From staff reports
The prep softball playoffs continue today with three Rowan teams in action in the second round.
In 3A, East Rowan (21-2) is at home at 5 p.m. against Central Cabarrus.
East beat Central’s Vikings 10-3 in a second-round contest last season.
Also in 3A, West Rowan is at Concord Robinson.
In a 1A contest, North Rowan travels to East Wilkes.
Pro baseball
Wilmington’s Whit Merrifield (Davie) his first homer of the season on Wednesday.
Merrifield is doing well in the Carolina League. He’s batting .324.
The Kannapolis Intimidators fell 4-3 to Hagerstown on Wednesday despite four hits by Ross Wilson.
Wade Moore (West Rowan, Catawba) had his fifth double of the season for Hagerstown.
Phenom Bryce Harper, 18, is batting .359 for Hagerstown with nine homers and 12 doubles. The Suns visit Kannapolis later this month. Hopefully, Harper won’t be promoted before then.
The Intimidators whipped Hagerstown 6-1 on Thursday behind the pitching of Ryan Buch. Wilson went 2-for-3.
Garrett Sherrill (A.L. Brown, Appalachian State) is pitching well in Lincoln, Neb., in the independent American Association. In three relief appearances, Sherrill has six strikeouts in 51/3 innings and a 1.69 ERA.
Youth basketball
The Phenoms 17U boys basketball team participated in a South Carolina event with many college coaches in attendance.
The Phenoms fell to the tall, talented South Carolina Ravens but bounced back to record three double-digit wins.
North Hills’ Moussa Doucara was one of the top big men at the event and recorded the most blocks.
West Rowan’s 5-foot-10 guard Keshun Sherrill was also impressive.
Both received interest as Division 1 recruits.
Receiving interest from D-II scouts were South Rowan’s, Johnathan Gaddy and Qua Neal and West’s Maurice Warren. who averaged a double-double. West Rowan Middle’s Alexis Archie impressed scouts competing against older players.
Other Phenoms in the event included Iredell’s Nick Schofield, Tim Black and Landon Lippard and Charlotte’s David Belfield and Robert Harvey.
The Phenoms will compete in more scouted events in June and July.
NCHSAA
The NCHSAA, the Greensboro Sports Commission, the Greensboro Coliseum Complex, and the Greensboro Area Convention and Visitors Bureau have renewed their partnership agreement for another three years.
The Western Regional Basketball Championships, NCHSAA Wrestling Championships, and the NCHSAA Track and Field Championships will continue to be held in Greensboro from the 2011-12 academic year through 2013-14.
Local golf
Final results are in for the Edgar Welch Ladies Golf Tournament which concluded at the Country Club of Salisbury.
Winning first gross were Faye Cline and Phyllis Durland with a 156 total.
Second low gross went to Tony Iossi and Beth Calhoun at 164.
First net winner in a sudden-death playoff was the team of Sharon Miller and Yvonne Barger.
Also shooting 130 was the team of Cindy Carmazzi and Kathy Carlton.
Mary Seaford and Kristi Laton shot 131, while Susan Houston and Tammie Drew carded a 132.
Middle school baseball
West Rowan opened the conference tournament with a 19-2 win against Knox.
Tyler Poteat, Juan Bautista and Brian Ketchie combined on a four-inning one-hitter.
Poteat, Jeremy Simpson, and Omar Bautista paced the Bulldogs with two hits apiece.
Kameron McVay had two hits including a two-run triple for Corriher-Lipe in an 8-7 loss to Southeast.
A-rod Kennerly knocked in two runs for the Yellow Jackets with a double and a sac fly.
Burke Fulcher and Chandler Corriher had two hits each and knocked in one run apiece.