Area Sports Briefs: Catawba women win again

From staff reportsCatawba’s men’s basketball team had a tough day at Anderson on Saturday and lost 95-65.

Catawba (6-16, 3-11) got 21 points and 11 rebounds from Keon Moore and 17 points and 12 boards from Tyrece Little. Chris Watson contributed 12 points.

Denzail Jones scored 19 points for Anderson (18-4, 13-1) on 9-for-14 shooting.

Anderson shot 57 percent. Catawba turned it over 24 times.

Catawba plays at Lenoir-Rhyne on Wednesday night.

CATAWBA (65) — Moore 21, Little 17, Watson 12, Huntley 4, Martin 4, Thomson 3, Strickland 2, Tyree 2, Veshi, Tamer, Drakeford, Smogner.

ANDERSON (95) — D. Jones 19, Hash 13, Cobb 12, Trull 10, Shugart 10, McDowell 9, Lamb 8, Adekambi 5, M. Jones 4, Sledge 4, Daniel 1, McGowan.

Catawba 31 34 — 65

Anderson 48 47 — 95

n Catawba women roll on

Chloe Bully and Nisha Long had huge days as first-place Catawba won 78-66 at Anderson on Saturday afternoon. Catawba leads the SAC by two games.

Bully hit two 3-pointers to open the game and finished with 22 points. Long had 24 points and four assists. Dana Hicks added 15 points and eight rebounds.

The Indians (16-6, 11-3) shot 56 percent in the first half and topped that with sizzling, 60-percent shooting after the break.

Alissa Diaz scored 21 points for the Trojans (9-13, 6-8).

CATAWBA (78) — Long 24, Bully 22, Hicks 15, Connor 6, Merritt 6, Clay 3, May 1, Welfare 1, L. Lewis, Coleman, Sullivan.

ANDERSON (66) — Diaz 21, Shannon 17, Willoughby 11, Woods 7, Parris 3, Woods 3, Ahlin 2, Simpson 2, Moore.

Catawba 38 40 — 78

Anderson 29 37 — 66

n Catawba baseball

Catawba’s baseball team, ranked 30th in Division II, split a home doubleheader with Shippensburg on Saturday.

Pitcher J.J. Jankowski (2-0) controlled the opener, as the Indians won 6-4. He allowed one run and six hits in seven innings and fanned eight.

Ross Whitley got the Indians out of a major jam in the eighth and pitched the ninth for a save.

Ryan Bostian (South Rowan) led the Indians at the plate with a 4-for-5 effort. Craig Brooks had three hits, including a two-run single.

Catawba (3-2) was pounded 11-3 in the nightcap, as Shippensburg put up a seven-run fifth inning. Garrett Furr had two of Catawba’s 11 hits.

Nick Lomascolo (0-2) took the loss. He pitched five innings and allowed four runs.

Bostian is 9-for-19 so far. Justin Morris (East Rowan) has two hits in his first two college at-bats.

Catawba plays Shippensburg again today at noon. SAC play starts on Feb. 17 at Newman Park against Mars Hill.

n State track meets

North’s Rowan senior Teaunna Cuthbertson placed in two events in Saturday’s 1A/2A/3A indoor state track meet held in Chapel Hill.

Cuthbertson was second in the long jump with an effort of 17 feet, 73/4 inches and fourth in the 55 hurdles in a time of 8.92 seconds.n Carson sophomore Myquon Stout placed third in the shot put. His best effort was 49 feet, 53/4 inches.

n East Rowan’s Raykwon Torrence placed fifth in the long jump with an effort of 20-111/4.

n A.L. Brown’s Talvanisha Lawing was fifth in the 55 hurdles in 8.99.

Girls in the top 20 included:

n West’s Christa Landy, ninth in the 300 meters (43.13)

n Gray Stone’s Hunter Latimer, ninth in the 1000 meters (3:14.10)

n Salisbury’s Jaleesa Smoot, 10th in the 300 (42.94)

n East’s Kaisha Fisher, 10th in the shot put (30-73/4)

n Carson’s Shirley Marshall, 11th in the shot put (30-5)

n A.L. Brown’s Samara Tisdale, 12th in the shot put (30-1/2)

n Carson’s Jesse Troutman, 16th in the pole vault (9-0)

n A.L. Brown’s 4x800 relay team (Lexie Petty, Erika Neese, Briana Landis, Natalie Tresslar), 19th (11:00.29)

Boys in the top 20 included:

n North’s Khandler Kimber, eighth in the high jump (6-0)

n A.L. Brown’s 4x800 relay team (Robert Pinkston, Johnny Hodge, Max Chandler, Timmy Hall), eighth, (8:36.91)

n West Rowan’s Caleb Cranfield, ninth in the pole vault (12-6)

n Carson’s Jacob Fink, 10th in the 3200 (10:09.60)

n East’s Drew Miller, 11th in the pole vault (12-6)

n East’s Marshall Shank, 13th in the pole vault (12-0)

n East’s Casey Padgett, 14th in the shot put (41-11)

n A.L. Brown’s Jose Navarette, 15th in the 3200 (10:14.50)

n North’s Neegbeah Reeves, 16th in the 1600 (4:45.25)

n A.L. Brown’s 4x400 relay team (Pinkston, Hodge, Chandler, Hall), 16th, (3:44.26)

n East’s Brad Oden, 18th in the 3200 (10:17.73)

The Burlington Cummings girls and the Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons boys won team championships.

n In Saturday’s 4A state meet, Davie’s Anna McBride was the champion in the 3200 in a time of 11:04.51.

Davie’s Mekayla Boswell placed fourth in the high jump (5-2).

Davie’s 4x800 relay team of Kaitlyn Hutchins, Shelby Weatherman, Blakely Gantt and McBride was 14th (10:25.38).

Hutchins was 18th in the 500 (1:23.33).

Davie’s Tristan Jarvis was 20th in the boys 500 (1:09.68).

Southeast Guilford and Knightdale shared the boys state title, while Raleigh Wakefield won the girls championship.

n 4A swim meet

Providence (boys) and Hough (girls) won the 4A state swimming competition on Saturday.

Top performances by Davie were Bailey Folmar’s 12th in the 10 backstroke and Palmer Benson’s 14th in the 100 breaststroke.

n Wrestling championships

Scores from Saturday’s dual team state championship matches were:

1A: West Wilkes 50, Ayden-Grifton 13

2A: Piedmont 42, Croatan 22

3A: Hillsborough Orange 34, Southwestern Randolph 30

4A: Winston-Salem Parkland 36, Pinecrest 25

n Catawba lacrosse

Catawba’s lacrosse team routed Lees-McRae 29-5 on Saturday at Shuford Stadium.

The Indians broke the school record for goals, topping the old mark of 25 set in 1999 and tied in 2004. Seventeen different Indians scored. Braden Artem, Steven Ridolfo and Tom Cullop had three goals apiece.

n Catawba softball

Catawba’s softball team split a doubleheader with Lander in Greenwood, S.C., on Saturday.

Catawba (5-1) dropped the opener 6-1 but took the nightcap 4-1 behind the pitching of Emily Huneycutt and a two-run homer by Mollie Kovalcin.

n Pfeiffer baseball

Tusculum beat Pfeiffer 15-6 in a game played at Asheboro’s McCrary Park on Saturday. Lukas Graves hit a grand slam for the Pioneers.

n Pfeiffer basketball

Pfeiffer’s men’s basketball team lost to Erskine 79-74 on Saturday, despite 31 points by Danny Smith.

n Pfeiffer’s women lost to Erskine despite 31 points and 12 rebounds by Brittany Cox. Cox surpassed the 1,000-point milestone.

n Local golf

Mark Beymer made a hole-in-one at Rolling Hills Golf Club. It came on the par-3, 158-yard No. 7 hole. Witnessing the feat were Eric Faust, Frank Saunders and George Stillwell.

• North Hills is offering a community recreational basketball program for students enrolled in kindergarten through fifth grade. Students who are not currently playing on a school elementary team are eligible to play. Participants will be divided into teams by age groups. They will practice and play their games on Saturdays.

A registration fee of $75 includes the uniform and trophy. The registration deadline is Friday, Feb. 17. To register, pick up a registration form at the school and submit payment between 8-3 or request a registration form by email.