From staff reports
Newsday reported Bobby Parnell (East Rowan) shattered a bat swung by All-Star shortstop Jose Reyes from the barrel to the knob with a sinking fastball in an intrasquad game at the New York Mets spring training complex in St. Lucie, Fla., last week.
Parnell is attempting to add a fourth pitch to his mid-90s fastball-slider-changeup arsenal. He’s working with pitching coach Dan Warthen and reliever J.J. Putz on reviving his split-fingered fastball, a pitch he hasn’t used since his college days at Charleston Southern.
Parnell either will make the Mets as a reliever or go to Triple-A Buffalo (the weather won’t be pleasant there in April) as a starter.
– All-CCC teams
Salisbury’s Garrison Stevens, Madi Ralston, Shelby Carrion, Carley Drye, Katie Canipe and Molly Robinson earned spots on the All-CCC girls swim team.
Stevens was named CCC Swimmer of the Year. West Davidson’s Kelly Ann Baird was runner-up.
SHS swimmer Andrew McCollister made the boys All-CCC team.
* Salisbury’s Joseph Figueroa, Tre Jackson and Dontarious Mills were All-CCC wrestlers.
– College baseball
Catawba’s scheduled game at Carson-Newman was rained out Sunday and isn’t expected to be rescheduled.n UNC Pembroke’s Rudy Brown (South Rowan) wasn’t sharp Sunday, but he picked up his second win of the young season.
The big left-hander pitched three innings of relief and allowed four runs. He struck out four in a 10-7 victory over Francis Marion.
– College basketball
Wesley Honeycutt (South Rowan) hit two 3s for Davidson Community College in an 82-69 loss against Caldwell on Saturday.
– Homeschool Stallions
The Cabarrus-Rowan Homeschool Stallions varsity girls and jayvee boys basketball teams advanced to the state tournament in Greensboro.
– The jayvee boys took the Western title with a 60-58 win over Asheville in the final. James Dare scored 19 for the Stallions.
The jayvees also beat Greensboro 62-46 behind 14 points from John Clay and 13 from Jacob Nelson.
Clay, Nelson and Andrew Kelley were named to the all-tournament team.
– The varsity girls lost to Surry 65-53 in the regional championship game. Hannah Holm led the Stallions with 23 points, and Ruth Ann Thomas added 14. Both were named all-tournament.
Holm, Thomas and Nikki Milo were all-conference selections.
– In a consolation game, the Stallion varsity boys lost to Surry 72-61. Kyle Kiker scored 23, Christian Hicks 12 and K.P. Hicks 10.
Christian Hicks made the all-tournament team. Hicks and Tim Coleman were named all-conference, while Hicks was co-MVP in the western half of the state.
– The middle school boys won a consolation game against Davidson 39-16 as Jordan Long scored 10 points. Long made all-tournament.
The middle school boys finished their season 10-13.
– Sacred Heart hoops
Sacred Heart’s girls repeated as CCISAA tournament champions.
The Dolphins beat Community Baptist 38-32 in the championship game, Kelly Dulkoski had 13 points, five steals and five assists. Alison Sobataka had eight points and five steals. Laney Gokey and Katelyn Storey added five points each. Storey had six rebounds.
In earlier tourney games, Sacred Heart (27-5) topped Hickory Christian 59-11 and Covenant Christian 31-19. Making all-tournament were MVP Dulkoski, Gokey and Sobataka.
* Sacred Heart’s boys won the tournament consolation bracket. After losing their first-round game, the Dolphins beat St. John’s 37-27. Brian Bauk had 15 points, Eric Edwards nine and Zach Brincefield eight.
In a 41-35 victory against Concordia, Bauk (12 points), Herbert Jefferson (11) and Michael Strobel (10) led the way. Bauk made the all-tournament team.
– Hoops tournament
Davidson Country Day School is the host for the Bank of N.C, Championships, a 20-team middle school tournament.
Contact Bob Burges for information at 336-885-5131, ext. 1038.