Sports briefs: Former North Rowan baseball star coming back home for series

BY STAFF REPORT
SALISBURY POST

It is part of a package that will see Charlotte play four games at the stadium.

The 49ers take on UNC on April 24, one day after they meet Wake Forest.

Charlotte will also play East Carolina on April 12-13.

The April 12 encounter will be the first home game away from Tom & Lib Phillips Stadium since 1996, when the 49ers played at Fieldcrest Cannon.

• AAU hoops tryouts to begin this weekend

Tryouts for the Rowan-Salisbury AAU basketball teams will take place this weekend.

Tryouts for the 14-&-under boys will be held at Salisbury High at 2 p.m. on Saturday, and tryouts for the 10-&-under boys will follow at 3:30 p.m.

Tryouts for the 15-&-under boys will take place at Hall Gym on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Call Tom McDaniel at 637-1261 for more information.

• Southeast wins two boys hoop games

Southeast Middle’s boys won their first two basketball games this week, stopping Corriher-Lipe 37-36 and Erwin 33-32.

Mike McGee scored 12 for the Patriots, while Julian Samolu scored nine and Ben Wineka eight in the win over the Yellow Jackets.

Samolu scored 16, Warren Blythe nine and Stephen Hailey six in the win over Erwin.

• Rockwell fast-pitch
  softball registration

The Rockwell Intercivic Girls Fast-pitch Softball League is registering players on Feb. 16 from 10-1 and on Feb. 17 from 3-5 at the Rockwell Library.

Girls in grades 1-9 are eligible. There are three age divisions. Grades 1-3 play Coaches Pitch. Cost is $30. Junior Division (grades 4-6) and Senior Division (grades 7-9) cost $35.

Contact Tim Shue at 704-279-8039.

• South Rowan High
  boosters will meet

The South Rowan High School Booster Club will meet on Monday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m. The 5K run committee will meet at 7 p.m.

• Holman reaches tennis
  tourney finals

Salisbury’s Laura Amy Holman advanced to the finals of the 12-year-old division of the 2002 Dasani Mayor’s Cup Junior Tennis Championships recently.

Holman, seeded second, won two matches to get to the finals, then was beaten by No. 1 seed Suzanne Michalak 6-4, 6-2.

• Hawkins records ace at KCC

Nelson Hawkins recorded a hole-in-one on the 147-yard 11th hole at the Kannapolis Country Club on Tuesday.

Hawkins used an 8-iron. He was playing with Jim Moore, Guy Christy and Howard Hall.

• nest Middle gets sweep of North Davie

The West Middle eighth grade teams swept North Davie on Wednesday.

The boys won 61-48 behind 20 points from Wade Moore and 12 each from Bradley Reid and Wesley Turner.

The girls beat North Davie 47-28. Rashonda Mayfield led West with 16 points, while Tanunika Imes and Nicole Graham had nine and seven, respectively.

• NSA youth tourney set

A NSA youth baseball tournament World Series Qualifier for ages 8-12 will be held in Greensboro on April 6-7.

The entry fee is $250. Deadline for entry is March 15.

Contact Mike and Julie Ross at 919-596-8533 or julieross@mindspring.com .

• Salisbury Parks softball

The Salisbury Parks and Recreation Department is accepting registration for teams that participated last year in the Men’s Corporate or Women’s Open softball leagues.

New teams can register beginning Monday. Entry fees are $450 for Men’s Corporate and $400 for the Women’s Open.

Each team will also pay a $20 sanction fee. Preseason tournament fee is $80. League play starts on April 29. Register at Hall Gym. For information, call 704-638-5289.