From staff reports
Scott Van der Poel went 4-for-4 and knocked in three runs as Salisbury beat A.L. Brown 9-6 in nine innings at Veterans Field in a Thursday makeup baseball game.
Salisbury (9-4) has won seven of its last eight games. The Wonders (2-16) took the Hornets to extra innings mostly because Dylan May had four hits, including two homers.
“May was a beast,” Salisbury coach Scott Maddox said. “We couldn’t figure out how to get him out. That second homer he hit — it might still be going.”
Salisbury took a 5-1 lead behind stout pitching by Nolan Meyerhoeffer, but the Wonders tied it with four runs in the seventh.
Salisbury scored four in the ninth to give Clint Veal the win. Veal pitched the last two innings.
“Meyerhoeffer was outstanding, and Veal gave us a very strong finish,” Maddox said.
Veal also knocked in three runs. Chance Bowden had three hits, while Kyle Wolfe, John Knox and red-hot Philip Tonseth had two each.
Boxscore is in Scoreboard.
Union Pines slammed a NCHSAA record 11 home runs in a 16-9 win against East Montgomery earlier this week. The previous record was nine. East Montgomery hit two homers, as the teams tied the combined record for both teams of 13. Nic Collins and Justin Allred each had three homers for Union Pines.
Prep track
The girls 4×800 relay (Carson won it, but was disqualified after a ruling) wasn’t in the listed official meet results from Wednesday’s Rowan County Meet.
Official final scores for the ladies: North 177; Salisbury 127; Carson 86; East 86; South 43, and West 18.
Prep soccer
Sixth-ranked West Rowan took care of business and rolled to a 9-0 NPC win against Carson on Thursday.
Toni Lucente and Mariah Coleman scored two goals each. Brittany Gibbons, Rachel Brown, Rebecca Parker, Mary McCachren and Anna Edwards accounted for a goal apiece. McCachren and Coleman scored for the first time this season.
Allison Baucom had three assists, Gibbons and Lucente produced two each, and Coleman had one.
“I’m happy with how we set the tone scoring 25 seconds into the game,” West coach Nick Brown said. “Our minds seemed to be in the right place.”
West (13-1, 9-0) stayed undefeated in the league and plays second-place and 11th-ranked Statesville at home on Monday in a big one.
Prep tennis
East Rowan topped Carson 8-1 in a high-intensity NPC match that was closer than it sounds.
West Rowan beat North Iredell 8-1 for another NPC victory.
West finished the regular season 11-4 overall and second in the NPC at 10-2. Both losses were to Statesville.
See Scoreboard for results.
Prep basketball
Salisbury’s Olivia Rankin, Jessica Heilig and Ashia Holmes were named to the NCPreps All-State team for the 2A classification.
Salisbury’s Chris McNeil was honored as 2A coach of the year.
West Rowan’s Ayana Avery made the All-State 3A squad.
Salisbury’s Isis Miller has signed with Winston-Salem State. A story is upcoming.
Prep golf
In a CCC match at Sapona on Wednesday, Salisbury shot 141.
Clark Alcorn’s 33 led the Hornets. Other scores were Troy Beaver (35), Roy Dixon (36), Alex Lee (37) Alex Nianouris (39) and Eric Edwards (39).
West Davidson shot 155, and Central Davidson placed third at 157.
Dixon leads the season scoring after five matches. He stands at 32-37-37-36-36 — 141.
Youth football
On Saturday the Salisbury 49ers split four games with the Northeast Dolphins of Charlotte.
The 49ers team for ages 5-6 won 21-0.
The 7-8 team lost 21-0.
The 9-10 team lost 21-0.
The 11-12 team won 13-0.
The 49ers play again Saturday at the Rocky River High School Football Stadium.
Youth baseball
The Rowan Hawks 14U AAU team beat Harrisburg’s Carolina International 8-3.
Austin Love, Dylan Snider, Noah Jarrett and Dalton Lankford led the offense for the Hawks (10-3), and Hunter Shepherd pitched a three-hitter with seven strikeouts.
College baseball
Zach Howard (Davie) had two hits as Limestone beat Erskine 12-4 in the Conference Carolinas Tournament on Thursday.
Fourth-seeded Pfeiffer won its first-round game, beating No. 3 Belmont Abbey 6-4 behind Eric Shuford’s mound work.
College lacrosse
Catawba won 10-9 in overtime over ninth-ranked Mars Hill on the road on Thursday in double overtime in a DSC semifinal matchup.
Catawba (11-3) will travel to Florida to play against Florida Southern on Sunday afternoon for the DSC championship.
Braden Artem scored the decisive goal. Michael Pecchia recorded 11 saves.
Middle school soccer
Erwin and Corriher-Lipe battled to a 2-2 tie in girls soccer.
Kaleigh Troutman and Avery Wright had the Erwin goals, and Devynne Brown had a strong game.
Erwin’s boys beat Knox 1-0.
North Rowan’s boys beat West Rowan 5-1.
Arnold Lezama scored twice, Jesus Huerta, Felipe Carranza scored in open play, and Brian Reyes scored off a corner.
Southeast’s girls fell to China Grove 1-0. The only score in the game was a penalty kick.
Defensively Southeast was led by Leslie Sanchez, Andrea Jimenez, Rebecca Murphy and keeper Cassidy Nooner. Offensively, Southeast had shots on goal from Karla Fragoso, Grace Rohl, Adna Music and Ashlee Wagoner.
Southeast’s boys rolled over China Grove 6-0.
Brandon Flores had two goals, and Jose Viveros, Adolfo Ortega, Silvestre Lopez and Sandi Jusic had one apiece.
Assists were by Flores, Jesus Jaimes, Ortega and Viveros.
Defensively Southeast was led by Geovani Hidalgo, Ortega, Danni Nava, Jusic and Bryan Fragoso.
Middle school tennis
North Rowan rallied for a 5-4 win against West Rowan.
Nnamdi Osakwe, Gabriel Scheve and Nick Leverett won in singles for the Mavericks, and Osakwe-Leverett and Scheve-Luke Miller posted doubles wins.
Middle school baseball
West Rowan topped Corriher-Lipe 10-5 behind the pitching of Juan Garcia, who fanned six and scattered seven hits.
Hunter Bernhardt and Margarito Romero had three hits each for the Bulldogs.
Burke Fulcher hit a solo homer for the Yellow Jackets. A-rod Kennerly, Fulcher and Jonathan Fleming had two hits each.
Corriher-Lipe beat Erwin 17-0.
Eight Yellow Jackets had at least two hits and nine drove in runs.
Kameron McVay and Eric Stowe had three hits each. Kennerly, Fulcher, Fleming, Chandler Corriher, Dalton Little and Andy Overcash all had two hits. Fulcher went the distance on the mound and fired a two-hitter.
West won 13-1 against North Rowan in five innings. Offensive leaders for the Bulldogs were Noah Teeter, Jeremy Simpson, Dylen Phillips, Garcia and Romero.
Tyler Poteat pitched five innings and stuck out seven.
Local golf
In a low-net tournament at the Country Club of Salisbury, Kim Bost shot 75 for first place, Jo Shaw shot 76 for second, and Jayne Hubbard and Blanche Glover tied for third at 80.
Local softball
The Enon Softball League is looking for an additional church team to play in its spring league.
The league is semi-fast pitch with bunting and stealing. Any church interesting in playing, please contact James Taylor at 704-437-1090.
Minor leagues
The Kannapolis Intimidators open their home season against Hickory on Friday night.
This will be the 10th season for the Intimidators and their 17th in Kannapolis.
Saturday will be fireworks night. n Kannapolis won 9-5 at Delmarva on Thursday and is off to a 6-1 start.
Kenny Gilbert’s three-run homer was the big blow.
Jackson’s Kyle Seager (NW Cabarrus) had three hits on Wednesday.
Hagerstown’s Wade Moore (West Rowan, Catawba) doubled on Wednesday, his first extra-base hit of the young season.
Garrett Sherrill (A.L. Brown, Appalachian State) signed with the Lincoln Saltdogs, a team in the independent American Association.