes; Logan Dingman (Lake Norman), first in 800 and 1,600 runs; Drew Evans (Lake Norman), first in long jump and pole vault.
Girls’ top performers: Nina Dominque (Hickory Ridge), first in 100 and 200 dashes, second in 400; Jaila Woodruff (Hickory Ridge), first in 400, second in 100, third in 200; Mamie Huecker (Lake Norman), first in 800 and 1,600 runs; Aniya Woodruff (Hickory Ridge), first in 100 and 300 hurdles and second in 200 dash; Danielle Hazlewood (Lake Norman), first in high jump and triple jump.
NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A
Watauga swept the boys’ and girls’ team titles in the meet, held at the Pioneers’ track. Watauga distance specialist Sidra Miller and Hibriten sprinter Jada Brown each won three events.
Boys’ team scores: Watauga 189; Alexander Central 130; South Caldwell 111; Ashe County 99; Hibriten 84; Freedom 71.
Top performers: Davis Hunt (Watauga), first in 110 and 300 meter hurdles; Ethan Cannon (Watauga), first in 800 and 1,600 runs; Jaxsen Wilkerson (South Caldwell), first in long jump and high jump; Drew Costello (Freedom), first in long jump, second in triple jump, third in 200 meters.
Girls’ team scores: Watauga 222; Ashe County 176.5; Alexander Central 105.5; South Caldwell 93; Hibriten 53; Freedom 21.
Top performers: Jada Brown (Hibriten), first in 100 and 200 meters and the long jump; Sidra Miller (Watauga), first in 800, 1,600 and 3,200 meter runs; Emily Hartsoe (Ashe County), first in discus and shot put.
SOUTH PIEDMONT 3A
Two Lake Norman Charter athletes, Blaise Atkinson and Lily Yampolsky, dominated this conference championship meet, held at East Rowan. Each won three events. Team scores were not released.
Boys’ top performers: Blaise Atkinson (Lake Norman Charter), first in 100 dash and in the 110 and 300 meter hurdles; Jaylen Currence (Northwest Cabarrus), first in 400 and 800 runs; Eli Julian (South Rowan), first in 1,600 and 3,200 runs; Dominick Dale (East Rowan), first in shot put and discus.
Girls’ top performers: Lily Yampolsky (Lake Norman Charter), first in 400, 800 and 1,600 meter runs; Chaunesse Barringer (Northwest Cabarrus), first in 100 and 200 dashes and in the long jump.
BIG SOUTH 3A
The Kings Mountain boys ran away with the team title in this meet, held at Stuart Cramer High. The girls’ competition was close, with the host Storm edging Kings Mountain and South Point for the team crown.
Boys’ team scores: Kings Mountain 205; South Point 113.5; Ashbrook 106; Stuart Cramer 90; Forestview 74.5; Hunter Huss 39; Crest 35; North Gaston 9.
Top performers: Austin Brotemarkle (Forestview), first in 800, 1,600 and 3,200 meter runs; Sincere Moss (Ashbrook), first in 100 and 200 dashes; Andre Willis (Kings Mountain), first in 110 and 300 meter hurdles events; Jackson Blee (South Point), first in shot put and discus.
Girls’ team scores: Stuart Cramer 144; Kings Mountain 136; South Point 127; Ashbrook 75; Forestview 64; Hunter Huss 48; Crest 45; North Gaston 22.
Top performers: Rachel Tolbert (South Point), first in 400 and 800 meters, and second in 200 meters; Divinity Erwin (Kings Mountain), first in 1,600 and 3,200 meter runs; Victoria Mills (Forestview), first in 100 and 300 hurdles; Alexis Willis (Stuart Cramer), first in long jump and triple jump.
Baseball
GREATER METRO 4 4A semifinals
No. 2 Cox Mill 10, No. 3 Mooresville 7: Joe Javier and Connor Walker each had two hits for Cox Mill, while Drew Park had three hits for Mooresville.
No. 1 Lake Norman 1, No. 4 Hickory Ridge 0: Luke Schmolke pitched five innings, allowing only three hits, and got the victory. Michael Naramore finished the final two innings, earning a save.
SOUTHERN CAROLINA 4A semifinals
No. 2 Porter Ridge 11, No. 3 Marvin Ridge 5
Note: The game between No. 5 Cuthbertson and No. 1 Sun Valley was postponed by rain. It will be played at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Marvin Ridge.
NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A semifinals
No. 1 Alexander Central 9, No. 5 Freedom 2
No. 2 South Caldwell 11, No. 3 Watauga 1
SANDHILLS 3A-4A semifinals
No. 2 Scotland County 10, No. 3 Lee County 0
WESTERN FOOTHILLS 3A semifinals
No. 2 St. Stephens 9, No. 3 East Lincoln 6: Garret Michel hit his 16th home run of the season for East Lincoln, but St. Stephens advanced to Thursday’s finals.
No. 4 Fred T. Foard 10, No. 1 North Lincoln 3: Aiden Landrum and Braxton Tramel each had a pair of doubles, as the Tigers upset the top seed.
ROCKY RIVER 2A-3A semifinals
No. 1 Parkwood 6, No. 5 Forest Hills 2
No. 2 West Stanly 8, No. 3 Central Academy 6
CATAWBA VALLEY 2A semifinals
No. 1 Bandys 10, No. 7 Newton-Conover 0: Parker Styborski hit a double and a home run, driving in four runs for the Trojans. Terick Bumgarner pitched a one-hitter against a Newton-Conover team which had stunned second-seeded Lincolnton on Tuesday.
No. 3 Bunker Hill 8, No. 5 Maiden 2: The Bears’ Jordan Yoder led the way with three hits and two RBI.
CATAWBA SHORES 1A-2A semifinals
No. 1 Lincoln Charter 16, No. 4 Langtree Charter 4: Mason Smith and Brady Swadley each hit home runs and drove in three runs.
Note: The game between No. 2 Pine Lake Prep and No. 3 Community School of Davidson was postponed by a thunderstorm until 5 p.m. Thursday.
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A-2A semifinals
No. 1 Burns 19, No. 4 Shelby 3
No. 3 Cherryville 9, No. 2 East Gaston 5
METRO 8 1A semifinals
No. 4 Piedmont Community Charter 7, No. 1 Bradford Prep 5: The Patriots pulled a surprise, scoring five times in the top of the third inning for a 6-1 lead. Peyton Painter had two hits for Bradford Prep.
REGULAR-SEASON NONCONFERENCE
Charlotte Christian 5, Legion Collegiate (SC) 3: John Lash hit two doubles and drove in a run for the victorious Knights.
Draughn 7, West Iredell 5
Hickory 10, Patton 8
Softball
GREATER METRO 4 4A semifinals
No. 5 A.L. Brown 9, No. 1 Mooresville 6 (8 innings): Mooresville led 6-4 after five innings, but the Wonders tied the game and then won it in the eighth. Ellie Goins hit a two-run homer for Mooresville. The Wonders’ Karma Little had a triple and two RBI, and Kaylyn Belfield went 5-for-5 and scored three times.
No. 2 Lake Norman 5, No. 3 Hickory Ridge 2: Anna Dew pitched the victory for the Wildcats.
NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A semifinals
No. 2 South Caldwell 5, No. 3 Hibriten 1: Kadie Becker pitched a three-hitter for the victeory, and Kaylee Anderson hit a single and double, driving in a pair of runs.
No. 1 Alexander Central 8, No. 5 Ashe County 3: Faith Carrigan, Kenzie Church, Kirstyn Herman and Abby Teague each homered for the Cougars.
WESTERN FOOTHILLS 3A semifinals
No. 2 North Lincoln 4, No. 3 St. Stephens 2
No. 1 East Lincoln 10, No. 4 Fred T. Foard 1: Betsy Eamon led the Mustangs with two singles, a home run, and three RBI.
ROCKY RIVER 2A-3A semifinals
No. 2 Anson County 6, No. 3 Parkwood 4: Haileigh Boone pitched five innings for the victory, and Audrey Hyatt led the Anson offense with two doubles.
No. 1 West Stanly 12, No. 4 Central Academy 2: The Colts moved on to the finals as Lily Hartsell and Carmen McRae each drove in two runs.
CATAWBA SHORES 1A-2A semifinals
No. 1 Lincoln Charter 12, No. 4 Community School of Davidson 0: Leah Lyerly led the Eagles with three hits and two RBI.
No. 2 Mountain Island Charter 11, No. 3 Pine Lake Prep 9: Camden Gerland had three hits and four RBI for the Raptors.
CENTRAL CAROLINA 1A-2A finals
West Davidson 8, East Davidson 7 (championship)
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A-2A semifinals
No. 3 East Gaston 6, No. 2 Cherryville 4
No. 1 Burns 12, No. 4 Highland Tech 0
YADKIN VALLEY 1A-2A semifinals
No. 2 Mount Pleasant 3, No. 3 Union Academy 1: The Tigers won it with two runs in the bottom of the sixth.
No. 1 South Stanly 12, No. 4 Gray Stone Day 0: Emma Campbell drove in five runs with her two hits.
Girls’ soccer
SOUTHWESTERN 4A
East Mecklenburg 9, Garinger 0: Caroline Cannella had three goals and an assist, and Molly Freeman and Whitney Stanley each scored twice.
Independence 10, Rocky River 0: Abbey Stengel scored two goals, as the Patriots improved to 10-0-1 in the conference.
SANDHILLS 3A-4A
Lee County 5, Scotland County 0
Southern Lee 4, Hoke County 1
SOUTH PIEDMONT 3A
Concord 4, West Rowan 3: The Spiders rallied from a 2-1 halftime deficit.
CATAWBA SHORES 1A-2A
Christ the King 10, Langtree Charter 0: Bella Perry and Katie Reyes each had two goals and an assist for the Crusaders.
Pine Lake Prep 3, Community School of Davidson 2: Maddie Hiteshue scored a goal and added an assist for the victors.
CENTRAL CAROLINA 1A-2A
East Davidson 9, Thomasville 0
Lexington 6, North Rowan 0
West Davidson 9, South Davidson 0
WESTERN HIGHLANDS 1A-2A
Madison County 5, Draughn 0
YADKIN VALLEY 1A-2A
Gray Stone Day 10, Albemarle 1: Mattie Grace Story (two goals, one assist) led Gray Stone Day.
Jay M. Robinson 3, Mount Pleasant 0
NONCONFERENCE
Mooresville 3, Northwest Cabarrus 1
Wilkes Central 2, St. Stephens 0
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NCHSAA Individual Tennis draws announced
The N.C High School Athletic Association boys Individual Tennis State Tournament begins Friday with first and second round matches.
The 2A, 3A, & 4A Semifinals as well as all Championship matches will be held on Saturday, May 6 at each respective venue.
The 1A Championships are scheduled for Cary Tennis Park. The 2A Championships are at Ting Park at 101 Sportsmanship Way in Holly Springs. All 3A Matches are slated for the Burlington Tennis Center and the 4A finals will be played at Millbrook Exchange Tennis Center
2022 1A Men’s Tennis Individual State Tournament First Round Pairings Singles Draw Owen Jennings (Elkin) vs. Ethan Clemmer (Bear Grass Charter) Reid Rainey (Southern Wake Academy) vs. Charlie Schweppe (Thomas Jefferson) Nathan Bermeo (Eno River) vs. Nikhil Deshpande (Langtree Charter) Georgie Kriek (Mount Airy) vs. Will Oldham (Clover Garden) Doubles Draw Luca Pestana & Timothy Hackman (Bishop McGuinness) vs. Marcus Roman & Will Baker (Voyager Academy) Alex Garcia & Krishiv Patel (Riverside-Martin) vs. Josh Hanflink & Evan Sturgill (Bishop McGuinness) Landon Hackney & Jacob Gilliland (Chatham Centra) vs. Luke McComb & Clay Sebastian (Elkin) Joseph Phetmixay & Drew Auman (Uwharrie Charter) vs. Jacob McKenna & Simon Osceanas (Voyager Academy) |
2022 2A Men’s Tennis Individual State Tournament First Round Pairings Singles Draw William Drake (Greene Central) vs. Walker Magnirat (Seaforth) Will Koontz (Salisbury) vs. Trevor Coldren (R-S Central) Sebastian Rodriguez (Research Triangle) vs. Ben Cuddington (North Johnston) Porter Schrader (Brevard) vs. Jagur Williams (Wheatmore) Tyler Ramanata (Pine Lake Prep) vs. Levi Watson (East Surry) Lex Gu (Raleigh Charter) vs. Campbell Curtis (Washington) Cooper Motsinger (East Surry) vs. Connor Milligan (Lincoln Charter) Cole Walker (Manteo) vs. Lance Keller (Franklin Academy) Doubles Draw Cabe Pate & Noah McDonald (Goldsboro) vs. Rece Thompson & Caleb Kennedy (Clinton) Josh Pardue & Jacob Edmonds (Surry Central) vs. Luke Breen & Julian Rizo (C.S. of Davidson) Raghav Srirarm & Parth Shirolkar (NCSSM) vs. Wilson Wysor & James Hornthal (Northeastern) Grayson Upchurch & Ben Shelton (Lincoln Charter) vs. Colin Donaldson & Gray Davis (Salisbury) Zach Zagorkski & Piero Ravolino (Lincolnton) vs. Michael Tucker & Tripp McMillen (Surry Central) Alphonso Sison & Nick Delisio (Franklin Academy) vs. Chance Davis & Andrew Stancil (North Johnston) Jadon Carnes & Gonzolo Gomez (Mount Pleasant) vs. Bradley Rising & Christian Prescott (Brevard) Hunter Moore & Will Glover (Washington) vs. Ryan Hill & Alex Hong (Raleigh Charter) |
2022 3A Men’s Tennis Individual State Tournament First Round Pairings Singles Draw Stockton Rouse (J.H. Rose) vs. Caleb Downing (Union Pines) Joey Caraccio (South Rowan) vs. James Dover (South Point) Drew Hedgecoe (Terry Sanford) vs. Henry Austin (South Central) Drew Crotts (Stuart Cramer) vs. Jacob Rinker (Northwest Cabarrus) Shiv Patel (South Point) vs. Alex Bhargava (Central Academy) Josh Mayhew (Cedar Ridge) vs. J.J. Woerner (First Flight) Abhi Parimi (Lake Norman Charter) vs. Ajay Swisher (St. Stephens) Ethan Carlyle (C.B. Aycock) vs. Jacob Womble (Lee County) Doubles Draw Snyder Pearson & Hatten Gore (Fike) vs. Justin Conover & Porter Pelphrey (Orange) Charlie Han & Charlie Schild (Lake Norman Charter) vs. Sam Thomas & Jonathan Peeler (Crest) Aidan Chung & Jonathan Baddour (Carrboro) vs. Dylan Skinner & Zachary Hill (Fike) Lewis Tate & Clint Powers (Hickory) vs. Lawson Rabon & Seth Bean (Central Davidson) Costen Holtzman & Griffin Lovern (Hickory) vs. Landis Haynes & Parker Stephens (Concord) Anthony Coble & Ty Lagana (Williams) vs. Rob Cummings & Adam Cummings (West Carteret) Sean Huynh & Daniel Gartner (Lake Norman Charter) vs. Luke Kirby & Eli Roberts (Crest) Wyatt Schmidt & Bryson Wall (J.H. Rose) vs. Jonas Miyagawa & Connor Nicol (Carrboro) |
2022 4A Men’s Tennis Individual State Tournament First Round Pairings Singles Draw Andre Bautista (Enloe) vs. Arush Gupta (Apex Friendship) Carl Gedlitschka (Grimsley) vs. Lukas Kolmel (A.C. Reynolds) Marshall Landry (Pinecrest) vs. Chris Davis (Cardinal Gibbons) Joaquin Garcia (Hough) vs. Jayden Wellman (A.L. Brown) Ethan Boswell (South Mecklenburg) vs. Adam Cartwright (Mount Tabor) Oliver Narbut (East Chapel Hill) vs. Ford Evans (Clayton) Walker Valentine (Lake Norman) vs. Rohan Phukan (Ardrey Kell) Declan O’Brien (Millbrook) vs. Naresh Bharathy (Green Hope) Doubles Draw Brayden Hakerem & Alex Higgins (Leesville Road) vs. Vivek Indiamuri & Brij Bhatt (Green Hope) Rish Reddy & Harrison Parker Williams (Marvin Ridge) vs. Grant Partridge & Roman Shirazyan (Providence) Ved Chotalia & Prajwal Biradar (Panther Creek) vs. Walt Reese & J.P. Damare (Cardinal Gibbons) Matthew Petereson & Andrew Binns (T.C. Roberson) vs. Burke Rosenbaum & C. Crenshaw (Davie County) Jesus Espinoza & Jackson Davis (Hough) vs. Andre Torres & Ben Powell (Page) Ethan Garcia & Ryan Suciv (Apex) vs. Sean Conley & Sam Agnew (Cardinal Gibbons) Ellis Klanduch & Connor Gay (Lake Norman) vs. Ben Moore & Jason Ratledge (Myers Park) Audie Ballantine & Alan Dimock (New Hanover) vs. Aman Patel & Ayan Patel (Chapel Hill) |
Tuesday’s Rewind: Providence, Hough advance in league tournaments
Two of Mecklenburg County’s high school baseball powers passed their first postseason tests with ease Tuesday evening.
Providence, ranked fifth nationally by Maxpreps, blanked East Mecklenburg 6-0 in a semifinal of the Southwestern 4A Conference tournament at Butler High.
And Hough, regular-season champion in the Queen City 3A-4A Conference, trounced North Mecklenburg 18-1 in a semifinal contest.
Providence (24-0) will face third-seeded Butler in the Southwestern 4A finals at 6 p.m. Thursday.
Hough (20-2) will face second seed Hopewell (20-5) for the Queen City 3A-4A title at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. That game will be at Hopewell.
Providence got a home run from Anthony Watson and allowed only four East Mecklenburg hitters to reach base.
Butler advanced to the finals with an 8-4 victory over second seed Charlotte Catholic. The Bulldogs scored four times in the top of the fourth inning and added two in the fifth.
In Queen City play, Hough coach Jimmy Cochran used three pitchers – James Nesta, Carlos Calderin and Jackson Greene – and limited each to about 30 pitches.
Hopewell had a tougher time, downing third seed Mallard Creek 9-5. Blake Hollar went 3-for-4 for the Titans, driving in two runs. Mallard Creek’s Marcus Mauney had two hits and two RBI.
Cougars win golf regional
Freshman Will Hartman shot a 1-under-par 71 and led Charlotte Catholic to the West 4A regional golf championship Tuesday. The tournament was played at Brushy Mountain Golf Club near Taylorsville.
The Cougars’ team total of 297 was the same as runner-up Providence, but Charlotte Catholic won via a tiebreaker. Myers Park (305) was third. All three teams advance to the 4A state tournament next week.
Medalist honors went to Providence senior Aiden Browning, who fired a 5-under-par 67. Teammate Colin Sailma shot a 70.
Other members of the Charlotte Catholic team were Steven Shea, Clay Tardiff and Tyler Dorsey.
Individual 4A qualifiers were Ardrey Kell’s Ben Chase, Michael Switzer, Michael Currie and Aedan Barnes; Hough’s Jude Carpenter and Parker Gordish; South Caldwell’s Mac Helton; and Alexander Central’s Aiden Hollar.
Charlotte Catholic’s Will Guthie had the team’s fifth-best score and qualified for the state tournament on an individual basis.
3A WEST
Kings Mountain (302), Crest (306) and Stuart Cramer (307) were team qualifiers from the 3A West Regional, played at River Bend YMCA Course near Shelby.
Kings Mountain’s Will Spicer won medalist honors with a 5-under-par 67. His teammates were Thomas Spicer, Caleb Marr and Cooper Putnam.
Individual state tournament qualifiers included Alex Bock (Freedom); Max Cranford (Fred T. Foard); Nick Norman and Tate Smith (Forestview); Maddox Whittington (Hibriten); and Lane Mason (North Gaston).
1A WEST
Mitchell County (317), Christ the King (336) and Elkin (339) were the team state tournament qualifiers from this regional, at Mountain Glen Golf Club in Newland.
It is the first time that Christ the King has qualified for the state golf tournament.
New Hickory Ridge coach
David Broome has been named head coach of the boys’ varsity basketball team at Hickory Ridge. He replaces Scott Fortune, who resigned for personal reasons, according to athletics director Chris Batchelor.
Broome is a Cabarrus County native who played three seasons at Northwest Cabarrus. He was a junior varsity head coach and varsity assistant at Central Cabarrus and spent last season as a varsity assistant at West Cabarrus.
Hickory Ridge, a member of the Greater Metro 4 4A Conference, compiled an 8-16 record last season.
Tuesday’s top athletes
Will Hartman (Charlotte Catholic golf): Hartman, a freshman, shot a 1-under-par 71 and took medalist honors in the 4A West regional golf tournament at Brushy Mountain Golf Club near Taylorsville.
Cole Nelson (Hickory Grove Christian baseball): Nelson, a sophomore, smacked two home runs as his team beat Gaston Christian 14-8 in the Metrolina Athletic Conference tournament semifinals. Nelson is batting .397 this season and is 7-for-11 in his last three games.
Here are results from Tuesday’s games and matches:
Baseball
SOUTHERN CAROLINA 4A quarterfinals
No. 5 Cuthbertson 3, No. 4 Weddington 0: Tristan Potts pitched a shutout for the Cavaliers.
No. 3 Marvin Ridge 8, No. 6 Piedmont 1
NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A semifinals
No. 2 South Caldwell 11, No. 3 Watauga 1
No. 1 Alexander Central 9, No. 5 Freedom 2: Jaret Hoppes went 3-for-4, scoring three times, and Gage Weaver had two hits and two RBI for the Cougars.
SANDHILLS 3A-4A semifinals
No. 1 Pinecrest 5, No. 4 Southern Lee 0: The Patriots will play in Thursday’s finals against the winner of Wednesday’s game between No. 3 Lee County and second seed Scotland County.
SOUTH PIEDMONT 3A semifinals
No. 2 South Rowan 5, No. 3 West Rowan 4: West Rowan left the bases loaded in the seventh inning after scoring twice.
No. 1 East Rowan 3, No. 4 Jesse Carson 1: Cameron Padgett’s two-hitter led the Mustangs into Thursday’s title game. Aiden Schenck added two hits and two RBI.
ROCKY RIVER 2A-3A quarterfinals
No. 5 Forest Hills def. No. 4 Anson County
No. 3 Central Academy 15, No. 6 Monroe 0
METROLINA ATHLETIC semifinals
No. 2 Hickory Grove Christian 14, No. 3 Gaston Christian 8: Cole Nelson slammed a pair of home runs and drove in four runs, and Langston Rupert went 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI.
No. 1 SouthLake Christian 3, No. 5 Concord Academy 0: Matt Asuma fired a one-hitter for the Eagles, and Nick Coggins had two hits.
CENTRAL CAROLINA 1A-2A semifinals
No. 2 East Davidson 7, No. 3 Salisbury 2
No. 1 West Davidson 9, No. 4 South Davidson 1
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A-2A quarterfinals
No. 4 Shelby 5, No. 5 Highland Tech 2: Parker Dixon threw a three-hitter and hit a pair of doubles as the Golden Lions advanced.
No. 3 Cherryville 16, No. 6 Bessemer City 2
No. 2 East Gaston 12, No. 7 Thomas Jefferson 1: Liam Brady got the victory on the mound, and Logan Agosta added two hits and two RBI.
YADKIN VALLEY 1A-2A semifinals
No. 2 Mount Pleasant 6, No. 3 Union Academy 0
No. 1 North Stanly 4, No. 4 South Stanly 0
METRO 8 1A semifinals
No. 3 Corvian Community 10, No. 2 Queens Grant Charter 9: Connor Frey drove in three runs for the victors, while Alwin Duran had two hits and scored twice for Queens Grant.
HOMESCHOOL WORLD SERIES
Fort Worth THESA 7, Charlotte Stampede 2
Regular season
BIG SOUTH 3A
Ashbrook 11, Hunter Huss 5: The Green Wave’s Chandler Meeks scored three times and had two hits and two RBI.
Forestview 6, Stuart Cramer 4: Forestview scored all six runs in the bottom of the sixth, making a winner of reliever Austin Parker.
Kings Mountain 5, Crest 4: The Mountaineers downed their rivals and clinched their first conference baseball championship in 13 years.
South Point 3, North Gaston 1: South Point’s Jake Beaty was the winning pitcher.
MOUNTAON FOOTHILLS 2A
Hendersonville 2, Patton 1
WESTERN HIGHLANDS 1A-2A
Draughn 8, Mountain Heritage 5
Mitchell County 13, Avery County 3
NONCONFERENCE
Cannon School 10, Davidson Day 0: Tyler Green and Mason Mierzwa each had two hits and two RBI for the Cougars.
Charlotte Country Day 10, Carolina Royals 0: Jakob Vanderhave fired a one-hitter and fanned nine.
Charlotte Latin 8, Carmel Christian 2: Thomas Hullinger delivered a pair of hits and three RBI, and Miles Miller homered for Latin.
Hickory Christian 6, Asheville School 5
North Hills Christian 15, Victory Christian 3
Softball
QUEEN CITY 3A-4A semifinals
No. 2 Mallard Creek 20, No. 3 Hopewell 10: Lindsay Refsnider led the Mavericks with a pair of triples and four RBI. Alondra Rivera-Maldonado went 4-for-4 for Mallard Creek.
No. 1 Hough 16, No. 5 West Charlotte 0: Madden McMahan-Waters hit a triple and a home run for the Huskies.
SOUTH MECK 4A semifinals
No. 2 Ardrey Kell 6, No. 3 Myers Park 2: Grace Mckee, Emersyn Presutty, Sydney Power and Allison Smith each had two hits in the Knights’ victory.
No. 1 South Mecklenburg 10, No. 4 Olympic 5: Brenna Fasching slammed two doubles and a home run for the Sabres, and Taylor Barlow added two hits and three RBI.
SOUTHWESTERN 4A semifinals
No. 1 Providence 11, No. 4 Charlotte Catholic 1: The Panthers surged with five runs in the third inning and six in the fifth.
SOUTHERN CAROLINA 4A semifinals
No. 3 Marvin Ridge 6, No. 2 Weddington 3: Weddington’s Madelyn Miller had two hits.
No. 1 Piedmont 14, No. 4 Cuthbertson 2: Piedmont’s Ava Elkins hit a single and two doubles, driving in three runs. Skye Harrington added three hits and three RBI.
SANDHILLS 3A-4A semifinals
No. 2 Richmond Senior 2, No. 3 Hoke County 0
SOUTH PIEDMONT 3A semifinals
No. 2 West Rowan 10, No. 3 Jesse Carson 0
No. 1 Central Cabarrus 11, No. 5 South Rowan 0: Brantleigh Parrott fired a no-hitter and struck out 13.
ROCKY RIVER 2A-3A quarterfinals
No. 4 Central Academy 10, No. 5 Forest Hills 0: CATA’s Addison Crawford was the winning pitcher, and she added a double and a homer at the plate.
METROLINA ATHLETIC semifinals
No. 2 Metrolina Christian 11, No. 3 Gaston Christian 1
No. 1 Hickory Grove Christian 12, No. 4 Concord Academy 2
CATAWBA VALLEY 2A semifinals
No. 2 Bandys 9, No. 3 Maiden 0: Bandys’ Owen Lyall tossed a three-hitter, and Riley Fox doubled and homered.
No. 1 West Lincoln 6, No. 5 West Caldwell 0: West Lincoln’s Harlie Burton pitched a four-hitter, and Etta Godfrey slapped a two-run double.
CENTRAL CAROLINA 1A-2A semifinals
No. 2 East Davidson 4, No. 3 South Davidson 3
No. 1 West Davidson 10, No. 4 Salisbury 9
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A-2A quarterfinals
No. 4 Highland Tech 12, No. 5 Shelby 2
Regular season
CISAA
Cannon School 14, Charlotte Country Day 2: Sidney Rose (4-for-5, three runs) and Brie Biddle (double, homer, five RBI) led Cannon School.
Charlotte Christian 15, Providence Day 0: The Knights improved to 9-0 in the conference, behind Wynne Gore’s no-hitter. Mary Caroline Eaton’s home run was among Charlotte Christian’s 14 hits.
Covenant Day 4, Charlotte Latin 2: R.J. llaneza went 3-for-4, and Sam Vanderhave homered for Covenant Day.
BIG SOUTH 3A
Crest 12, Hunter Huss 0: Mackenzie Luckenbaugh hit a three-run homer.
Forestview 15, South Point 0: Bryn Bumgardner hit a single and a home run, driving in three Forestview runs.
Stuart Cramer 8, North Gaston 6: Hadley Womack scored twice and drove in two Cramer runs.
MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS 2A
Brevard 7, Polk County 5
Chase 4, R-S Central 3
Patton 13, Hendersonville 1
WESTERN HIGHLANDS 1A-2A
Avery County 11, Mitchell County 6
C.D. Owen 1, Madison County 0
Mountain Heritage 10, Draughn 3
Girls’ soccer
QUEEN CITY 3A-4A
Hough 10, North Mecklenburg 2: Julia Daley (three goals) and Sarah Funderburk (two goals) led the Hough attack. Keri Geter scored both Viking goals.
Mallard Creek 9, West Charlotte 0
SOUTHWESTERN 4A
Butler 1, Garinger 0
East Mecklenburg 9, Rocky River 0
Providence 2, Charlotte Catholic 1: The Panthers improved to 9-1-1 and stayed within reach of first-place Independence (9-0-1), dropping Charlotte Catholic to 8-3. Sophia Broz scored both Panther goals, with assists from Lindsay Thomas and Taylor Westover. Sara Sams scored off a Delia Hahn assist for the Cougars.
CISAA
Charlotte Country Day 4, Cannon School 1
Charlotte Latin 2, Covenant Day 1 (OT): The Hawks got a tough test from Covenant Day but won behind goals by Avery Cheatwood and Ella Smith. Grayson Ward scored for Covenant Day.
Providence Day 3, Charlotte Christian 0: Blane McElroy scored twice for the Chargers.
GREATER METRO 4 4A
Cox Mill 6, West Cabarrus 0
Hickory Ridge 2, Mooresville 1: Kayla Vang and Maddie Milliron each had a goal and an assist for the Ragin’ Bulls.
SOUTHERN CAROLINA 4A
Cuthbertson 3, Porter Ridge 2: Caroline Palmer scored twice for Cuthbertson.
Marvin Ridge 10, Sun Valley 0: Four Mavericks scored two goals, including Lily Jones, who also had three assists.
Weddington 7, Piedmont 0: Emily Floyd scored three goals and added two assists, and Maria Manousas and Ansleigh Lewis each added two goals.
NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A
Alexander Central 4, Ashe County 0
SANDHILLS 3A-4A
Lee County 9, Scotland County 0
Union Pines 4, Southern Lee 0
BIG SOUTH 3A
Ashbrook 2, Kings Mountain 1
Crest 9, Hunter Huss 0
South Point 4, Forestview 0: South Point’s Emme Lewandowski scored a goal and added two assists.
Stuart Cramer 9, North Gaston 0: The Storm’s Aubree Baker had three goals.
SOUTH PIEDMONT 3A
Lake Norman Charter 10, South Rowan 0: Freshman Kate Robinson got the Knights started with a second-minute goal. Haven Stanley and Eliza Rich each had hat tricks.
WESTERN FOOTHILLS 3A
Fred T. Foard 12, West Iredell 0
ROCKY RIVER 2A-3A
Parkwood 6, Monroe 0
CATAWBA VALLEY 2A
East Burke 6, Bunker Hill 1
Lincolnton 8, West Caldwell 1
Maiden 1, Bandys 1
Newton-Conover 3, West Lincoln 0
MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS 2A
East Rutherford 2, Polk County 0
Patton 2, Chase 1
FOOTHILLS ATHLETIC
University Christian 1, Statesville Christian 0
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A-2A
Bessemer City 4, Shelby 0
East Gaston 6, Burns 0: Keyli Garcia got the shutout in goal, and Ava Stilwell scored four times.
Highland Tech 9, Cherryville 0: The Rams’ Reegan Racz had two goals and four assists.
NONCONFERENCE
Jesse Carson 10, A.L. Brown 1: Hannah Isley had six goals.
South Mecklenburg 4, Hopewell 0: Mary Liesegrier scored her team-leading 14th goal for the Sabres.
Thomas Jefferson Academy 2, Asheville Christian 0
Boys’ lacrosse
Ardrey Kell 15, Cuthbertson 14: The Knights captured a first-round 4A playoff victory, behind Zoe Pounder (five goals) and Ally Benken (four goals, one assist).
Girls’ lacrosse
Charlotte Country Day 18, Cannon School 4: Lili Booker and Ava Nitzan each scored twice for Cannon School.
Boys’ tennis
Charlotte Country Day 9, Cannon School 0: Noah McDonald and Nathan Jackson won No. 1 and 2 singles, getting the Buccaneers started on their sweep.
Hickory 7, Crest 2: Hickory captured this 3A West playoff match, as No. 1 singles player Griffin Lovern improved to 11-0 on the season. He and doubles partner Costen Holtzman won their No. 1 match and are now 8-0.
Lake Norman 5, Grimsley 4: The Wildcats advanced to the 4A team tennis quarterfinals, and a match against unbeaten Hough. The No. 2 doubles team of Ellis Klanduch and Connor Gay won the deciding match.
Lake Norman Charter 7, St. Stephens 2: The Knights took a 3A playoff victory, winning four of six singles matches. Among the winners was No. 2 player Abhiram Parimi. St. Stephens’ Ajay Swisher beat Sean Huynh 6-2, 6-1 in No. 1 singles.
Lincoln Charter 5, West Stokes 4: The Eagles won a 2A playoff match, taking two of three doubles contests. Doubles winners for Lincoln Charter were Jacob Reis and Ryan Hughes (No. 1) and Connor Milligan and Noah Cochran (No. 3).
Pine Lake Prep 6, Surry Central 0: The Pride were easy 2A playoff winners, as senior Tyler Ramanata won in No. 1 singles, and freshman Dylan Patel prevailed in No. 2 singles.
South Point 9, Atkins 0: The Warriors advanced in the 3A playoffs, as No. 1 singles player James Dover, a freshman, improved to 13-0 this season.
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Monday’s Rewind: upsets in first round of CMS conference tournaments
Only a few minor upsets marked Monday’s opening day of conference baseball and softball tournament action for Mecklenburg County high school teams.
A pair of fifth-seeded teams knocked off No. 4 seeds in the Queen City 3A-4A’s baseball and softball quarterfinals, and a fifth seed beat a fourth seed in the Southwestern 4A baseball quarterfinals.
Semifinals are set for Tuesday in the Queen City and Southwestern conferences, while the South Meck 4A semifinals are Wednesday.
In Queen City 3A-4A baseball, No. 5 North Mecklenburg downed No. 4 Chambers 8-3. The Vikings led 4-3 but broke it open with four runs in the top of the sixth. Rah Washington had two hits for Chambers.
In other games, No. 3 Mallard Creek blanked West Charlotte 10-0, as Peyton Spencer and Jason Keeling each scored twice, and No. 2 Hopewell trounced No. 7 West Mecklenburg 20-1.
In South Meck 4A baseball, No. 3 South Mecklenburg downed No. 6 Harding 10-0, and No. 4 Olympic outscored No. 5 Berry 12-7. Berry Academy’s Timothy Washington drove in three runs.
In Southwestern 4A baseball, third seed Butler trounced No. 6 Rocky River 12-2, limiting the Ravens to four hits and six base-runners. The other winners were No. 2 Charlotte Catholic over No. 6 Garinger, and fifth-seeded East Mecklenburg upsetting fourth seed Independence 9-6. East Mecklenburg’s James Rantala had two hits and three RBI, and Brantley Truitt scored three runs.
In Queen City 3A-4A softball, fifth seed West Charlotte outscored No. 4 North Mecklenburg 26-25; No. 3 Hopewell trounced No. 6 Chambers 19-1; and No. 2 Mallard Creek blanked No. 7 West Mecklenburg 22-0.
In South Meck 4A softball, No. 3 Myers Park walloped No. 6 Harding 16-1, and fourth seed Olympic edged No. 5 Berry Academy 6-5. Mia Vazquez and Jordan Edward each had three hits for Olympic, while the Cardinals’ Makaila Murray had two hits.
You can find a full list of tournament results and schedules here.
Monday’s top athletes
Emily Casey (Ardrey Kell girls’ soccer): Casey made eight saves, as her team blanked host Lake Norman 2-0 in a match of 4A soccer powers.
Matthew McDougall (Cuthbertson golf): McDougall, a junior, shot a 2-under-par 70 and finished second in the 4A Midwest Regional tournament at Oak Valley Golf Club in Advance.
James Rantala (East Mecklenburg baseball): Rantala had two hits and drove in three runs, as the Eagles upset Independence 9-6 in the quarterfinals of the Southwestern 4A tournament.
Here are results from Monday’s games and matches:
Baseball
Conference Tournaments
GREATER METRO 4 4A
No. 2 Cox Mill 14, No. 7 South Iredell 10: Cox Mill had a tough time with the bottom-seeded Vikings, but Jack McGowan (three hits, three RBI) and Colin Pritt (three RBI) provided enough lift. South Iredell’s Will Vuk slammed two triples and drove in four runs.
No. 3 Mooresville 7, No. 6 A.L. Brown 2: Drew Park drove in two runs for Mooresville.
No. 4 Hickory Ridge 20, No. 5 West Cabarrus 10: The Ragin’ Bulls scored 10 times in the first inning. Cole McKissick homered and drove in five runs for West Cabarrus.
NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A
No. 3 Watauga 10, No. 6 Ashe County 0
No. 5 Freedom 8, No. 4 Hibriten 2
SANDHILLS 3A-4A
No. 2 Scotland County 12, No. 7 Hoke County 2
No. 3 Lee County 6, No. 6 Union Pines 1
SOUTH PIEDMONT 3A
No. 1 East Rowan 15, No. 8 Concord 3: Aiden Schenck slammed a three-run homer, and Nate Hayworth added a three-run double for the Mustangs.
No. 2 South Rowan 6, No. 7 Lake Norman Charter 1
No. 3 West Rowan 5, No. 6 Central Cabarrus 3: West Rowan’s Drew Burton went 3-for-3, and Central Cabarrus’ Garrison Bullock drove in three runs.
No. 4 Jesse Carson 2, No. 5 Northwest Cabarrus 1: Hayden Simmerson pitched a five-hitter for the victory and struck out 13.
METROLINA ATHLETIC
No. 3 Metrolina Christian 13, No. 6 Gaston Day 0: Winning pitcher Chase Kiker pitched four innings of shutout ball.
No. 5. Concord Academy 4, No. 4 Gaston Christian 1: Tanner Lyne limited Gaston Christian to five hits over 6.2 innings, striking out 12.
CATAWBA VALLEY 2A
No. 1 Bandys 15, No. 8 West Caldwell 0: Drake Tucker and Zach Barnett homered for Bandys.
No. 7 Newton-Conover 9, No. 2 Lincolnton 5: The Red Devils pulled the biggest surprise of the day in the Observer area.
No. 3 Bunker Hill 10, No. 6 East Burke 3: The Bears’ Kaden Robinson had two hits and two RBI.
No. 5 Maiden 19, No. 4 West Lincoln 5
CATAWBA SHORES 1A-2A
No. 3 Community School of Davidson 16, No. 6 Mountain Island Charter 7: The victorious Spartans banged out 14 hits and led 11-0 after 2½ innings.
No. 4 Langtree Charter 7, No. 5 Christ the King 1: Bailey Ferguson fired a two-hitter and struck out 13 for the Lions.
CENTRAL CAROLINA 1A-2A
No. 2 East Davidson 21, No. 7 Lexington 0
No. 3 Salisbury 13, No. 6 Thomasville 9: Kaleb Burleyson had three hits, scored four runs, and drove in four runs for the Hornets.
No. 4 South Davidson 6, No. 5 North Rowan 5
YADKIN VALLEY 1A-2A
No. 3 Union Academy 10, No. 6 Gray Stone Day 0: The Cardinals’ Jeremiah Shine had two hits and three RBI.
No. 4 South Stanly 11, No. 5 Jay M. Robinson 10
METRO 8 1A
No. 3 Corvian Community 21, No. 6 Sugar Creek Charter 1: Corvian’s Keldyn Vincent singled and homered, driving in five runs.
No. 4 Piedmont Community Charter 12, No. 5 Carolina International 0: Matt Taylor pitched a shutout for the victory.
HOMESCHOOL WORLD SERIES
Charlotte Stampede 17, Flint (MI) Chase 5: Landon Wilhoit slammed three doubles and drove in four runs, as the Stampede opened play in the tournament at Auburndale, Fla.
Charlotte Stampede 7, Round Rock (TX) Baseball Homeschool 3: Landon Wilhoit hit two triples, and Cole Pinion had two hits and three RBI for the Stampede.
Regular Season
WESTERN FOOTHILLS 3A
Hickory 15, Statesville 1
North Iredell 20, West Iredell 8: Colby Umburger doubled and homered, driving in three runs for the Warriors. Teammates Kohen Ponder and Dan Loyd each added four hits.
North Lincoln 8, East Lincoln 7: The Knights won the regular-season title, as Josh Fox and Matt Heavner each had two hits. East Lincoln’s Evan Matile homered and drove in four runs.
St. Stephens 8, Fred T. Foard 3
WESTERN HIGHLANDS 1A-2A
Mountain Heritage 12, Avery County 2
NONCONFERENCE
East Rutherford 9, North Henderson 1
Softball
Tournaments
GREATER METRO 4 4A
No. 2 Lake Norman 17, No. 7 Cox Mill 1
No. 3 Hickory Ridge 8, No. 6 South Iredell 2
No. 5 A.L. Brown 12, No. 4 West Cabarrus 5
NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A
No. 3 Hibriten 11, No. 6 Freedom 1
No. 5 Ashe County 12, No. 4 Watauga 2
SANDHILLS 3A-4A
No. 3 Hoke County 9, No. 6 Southern Lee 1
No. 5 Pinecrest 6, No. 4 Union Pines 5
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 3A
No. 1 Central Cabarrus 9, No. 8 Concord 0: The Vikings’ Brantleigh Parrott pitched a shutout.
No. 2 West Rowan 11, No. 7 Lake Norman Charter 0: West Rowan’s Taylor Keller drove in three runs.
No. 3 Jesse Carson 15, No. 6 Northwest Cabarrus 1: Carson’s Makayla Johnson scored three runs and drove in five runs.
No. 5 South Rowan 7, No. 4 East Rowan 1: Lexie Ritchie pitched a four-hitter for South Rowan.
CATAWBA VALLEY 2A
No. 1 West Lincoln 15, No. 8 Newton-Conover 0: West Lincoln’s Stacie Cowan tossed a one-hitter and had two hits at the plate.
No. 2 Bandys 15, No. 7 Bunker Hill 5
No. 3 Maiden 9, No. 6 Lincolnton 3: Lincolnton’s Tanlee Ely homered and drove in all of the her team’s runs.
No. 5 West Caldwell 13, No. 4 East Burke 3
CENTRAL CAROLINA 1A-2A
No. 2 East Davidson 11, No. 7 Thomasville 0
No. 3 South Davidson 15, No. 6 North Rowan 0
No. 4 Salisbury 19, No. 5 Lexington 3: Ashley Yang scored four times and drove in four runs for the Hornets.
Regular Season
CISAA
Providence Day 9, Covenant Day 4: Providence Day’s Audrey Glossom went 3-for-3, and Annabell Cicoletti was 2-for-2.
BIG SOUTH 3A
Crest 4, Forestview 1
WESTERN FOOTHILLS 3A
East Lincoln 13, North Lincoln 0: The Mustangs completed a perfect regular season (21-0, 14-0), as Taniyah Thomas had three hits and sister Taliyah homered and drove in three runs. North Lincoln (11-3), St. Stephens (10-4) and Fred T. Foard (9-5) rounded out the first division.
Hickory 25, Statesville 1
North Iredell 7, West Iredell 4: The Warriors’ Maicie Earnest went 4-for-4.
St. Stephens 7, Fred T. Foard 4
WESTERN HIGHLANDS 1A-2A
Mountain Heritage 11, Mitchell County 1
Girls’ soccer
SOUTHWESTERN 4A
Providence 8, Butler 1
NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A
Hibriten 2, Freedom 0
SOUTH PIEDMONT 3A
Central Cabarrus 9, East Rowan 0
Lake Norman Charter 7, Northwest Cabarrus 0: Reese Robinson scored three goals, and Haven Stanley added a goal and three assists (all on corner kicks) as the Knights rolled.
WESTERN FOOTHILLS 3A
North Iredell 9, West Iredell 0
St. Stephens 1, Fred T. Foard 0
ROCKY RIVER 2A-3A
Forest Hills 9, West Stanly 0
METROLINA ATHLETIC
Hickory Grove Christian 7, SouthLake Christian 2
MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS 2A
Hendersonville 6, Brevard 2
FOOTHILLS ATHLETIC
Davidson Day 2, Hickory Christian 1: The Patriots wrapped up a 6-0 conference season and improved to 10-3-1 overall.
CATAWBA SHORES 1A-2A
Christ the King 1, Lincoln Charter 0: Bella Perry scored the goal, and Whitney Lorio got the shutout for the Crusaders.
Community School of Davidson 4, Mountain Island Charter 1
Pine Lake Prep 9, Langtree Charter 0: The Pride’s Fallon Reidy (three goals) and Gracie Hughes (two goals) led the way.
CENTRAL CAROLINA 1A-2A
East Davidson 9, South Davidson 0
Salisbury 8, Lexington 1
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A-2A
Highland Tech 4, Bessemer City 0
YADKIN VALLEY 1A-2A
Gray Stone Day 9, South Stanly 0: Georgia Sangster scored three times for the victors, and Mattie Grace Story added two goals.
Union Academy 6, Mount Pleasant 1: Katy Cunningham had two goals and an assist for the Cardinals, who limited the Tigers to three shots on goal.
NONCONFERENCE
Ardrey Kell 1, Lake Norman 0: Claire Smith scored on an assist from Ellie Riechman in the second half, as the Knights (17-1-1) got past the Wildcats (16-3) in a battle of area 4A powers.
Ardrey Kell goalkeeper Emily Casey made eight saves, and Lake Norman netminder Sarah Ardus stopped 13 shots.
Hough 2, Pinecrest 0: The Huskies traveled to Moore County and got two second-half goals for the victory. Lane Hathaway and Maria Rayburn scored for Hough, and goalkeeper Siena Zabek made five saves.
Boys’ golf
Golfers are competing in regional tournaments Monday and Tuesday. The top three teams and the top nine individuals that are not members of the qualifying teams will advance to next week’s state tournaments.
Monday’s regional results
4A MIDWEST
(at Oak Valley Golf Club, Advance)
Marvin Ridge finished second and will advance to the state tournament. The Mavericks had a team score of 295. Other team qualifiers were R.J. Reynolds (288) and Page (301).
Jeremy Voigt led Marvin Ridge, shooting a 1-under 71 for fourth place. Jack Wieler added a 73, King Carter II shot a 75, and Ian Podziewski had a 76.
Individual qualifiers included Cuthbertson’s Matthew McDougall, whose 70 was good for a second-place tie; Cuthbertson’s Ryan Osterberg; and Hickory Ridge’s Brandon Jones.
3A MIDWEST
(at Country Club of Salisbury)
Team qualifiers for the state tournament were High Point Central (312), Lake Norman Charter (323) and Rockingham County (326). Will Dalton (76) and Garson Long (78) were Lake Norman Charter’s top scorers.
There were a number of area golfers who qualified as individuals: Talan Harrison (Northwest Cabarrus), 70; Cooper Burris (Northwest Cabarrus), 74; Alexander Murphy (Central Academy), 75; Landon Merrell (East Rowan), 76; Jackson Black (South Rowan), 79; William Cranfield (Jesse Carson), 79; Rayan Masterton (Central Cabarrus), 79; and McGwire Owen (West Rowan), 79.
2A WEST
(at Cleghorn Golf and Sports Club, Rutherfordton)
Lincoln Charter had a team score of 317 and won team honors, with Polk County (323) and Bandys (330) also qualifying for the state tournament.
Jonathan Jones (77), Dyanni Rhyne (79), Samuel Bruce (80) and Joseph Bruce (81) were Lincoln Charter’s scorers.
Bandys’ top scorers were Atley Gabriel (73) and Samuel Harwell (76).
West Lincoln’s Lawson Harkey fired an even-par 72 and won medalist honors, edging Samuel Mace of East Burke in a playoff. Other state tournament qualifiers included: Brock Reid (Chase), 75; Barek Cardell (Shelby), 75; Ethan Hayes (East Gaston), 75; Connor Maddox (Community School of Davidson), 77; Rafe Davison (Community School of Davidson), 79; and Hatley Hicks (Newton-Conover), 79.
2A MIDWEST
(at Sapona Country Club, Lexington)
East Surry (314), Salisbury (333), and West Davidson (337) were the team qualifiers, with Wayne Fesperman’s 76 and Will Webb’s 84 leading Salisbury. Individual qualifiers for the state tournament included West Stanly’s Ryan Collins, with an 80.
Boys’ lacrosse
Mount Tabor 14, Porter Ridge 10: The Pirates dropped this road game in the first round of the 4A playoffs.
Boys’ tennis
Charlotte Country Day 5, Gaston Day 4: The Buccaneers got a big victory in No. 2 singles, when Nathan Jackson edged Gaston Day’s Carter McWhorter 1-6, 6-1, 10-8. Carter and Warren McWhorter took No. 1 doubles, though, squeaking past Jackson and Noah McDonald 8-6.
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Weekend Rewind: Area stars shine at tennis regionals
It’s tournament time for North Carolina’s spring sports athletes, with conference championships being decided this week in baseball and softball across the area.
And tennis players from South Mecklenburg, Hough, Lake Norman, Lake Norman Charter and Pine Lake Prep were among outstanding performers over the weekend in regional tennis tournaments across the western half of North Carolina.
The top four finishers in singles and doubles from each of the regionals – four each in 4A, 3A and 2A, and two in 1A – advance to the state tournaments set for Friday and Saturday.
Here are some of the regional tennis highlights:
4A WEST (at Ardrey Kell)
South Mecklenburg’s Ethan Boswell beat Hough’s Joaquin Garcia 6-1, 6-1 for the singles championship, and the Hough team of Jesus Espinoza and Jackson Davis downed T.C. Roberson’s Matthew Peterson and Andrew Binns 6-2, 6-1 for the doubles crown.
Boswell and Garcia, along with Lukas Kolmel (A.C. Reynolds) and Rohan Phukan (Ardrey Kell) advance to the state tournament.
Doubles teams advancing are Espinoza and Davis; Peterson and Binns; Providence’s Grant Partridge and Roman Shiazyan; and Myers Park’s Ben Moore and Jason Ratledge.
4A MIDWEST (at Grimsley High, Greensboro)
Lake Norman’s Walker Valentine made statewide news in the finals of this event, knocking off defending state 4A champion Carl Gedlitschka of Grimsley 6-2, 6-3.
Valentine and Gedlitschka advance to the state tournament, along with A.L. Brown’s Jayden Wellman and Mount Tabor’s Adam Cartwright. Wellman beat Cartwright 7-5, 7-5 for third place.
Lake Norman also captured the doubles title, with Ellis Klanduch and Connor Gay downing Marvin Ridge’s Rish Reddy and Harrison Parker Williams 6-3, 7-5 in the finals.
Those two teams move on to the state tournament, along with the teams of Burke Rosenbaum and Carl Crenshaw (Davie County) and Andre Torres and Ben Powell (Page).
3A WEST (at Hickory City Park)
The defending 3A state doubles champs, Costen Holtzman and Griffin Lovern of Hickory, won the regional title by downing teammates Lewis Tate and Clint Powers 6-2, 6-1.
Joining the two Hickory teams at the state tournament will be two Crest teams – Sam Thomas and Jonathan Peeler, and Luke Kirby and Eli Roberts.
The singles champion was South Point’s Shiv Patel, who edged Stuart Cramer’s Drew Crotts 4-7, 7-6, 6-2 in the finals. South Point’s James Dover beat St. Stephens’ Ajay Swisher 6-1, 6-0 for third place. All four players advance to the state event.
3A MIDWEST (at Les Myers Park, Concord)
Lake Norman Charter dominated this event, sweeping the singles and doubles titles and also qualifying a second-place doubles team.
Abhi Parimi beat South Rowan’s Joey Caraccio in the singles finals, with Northwest Cabarrus’ Jacob Rinker beating Central Academy’s Alex Bhargava for third place.
The doubles finals were an all-Lake Norman Charter affair, with Sean Huynh and Daniel Gartner downing Charlie Han and Charlie Schild. The other two state qualifiers were Lawson Rabon and Seth Bean (Central Davidson) and Landis Haynes and Parker Stephens (Concord).
2A WEST (at Gardner-Webb)
Defending 1A state champion Tyler Ramanata opened his bid for the 2A crown by taking the singles regional title. He beat Porter Schrader (Brevard) 6-1, 6-1 in the finals.
Third place went to R-S Central’s Trevor Coldren, by a 7-5, 6-4 decision over Lincoln Charter’s Connor Milligan.
All four advance to the state tournament.
1A WEST (at Elkin Municipal Park)
Top-seeded Owen Jennings of Elkin downed second seed Georgie Kriek of Mount Airy 6-2, 6-2 for the singles title. Two Observer-area players also qualified for the state tournament by finishing third and fourth – Charlie Schweppe (Thomas Jefferson Academy) and Nikhil Deshpande (Langtree Charter).
In doubles, the Bishop McGuinness team of Luca Pestana and Timothy Hackman beat the Uwharrie Charter tandem of Joseph Phetmixay and Drew Autman 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the finals.
Also qualifying in doubles were the teams of Josh Hanflink and Evan Sturgill (Bishop McGuinness) and Luke McComb and Clay Sebastian (Elkin).
THIS WEEK’S FINALS
State tournaments are Friday and Saturday, with 4A at Millbrook Exchange Tennis Center in Raleigh; 3A at the Burlington Tennis Center; 2A at Ting Park in Holly Springs; and 1A at the Cary Tennis Park.
Weekend’s top athletes
Cole Nash (Parkwood baseball): Nash, a junior, pitched a shutout as his team beat West Stanly 2-0 for the regular-season Rocky River 2A-3A Conference title. Nash helped his cause by hitting a home run.
Teagan Ritchie (West Stanly softball): Ritchie slammed a triple and two home runs, as the Colts beat Ledford 9-1. Ritchie, a junior, now has 17 home runs this season, setting a school record. She is batting .451.
Walker Valentine (Lake Norman boys’ tennis): Valentine upended defending state champion Carl Gedlitschka of Grimsley in the 4A Midwest Regional finals in Greensboro. Valentine advances to this week’s state tournament.
Here are results from the weekend’s games and matches:
Baseball
QUEEN CITY 3A-4A
Hough 6, Hopewell 2
Mallard Creek 16, Chambers 3: Sam Johnson hit a single and two doubles, driving in four runs for the Mavericks.
North Mecklenburg 12, West Charlotte 1
SOUTH MECK 4A
Ardrey Kell 14, Berry Academy 0 (Game 1): Drew Watne pitched a shutout for the victory.
Ardrey Kell 9, Berry Academy 1 (Game 2): The Knights held Berry Academy to four hits, two of them bv Mason VanFossen.
Myers Park 7, Olympic 6: Peter Perez had two hits for Myers Park, while Devyn Campbell and Jack Bankos each drove in two runs for Olympic.
South Mecklenburg 10, Harding 0 (Game 1): Nick Armstrong laced a single and a double and walked.
South Mecklenburg 10, Harding 0 (Game 2)
SOUTHWESTERN 4A
Butler 4, Independence 0
CISAA
Covenant Day 8, Charlotte Latin 4: Latin pitchers issued 10 walks, and Covenant Day’s Liam Jackson scored twice. Thomas Hullinger had three hits for Latin.
Providence Day 5, Charlotte Country Day 1: Providence Day coach Jim Cerbie picked up his 500th career victory. Cerbie, in his 34th year as Chargers’ coach, has guided the team to three state championships and is in the school’s Hall of Fame.
GREATER METRO 4 4A
Cox Mill 11, South Iredell 10: The Chargers scored three times in the bottom of the seventh for the victory. Tyler Zedalis led the visitors with a single and a home run, and four RBI. South Iredell’s Ben Cotton had three hits and three RBI.
Mooresville 8, Lake Norman 3 (9 innings): Drew Park had two hits and three RBI for Mooresville, which scored five times in the top of the ninth inning. Lake Norman’s Hunter Sherrill had two hits.
West Cabarrus 11, Hickory Ridge 1
SOUTHERN CAROLINA 4A
Cuthbertson 5, Piedmont 2
Porter Ridge 3, Sun Valley 1: Russell Vaughan fired a three-hitter for Porter Ridge, which won the weeklong series 2-1 over the conference champion Spartans. Yender Flores had two hits and two RBI for the Pirates.
Weddington 8, Marvin Ridge 7
NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A
Alexander Central 12, Freedom 3: The Cougars claimed the conference’s No. 1 tournament spot, as Garrett Barnes hit two doubles, scored three runs, and drove in three.
South Caldwell 14, Hibriten 2
Watauga 12, Ashe County 1
BIG SOUTH 3A
Kings Mountain 10, Ashbrook 0: Zane Brockman and Cole Irby homered for the Mountaineers.
South Point 5, Forestview 0
SOUTH PIEDMONT 3A
Central Cabarrus 7, Concord 2: The Vikings’ Garrison Bullock had three hits, and Alex Darbutt pitched a complete-game four-hitter.
East Rowan 7, Northwest Cabarrus 2: Logan Dyer had two his and three RBI for East Rowan.
Jesse Carson 12, Lake Norman Charter 1: Carson’s Daxton Savage went 3-for-3.
South Rowan 6, West Rowan 3
WESTERN FOOTHILLS 3A
East Lincoln 17, North Iredell 7: Garret Michel slammed two home runs, driving in six runs, and Graham Smiley hit a home run and scored four times.
Fred T. Foard 11, Hickory 1: Braxton Tramel scored three times for the Tigers.
North Lincoln 12, West Iredell 0: The Knights got two hits and four RBI from Reece Moody.
St. Stephens 11, Statesville 0: Silas Icenhour doubled and tripled, knocking in three runs.
Note: In Monday’s regular-season finales, North Lincoln (11-2) is at East Lincoln (10-3), and Fred. T. Foard (10-3) visits St. Stephens (9-4).
ROCKY RIVER 2A-3A
Forest Hills 9, Anson County 0: The Yellow Jackets’ Devin Vogelsang had two hits and three runs.
Parkwood 2, West Stanly 0: The Wolf Pack won the regular-season title (14-1), as Cole Nash pitched a complete-game shutout. West Stanly finished 13-2.
METROLINA ATHLETIC
Hickory Grove Christian 9, Gaston Christian 2: Cole Nelson drove in six runs with two singles and a home run, and Trig Browning added two hits.
CATAWBA VALLEY 2A
Bandys 7, Bunker Hill 1: Bandys (12-2) wrapped up the conference title, as Parker Styburski smacked two home runs and drove in four runs.
East Burke 11, West Caldwell 1
Maiden 6, Newton-Conover 3: Tyler Hedgepth led the Blue Devils with two hits and two RBI’s.
MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS 2A
East Rutherford 12, Polk County 1
Hendersonville 9, Brevard 5
CATAWBA SHORES 1A-2A
Lincoln Charter 12, Christ the King 3: The Eagles won the regular-season title (9-1), as Tyler Steele went 3-for-5, scored twice, and drove in a pair of runs.
Mountain Island Charter 9, Langtree Charter 3
Pine Lake Prep 6, Community School of Davidspon 2: Gage Childers and Jeffrey Greene each drove in two runs, and the Pride finished second (7-3).
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A-2A
Burns 5, Shelby 2: Regular-season champion Burns finished with an 11-1 record.
Cherryville 11, Bessemer City 1
YADKIN VALLEY 1A-2A
Gray Stone Day 21, Albemarle 2: The victors’ Seth Poplin doubled and tripled, driving in four runs.
Mount Pleasant 12, Jay M. Robinson 5
North Stanly 8, Union Academy 0: The Comets (20-1 overall) completed a perfect (10-0) conference campaign.
NONCONFERENCE
Combine Academy 2, Charlotte Catholic 1: John McKillop and Tommy Hoefling each had a pair of hits.
Softball
SOUTHWESTERN 4A
Butler 7, Charlotte Catholic 4 (Game 1): Emma Bosquet led Butler with three hits, while Charlotte Catholic’s Tess Mulligan had two hits and two RBI.
Butler 7, Charlotte Catholic 0 (Game 2): Ashlee Stringer tossed a two-hitter for the Bulldogs, who finished 8-4 in the conference – second behind 11-1 Independence. Ally Snider added three hits and three RBI for Butler.
GREATER METRO 4 4A
Cox Mill 16, South Iredell 6: Cox Mill totaled 17 hits, with Allyson Campbell hitting a pair of triples and driving in five runs.
Hickory Ridge 10, West Cabarrus 0: Hickory Ridge’s Angelina Davies slammed two doubles.
Mooresville 5, Lake Norman 0: Campbell Schaen’s four-hitter helped the Blue Devils (10-2) capture the regular-season title and drop Lake Norman (9-3) into a second-place tie with Hickory Ridge. Ellie Goins and Aurelle Harrell each had two hits for Mooresville.
SOUTHERN CAROLINA 4A
Marvin Ridge 9, Weddington 5: The Mavericks’ Mauri Murray went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs. Weddington’s Layla Manning had three hits.
Piedmont 16, Cuthbertson 0: The Panthers (9-1) finished in a first-place tie with Marvin Ridge. Skye Harrington led the Panthers, going 4-for-4 and driving in four runs.
NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A
Alexander Central 15, Freedom 0: The Cougars (9-1) finished in a first-place tie with South Caldwell, as Faith Carrigan tossed a one-hitter.
Ashe County 13, Watauga 3
South Caldwell 6, Hibriten 1: Kaylee Anderson homered for the Spartans, as they claimed a share of the regular-season title.
SANDHILLS 3A-4A
Hoke County 5, Pinecrest 0
Union Pines 5, Southern Lee 4
BIG SOUTH 3A
North Gaston 16, Hunter Huss 0
SOUTH PIEDMONT 3A
Central Cabarrus 16, Concord 0 (Game 1): The Vikings’ Haylee Salter had two doubles and scored three times.
Central Cabarrus 15, Concord 0 (Game 2): Brantleigh Parrott led the victors with three hits and three runs.
East Rowan 16, Northwest Cabarrus 1 (Game 1)
East Rowan 7, Northwest Cabarrus 0 (Game 2): Kori Miller, Maddie Robert, Liberty Schroeder and Tiffin Jacobs each had three hits in the doubleheader for East Rowan.
Jesse Carson 17, Lake Norman Charter 3: Phoebe Cole led the victors with three hits and two RBI. Lake Norman Charter’s Yana Smith had two hits and two RBI.
West Rowan 14, South Rowan 4: Emma Clarke drove in seven runs for the Falcons.
WESTERN FOOTHILLS 3A
East Lincoln 11, North Iredell 0: Leah Correll pitched a one-hitter and struck out 11, as the Mustangs (18-0, 13-0) clinched the regular-season championship.
North Lincoln 8, West Iredell 0
METROLINA ATHLETIC
Hickory Grove Christian 8, Gaston Christian 0
CATAWBA VALLEY 2A
Bandys 12, Bunker Hill 1: Caroline McIntosh doubled and homered, as Bandys (13-1) finished in a first-place tie with West Lincoln.
East Burke 5, West Caldwell 3
West Lincoln 10, Lincolnton 0
MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS 2A
Brevard 11, Hendersonville 0
East Rutherford 9, Polk County 0
CATAWBA SHORES 1A-2A
Mountain Island Charter 15, Langtree Charter 0: Kaylan Brown doubled, tripled and homered, driving in four runs, and Nora Bryant added a double, homer, and four RBI.
Pine Lake Prep 15, Community School of Davidson 4: The Pride rolled, as Ashley Marchitelli collected three hits.
CENTRAL CAROLINA 1A-2A
West Davidson 12, East Davidson 2
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A-2A
Burns 13, Shelby 1: The Bulldogs wrapped up an 11-1 first-place campaign in the conference.
Cherryville 11, Bessemer City 0: Cherryville finished 10-2 and in second place.
WESTERN HIGHLANDS 1A-2A
C.D. Owen 18, Avery County 1
YADKIN VALLEY 1A-2A
Union Academy 2, North Stanly 0: Gracie Hollingsworth tossed a five-hit shutout and struck out 16.
NONCONFERENCE
Berry Academy 18, East Mecklenburg 9
Forestview 18, East Gaston 8: Forestview’s Lily Smith homered and drove in five runs.
Lincoln Charter 9, Myers Park 0
South Stanly 7, Southwestern Randolphy 1: Mattie Poulos homered and drove in three runs, as South Stanly improved to 20-3.
West Stanly 9, Ledford 1: Teagan Ritch’s three extra-base hits carried the Colts.
Girls’ soccer
SOUTHWESTERN 4A
Butler 3, Rocky River 0: The Bulldogs’ Kendall Hicks scored twice.
Independence 2, Charlotte Catholic 1: Samantha Swinson and Aleisha Lamb each scored for the Patriots, now 9-0-1 in the conference. Catholic’s goal came on a penalty kick by Ashley Saunders.
CISAA
Providence Day 2, Covenant Day 0: The Chargers improved to 7-1 in the conference (good for a tie with Charlotte Latin), as Addy Holgorsen and Blane McElroy each scored goals.
NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A
Freedom 3, Alexander Central 0
Hibriten 6, South Caldwell 0
SANDHILLS 3A-4A
Lee County 3, Richmond Senior 1
Pinecrest 9, Scotland County 0
Union Pines 8, Hoke County 0
BIG SOUTH 3A
North Gaston 3, Hunter Huss 1
South Point 4, Ashbrook 0: South Point (16-0, 12-0) got a shutout from goalkeeper Caitlyn Federation, and Grace Smith totaled a goal and three assists.
SOUTH PIEDMONT 3A
Lake Norman Charter 9, Jesse Carson 0: Eliza Rich (four goals, three assists) and Haven Stanley (three goals, two assists) paced the Knights.
WESTERN FOOTHILLS 3A
Hickory 1, Fred T. Foard 0: First-place Hickory is 10-1 in the conference.
North Lincoln 9, West Iredell 1
St. Stephens 9, Statesville 0
MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS 2A
Brevard 6, Polk County 1
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A-2A
East Gaston 9, Bessemer City 0
NONCONFERENCE
Concord 9, Gray Stone Day 0
Forest Hills 11, A.L. Brown 0
Mountain Island Charter 6, Bradford Prep 1
Queens Grant Charter 4, Mountain Island Day 1
Pine Lake Prep 9, Corvian Community 0: Maddyson Kerly scored five times for the Pride, and Maddy Hiteshue added two goals and two assists.
Statesville Christian 2, Gaston Day 1
The Burlington School 12, Lake Norman Christian 4
Boys’ lacrosse
Providence Day 12, Ravenscroft 5: Alex Jessey had six goals and four assists for the Chargers, and Will Thompson added three goals and two assists.
Steve Lyttle on Twitter: @slyttle
This story was originally published May 2, 2022 at 12:28 PM.