Rain postpones Wednesday’s South Meck-Providence soccer, moves football games, too

Wednesday’s highly anticipated high school soccer match between unbeaten South Mecklenburg and unbeaten Providence has been postponed because portions of Providence’s football field are underwater.

The game will be played Tuesday, Oct. 13 at Providence.

South Mecklenburg (9-0-1, 5-0 SoMeck 8) is ranked No. 4 in the N.C. 4A coaches poll. Providence (9-0-1, 4-0) is No. 5.

Providence has its homecoming with West Mecklenburg in football scheduled for Friday night at 7.

▪ Hurricane Joaquin has the potential to bring heavy rain to Charlotte Wednesday night and Thursday and more heavy rain is expected this weekend.

In the Charlotte area, rain chances stand at 60 percent Wednesday night and Thursday, 50 percent Thursday night and 70 percent Friday and Saturday.

▪ So far only a few high school football games have been affected: Friday’s Mallard Creek at Hopewell game was moved to Mallard Creek, which has a turf field. The teams are trying to protect the grass field at Hopewell, which has absorbed lots of water in the past week. East Mecklenburg’s home game with Butler has been moved to Garinger, which has artificial turf. East Meck-Butler will kick Friday at 7 at Garinger High.

Also, two games have been moved to Thursday: Piedmont at West Stanly, 6:30 p.m.; Mount Pleasant at Northwest Cabarrus, 6:30

Notes/Roundup

Providence Day field hockey 4, Charlotte Catholic 0: Lily Norris recorded the shutout for the Chargers, who had goals from Grayson Buben, Abby Scully, Celine Ives and Sara Cotsakis.

SouthLake Christian volleyball raises $1,620 on Dig Pink Night: SouthLake’s middle school, junior varsity and varsity teams recently gave a $1,620 check to Trina Law, wife of Dean of Students and cross-country coach Donovan Law, after hosting Dig Pink Night Sept. 8. That night, SouthLake hosted Concord First Assembly and SouthLake’s players wore pink uniforms and decorated the gym in pink in an effort to raise money for breast cancer awareness.

The event was part of a larger fundraiser to support Trina Law, who is batting cancer. The school also plans a 5K and Fun Run fundraiser Oct. 17.

Northside Christian forfeits Friday’s game: Northside Christian has forfeited Friday’s high school football game to Hickory Grove Christian. Hickory Grove will now have a bye and play at SouthLake Oct. 2. Hickory Grove will play at SouthLake Christian Friday. Pine Lake Prep canceled Friday’s scheduled game with SouthLake.

Great grab from SouthLake’s Kevin Wharton: Last Friday, SouthLake Christian’s Kevin Wilson made a remarkable one-handed catch in triple coverage. Wharton is a basketball player who decided to play football at the last minute. He moved to the Charlotte-area from Pennsylvania to focus on basketball but SouthLake officials said he is developing nicely as a football prospect. He had five catches for 97 yards last week against Rabun Gap.

Tuesday’s Top Performers

Rhea Bhagia, Providence Day and Emy Pickens, Charlotte Country Day girls’ golf: Players shared medalist honors at a two-team match at Cedarwood Country Club. Both players shot a 43 over nine holes. Providence Day won 138-144.

Riley Harrison, Charlotte Country Day field hockey: Eight saves in a 1-0 win over Charlotte Latin. Kathryn Holland scored for the Bucs. Country Day improved to 8-0. Latin fell to 7-1.

Avery Hunter, Charlotte Country Day girls’ tennis: No. 1 singles player beat Covenant Day’s Anna Daniels 6-2, 6-4 and teamed with Kendall Addison to win No. 1 doubles 8-5 over Daniels and Madison Wall.

Luke Irwin, Charlotte Christian soccer: Three goals and two assists in a 5-1 win over Concord’s Cannon School. Christian scored four goals in 20 minutes.

Rachel Marthinsen, Charlotte Catholic girls tennis: No. 1 singles player sparked a 9-0 win over West Meck. She won her singles match 6-0, 6-0 and teamed with Megan Leonard to win 10-0 in doubles.

This story was originally published September 30, 2015 at 12:36 PM with the headline "Rain postpones Wednesday’s South Meck-Providence soccer, moves football games, too."