From staff reports
West Rowanís Jake Kennedy shot a 76 on the second day of the 3A state championships at Foxfire Golf and Country Club
Kennedy carded an 81 on Monday and finished at 157.
ěWe went to the driving range Monday night and he regained confidence and calmed his nerves,î West coach Mary Ann Martinelli said. ěHe went out smiling and played fantastic golf for a freshman.î
n Hickoryís J.T. Poston clinched the NCHSAA 3A individual championship in record fashion.
Poston, the defending individual champion, fired the lowest 36-hole total in the history of the NCHSAA championships by putting up a 68 on Tuesday to go with a blistering 9-under 63 on the opening day for a 13-under par total of 131. He had a nine-shot advantage over second place Robert Register of Burlington Williams.
Burlington Williams won the team title, surging ahead with a 288 on the final day for a 579 total, five shots ahead of Hickory.
n In 4A, East Chapel Hillís Ben Griffin was the individual winner, while Raleigh Leesville Road won the team title with a two-day total of 577.
Davie finished 12th with a 628 total. Tommy Dillon was the top individual for the War Eagles with rounds of 74-79 ó 153.
n Bishop McGuinness overwhelmed the field to roll to the 1A title.
n Local golf
Caroline Dula has been awarded golf and academic scholarships to continue her education and playing career at Coker College in Hartsville, S.C.
Dula graduates this month from the Hank Haney Junior Golf Academy in Hilton Head, S.C., which she has attended since the seventh grade. Caroline is the daughter of Fred and Lynn Dula of Salisbury. She plans to major in education.
n Concordís Norris Caldwell recorded a hole-in-one on Saturday on the 160-yard No. 10 hole from the blue tees at McCanless. Caldwell used a 7-iron to make his third career ace.
He was playing with his brother Bernard Caldwell, as well as Jay Streater and Carl Smith.
n The Corbin Hills Ladies Golf Association played a recent low gross-low net event on May 3.
Toni Iossi won low gross and was followed by Phyllis Durland. Eileen Full won low net with Mary Seaford second.
Low putts went to Faye Cline.
n Winning low gross in a Corbin Hills Ladies Golf Association event held on Tuesday was Iossi, with Durland second and Becky Isenhour third.
Karla Swanson won low net, with Seaford second and Joan Havill third. Low putts went to Shirley Baucom.
n Seventy-one GARS members played at Crescent on Monday.
Low ëAí flight player was Bobby Clark with a net of 62.20. Low ěBí flight player with a net of 57.88 was Ross Howard. Low ëCí flight player with a net of 64.85 was Jim Bain. Doug Lingle was low ëDí flight player with a net of 58.84.
n The McCanless Couples played a nine-hole match on Sunday with a five-man Captainís Choice format.
The winning team was Gene and Mary Seaford, Kyle and Robin Leslie and Paul Hill Jr.
Finishing second was the team of Tim and Jessica Earnhardt, Chris and Sheila Livengood and Juan Garcia.
The third-place team was Sharon Miller, Yvonne Barger, Jeff and Tabitha Warren, Don Goodnight and Terrol Kemball.
Tim Earnhardt was closest to the pin winner, while Harry Owen sank the longest putt.
n Prep baseball
Carson shortstop Gunnar Hogan has been cleared to play in Fridayís 3A playoff game at Mount Pleasant.
Salisbury, East Rowan and North Rowan will have home games while South Rowan will travel to Pineville to play against Charlotte Catholic.
Salisbury will be entertaining Piedmont.
Full playoff pairings are expected to be released today.
n Carson first baseman Kyle Bridges signed with Lynchburg. A story is upcoming.
n Prep soccer
Pairings for soccer playoff games ó the first round is tonight ó are listed in Scoreboard.
Salisbury earned a first-round bye in 2A and is set to play at home on Saturday against either Piedmont or North Lincoln.
In 3A, West Rowan is home tonight against Rockingham, while East Rowan is at Charlotte Catholic.
In 1A, North Rowan qualified for the playoffs as a wild card and travels to Elkin in the first round.
n Prep softball
Semifinals in the NPC tournament are set for Carson today.
Top-seeded East Rowan takes on fourth-seeded West Rowan at 4:15.
At 6 p.m., sixth-seeded South Rowan will try to keep its season alive when it takes on No. 2 seed North Iredell.
n Salisbury lost 15-0 to Central Davidson in a CCC tournament semifinal on Tuesday.
Central scored 12 runs in the first inning, and Emma Comer held the Hornets to one hit.
Salisbury is a qualifier for next weekís 2A state playoffs.
n In the YVC, North Rowan plays top seed South Stanly in a YVC semifinal today at 5:30 p.m. at Chatham Central.
n Prep tennis
Salisbury (17-2) fell 6-2 at top-ranked Newton-Conover in the second round of the 2A dual team playoffs on Tuesday.
n The Hornets are sending two singles players and two doubles teams to this weekendís individual state championships.
Semifinalists in singles and doubles at the regional level qualified for the state championships.
The 4A championships are scheduled for Millbrook Exchange Park in Raleigh. The 3 A event will be held at the Burlington Parks and Recreation Tennis Center. The 1A and the 2A championships are set for the Cary Tennis Center.
Action will get under way on Friday morning with the opening round of play at 9 a.m. in all classifications. Two rounds will be played on Friday, with the semifinals Saturday morning and the championship matches on Saturday afternoon.
n In the prep dual team 4A state playoffs, Davie fell to Watauga 9-0 in the first round.
n Mid. school soccer
Southeastís girls defeated North Rowan 3-0 on goals by Karla Fragoso, Adna Music and Grace Rohl. Defensively, the Patriots were led by Maritza Ortiz, Leslie Sanchez and Marysol Cardona.
n Southeastís girls (6-5-3) lost to Mooresville 3-0.
Defensively, Southeast was led by Cassidy Nooner, Andrea Jimenez, Sanchez, Brittany Menendez, Fragoso and Kylie Cox.
n Southeastís boys defeated North 5-1. Silvestre Lopez and Adolfo Ortega scored twice for Southeast, while Medhin Salcinovic had one goal. Assists were by Brandon Flores, Pedro Perez and Adolfo Ortega.
n Southeastís boys finished undefeated and won another conference title with a 1-0 win against Mooresville.
Scoring for Southeast was Albert Rosas on an assist from Aaron Lippard.
Defensively, Southeast was led by Diego Cruz in goal, Sandi Jusic, Ortega, Lippard, Geovani Hidalgo, Peter Lor, Daniel Nava and Perez.
n Mid. school baseball
West Rowan completed the regular season with a 13-3 win against China Grove.
Omar Bautista and Tyler Poteat had three hits apiece for the Bulldogs.
n Erwin scored two runs in the seventh to edge China Grove 7-6.
Samuel Wyrick had three hits, while Scott Sapp and Tyler Scruggs had two each.
Joseph Peeler was the winning pitcher in relief.
n Erwin beat Knox 10-0 in five innings.
Peeler fanned eight in five innings. Sapp had three hits and scored twice, while Ike Freeman had a pair of hits and scored three times for the Eagles (10-4).
n The conference tournaments is next week at the Salisbury Sports Complex.
n Mid. school tennis
Southeastís boys (11-1) clinched their first ever conference title with a 6-3 win over Mooresville.
Singles winners included Joey Taggart, Graham Purcell and Hunter Carlton. Key doubles wins came from Taggart-Matt Hefner, Purcell-Daniel Winecoff and Carlton-Matt Overcash.
n Knox defeated West Rowan 5-4.
Singles winners for the Trojans were Abraham Post, David Derrick, Robbie Slate and Evan Dunn
The team of Post-Derrick won in doubles.
n Hurley Y T-Ball
Registration for Hurley YMCA T-Ball has started. Registration will run through June 5. A clinic starts the following week.
n Intimidators win
Trayce Thompson hit a two-run homer and two-run double to lead the Kannapolis Intimidators to a 7-3 home win against Lexington on Tuesday.
n Wood bat baseball
After helping Bryan College set a record for victories, North Rowanís Jason Ridenhour and Tanner Brown will pitch for the Statesville Owls this summer. Ridenhour pitched a shutout in the conference tournament in his last outing of the season.
n Blake Houston (South Rowan, Catawba) plans to play for the Morganton Aggies this summer.
n American Legion
Kannapolis American Legion tryouts will be held May 14 (9-12) and May 15 (2-5).
n College baseball
Wingate outfielder Dodson McPherson, the SAC Player of the Year, is a semifinalist for the Tino Martinez Award that goes to the top D-II player.