From staff reports
East Rowan lost to Statesville 10-5 on Saturday night in an offensive-minded soccer match. The Greyhounds led 2-0 after five minutes.
Jan Garus scored four goals for the Mustangs. Gaige Vandezande also scored.
Despite a score by Garus on a missed clear and Vandezande’s first goal of the season, East trailed 5-2 at halftime.
In the second half, Garus scored on an assist by Reid Lippard to make it 5-3, and East fought within 7-5 with four minutes left before the Mustangs ran out of legs.
“The guys are disappointed because they realize our playoff hopes were almost certainly ended,” coach John McNeil said. “However, they stepped up in the second half and played hard when they could have just mailed it in. Jan had arguably his best game. Lippard played one heck of a second half. Vandezande had a breakout game.” East defensive standout defender Andrew May missed the game with a knee injury.
n NPC volleyball The NPC volleyball tournament starts Monday, with No. 7 West Rowan at No. 2 North Iredell; No. 6 East Rowan at No. 3 Carson and No. 5 South Rowan at No. 4 Statesville.
South and Statesville tied for fourth. South lost a coin flip with Statesville for a first-round home game.
West Iredell, the No. 1 seed, has a first-round bye.
South, East and West Rowan have to win Monday to extend their seasons. The league gets fourth playoff berths.
The semifinals of the tournament will be played Tuesday at South at 4:30 and 6, with the championship game set for South at 6 on Wednesday.
n Overseas hoops
Terris Sifford (West Rowan) scored 28 points and had 20 rebounds in his most recent game in Italy.
n Catawba swimmingCatawba opened its season against Mars Hill on Saturday.
Catawba’s women won 11 of 14 events to prevail 157-110. while the Catawba men lost 151-110.
Lauren Singleton (100 back), Lindsay Yarborough (50 back) and the 200 medley relay team set school records for the women, while Mikael Karlsson (50 back, 100 free) and Christoffer Stolt (100 fly) set marks for the men.
n Livingstone HallThe Livingstone Athletic Hall of Fame will induct six members on Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. in the Events Center at Cornerstone Church in Salisbury.
Tickets for the event are $100.
The honorees are Edmond A. Hasty, Baxter Holman (posthumously), Levander Lilly, Mariano “Tito” Ortiz Marrero, Frank McMiller, Dr. William D. Primus and Laymon Samuel Yokely (posthumously).
n Salisbury Academy
Salisbury Academy defeated Sacred Heart 3-2 in soccer.
Lucas Capito scored twice, while Matt Washko scored one goal for the Jaguars.
Salisbury Academy is in first place with a 10-1 record.
n Salisbury Academy’s tennis team shut out First Assembly of Winston-Salem 9-0 to stay undefeated. Madeline Hoskins, Anna Flynn, Alexandra Drue, Ann Rollins Johnson, Olivia Smith, Grace Steinman, Emily Capito and Drew Pethel posted wins.
n Softball
Erwin’s Katie Kepley struck out eight and pitched a no-hitter in a 10-0 win against China Grove. Lara Drew, Kennedy Lambert and Kaleigh Troutman had two hits each for the Eagles (10-1).
n Tennis
Lizzie Weaver, Rebecca Agner, Lauren Thomas, Karleigh Wike, Katlyn Buffett and Mady Arnez won in singles for Erwin in an 8-1 win against China Grove. Weaver-Agner and Arnez-Katlyn Smith were doubles winners. Erwin is unbeaten and finishes the season against Knox on Monday.