From staff reports

Want to sit next to Catawba College women’s basketball head coach Terrence Baxter during the Feb. 22 Senior Day game against Lincoln Memorial?

You’ve got your chance.

Catawba’s “Coach for a Day” promotion is offering the chair to Baxter’s left to the highest bidder.

Bidding starts at $500 and will go up in increments of $50.

All bids should be presented to Coach Baxter by 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, via email at tlbaxter13@catawba.edu, with all proceeds going to the women’s basketball program.

HS wrestling

West Rowan is wrestling in the 3A dual team state championships.

The first two rounds are being held tonight.

West Rowan (21-4) is taking on unbeaten host West Henderson in the first round.

If West Rowan wins, it will battle the North Gaston-Cuthbertson winner in  a second-round match.

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Davie County is wrestling tonight in the 4A dual team state playoffs.

Davie is wrestling at Mooresville. Davie takes on Ardrey Kell in the first round. If Davie wins, it will wrestle the Mooresville-Porter Ridge winner.

HS swimming

Carson’s boys scored 13 points in the 3A West Regional held at Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center.

Cooper Sever was 13th in the 200 IM and 12th in the 100 butterfly. The 400 free  relay team of Matthew Epley, TJ Jones, Cole Dixon and Sever was 15th.

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Salisbury and South Rowan have qualified swimmers for Thursday’s 1A/2A state meet in Cary.

Salisbury’s Emily Knorr is the top seed in two events.

HS basketball

There’s a full schedule of basketball tonight.

Central Carolina

With four games left in the regular season, Salisbury’s girls (18-1) are 14-0 in the CCC. They take on second-place Ledford (14-4, 12-2) at home tonight.

• It’s also an important game for the Salisbury boys (12-7, 9-5), who are trying to finish third in the 10-team league.

Ledford (11-8, 8-6) also is in the fight for third. One of Ledford’s best players is Tyler Partee, whose father, Jonathan, was a standout athlete at Salisbury High (late 1980s) and Catawba.

• Both South Rowan teams will be looking for upsets at Thomasville.

The South boys have won their last two.

North Piedmont

There’s another big girls game in the NPC tonight as Carson (17-3, 5-1) hosts East Rowan (16-4, 4-2).

Carson has won 10 straight against the Mustangs, including matchups this season at East and in the Christmas tournament.

All four of East’s losses have been to county opponents.

  • West Rowan’s girls (17-2, 5-1)  are tied with Carson for first place. The Falcons are on the road tonight at South Iredell.

• West Rowan’s boys (11-7, 5-1) are in first place and hold a one-game lead over Statesville and North Iredell. South Iredell (5-14, 2-4) is dangerous at home and knocked off Carson last week.

• Carson’s boys (10-10, 3-3) have endured a rough stretch but are favored against the Mustangs tonight. East’s only two wins   are against county opponents — South and North.

Yadkin Valley

Friday’s postponement of North Rowan’s trip to North Moore has left the Cavaliers (12-6, 10-2) with a challenging schedule.

They’ll make their two longest YVC trips  tonight (at league-leading Chatham Central) and Wednesday (the makeup game at North Moore) back-to-back.

North’s boys also have games scheduled for Friday, Saturday, Monday and next Tuesday, so they’ll be playing six games in eight days unless there’s a schedule change.

North still has YVC title hopes but has to win at Chatham Central tonight. Chatham Central drilled the Cavaliers in Spencer last week.

• North Rowan’s girls (14-6, 10-2) are still holding on to second place in the YVC. The key game for them this week is Friday at unbeaten Gray Stone.

South Piedmont

A.L. Brown’s boys (14-5, 4-2) are tied for second in the SPC, but it’s an unusual tie for second.

The Wonders have lost twice to Concord, but they’ve beaten first-place Cox Mill.

A.L. Brown hosts Northwest Cabarrus tonight. A.L. Brown nipped the Trojans earlier on the road.

For the A.L. Brown girls (7-12, 3-3), this is a battle for third place. The Wonders lost the first meeting.

Central Piedmont

Davie is at home tonight against West Forsyth.

Davie’s boys (12-6, 3-2)   are only one game behind first-place R.J. Reynolds.

College track

North Carolina A&T’s Payton Russell (North Rowan) has recovered from hamstring injuries and ran on the  winning 4×400 relay team (3:36.72) in USC’s Carolina Challenge.

The Aggie women are in the  top 10 nationally in that event.

Individually, Russell placed 11th in the 400 and 13th in the 200.

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UNC Wilmington’s Mikaila Gadson (Carson) was third in the 400 meters in the Roanoke Invitational.

College softball

SALISBURY — Catawba swept a doubleheader from Columbus State on Sunday at Whitley Field.

Catawba (4-0) won 3-2 in extra innings in the first game. Brooke Walser pitched into the eighth inning and struck out nine. Madison Hunter got the win when Catawba rallied for two runs in the bottom of the eighth. Kayla Pederson had a walk-off single.

• Catawba scored two runs in the sixth to break a tie and won the second game, 3-1.

Jordan Dean, Gracie Gibson and Riley Tucker had doubles in the sixth. Preston Ellenberg pitched the first five innings. Hunter pitched the sixth and seventh for another win.

Catawba plays at Georgia College on Friday.

College baseball

TAMPA, Fla. — Catawba rolled 12-3 against St. Leo on Sunday for its first win of the season.

Catawba (1-2) got its offense untracked and pounded 17 hits.

Luke Spiva had four hits, while Zack Miller had three hits and three RBIs. Both are newcomers who transferred to Catawba.

Hunter Shepherd allowed three hits and one run in five innings. He also had three hits at the plate.

Catawba is at home  Saturday for a noon doubleheader against West Virginia State.

Mid. school girls

Erwin won 19-14 against North Rowan.  Sadie Featherstone, Savannah Wise, Graci Barber and Alli Corl all scored four points for Erwin.

Aubrey Martin led the Mavericks with six points.

• Corriher-Lipe won 37-8 vs. Southeast. Addie Plott scored nine points. Meredith Faw and McKenzie Menius scored seven each. Laney Beaver had six.