From staff reports
East Rowan enjoyed a 3A North Piedmont Conference meet triumph Thursday at South Rowan with seven first-place finishes.
East finished with 111 points, well ahead of runner-up West Rowan with 79 points.
Winning individual competitions for the Mustangs were Cole Honeycutt in the 800 meters (2:01), Shawn Galloway in the 300 hurdles (43.12 seconds), Sam Sherman in the shot put (55 feet, 9 inches), Dillon Arey in the pole vault (12-0), Hakeem Gittens in the triple jump (42-41/2), Chase Brown in the 110 hurdles (16.27) and Joseph Furtado in the 400 (52.86).
For West, C.J. Ellis won the 100 (10.84), Quinton Phifer took the high jump (6-0) and Tevin Gregory won the 200 (22.69). Westís 400 (44.2), 4×200(1:35) and 4×400 (3:44) relay teams also were winners.
South, which placed third with 47 points, saw Caleb OíNeal win the 3200 (10:47) and Michael York take the 1600 (4:30). South also won the 4×800 relay (9:33).
Carsonís 45-point effort included Christian Ruiz winning the discus (130-3).
Carson won the girls competition with 95 points by taking all of the relay events. Jan Sitterson won the triple jump (31-10 1/4) and Demya Heggins won the long jump (19-11).
n Minor leagues
The Kannapolis Intimidators opened on the road on Thursday with a 2-0 loss against Lakewood.
Kannapolis was held to five hits by Lakewood starter Mario Hollands and relievers Tyler Knigge and Eric Pettis. Jim Murphy got the BlueClaws on the board with a solo homer in the second. Lakewood added another run on Domingo Santanaís RBI single in the seventh.
n Jerry Sands (Catawba) went 2-for-4 and knocked in a run in Albuquerqueís opener on Thursday.
n College softball
Catawba accelerated its win streak to six games with a doubleheader sweep of Mars Hill Thursday afternoon at Ponder Field.
Catawba won the opener 7-2 and squeezed out a 2-1 victory in eight innings in the second game.
The Indians (25-15, 8-4 SAC) pulled out the finale when Brittany Allen came around on a groundout by Amanda Terry. Catawba closer Emily Huneycutt struck out Ashley McCurry with a runner at third.
Tara Gibbs blasted a two-out, three-run homer in the first before Kayla Myers hit a solo shot to lead off the third to give Catawba a 4-0 edge.
Huneycutt (13-7) tossed four perfect innings en route to a complete game and her fourth straight win.
n College football
The Livingstone football team will hold its Black & Blue spring football game Saturday at 1 p.m. at Alumni Memorial Stadium.
The Blue Bear offense will feature 14 returnees and 18 newcomers while the defense returns 16 and included 15 newcomers.
The event is open to the public, and there is no admission charge.
n College golf
Garrett Dranichak and Chadd Marburger of Pfeiffer were named to the Conference Carolinas Academic all-conference team.
The team includes junior and seniors with a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or higher.
n Prep baseball
South Rowan crushed North Iredell 14-1 in a five-inning NPC game played in Olin on Thursday.
ěWe hadnít played in so long, it felt like the first game of the season,î South coach Thad Chrismon said. ěWe had a good night, though ó solid defense and good pitching. We were aggressive with the bats and ran the bases well.î
Preston Penninger (2-1) was the winning pitcher, tossing four innings and striking out four. North Iredellís run was unearned. Daniel Mullis pitched the fifth.
Offensively, the Raiders had a productive outing that included a six-run fourth.
Jacob Dietz, Parker Hubbard and Matt Miller rapped out three hits apiece. Miller had two doubles and scored four times. Parker knocked in three runs, and Dietz scored three.
Dylan Goodman added two hits.
ěIt was good to see us swing the bats like that,î Chrismon said. ěEspecially the bottom half.î
The boxscore is in Scoreboard.
South will be busy over the next few days, visiting North Rowan tonight and Charlotte Christian on Saturday.
n Davie (12-2) routed R.J. Reynolds 15-0 in six innings Thursday in a makeup CPC game in Winston-Salem.
Davie (11-2, 4-1) moved into a tie for the league lead.
The War Eagles pounded out 13 hits with Alex Newman, Connor Bodenhamer and Carson Herndon each getting three. Bodenhamer, Herndon and Javan Phillips each drove in three runs for Davie.
Corey Randall threw 51/3 innings and allowed just two hits to pick up the win.
n Prep softball
North Rowan topped South Davidson 5-1 Thursday in a 1A Yadkin Valley Conference game.
Samantha Jacobs struck out 17 for the win on the mound, while Anna Lingle starred at the plate with three hits, including a triple.
Kristin Harmon stole four bases for the Cavaliers.
n Chelsea White pitched a one-hitter and struck out eight as East Rowan cruised to a 10-0 win against Hickory Ridge on Thursday.
n Prep girls soccer
Carson avenged an earlier loss this season to North Iredell in a 1-0 victory at home on Thursday in a 3A North Piedmont Conference clash.
Katie Barringer scored the only goal seven minutes into the second half off a pass from Hannah Elmore. Haley Pitzer got the shutout in net.
n Prep tennis
Salisbury edged Ledford 5-4 on Thursday to improve to 12-1.
Steven Page, Alan Lebowitz and Alex Weant won singles matches for SHS, while Page-Lebowitz and Seth Gentry-Weant took doubles matches for the Hornets.
Page-Lebowitz won the first set 6-0, lost the second set 4-6 and won the tiebreaker 10-1.
South Rowan edged Carson 5-4 on Wednesday by winning two of the three doubles matches.
Trevor Burrow-Eddie Chavez and Luis Chavez-Jacob Oullette won doubles matches for the Raiders. Winning in singles play for South were Reynold Sanchez, Luis Chavez and Caleb Barnette.
n Middle school baseball
Southeastís baseball team got its fourth straight win with a 6-1 decision against North Rowan. Brandon Newton pitched a complete game for the Patriots (4-2).
Erwin edged China Grove 5-4 on Thursday thanks to 61/3 innings on the mound from Logan Towne. Harrison Bell earned the save by registering the final two outs. Towne and Bell had two hits apiece.
Erwin (4-1) plays at Mooresville on Monday.
West Rowan defeated Knox 18-2 in five innings on Thursday. Juan Garcia scattered four hits and led the Bulldogs at the plate with two hits and three runs scored.
West moved to 3-2 with the win.
The Rowan County Hawks rallied from a 9-4 deficit to beat Concord 10-9 on Thursday.
Josh Holt had the game-winning double in the seventh and Noah Jarrett earned the win on the mound to improve the Hawks to 8-2.
Pearce Wilhelm and Dylan Snider had a pair of hits each for the Hawks.
n Middle school soccer
The West Rowan girls soccer team defeated Southeast 1-0 Wednesday with Josie Heglar scoring the gameís lone goal. Claudia Patterson and Mariah Pampuch played solid games defensively for West.
The Southeast boys soccer team beat West 8-0 Wednesday. Carter Gannon had 15 saves for West.
The Southeast girls soccer team defeated North 7-0 Thursday with a hat trick by Adna Music keying the victory. Grace Rohl scored twice, and Eyleen Moreno and Karla Fragoso added the remaining goals. Fragoso, Ashlee Wagoner and Andrea Jimenez had assists.
The Southeast boys soccer team blanked North 3-0 Thursday.
Brandon Flores, Silvestre Lopez and Adolfo Ortega all scored for Southeast. Flores had two assists while Ortega had one.
n Middle school golf
China Groveís boys golf team defeated Southeast 175-213 at Corbin Hills on Wednesday. Davis Richards led the Red Devils with a 38 and was medalist. Aaron Rousey shot a 43. Brennan Lambert (45) and Chris Martin (49) rounded out the top four for the winners.
n Middle school tennis
Southeast defeated North 8-1 Thursday. Nnamdi Osakwe was the lone winner in singles play for the Mavericks.