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Friday, May 14 AUTO RACING 10 a.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Truck Series, pole qualifying for Dover 200, at Dover, Del. 11:30 a.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Autism Speaks 400, at Dover, Del. 1 p.m. ESPN2 — Nationwide Series, final practice for Heluva Good! 200, at Dover, Del. 3 p.m. SPEED — qualifying for Autism Speaks 400 8:30 p.m. SPEED — Truck Series, Dover 200 (tape) GOLF 12:30 p.m. TGC — Nationwide Tour, BMW Charity Pro-Am, second round, at Spartanburg, S.C. 3 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Texas Open MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2:10 p.m. WGN — Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs NHL HOCKEY 7 p.m. VERSUS — Philadelphia at Boston
3A West
Area schedule Friday, May 14 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Playoffs (first round) 5 p.m. Carson at Marvin Ridge (3A) 7 p.m. Concord at East Rowan (3A) South Rowan at Weddington (3A) Salisbury at West Stanly (2A) North Rowan at Cherryville (1A) A.L. Brown at Charlotte Catholic (3A) SW Randolph at NW Cabarrus (3A) Davie at Providence (4A) HIGH SCHOOL TRACK 1A state championships 10 a.m. North Rowan (at N.C. A&T) INTIMIDATORS BASEBALL 7:05 p.m. Delmarva Shorebirds at Kannapolis Saturday, May 15 HIGH SCHOOL TRACK 2A state championships 10 a.m. Salisbury (N.C. A&T) 3A Midwest Regional 11 a.m. NPC teams at East Rowan INTIMIDATORS BASEBALL 7:05 p.m. Delmarva Shorebirds at Kannapolis
Prep tennis Middle schools Erwin 7, Southeast 2 Singles — Faulkenberry (SE) d. Wang 8-0; Allen (E) d. Williams 8-2; Rogers (E) d. Heffner 8-7; Thomas (E) d. Horn 8-2; Taggart (SE) d. Andrews 8-1; Farmer (E) d. Allman 8-0 Doubles — Wang-Rogers (E) d. Faulkenberry-Williams 6-4: Allen-Thomas (E) d. Heffner-Horn 6-2; Andrews-Farmer (E) d. Taggart-Allman 6-0
Prep baseball 4A playoffs First round N. Meck (13-8) at W. Guilford (17-7) S. Meck (16-9) at N. Davidson (19-4) Dudley (17-7) at E. Forsyth (17-7) Mt. Tabor (15-10) at Ardrey Kell (18-8) Glenn (14-11) at West Forsyth (21-4) Ragsdale (16-7) at So. Alamance (20-7) Davie (11-11) at Providence (18-7) SE Guilford (18-5) at SW Guilford (23-4) Mallard Creek (16-8) at West Meck (11-10) Porter Ridge 5, Mooresville 3 Alex. Central (14-10) at S. Caldwell (21-4) Olympic (11-12) at AC Reynolds (14-10) Myers Park (13-11) at Sun Valley (15-10) Hopewell 5, East Meck 3 Lake Norman (15-7) at TC Roberson (16-5) Watauga (16-9) at East Gaston (12-10)
3A playoffs First round Concord (14-11) at East Rowan (23-2) Hickory Ridge (12-11) at Harding (5-16) S. Rowan (15-9) at Weddington (18-7) Ledford (10-10) at Mt. Pleasant (15-10) SW Randolph (13-11) at NW Cabarrus (18-9) Parkwood (14-10) at West Iredell (14-6) A.L. Brown (11-15) at Catholic (19-3) Carson (19-7) at Marvin Ridge (16-8) Burns (6-15) at Crest (17-4) N. Buncombe (12-13) at Hickory (16-10) Forestview (14-7) at Patton (20-4) E. Henderson (15-8) at Enka (18-6) Fred T. Foard (11-14) at South Point (17-4) N. Gaston (14-6) at Tuscola (18-3) St. Stephens (8-14) at R-S Central (12-9)
2A playoffs First round W. Davidson (12-13) at Randleman (19-5) Chase (8-13) at Cuthbertson (16-3) Piedmont (18-8) at Central Davidson (18-6) East Lincoln (17-9) at Trinity (18-7) Salisbury (14-10) at West Stanly (21-6) W. Caldwell (12-12) at North Lincoln (16-7) Forest Hills (13-10) at E. Rutherford (22-2) West Lincoln (11-13) at E. Davidson (16-8) South Stokes (10-14) at Bunker Hill (27-0) Pisgah 2, Starmount 1 Draughn (10-14) at Surry Central (17-8) Brevard (10-12) at Owen (16-6) Mtn. Heritage (8-10) at Wilkes Central (25-1) West Stokes (14-7) at South Iredell (11-11) Forbush (11-10) at Polk County (17-6) Bandys (9-11) at Smoky Mountain (14-6)
1A playoffs First round W. Montgomery (8-14) at S. Stanly (18-9) Chat. Central (9-16) at McGuinness (13-9) North Rowan (10-14) at Cherryville (14-8) East Montgomery (11-11) at Union (5-14) Mt Airy (5-13) at East Surry (22-4) N. Moore (16-9) at Bessemer City (11-11) S. Davidson (8-14) at Cent. Academy (6-14) North Stokes (7-12) at Albemarle (16-9) North Wilkes (7-14) at West Wilkes (15-10) Robbinsville (12-5) at Highlands (4-18) LN Charter (14-7) at Hendersonville (13-7) Elkin (9-13) at Hayesville (12-5) Rosman (13-11) at Hiwassee Dam (15-7) Swain (10-12) at Avery (6-14) Murphy 18, Cherokee 0 Mitchell (4-14) at East Wilkes (13-10)
Prep tennis 2A tournaments Dual-team playoffs Next Tuesday’s third round Holmes (13-5) at Topsail (15-3) D. School of Arts (11-8) at Northwood (13-6) Shelby (15-2) at Salisbury (18-2) Brevard (16-0) at Newton-Conover (22-0)
Individual championships SINGLES First round Jordan Bailey (Topsail) vs. Shaquerze Skinner (Berry Academy); Glenn Palmer (Brevard) vs. Trevor Cox (Northwood); Steven Page (Salisbury) vs. Armando Gonzalez (Tarboro); Jerry Newberg (Cedar Ridge) vs. Zack Huffman (Maiden); Ethan Caudell (St Paul's) vs. Landon Cansler (Maiden); Corey Campbell (Starmount) vs. Tyler Edmundson (Holmes); Austin Adams (Newton-Conover) vs. Gillberto Pannunzil (Franklinton); Blake Pleasants (Topsail) vs. Charles Chisholm (Lexington) Doubles First round Eric Simmons-Colby Chase (Greene Cent) vs. Alex Weant-Seth Gentry (Salisbury); Ray Webb Parker-Ben Cheaney (Shelby) vs. Christian Manhard-Jacky Dufour (Northwood); Alan Lebowitz-Austin Flynn (Salisbury) vs. Andrew Burchins-Kevin Cunningham (Croatan); Gabe Pate-Garret Peedin (North Johnston) vs. Dillion Cervantez-Ryan Lampe (Newton-Conover); Manan Desai-Nick Gardner (Cedar Ridge) vs. John Linkous-Jared Zopp (Draughn); T.J. Lane-Andy Myers (West Davidson) vs. Bill Underwood-Elliot Matthews (Topsail); Will Huggins-Hang Lak Choi (Newton-Conover) vs. Thomas Delafield-Ryan Smith (Northwood); Patrick Gray-Carter Baum (First Flight) vs. Collin Greer-William Howell (Wilkes Central)
First-round games Statesville 6, Hickory Ridge 0 Cox Mill 8, Harding 1 Marvin Ridge 8, West Iredell 0 NW Cabarrus 4, SW Randolph 0 Robinson 6, Ledford 0 West Rowan 6, Parkwood 2 Catholic 4, Mt. Pleasant 0 Weddington 9, North Iredell 0 Kings Mountain 10, R-S Central 0 Hickory 3, North Buncombe 1 Patton 3, South Point 2 (3OT) Franklin 4, Enka 2 Asheville 2, West Henderson 0 St. Stephens 5, Forestview 1 Crest 2, Tuscola 0 Fred T. Foard 3, Burns 1 Second-round games Cox Mill (17-4) at Statesville (16-1-1) NW Cabarrus (14-1-3) at Marvin Ridge (19-0) West Rowan (16-2-2) at Robinson (13-7-1) Weddington (17-3-1) at Catholic (21-0-2) Hickory (16-1-3) at Kings Mtn. (16-6) Franklin (18-3-1) at Patton (13-5-3) St. Stephens (16-5-3) at Asheville (16-8) Fred T. Foard (14-7) at Crest (10-7-3)
2A West First-round games Cuthbertson 1, East Lincoln 0 S. Stokes 3, C. Davidson 0 W. Davidson 4, Lexington 1 Forest Hills 4, E. Davidson 2 (OT) Wilkes Central 3, Surry Central 1 Starmount 3, W. Caldwell 1 Bandys 5, Lincolnton 2 Pisgah 5, Draughn 1 Second-round games Cuthbertson (16-4-1) at Salisbury (17-2-2) S. Stokes (13-5-2) at N. Lincoln (14-5) W. Davidson (16-4-1) at Piedmont (18-2) Forest Hills (11-7) at Shelby (11-4-4) Wilkes Cnt. (15-3-1) at S. Iredell (15-3-2) Starmount (11-9-1) at W. Stokes (11-7-2) Bandys (16-3) at Forbush (22-0) Pisgah (7-8) at Polk County (14-8)
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North soccer completes strong season Staff report
North Rowan’s girls soccer team capped a strong season with a long-awaited playoff appearance. The Cavaliers fell 2-0 on Wednesday night against YVC rival North Moore, which scored twice late in the second half. North Moore is ranked seventh in the latest 1A TAFFA poll. “The girls have improved tremendously, learned to play as a team and showed tremendous fighting spirit in all of their matches,” coach Amina Taffa said. The Cavaliers finished fourth in the YVC, entered the playoffs as a wild card and completed the season with eight victories. SOKOLOWSKI North had three players — Meredith Sokolowski, Jade Lomax and Daisy Lemke — make the all-conference team.
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North Rowan’s girls soccer team won eight times and made the 1A playoffs.
College baseball D-II SE Regional Thursday’s games (3) GCSU 4, (4) Mount Olive 3 (2) Columbus State 5, (5) Catawba 0 (6) Erskine 4, (1) Francis Marion 3 Friday’s games Mount Olive vs. Catawba, 11 a.m. Georgia C&S vs. Francis Marion, 3 p.m. Columbus St. vs. Erskine, 7 p.m. Saturday’s games TBD Sunday’s games TBD
NBA Playoffs CONFERENCE FINALS Sunday, May 16 Boston at Orlando, 3:30 p.m. Monday, May 17 Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 18 Boston at Orlando, 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 19 Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m. Saturday, May 22 Orlando at Boston, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, May 23 L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 8:30 p.m. Monday, May 24 Orlando at Boston, 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 25 L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Thursday’s box Celtics 94, Cavaliers 85 CLEVELAND (85) James 8-21 9-12 27, Jamison 2-10 1-2 5, O’Neal 4-7 3-6 11, M.Williams 8-18 5-5 22, Parker 2-4 1-2 7, West 0-2 3-4 3, Varejao 2-7 2-2 6, Ilgauskas 1-2 0-0 2, Moon 1-2 0-1 2, Hickson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-73 24-34 85. BOSTON (94) Pierce 4-13 2-2 13, Garnett 11-19 0-0 22, Perkins 1-1 4-8 6, Rondo 9-15 3-7 21, R.Allen 2-8 4-4 8, T.Allen 3-8 4-6 10, Wallace 4-8 3-4 13, Davis 0-3 1-2 1, Finley 0-2 0-0 0, Daniels 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-77 21-33 94. Cleveland 22 27 18 18 — 85 Boston 25 26 25 18 — 94 3-Point Goals—Cleveland 5-17 (Parker 2-3, James 2-4, M.Williams 1-4, Moon 0-1, West 0-1, Varejao 0-1, Jamison 0-3), Boston 5-17 (Pierce 3-5, Wallace 2-4, Finley 0-1, Rondo 0-1, T.Allen 0-1, R.Allen 0-5). Rebounds— Cleveland 59 (James 19), Boston 51 (Garnett 12). Assists—Cleveland 17 (James 10), Boston 24 (Rondo 12). Fouls—Cleveland 22, Boston 26. Technicals—O’Neal, Cleveland defensive three second, Perkins, Wallace, Boston defensive three second. A—18,624.
NHL Playoffs CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS Friday, May 14 Philadelphia at Boston (Game 7), 7 p.m.
Transactions BASEBALL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL—Suspended Washington INF Seth Bynum (Syracuse-IL) for 50 games for testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug in violation of the minor league drug and treatment program. American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Fired manager Trey Hillman. Named Ned Yost manager. NEW YORK YANKEES—Recalled 1B Juan Miranda from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre ( IL) . Optioned INF Kevin Russo to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Assigned 3B Shawn Bowman outright to New Hampshire (EL). National League FLORIDA MARLiNS—Recalled C Brett Hayes from New Orleans (PCL). Optioned OF Bryan Petersen to New Orleans. BASKETBALL WNBA CONNECTICUT SUN—Signed coach Mike Thibault to a contract extension through the 2012 season. FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS—Released TE Leroy Banks. NEW YORK JETS—Signed G Marlon Davis and C Robby Felix. Waived G Keith Buckman and C Michael Parenton. HOCKEY National Hockey League MINNESOTA WILD—Signed F Jean-Michel Daoust to a one-year contract. PHOENIX COYOTES—Traded the rights to RW Jared Staal to Carolina for a 2010 fifth-round draft pick. SOCCER Major League Soccer FC DALLAS—Announced F Milton Rodriguez will join the team on July 15. SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC—Signed D Jeff Parke. COLLEGE BIG 12 CONFERENCE—Granted medical hardship waivers to Texas men’s basketball G Varez Ward and F Shawn Williams for the 2009-10 season. ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE—Named Hunter Royer baseball coach. APPALACHIAN STATE—Named Rick Scruggs, Bobby Kummer and Justin Gainey men’s assistant basketball coaches. FORDHAM—Named Van Macon men’s associate head basketball coach, David Duke and Michael Kelly men’s assistant basketball coaches, John Corso director of men’s basketball operations and Mike DePaoli video coordinator. KENTUCKY—Reassigned men’s assistant basketball coach Rod Strickland to operations administrator. Announced deputy athletics director Rob Mullens will also serve men’s basketball administrator. POST, CONN.—Named Al Sokaitis men’s basketball coach. WAKE FOREST—Named Dan Ficke assistant coordinator of men’s basketball operations. WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN—Named Patrick Holguin women’s soccer coach.
Baseball playoffs kick into full swing Staff report
First-round baseball playoff games are set for tonight with five county teams, A.L. Brown, Northwest Cabarrus and Davie in action. Six of those eight teams must get on a bus. All games are expected to start at 7 p.m., with the exception of Carson’s game at Marvin Ridge. The Waxhaw-based Mavericks don’t have lights, so first pitch is set for 5 p.m. It’s hard to believe West Rowan isn’t headed somewhere. The Falcons were one of just two teams to beat East Rowan this season, but they didn’t qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2002. NPC champion East Rowan (23-2) is at home at Staton Field to face SPC No. 4 Concord in a 3A contest. East is expected to send right-handed UNC Pembroke signee Thomas Allen (8-1, 1.59 ERA, 67 Ks) to the mound. East doesn’t have its usual power (catcher Luke Thomas has hit five of the team’s nine homers), but deep pitching and tight defense make the Mustangs a threat to make a nice run. Players to watch for Concord include leadoff man Dylan Pack, shortstop/pitcher Eric Brenk and slugging catcher Corey Smith. No. 4 NPC seed South Rowan goes to Weddington to face a No. 1 seed. Senior lefty Dylan Walker (6-3, 2.44 ERA, 50 Ks) is certain to go to the bump for the Raiders. South shortstop Maverick Miles (seven homers, .587 average) is a likely draft pick. Center fielder Blake Houston (.481), a Catawba signee, has been red-hot. For South fans going to Weddington, AD Danny Crosby offered these directions: Take I-85 South. Get on 485 South (exit 48, go toward Rock Hill). Take Exit 57 off 485 (NC16/Providence Road, toward Weddington). Go left on Providence Road for 2.8 miles. Turn left onto Weddington road and proceed about 3 miles. The school address is 4901 Monroe-Weddington Rd. If there’s a game everyone’s talking about, it’s No. 3 seed Carson’s long trip to Marvin Ridge, a No. 2 seed, Several neutral coaches have remarked that they’d pay to see that first-round matchup. Two good teams. One of them’s going to be eliminated right away. Senior lefty Jesse Park (6-2, 2.72 ERA, 52 Ks) is the likely hurler for the Cougars. Carson junior shortstop Gunnar Hogan has 34 RBIs. Second baseman
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Carson’s Kyle Bridges inches down the line as East infielder Noah Holmes gets set. Julio Zubillaga, a Catawba signee, anchors the defense. Salisbury, the CCC No. 3 seed, has a tough assignment in 2A against Rocky River No. 1 West Stanly. But it wasn’t that long ago — 2006 to be exact — that the Hornets shocked a 24-2 West Stanly team in a first-round matchup. Lefty Philip Tonseth (4-2, 3.71 ERA) is a potential starter for the Hornets. First baseman Jeremy Forbis (.432) and shortstop John Knox (.342, three homers) have been offensive leaders . North Rowan got into the 1A playoffs as a wild card and travels to Cherryville. Lefty Josh Price (5-1) has been North’s most effective pitcher. Outfielder Matt Mauldin (.477) and shortstop Wesley Barker (.444) are enjoying banner offensive seasons. A.L. Brown visits Charlotte Catholic, a bitter football rival. Wonders coach Empsy Thompson quipped Thursday that
he hopes the Cougars won’t come out in the Wing-T. The Wonders, No. 5 seed out of the SPC, are obvious underdogs, but Catawba signee John J. Tuttle (6-2, 1.60 ERA, 62 Ks) will be on the mound. Brown has a chance against anyone when the lean right-hander pitches. Senior infielder Wesley Honeycutt sparks the offense. Surging Northwest Cabarrus (18-9), the SPC No. 1 seed, is home against Southwestern Randolph. Sophomore Corey Seager and seniors Justin Seager and John Wallace lead an explosive squad that has five quality arms and is one of the hottest teams around. Davie (11-11) is an underdog at Providence in the 4A playoffs, but the War Eagles have played better of late. Power-hitting catcher Jacob Barber and shortstop Carson Herndon swing big bats for the War Eagles. Both are juniors.
Intimidators claim shutout win over Delmarva Jones was a defensive standout, catch- Blankenbeker and Chase Almond made ing and playing shortstop in addition to the All-YVC team. Benson was named YVC Player of the The Kannapolis Intimidators beat the pitching. Year, and Gray Stone coach Gregg McColDelmarva Shorebirds 5-0 on Thursday. lister was runner-up for coaching honors. Terry Doyle pitched another gem, strik- SH golf tournament ing out 10 and allowing two hits in seven Sacred Heart will hold its 10th Annual Rowan Rage softball innings. Daniel Wagner (South Rowan) went 1- Golf Tournament and Basket Raffle Blitz The Rowan Rage 10-under girls fastfor-3 and knocked in one run. Kevin complete with NFL alumni on Saturday, pitch softball team finished second in the May 15, at Crescent. Dubler went 2-for-2. Buffalo’s Bobby Parnell (East Rowan) Some alumni will be signing auto- Top Gun Spring World Series and also pitched well on Thursday. He finished off graphs. placed second in the Top Gun Magnificent a 6-1 win against Louisville. Two scoreless A number of NFL alumni are available 8 Tournament in the B Division. innings lowered his ERA to 4.26. Rage players are Breeanna Medlin, to play golf with. The list includes Adrian New Britain’s Spencer Steedley Murrell, Tim McKyer, Ken Walter, Eddie Meagan Kepley, Anna Shafer, Allysa Van(East) hasn’t pitched since May 5. Moore, Jay Foreman, Phillip Crosby, hoy, Madison Trexler, Haley Cole, McKen Kyle Seager (NW Cabarrus) hit his Shane Burton, Colin Branch, Dennis Tripp, zie Trimmer, Ashlyn Ellenburg, Valerie second homer of the season for High Craig Thompson, Larry Hand, Donnel Lambert, Ashlyn Fritz, McKenzie CrawDesert on Thursday. Woolford, Donnie Shell, Lance Smith, Carl- ford and Gracie Honeycutt. Jerry Sands (Catawba) had a double ton Bailey, Natrone Means, Mike Barber Coaches are Mitch Medlin, Mike Mills, for Great Lakes in a 5-4 loss to Dayton on and Mike Morton. Jeff Trexler, Trish Cole and Chelsea Thursday. You can get more information and reg- White. ister on-line at golf@salisburycatholic.org. From staff reports
Middle school baseball
Dick wins award
Knox picked up its first baseball win of Albemarle’s Corey Dick is this week’s the season on Thursday with a 12-6 victoNC STEP No Spit All-Star of the Week. ry against North Rowan. Pitchers Riley Myers and Ryan Jones Dick is hitting .546 with 10 home runs and 44 RBIs. combined to strike out 12 Mavericks. Myers had a huge game, belting two three-run homers and driving in seven. YVC golf Brandon Ralston went 3-for-4 with two Gray Stone golfers Erik Benson, Chad RBIs for the Trojans, who had 10 hits.
Basketball camp
North Rowan varsity girls basketball coach Tony Hillian will direct a camp on June 22-24 from 8-12:30 daily at the North Rowan High Gym. Each session begins promptly at 8:30 a.m. and will consist of four hours of fundamental skill training. The fee is $25 per camper. Contact Hillian at 704-202-7275 or tonyhillian@gmail.com.