area sports briefs

From staff reports

With apologies to Carson's Darius Moose, Mother Nature continues to be the most dominant player in this mixed-up, shook-up prep basketball season.

The latest:

n The Salisbury-Lexington doubleheader scheduled for Saturday was postponed to Tuesday at Lexington. The CCC tournament is now going to be an eight-team affair at Thomasville involving only the top four boys and top four girls seeds.

n The North Rowan-Albemarle doubleheader scheduled for Saturday was postponed. The earliest window for making it up would be at Albemarle on Tuesday. Both teams have games scheduled for Monday.

The YVC tournament is supposed to start Wednesday, with Chatham Central as the host for the semifinals and finals, but that's in jeopardy.

n The West Rowan-North Iredell doubleheader scheduled for Saturday was postponed.

The teams plan to play Monday in Olin with an early start. The varsity girls will take the floor at 5 p.m.

The NPC tournament was originally scheduled to start Monday, with all games at Carson, but adjustments will have to be made.

n In the SPC, A.L. Brown got all of its games in, finishing against Concord on Friday with snow falling.

The Wonder girls wound up fourth.

The Wonder boys benefited from Robinson's upset of Hickory Ridge on the final day of the regular season.

That moved Brown up to the No. 3 seed instead of No. 4. Hickory Ridge's loss knocked the Ragin' Bulls from No. 2 all the way down to No. 5.

The SPC tournament is scheduled to start Monday with higher seeds earning home games.

Brown's boys expect to take on No. 6 Robinson in the first round.

n Catawba women win

Catawba's women's basketball team rode Dana Hicks' 21 points and 13 rebounds to a 62-56 SAC win against Mars Hill on Saturday at Goodman Gym.

Hicks had a double-double before halftime. Milica Ivanovic scored 13 points for the Indians, and Renee Welfare had eight rebounds.

The Indians (14-9, 7-5) ended a three-game losing skid. Mars Hill dropped its 12th in a row.

Brittini Young led the Lions with 15 points.

MARS HILL (56) — Young 15, Harvey 14, Moose 10, Miller 8, Deal 7, Grayson 2.

CATAWBA (62) — Hicks 21, Ivanovic 13, K. Long 9, Whitley 7, N. Long 6, Foster 2, Welfare 2, Sullivan 2, May, Merritt, Dellapenta.

Mars Hill 23 31 — 56

Catawba 27 35 — 62

n LC women win

Livingstone's women's basketball team topped Chowan 85-68 on Saturday night at Trent Gym to halt a four-game losing streak.

Kayler McBride led all scorers with 22 points and had seven assists. Brittany Wright scored 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds, while Cassaundra Rhodes contributed 12 points and nine rebounds.

Rashida Elbourne added 10 points for the Blue Bears (9-15, 5-12 CIAA).

n Pfeiffer women fall

Sheryl Jackson scored 19 points to lead Belmont Abbey's women's basketball team to a 71-48 CC win against Pfeiffer on Saturday.

Devona Knight scored 11 points for the Falcons.

n Pfeiffer men roll

Pfeiffer's men's basketball team won 104-89 at Belmont Abbey's Wheeler Center on Saturday night.

The Falcons (15-7, 11-5) shot 43.9 percent from the field in the Conference Carolinas contest.

Jeff Pettiway scored 26 points. Davon Gilliard and James Crowder scored 16 apiece. Chris Woods had 11 points, and James Morse scored 10.

Richard Barbee scored 28 points to lead the Crusaders.

n Pfeiffer volleyball

Pfeiffer's men's volleyball team won its first-ever conference match by defeating King 3-2 on Friday.

n North Hills hoops

The North Hills elementary boys basketball team defeated Statesville Montessori 44-21.

Wes Fazia scored 12 points for the Eagles (13-0), and Jacob Hunsucker and Christopher Queen scored eight apiece.

The Eagles are regular-season champs and play at home at 5 p.m. Friday in the league tournament.

n Prep wrestling

The 3A state dual team state championship match between Concord Robinson and Hillsborough Orange was postponed from Saturday until Monday at 6 p.m.

n North Rowan boosters

The next booster meeting for North Rowan is on Monday, March 8, at 7 p.m. Spring sports, the athletic banquet and the golf tournament are among the items to be discussed.

n Carolina Herd baseball

The Carolina Herd has move tryouts for its 10U travel team to Advantage Sports at 625 Corporate Circle (off Julian Road). Tryouts are today at 4 p.m. Contact Mark Lambert at 704-239-6260.