Regional Sports Summary: South Soccer wins.catawba baseball game
Published Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at 2:05 p.m.
- Southern goalie Margo Maples. CK photo.
From staff report
CONCORD — The South Rowan girls soccer team won 1-0 in Concord on Tuesday.
Chloe Tracy scored for the Raiders.
Margo Maples made two saves for South in the South Piedmont Conference game.
South (6-4, 5-3) dominated shots on goal, but Gabby Claros held Concord (2-11, 0-8) in check with 13 saves.
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GRANITE QUARRY — Northwest Cabarrus dominated with a 10-1 victory over East Rowan in Tuesday's SPC game.
Hayden Koontz scored four points for the Trojans (7-1, 5-1) and Megan Storey had three points.
Lillian Jeffers scored the East goal and Emily Garcia-Lopez had an assist.
Daisy Berry made 18 saves for the Mustangs (5-9, 2-5).
college baseball
SALISBURY — Catawba defeated Belmont Abbey 17-6 on Tuesday in a nonconference game at Newman Park.
Sam Hunter, Beau Rusher (Salisbury), Logan Rogers (Carson) and Drew Robertson each had three RBIs for the 21st-ranked Indians (30-9).
Cooper Bryson and Dylan Driver (Carson) hit triples.
Mason Gwynn (5-1) was the winning pitcher. The Indians made it easy for him by scoring eight points in the first inning.
Belmont Abbey is 20-16.
Catawba's weekend series with Anderson is currently scheduled for a doubleheader Saturday at 2 p.m. and a single game Sunday at 1 p.m.
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Former local stars CP Pyle (Carson) and Jackson Diehl (South Rowan) had great games in Brevard's 12-10 win over Methodist.
Both hit home runs.
Methodist Deal was 3-for-5 with four hits and two runs batted in.
Brevard's Pyle was 2-for-3 with three hits and four RBIs.
college softball
Wingate dominated Catawba 5-1, 6-0 in a South Atlantic Conference doubleheader Wednesday at Whitley Field.
Grace Flynn had three hits for the Indians (19-23, 7-11) and Riley Tucker had two hits in Game 1.
Catawba was held to three hits by the 10th-ranked Bulldogs (39-6, 17-1) in the second game.
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For Guilford, Chloee Stoner (North Rowan) is hitting .346 with 23 RBIs.
Stoner hit a home run against Virginia Wesleyan on Saturday.
HS Golf
Salisbury defeated Kings Mountain on Wednesday by a score of 148.
John McCoy, Jackson Spurger and Sam Goodman hit in the 36s. Warren Fesperman hit 40.
local golf
Members of GARS played at Sapona in Lexington.
The player in the low “A” flight was Larry Petrea with a net of 68.06.
The athlete in the low “B” flight was Dickie Peeler with a net of 58.88.
The player in the low “C” flight was David Schenck with a net of 63.12.
The player in the low “D” flight was Tim White with a net of 61.36.
Peeler shot a 74 for the low-gross victory, and White won with a low net.
Larry Luther was a super senior with a net of 63.85.
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The McCanless couple held a Captain's Choice event.
The first place team was Bill McKinney, Heather DePalma Spivey and Todd McCleary.
The second place team was Tim Vanhoy, Claude Honeycutt, and David and Azalea Huneycutt.
Azalie Huneycutt came closest to the pin, and Byron Sheasley had the longest putt.
