South Rowan’s girls, who made their debut in diving this season, finished second in the 3A Central Regional swimming and diving competition.
South divers Madyson Campbell placed first, Brittany Luckey placed second, and Katie Carlton was third in the 1-meter dive.
• For South’s swimmers, Leslie Franks was regional champion in the 50 freestyle.
Nicole Mauldin was seventh and Taylor Kluttz was ninth.
Franks was fourth in the 100 breaststroke. Faith Casswell was seventh in the 100 backstroke and eighth in the 100 butterfly.
South’s 400 free girls relay team placed third.
• South’s boys placed sixth in the regional.
The 400 free relay team placed eighth.
Stetson Johnson was seventh in the 100 backstroke and in the 200 IM.
• Carson’s boys were third in the 200 relay.
1A-2A
In the 1A-2A Western Regional, Salisbury’s Taylor Rodenhuis won the 500 free in 4:57.26 and was third in the 200 free.
McKenzie Stevens won the girls 500 free in 5:17.74 and placed second in the 200 free.
Salisbury’s 400 free relay boys team placed ninth.
Among the county SPC champions reported on Saturday were South Rowan’s Tyler Hall, Isaac Hengel and Logan Durham, Carson’s Brandon Sloop. Alex Lyles and Anthony McCurry, and East Rowan’s Wyatt Blume and Shiheem Saunders.
BOCA RATON, FL — Host Lynn swept a baseball doubleheader from visiting and 24th-ranked Catawba on Saturday afternoon at the Lynn Baseball Field. The Fighting Knights picked up the wins in the openers by both squads by the scores of 5-4 and 7-2.
The Knights grabbed a 5-0 lead after four innings of the opener. Lynn got to Catawba starter John Tuttle in the third with three straight singles, two of the infield variety, to start the inning. An error helped the inning for Lynn, but the Fighting Knights collected five of the 11 hits off Tuttle in the frame and led 4-0.
Catawba made it interesting late. Julio Zubillaga drove in a pair of runs in the sixth on a triple to cut the deficit to 5-2. In the ninth, Zubillaga walked and Craig Brooks doubled him home to start the inning. Brooks would score on a sacrifice fly from Dylan Richardson, but the Indians came up a run short.
Zubillaga went 3-for-3 with a couple of RBI. Brooks finished with two hits. Enrique Perez collected three hits for Lynn, while Tom Kain drove in two. Tuttle took the loss, working six innings and allowing five runs (four earned) off 11 hits. He fanned four. Michael Trombino tossed two innings of perfect relief.
Lynn erupted for seven runs in the bottom of the sixth to steal the sweep. Sean Grant, who had tossed five frames of shutout ball, gave up a single to open the inning then allowed back-to-back doubles that tied the score.
Junior Chloe Bully scored 24 points to lead Catawba to a 56-47 win over visiting Carson-Newman in South Atlantic Conference women’s basketball action on Saturday afternoon at Goodman Gym. The Catawba Indians end a four-game slide, improving to 9-9 overall and 7-7 in the SAC. The Lady Eagles fall to 12-8 and 9-5, dropping their third straight.
Bully was the only Lady Indian in double figures scoring nearly half of Catawba’s points. She went 8-of-15 from the field with a trio of three-pointers. Jada Huntley was the next highest scorer for Catawba with seven points.
Tatum Burstrom was the only Carson-Newman player in double figures with 10 points. Whitney Kyle (Jefferson City, TN) scored eight points and grabbed six rebounds for the Lady Eagles.
Carson-Newman got out quickly, scoring the game’s first seven points. Catawba responded with a 9-0 run and the teams remained close the rest of the half. The Lady Indians took a 28-27 lead to the break. Behind Bully, Catawba began to pull away in the second half as the junior tallied 16 of her points in the final session.
The Livingstone College women’s basketball team suffered a 64-60 loss to the Rams of Winston-Salem State University on Saturday night.
Tiffany Evans’ three pointer early in the first half sparked an LC run, however, the Rams played aggressive and allowed the game to feature a considerable amount of ties. The score was tied four times with six lead changes.
The Rams edged Livingstone on the offensive boards 11-3 allowing more opportunities at the basket. Wende Foster, who is currently ranked 2nd in blocked shots in the NCAA division II, made it difficult for WSSU to shoot. Foster blocked three shots and contested everything in the paint forcing Winston-Salem to shoot around the perimeter.
Foster’s defense contributed to the Rams’ 22 percent shooting from field goal range.
WSSU hit only 6-of-27 shots in the first half, while Livingstone made 10-of-22. shots from the field (45.5 percent).

The Lady Blue Bears took a ten point advantage, their largest lead of the half, with back-to-back triples by Diamond Tolliver.

The Lady Blue Bears introduced halftime in the lead 29-21.

Livingstone opened the second half with the same determination they showed in the first half.

The Lady Blue Bears controlled the tempo of the second half causing the Lady Rams to call a timeout and change their game plan. Late in the second half WSSU applied full court pressure forcing LC to turn the ball over. With 3:49 left to play, a foul called put the Lady Rams on the free throw line. They cut the deficit to a two point game.

With 2:29 left to play the Lady Rams made a game changing three pointer to only trail by one point. Winston-Salem then forced a turnover to take their first lead of the second half.