From staff reports

SHELBY — Salisbury’s boys soccer team lost 4-3 in overtime at Shelby on Saturday in the second round of the 2A state playoffs.

The Hornets (16-8) led 1-0 at halftime and moved ahead 2-0 early in the second half on a pair of goals by Chris Portillo,  but the Golden Lions came back to tie the match at 2-all with seven minutes left in regulation.

Shelby went up 4-2 in the overtimes  before Juan Salazar scored a goal for the Hornets.

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Gray Stone advanced in the 1A playoffs on Saturday with a 3-0 win against Highland School of Technology.

Third-seeded Gray Stone had a first-round bye  and will host No. 11 Bishop McGuinness in the  third round.

HS football

Carson lost at South Iredell on Friday, 51-21, to close the season.

The Cougars (2-9) got two rushing touchdowns from Alex London.

Hunter Courtney rushed 14 times for 126 yards and a touchdown.

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West Rowan, North Rowan, Salisbury, A.L. Brown and Davie are in the   playoff brackets that were released on Saturday by the NCHSAA.

North Rowan (8-3) is in the 1AA East bracket, which will be something new.

As the No. 4 seed, the Cavaliers have a first-round bye and will host the Princeton-East Carteret winner in a second-round game on Nov. 22.

No. 5 seed Princeton (9-1)  was undefeated before it lost Friday night.

Powerhouse Tarboro, perennial state champ, is the No. 1 seed in the bracket. If North Rowan wins in the second round, it’s next destination would be Tarboro.

Yadkin Valley Conference teams North Stanly and South Stanly also went to the East bracket and will play each other in the first round in New London.

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West Rowan is the No. 9 seed in the 3A West bracket, not as strong a seed as the Falcons had anticipated.

That means a first-round road game in Morganton against No. 8 Freedom on Nov. 15. Both teams are 7-4.

Crest is the No. 1 seed in the bracket. Assuming the Chargers win in the first round, they’d be hosting the West-Freedom winner in the second round.

Unbeaten Statesville, which edged West Rowan in overtime on Friday, is the No. 2 seed in the bracket.

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Salisbury is the No. 7 seed in the 2AA East bracket. The Hornets will be hosting No. 10 Mount Pleasant in the first round.

Mount Pleasant is only  4-7 but upset West Stanly on Friday to tie for second place in the Rocky River and owned the tiebreaker over West Stanly for the five-team league’s second berth in the state playoffs.   

Most of the Central Carolina Conference teams went to the East. North Davidson, Ledford and Oak Grove are also in Salisbury’s bracket.

Unbeaten Randleman is the No. 1 seed in the bracket.

Being placed in the East, unusual, but not unprecedented, for Salisbury, the Hornets (9-2) would likely be headed to the coast if they make it to the second round. Washington is the No. 2 seed. Washington is 232 miles from Salisbury.

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A.L. Brown (7-3) is the No. 10 seed in the 3AA West bracket.

The Wonders will be on the road to the Asheville area in the first round. They’ll play at No. 7 T.C. Roberson (5-6).

T.C. Roberson got third place in a nine-team league,  so it got an automatic berth for the playoffs. That’s why it has a better seed than the Wonders, an at-large team.

Weddington, the No. 1 seed in the bracket, is hosting No. 16 South Iredell.

Cox Mill is No. 4 and Northwest Cabarrus is No. 5, so they could potentially meet — for the third time this season — in the second round.

Central Cabarrus is No.  11.

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Davie is in the 4A West bracket as the No. 7 seed.

The War Eagles (6-5) will host No. 10 West Meck  (6-4).

Grimsley is the No. 1 seed in the bracket.  East Forsyth is No. 2.

  

HS cross country

South Rowan’s boys cross country team placed 10th in the 2A State Championships held at  Kernersville’s Ivey Redmon Park on Saturday.

Noah Julian ran 16:38 to lead the Raiders. He was 18th. Nolan Miller (17:55),  Landon Cromer (17:58), Ian Waugh (18:05) and Trent Rivers (18:54) were the other scorers for the Raiders.  Corey Snodgrass (19:50) and Tyler Sheets (20:35) rounded out South’s team.

North Lincoln’s boys won with a score off 44. Oak Grove was the top Central Carolina Conference team, finishing eighth. North Lincoln’s Jason Thomson won in 15:40.

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In the 3A boys race, Carson’s Zac Barbee ran 17:15 and was 65th. A.L. Brown’s Onsemo Rosas was 72nd.

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In the 3A girls race, Carson’s team was 19th. Taylor Conrad ran 21:14 to lead the Cougars. Other scorers were Camden Corley (21:48), Carly Green (22:17), Kimberly Barrera (22:54) and Makayla Borst (23:09).

Rounding out the Carson team were Victoria Lemasters (23:41) and Megan Deal (23:46).

East Rowan’s Adalie Harrison, an individual qualifier, led Rowan runners with a time of 20:39. She finished 78th.

North Iredell’s Jonna Strange won the race in 17:57. Cuthbertson won the team competition.

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In the 4Agirls race, Davie’s Emerson Frantz was 31st in 19:47.

HS volleyball

Chapel Hill beat West Henderson 26-28, 25-20, 25-23 and 25-11  to win the 3A state championship on Saturday in Fayetteville.

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In the 2A championship, Fred T. Foard swept  Ayden-Grifton on Saturday.

Foard beat South Rowan in the fourth round.

  

Women’s soccer

Fourth-seeded Catawba lost to Lincoln Memorial, 3-1, in a South Atlantic Conference Tournament quarterfinal game.

Callie Hammond scored for the Indians at Frock Field.

College cross country

Catawba’s Hannah Mercer (22:49, 6K) and Matthew Fowler (32:30, 8K) made the all-region teams with their performances on Saturday at Wingate.

Catawba men’s hoops

FLORENCE, S.C. — Devin Cooper scored 21 points to lead Catawba’s men to an 86-72 win at Francis Marion (0-2) on Saturday.

Catawba (1-1) bounced back from an overtime loss to UNC Pembroke on Saturday.

Marcell Haskett made four  3-pointers and scored 16. Larry McLeod had 13, while Ben Zemonek came off the bench for 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Catawba shot 19-for-23 on free throws and had a rebounding advantage.

CATAWBA (86) — Cooper 21, Haskett 16, McLeod 13, Zemonek 11, Z. Matthews 9, Whitfield 6, Constantine 6, Lilly 2, L. Robinson 2, Johnson, Prophete.

FMU (72) — Hill 23, Smith 21, K. Matthews 15, Wall 9, Cox 2, J. Robinson 2.

Catawba 44   42   — 86

FMU         33   39   — 72

Catawba women

NEWBERRY, S.C. — Catawba’s women’s basketball rolled again on Saturday, beating Erskine 77-58.

Lauren Ford and Talia Barnes, who shot 7-for-9, scored 14  each for the Indians. Shemya Stanback (A.L. Brown) had 13 points, while Taisha DeShazo scored 10.

Lyrik Thorne made three of Catawba’s 11 3-pointers.

Catawba never trailed and had a 23-17 edge in forcing turnovers.

ERSKINE (58) — Matson 12, Sales 11, Scott 10, Bell 8, Gay 6, Adams 3, Corry 3, Jones 3, Whitt 2.

CATAWBA (77) — Ford 14, Barnes 14, Stanback 13, DeShazo 10, Thorne 9, Hallman, Sawyers 5,  Garris 4, McIntosh 2, Wampler, Phillips, Tucker, Stevenson.

Erskine       15    18  10    15   — 58

Catawba    25    11   17    24  — 77

Livingstone men

Livingstone’s men’s basketball team put five in double figures, but the Blue Bears were outscored 99-93 by host West Virginia State on Saturday in the Earl Lloyd Classic.

The Blue Bears (1-1) got 20 points from Lydell Elmore, who shot 10-for-13 and also grabbed 13 rebounds. Navar Elmore had 12 points and 12 boards.

Roger Ray had 15 points, while Cameron Carpenter and Martel Handley added 10 apiece.

West Virginia State (2-0) shot 52.3 percent and got 27 points from Glen Abram.

LIVINGSTONE (93) — L. Elmore 20, Ray 15, N. Elmore 12, Carpenter 10, Handley 10, Parker 7, Patterson 5, Smith 4, McRae 4, Tate 2, Fykes 2, Leach 2, Dupree.

W. VIRGINIA STATE (99) — Abram 27, Watkins 15, Pittman 13, Moore 11, Hagins 11, Dawson 8,  Seals 5, Noel 4, Agyemang 3, Thomas 2.

Livingstone  43   50  —  93

WV State       48   51   — 99

College baseball

Former Carson athlete Clayton Gilmore announced a commitment to Coker’s baseball program on Saturday.

College volleyball

Morgan Hester (Carson) had 50 assists and 11 digs as Catawba won against Newberry on Saturday.

Claire Kellum had 23 kills for the Indians (7-17).

YFL

South Rowan (grades 5-6) and Granite-Faith (grades 2-4) won Super Bowl championships at South Rowan High on Saturday.

West Rowan’s teams were runners-up.

Women’s hoops

Bryanna Troutman (Salisbury) had 9 points, 6 rebounds, 3 blocks in Wingate’s 68-59 win against Georgia College on Saturday.

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McKenzie Gadson (Carson) had eight rebounds for Anderson in Saturday’s 68-61 win against Clayton State.