From staff reports

TYRO — After multiple postponements and reschedules, Salisbury’s  girls soccer team played West Davidson in frigid weather on Wednesday.

The contest was a coming-out party for freshman Sutton Webb. Her four goals powered Salisbury (2-0, 1-0) to a 5-0 win over its  arch-rival in the Central Carolina Conference.

“We lost almost 90 goals  from last year’s squad, and Sutton has taken advantage of her opportunity,” Salisbury coach Matt Parrish said. “She works hard and competes every minute of the match.”

Piper Muire scored the other goal for the Hornets on a corner from Lillie Rusher. Assists went to Sydney Hlavacek, Ellen Simons and Muire.

The SHS defense was anchored by Olivia Dagenhart, Elle Kennedy, Rusher and Clara Brown.  Caroline Clark made four saves in goal.

“This was a big contest,” Parrish said. “It is no secret how much respect I have for their coach (Chris Brown) and their program. It is unfortunate that we had to play each other so early in the season and  under such difficult conditions. That being said, any win over WD means something to our girls. We’ve competed so closely for so long that even rising freshman understand the gravity of our rivalry and the importance of each game.”

Salisbury hopes to make  up the Thomasville postponement tonight.

The home opener for the Hornets is Monday against Lexington.

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Rhiannon Kimmer and Madison Henry scored two goals each for South Rowan in a 5-0 Central Carolina Conference win over Ledford on Wednesday.

Henry scored her 93rd and 94th career goals.

Paige Chabala also scored a goal.

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West Rowan won against Mount Pleasant on Wednesday, 8-0.  Lejla Mehmedovic and Mackenna Clifton scored three goals each for the Falcons (1-1).

Lauren Corriher amd Grace Webb scored a goal each. Rustyn Orbison,  Selma Mehmedovic and  Chloe Patterson had two assists each. Lejla Mehmedovic had one assist. Ryley Corriher had the shutout in goal and made five saves.

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Riley Isley, Gracie Thomason, Estefani Perez-Vega and Kayla DeNicholas scored goals for Carson in Tuesday’s 5-4 loss to Robinson.

Sydney Borst assisted on two Carson goals.

Meaghan Puskar had a hat trick for the Bulldogs.

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Abigail Zunk and Anna Teague scored goals for North Hills in Tuesday’s 2-0 win against East Rowan.

Women’s basketball

ANDERSON, S.C.— Catawba saw its women’s basketball season come to an end with a 90-79 loss at top-seeded and 15th-ranked Anderson in a South Atlantic Conference Tournament quarterfinal.

The eighth-seeded Indians (13-15) lost by 40 at Anderson during the regular season, but finished Wednesday’s game with a 15-2 run.

Taisha DeShazo led Catawba with 18 points on 7-for-11 shooting. Freshman Mercedes Wampler added 12 points, with Madison Hallman and Talia Barnes scoring 11 each. Elizabeth Webb, Catawba’s lone senior, tallied eight points in her final game.

Catawba made only nine turnovers and was almost even on the boards with Anderson. Catawba shot 39 percent.

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In the other SAC quarterfinals, sixth-seeded Lincoln Memorial upset Carson-Newman, 80-77, second-seeded Wingate beat Tusculum, 53-47, and  fourth-seeded Lenoir-Rhyne beat Newberry,  69-51.

HS baseball

THOMASVILLE — South Rowan won in 12 innings at East Davidson, taking a 3-1 decision in Wednesday’s Central Carolina Conference game.

South (2-1, 2-1) got three hits from Eli Hiskey. Jarrid Nelson and Nathan Chrismon had two hits each.

Nelson’s infield single plated Chrismon with the decisive run in the 12th, and Bryson Bebber knocked in an insurance run.

Luke Hiskey pitched six strong innings. Nelson was the winner in relief.

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MOUNT PLEASANT — Zeb Burns drove in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning, as Carson beat Mount Pleasant on Wednesday, 5-3, in non-conference  action. Burns, the new shortstop for the Cougars, had two hits.

Cole Hales made the start for the Cougars (2-1) and pitched very well. He lasted into the sixth. Lefty Logan Rogers was strong in relief and got the win.

Dylan Newsome homered for the Tigers (0-3).

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West Rowan won against Mooresville in Wednesday’s non-conference game, 5-2.

Daniel Durham and Carsen Bailey held the Blue Devils to two hits.

Daniel Sell drove in two runs  for West (2-0). Cade Bernhardt had a run-scoring hit.

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NORWOOD — East Rowan won against South Stanly on Wednesday, 7-0, in a non-conference game.

Winning pitcher Jake Hunter struck out 11. Corbin Durham struck out four in two innings.

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Davie County won against the Charlotte Stampede, 7-1, on Wednesday.

Carson Whisenhunt had three hits, and Spencer Nifong was strong on the bump.

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Cox Mill won against A.L. Brown, 8-5, in South Piedmont Conference action on Wednesday. Michael Lewis drove in three runs for the Chargers. Cole Stoker had three hits.

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Chris Villaman, a lefty pitcher who is rated as the top high school prospect in  the state, pitched a no-hitter for Ledford in Tuesday’s 16-0 Central Carolina Conference romp against South Rowan.

Villaman struck out 10 and walked none in the four-inning contest.

Villaman also went 3-for-3 at the plate and drove in four runs.

HS tennis

Salisbury won 9-0 against Central Davidson in Wednesday’s Central Carolina Conference boys tennis match.

Roarke Burton, Sean Archer, Ethan McGee, Leo Schiavinato, Juan Salazar and Parker Chmiel won in straight sets for the Hornets (2-0). Winning doubles teams were Archer/Burton, McGee/ Schiavinato and Chmiel/Salazar.

HS track

Carson’s girls won a five-team track and field meet at South Davidson on Tuesday that also  included West Davidson, Wheatmore and Thomasville.

Carson’s Malia Hughley won the  100 and 200. Brianna Hargrove won the 100 hurdles, Savannah Pless was first in the high jump.

Carson also won the 4×800.

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Carson’s boys scored 133 points to win their meet. Christian Turner won the 300 hurdles, and Carson won the 4×200.

HS boys golf

Medalist Colby Patterson shot 36 to lead East Rowan’s golf team to a win at McCanless in a five-team  event on Tuesday.

Austin Miller shot 39 for the Mustangs. Other East scorers were Ethan Mastro (41) and Alex Miller (44).

Wheatmore’s Brodie Perry shot 38. Ethan Scarborough shot 41 to lead fourth-place Carson.

HS softball

KK Dowling hit a three-run homer as West Rowan beat Mooreville 10-1 to open the season on Wednesday.

Reagan Haggas had three hits for the Falcons and drove in two runs. Hannah Pratt had a two-run triple.  Whitley Arnott had eight strikeouts.

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South Rowan lost to East Davidson on Wednesday in a Central Carolina Conference game, 19-1.

Ashlyn Plott and Makenzie McGuire had two hits each for the Raiders.

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Davie County rolled against South Iredell, 11-1, on Tuesday.

Sydney Smith struck out nine. Shea Woody and Caitlyn Sechrist drove in runs each.

HS basketball

North Rowan’s boys will play at 6 p.m. against Bishop McGuinness at Catawba Valley Community College in Hickory on Saturday in the 1A West regional final.

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Senior all-stars from North and South Carolina will square off in the  Carolinas Classic All-Star Basketball Games held at Hoggard High in Wilmington.

Former North Rowan star and Salisbury-Rowan Hall of Famer Ralph Kitley’s daughter, Elizabeth, will play in the game. She’s a standout at Northwest Guilford and is headed to Virginia Tech.

North Stanly star Bryson Childress, still uncommitted will play for the NC all-stars.

The games are March 23, with the girls game starting at 6 p.m.   Tickets  are available  online and are $10 for adults and $5 for children and students.

Women’s college golf

  Alexandria Bare (South Rowan) shot 76-77 — 153 and tied for eighth in the Low Country Invitational.

Bare led UNC Pembroke to a third-place finish.

Western Michigan won. Catawba tied for eighth.

Sarah Coltrane led Catawba, placing 16th with a 157.

Men’s college golf

Catawba placed fifth out of 10 teams at the Richard Rendleman Invitational men’s golf tournamentatthe Country Club of Salisbury.

Cape Fear Community College rallied with a second-day 285 to win by five shots over Lenoir-Rhyne.

Cape Fear’s Justin Morgan won medalist honors in a playoff with teammate Ryan Graybar.

Cape Fear’s Parker Chavis (South Rowan) shot 74-74 — 148 and tied for 12th.

Tanner Bibey led Catawba. He shot 72-72 — 144 to tie for fourth. Tyler Mulkey (North Rowan) finished  17th at 151.

College baseball

Catawba lost at North Greenville on Wednesday, 7-6. It was a tough loss for the Indians (16-6), as North Greenville rallied to win on a walk-off single by Jared Williams in the ninth.

Joe Butts and Jackson Raper knocked in two apiece for Catawba.

Local golf

GARS members played a Captain’s  Choice at Corbin Hills. The team of Mike Hillard, Mike Sides, Jesse King and Charles Sargent took first place with a minus-6.

Tied for second place  at  minus-5 were the team of Phil Cauble, Gene Cauble, Larry Luther and Jim Howell and the team of Lynn Shook, Ted Weant, Joe Pinyan and Larry Perrell.

The team of Shook, Weant, Pinyan and Perrell won low handicap in a scorecard playoff over the team of Cauble, Cauble, Luther and Howell.

Closest to the pin on No. 2 hole was won by Phil Cauble. Longest putt on No. 9 was made by Bob Turner.

Making eagles on the par-5 No. 6 hole were the team of Shook, Weant, Pinyan and Perrell and the team of Hillard, Sides, King and Sargent.