From staff reports

HS boys tennis

MOUNT AIRY — Salisbury won 5-4 at Mount Airy on Thursday.

“Huge win for us,” said Salisbury coach Roarke Burton. “They are, by far, the best team we’ll play in the regular season. Mount Airy has an awesome team, and I’m so excited for my guys to have come up with the win tonight. Soyer Cornelison and Reid Hlavacek deserve special recognition for their effort. Soyer was able to come back from a set down and win at No. 6 singles in a crucial third set tiebreaker, and Reid played the best singles match I have ever seen him play to knock off Mount Airy’s number 3.

In singles, the Hornets won at 2 (AJ Jarrell), 3 (Hlavacek) and 6 (Cornelison).

Gray Davis/Cornelison and Bryant Davis/Hlavacek won in doubles.

Salisbury (10-1) hadn’t played since an 8-1 loss to North Stanly on March 28. Salisbury’s didn’t have Jarrell for that match.

The next match for Salisbury is at South Davidson on Monday.

 

HS boys track

GRANITE QUARRY — Mount Pleasant’s boys edged Carson and Salisbury to win Thursday’s seven-team track meet at East Rowan.

Team scores were Mount Pleasant (106.28). Carson (105.14), Salisbury (102.28), East Rowan (85.28), West Stanly (76), University Christian (40) and North Rowan (35).

Salisbury’s Deuce Walker won the 100 in 10.72 seconds, while Finnegan Avery won the 3200 in 10:55. Ethan Griffin won the triple jump with a leap of 39 feet, 9 inches. Salisbury won the 4×200 in 1:33.63 and the 4×400 in 2:49.85.

Carson’s Bricen Burleson won the 1600 in 4:33. Damir Miller tied for first in high jump by clearing 6 feet. Carson won the 4×800 in 8:52.

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GRANITE QUARRY — Host East Rowan easily won Thursday’s seven-team track meet.

The Mustangs totaled 150.5 points. Next were North Rowan (84), Mount Pleasant (72.5), Salisbury 970), West Stanly (69), Carson (39) and University Christian (21).

East win the 4×200 in 1:59.58 and the 4×400 in 4:41.45.

Individual winners for the Mustangs were Sadie Featherstone in the 300 hurdles (51.53), Jasmyne Brown in the pole vault (8-0), Lelu Hill in the long jump (15-4) and Iyanna Lynch Berry in the triple jump (34-5).

North Rowan winners were Allanah McArthur in the shot put (29-0), Kimora Chawlk in the high jump (5-0) and Keynai Ambers in the 100 hurdles (15.37) and the 100 (13.51). North won the 4×100 in 53.73 seconds.

Salisbury winners were Christyonna Lewis in the 400 (1:02.72) and Shakiya Woodruff in the 200 (25.41).

 

HS softball

MOUNT ULLA — Emma Clarke had four hits as West Rowan outscored High Point Christian Academy 10-7 on Thursday.

The Falcons (9-5) scored five runs in the first inning and bounced back from Wednesday’s loss to East Rowan by handing HPCA (10-2) its second setback of the season.

Lucy Shelton, who had a big defensive game, and Ella Doby had two hits each. Shelton just missed a home run on a long single off the fence. Doby, EA Nance and Riley Haggas had two RBIs. Arabelle Shulenberger had a double.

Shulenberger allowed 11 hits and seven walks but hung in there to throw 150 pitches and a complete game.

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LANDIS — South Rowan beat South Iredell 6-3 in a non-conference softball game on Thursday.

Eva Shue pitched a complete game for the Raiders and hit a home run.

Kynlee Dedxtraze also homered for South. She had two hits and two RBIs.

Meghan Eagle had a double and two RBIs.

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CHINA GROVE — Carson’s softball team surprised A.L. Brown on Thursday and took an 8-7 non-conference victory.

It was the first win for Carson (2-11) since Feb. 27. The Cougars had lost by 10 runs recently to the Wonders (4-6) in Kannapolis.

Caylee Snow went the distance in the circle and struck out 10 for Carson.

Peyton Hollar and McKenzie Powers had two RBIs for Carson. Carolina Snow and Evie White had two hits.

Both Snows had doubles, as did White, Powers, White and Alyssa Benner.

Mady Baker had four RBIs for A.l. Brown. Myla McNeely had three hits and scored three runs.

Emmy David and Marynda Blackwelder had two hits each.

Carson scored four in the first, but the Wonders came back and took a 7-6 lead to the bottom of the sixth. Carson tied it in the sixth and scored the winning run in the seventh.

 

College softball

UNC Wilmington’s Mary Sobataka (West Rowan) homered in Wednesday’s 4-2 win against UNC.

Sobataka has two homers and a team-leading 19 RBIs for the Seahawks.

 

Women’s college basketball

Clarion’s Hannah Wilkerson (North Rowan) was named to the  Academic All-District team.

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Kierran “Kiki” Walker, who helped Salisbury win the 2021-22 state championship, has played the last two seasons at Community College of Baltimore County Essex and helped the Knights win a national championship in 2022-23.

She has committed to Winston-Salem State.

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Haley Dalton, a Winston-Salem State freshman who graduated from Salisbury, announced on social media that she’s entered the transfer portal.

 

Men’s college basketball

Catawba’s Dre Nelson has entered the transfer portal.

 

Local golf

GARS members played a Captain’s Choice tournament at Rolling Hills with computer-matched teams.

First place with a minus-11 was the team of Larry Petrea, Carl Moore, Paul Day Sr. and Tommy Seamon.

Second place with a minus-10 was the team of Ray Pope, Barry Medinger, Tucker Davis and Charles Wicker.

Third place with a minus-9 was the team of Steve Matteson, Linn Safley, Gary Hahn and Tom Longo.

Closest to the pin on No. 10 was Lynn Shook. Longest putt on No. 9 was made by Steve Matteson. Closest to the pin winners were Jesse King on No. 2, Harry Poore on No. 7 and Tim White on No. 12.

Eagles were made on the par-4 No. 13 hole and the par-5 No. 14 hole by the team of Petrea, Moore, Day Sr. and Seamon.

Team Pope, Medinger, Davis and Wicker eagled the 14th, while Team Mattison, Safley, Hahn and Longo eagled the par-5 No. 5 hole.