From staff reports
Jerry Sands (Catawba) homered for the Albuquerque Isotopes in the bottom of the third inning in an 8-6 loss against Oklahoma City on Monday night. It was Sandsí 14th home run of the season at the Triple A level.
nThe Kannapolis Intimidators got four RBIs from Trayce Thompson in a 7-3 win against the Lakewood BlueClaws on Monday at Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium.
Thompson broke a 2-2 tie in the third inning with his second two-run double. Dan Black added another double and later hit his 13th home run.
The Intimidators are off Tuesday before starting a seven-game road trip Wednesday.
n Burlingtonís Rudy Brown (South Rowan) struck out three in two innings on Monday, but he was roughed up for two runs and six hits in the Royalsí 8-5 loss to Bluefield.
n Wood bat leagues
Noah Holmes (East Rowan) went 2-for-2 for Asheboro in a 12-3 Coastal Plain League win against Martinsville.
n Ross Whitley (Catawba) notched his sixth save as Wilmington beat Fayetteville 6-3 in the CPL.
n J.J. Jankowski (Catawba) thew a scoreless inning in the CPL All-Star game Monday night.
n American Legion
Cherryville thumped Hickory 11-6 on Monday to wrap up its fifth straight Area IV championship.
Dylan Hastings pitched into the seventh inning for Post 100, and Trey Drewery and Spencer Martin provided a fast start with two-run homers in the first inning.
Both teams will play in the state tournament this weekend in Morehead City, with Cherryville opposing the host team in the first round.
n Youth baseball
The Rowan 9-10 all-stars will play for the championship of the Western Bracket tonight against Durham in the state tournament being held in Brevard.
Rowan collected 21 hits in a 15-10 victory over Weddington. Bo Rusher and Cole Hales had four hits apiece. Caleb Mauldin was the winning pitcher.
Rowan pounded out 10 hits in a 10-0 win over Henderson County. Rusher and Olin Stamper had three hits each, while Hales was the winning pitcher.
The team is coached by Bobby Rusher, Rob Hales and Jeff Bernhardt.
The Rowan 11-12 All-Stars recently finished third in District II play.
Rowan defeated Spencer, Winston-Salem, Walkertown and host Southwest Forsyth.
Trevor Atwood pitched a complete game against Southwest Forsyth with 11 strikeouts and no walks.
n The China Grove Cal Ripken 12-under team will play for the state championship today against Mathews at 5:30 p.m. in Liberty.
n The local golf
Livingstone golf coach Andre Springs recently taught fundamentals of putting and swinging to boys as part of a clinic held during the Gray Golf Classic at the Golf Club in Ballantyne in Charlotte.
The Club featured 200 golfers, including Livingstone president Dr. Jimmy Jenkins.
n Prep basketball
UNC-bound post man Jackson Simmons scored 19 points and 15 rebounds for MVP honors to lead the West all-stars to an exciting 100-93 win against the East in Monday nightís menís game at Greensboro Coliseum.
Miles Bowman (Delaware State) added 16 points for the West, and Concordís Jacquise Moore (Wallace State) hit two 3-pointers and scored 12.
Xavier Saddler-Mee had 15 points to pace the East, and Catawba signee Tyrece Little had 15 boards.
n In the womenís game, the East team beat the West 66-58 with rebounding and defense.
MVP Courtney Melvin (East Carolina) had 18 points and 11 rebounds to lead the East.
Jada Payne (La Salle) and Hannah Earley (Davidson) scored 14 each for the West.
The East had a 63-55 edge on the boards. The West shot just 23.4 percent and went 4-for-23 on 3-pointers.