From staff reports
Michael “Danger” Doran made three saves in goal, then scored a goal for Salisbury’s soccer team in an 11-0 CCC victory against North Rowan on Wednesday.
Salisbury, which plays East Rowan tonight, got four assists from Randy Almeida and two from Connor Miller.
Oscar Bonilla and Michael Mazur led a parade of goal-scorers with two apiece. Doran, Wes McNeely, Victor Nyae, Hunter Fisher, Paul Kollie, Daman Bowman and Dustin Presnell had one each.
Salisbury (6-3, 6-0) recently had a non-conference loss by forfeit to West Rowan taken off the books. West also had an ineligible player in action in that game, so the contest won’t count at all.
Salisbury played a lot of jayvees and rested a lot of starters, including regular keeper Frankie Cardelle, who has a groin injury. Doran filled in admirably in goal for about 60 minutes before being spelled by Scott van der Poel.
* East Rowan lost to West Iredell 3-1 in NPC soccer on Wednesday.
Levi Huffman’s first-half goal gave the Mustangs a 1-0 lead, but the Warriors came back with two goals by Ivan Flores.
East kicker Dillion Arey kept things close with three great saves in the second half and finished with eight.
East’s defense, led by John Owen and Will Mancil, played well against a fast foe. Owen and Mancil also set up Huffman’s goal.
– Prep cross country
The Rowan County Cross Country Championships will be held today at Dan Nicholas Park.
The boys race is at 4:30 p.m. The girls race is at 5:15.
A weather decision will be made this afternoon. If the meet is postponed, Monday is the likely makeup date.
– Prep tennis
East Rowan won 9-0 against North Iredell on Wednesday.
Emilee Smith, Hannah Kovach, Brittany Honeycutt, Emily Beck, Caitlyn Fry and Devan Corpening won singles matches for East (8-1, 6-1 NPC). Smith-Kovach, Honeycutt-Beck and Fry-Corpening claimed doubles wins.
* League-leading Lake Norman won 9-0 against West Rowan.
– Catawba athletics
Catawba’s men’s soccer team lost its SAC opener to Mars Hill 1-0 in overtime on Wednedsay when Colin Nannery scored on a through ball. Catawba played the final 27 minutes of the contest two men down after it lost a pair of players to red cards at the 70:59 mark.
The Lions outshot Catawba 37-6, but Tyler Held made 15 saves for the Indians (2-6, 0-1).
* Catawba’s women’s soccer team was upset by Mount Olive 3-0 on Wednesday. Freshman goalkeeper Lyndsey McIntyre recorded a career-high 13 saves for her first collegiate shutout.
Catawba (6-2) had a 21-5 edge in shots.
* Call Catawba for information on the fan bus that will leave Saturday morning for the football game at Mar Hill.
– Middle school football
West Rowan Middle’s seventh-graders beat China Grove 34-0.
Devin Parks had scoring runs of 32 and 16 yards, and Daisean Reddick broke a 63-yard scoring jaunt. Keyows Weeks scored from 5 yards out, and Najee Tucker found the end zone from 38 yards.
Parks and Nick Collins tacked on two-point conversions.
Other offensive leaders for the Bulldogs (2-0) included Jesse Moore, Teoz Mauney, Trey Brawley, Ezekiel Blackwood, Jake Kennedy, Malik Crudup and Donavan Sherrill.Defensive leaders for West were Collins, Blackwood and Andrew Jiles.
China Grove is 1-2.
– College basketball
Pfeiffer will open the men’s basketball season with a Nov. 6 exhibition at Charlotte against former coach Bobby Lutz.
– College football
Carson-Newman head coach Ken Sparks will be inducted as part of the latest NAIA Hall of Fame class in January.
– DeSanto fights for pro title
Dominic DeSanto (North Rowan) fights for the Carolina Boxing Organization Junior Welterweight title in a match scheduled for eight rounds on Oct, 25 in Charlotte.
DeSanto, who will turn 19 in October, is 2-0 and will fight Jamar Patterson (Utica, N.Y.), a 26-year-old with an 8-0 mark and four KOs.
Salisbury’s David Myers will make his pro debut on the same card against Charlotte’s John Williams (2-0) in a four-round welterweight matchup.
Fans can get tickets and information at Force Fitness on Fourth Street in Spencer or they can call 704-636-7896.
– MMA action coming to Cabarrus Arena
Former Catawba running back Rodney Wallace will be part of the 12-fight Vengeace Fighting Championships Mixed Martial Arts card that is coming to Cabarrus Arena this Saturday.
Brian Keller of the local Revolution Fight Team is also on the card.
The action will be broadcast on DonKingTV.com worldwide but is blacked out in North Carolina. MMA events were recently sanctioned in North Carolina, and this event is expected to be the biggest held in the state to date.
Wallace, a high school wrestling champion in South Carolina, has been boxing the last 11/2 years.
Action starts at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices start at $25.
– Area baseball
The East Rowan Red Sox were 3-1 and won the CABA 11-under Fall State Championships held in Concord.
The Red Sox beat the Piedmont Braves 12-2 and 8-7. The Red Sox split two games with the Top Gun Sluggers, winning 15-5 and losing 9-8.
Team members are Seth Lillian, Chance Brown, Aaron Ritchie, Jackson Justus, Brandon Herring, Cody Holshouser, Grayson Whicker, Nick Lyerly, Addison Fry, Ike Freeman and Jacob O’Neal.
Brian Ritchie coaches the Red Sox. Alec Hamilton is the team manager.
* The Rowan Tarheels baseball team had a 3-1 record and won the 13-under Top Gun Tournament in Concord.
Bryson Prugh pitched a one-hitter in an 11-0 victory against the Stanly County Heat in the championship game.
The Tarheels beat the Carolina Yankees 8-3 and the Charlotte Titans 4-3. The Tarheels lost to the Rocky River Gators 8-3.
Chance Mazza (5-for-7), Luke Setzer (3-for-8), Cody McNeely (3-for-8), Joseph Gray (3-for-8), Bryson Shepherd (4-for-9), John Daugherty (3-for-7) and Prugh (5-for-8) led Rowan at the plate.
Gray, Daugherty, Shepherd, McNeely and Riley Myers had strong mound outings.
Other members of the Tarheels are Justin Norman, Dylan Snider and Eric Goldston.
– Middle school softball
Katie Kepley pitched a one-hitter and Sydney Poole pounded five hits as Erwin defeated Corriher-Lipe by an unknown score.
The Eagles (4-0) got three hits each from Jesse Rummage and Bobbi Thomas. Kepley walked one, struck out seven and got defensive help from Thomas, the second baseman.
– Local golf
Eric Edwards won the 12-13 age division on the National Junior Golf Tour last weekend at Warrior.
Edwards shot 77-70 to win the event. He started the final day four shots off the lead, but he finished birdie-birdie to win by 1 shot.
– Tarheel Tour golf
Elliot Gealy (Salisbury) shot 3-under 69 in the first round of the Charlotte National Open on Wednesday and was three off the pace.
– Salisbury Academy
Salisbury Academy’s boys and girls cross country teams won a meet in Statesville on Monday.
Trey Bergsma (second) and Michael Ogden (third) led the boys team. Samantha Wright (second) and Madeline Hoskins (third) led the girls.
* Salisbury Academy’s tennis team (2-0) beat Winston-Salem First Assembl. Madeline Hoskins, Allie Billings, Anna Flynn, Sally Fowler, Alexandra Drye, Ann Rollins Johnson, Mackenzie Beaver and Emily Capito got wins.
– Sacred Heart soccer
Sacred Heart’s soccer team defeated Salisbury Academy 5-4.
The match went two overtimes before being decided on a penalty kick by Bobby Cardelle.
Scoring goals in the penalty-kick period for Sacred Heart (3-1) were Maggie Habeeb, Hector Bonilla, Alex Julian and Cardelle.
Keeper Banks Fisher shined for Sacred Heart and stopped seven of 11 penalty kicks.
Sacred Heart’s defense was led by Sam Greene and Delanie Gokey. Contributing to the offensive effort were Brian Bauk, Steven Mazur, Yonathon Sorto and Jordan Pring.
– North Hills athletics
North Hills won boys and girls cross country meets with Park Ridge Christian of Albemarle at Dan Nicholas Park this week.
Harper Miller, Chase Taylor, Cody Wilson, Walker Fortson and Kevin Mitchell led the boys. Leea Earnhardt, Natalie Whicker, Caitlin Harrison, Colbie Beck and Ashlyn Baker paced the girls.
* The North Hills volleyball team (5-1) beat North Carolina School for the Deaf behind strong performances by Savannah Daniel and Laura Butner.