From staff reports
Salisbury’s Darien Rankin cleared 6 feet, 8 inches and won the high jump at Saturday’s Blue Devil Invitational track meet in Mooresville. Salisbury’s team finished ninth with 24 points. Also scoring were Romar Morris (second in the 100 in 10.61 seconds) and William Brown (third in the high jump at 6-2).
South Rowan’s boys were 17th with 11 points. They were led by Michael York’s third-place finish in the 1600 (4:33.53). Caleb O’Neal was sixth in the 3200 (10:29.2), and South’s 4×800 relay team of York, O’Neal, Erik Delgado and Alex Reed placed fourth.
Carson finished 18th with 10 points. The Cougars got a second-place effort from Christian Ruiz in the discus (137-61/2), and Myquon Stout placed fifth in the shot (45-61/2).
Davie was seventh with 30 points. Rickey Bell won the discus (148-81/2) and also was third in the shot (47-11). Adam Smith was third in the 300 hurdles (41.8). Hopewell won the meet.
Salisbury’s girls took fourth place with 51 points. Alisha Bradshaw won the discus (142-0-1/2) and shot (40-6), while Summer Taylor won the triple jump (33-41/2) and added a second in the 400 (1:03.0) and a fourth in the long jump (16-1). Bryce Ford was third in the discus (97-71/2). Najwa Allison was fifth in the 100 (16-1), and Cheyenne Gloster was sixth in the discus (89-4). West Meck won the meet.
Jesse Troutman was sixth in the pole vault (8-3) for Carson. South got a fifth place from Tiffany Brooks (8-3) in the pole vault and a sixth in the shot from JaQuasha Littlejohn (31-7). Davie was led by Anna McBride’s win in the 3200 (11:33.69). DC’s Mekayla Boswell was second in the high jump (5-2).
Local golf
Two golfers made holes-in-one on Saturday at the Country Club of Salisbury. Charles Harris used a 5-iron on the 150-yard No. 6 hole, while Pete Kuld used a 5-iron to ace the 172-yard No. 17 hole.
College softball
Catawba (23-16, 6-4 SAC) stayed hot with a 1-0 and 6-1 sweep of Brevard on Sunday. Emily Huneycutt threw a shutout in the opener, and Brittany Murray pitched the nightcap.
West boosters
The West Rowan High Booster Club will hold an open meeting on Tuesday, April 5, at 6:30 p.m. in the school media center.