From staff reports

West Rowan won an outright conference championship in baseball for the first time since 2004 by beating Cox Mill 5-2 on Tuesday.

West Rowan shared the conference title in 2006.

“This is pretty enjoyable,” first-year coach Seth Graham said. “We haven’t had a  ton of offense this year, but we’ve had pitching and defense, and that’s what you’d choose.”

Juan Garcia hit a two-run homer for the Falcons.   Kacey Otto delivered a key hit. Omar Bautista (7-1) pitched a complete game.

The Falcons have won eight in a row.

• East Rowan won 5-4 in 10 innings against Central Cabarrus.

Joseph Peeler had the game-winning RBI for the Mustangs and also was the winning pitcher in relief.

Logan Towne pitched five strong innings. Samuel Wyrick had two hits for the Mustangs. Ike Freeman tripled.

• Hickory Ridge scored five runs in the third inning on four hits and three errors and beat Carson 5-3 on Tuesday in SPC action.

Tanner Christy pitched five innings for the Cougars and took the loss. Kris Peacock pitched two scoreless innings.

Hickory Ridge hurler Collin Sprinkle struck out 11 and walked eight.

Carson loaded the bases in the seventh but failed to score.

The Cougars were held to two hits — by Owen White and Heath Mitchem.

Four teams are now tied for second in the SPC with 9-6 records — South Rowan, East Rowan, Carson and Cox Mill.

• North Rowan pounded Thomasville 14-4 on Tuesday in CCC baseball.

Lee Sells pitched five innings for the win.

Cory Fries had three hits and drove in two runs.  Noah Gonzalez had two hits and two RBIs. Corbin Smith knocked in two. Blake Peagram had two hits.

The Cavaliers had 13 hits.

• Riley Myers pitched Salisbury to a 2-1 win against league-leading West Davidson in CCC action on Tuesday at Feezor Field.

The Hornets scored single runs in the first and second and held on to hand the Green Dragons only their second loss of the season and their first CCC setback.

Salisbury used a two-out double by Myers and a run-scoring triple by J.T. Austin to take a 1-0 lead. John Yang squeezed home Harrison Smith in the second for a 2-0 edge.

West Davidson scored in the sixth when Daulton Anderson doubled and came around on Jacob Gobble’s single.

West Davidson threatened in the seventh, but the Hornets got out of the jam with a trick play. Myers stepped off the rubber and faked a throw to second  base as infieldes reacted as  if the ball had been thrown.

As a runner strayed off base looking for the ball, Myers went over and tagged the runner out.

“Riley pitched an outstanding game and defensively we backed him up well,” Salisbury coach Scott Maddox said. “Zack Bates made several outstanding defensively plays that really changed the game.”

  Alex Link had three hits for the Hornets, while Myers had two doubles.

Noah Sharpe pitched well for the Green Dragons but took the loss.

The Hornets host North Hills Wednesday at 4  before facing the Green Dragons again on Senior Night at Salisbury Robertson Stadium at 7 p.m.

• A.L. Brown lost 5-2 to Hopewell in MECKA action on Tuesday.

Matt Brown pitched well for the Wonders, but Hopewell rallied to tie the game in the sixth and won it in the seventh.

Kameron Sherrill led the Wonders’ offense.

  

Prep softball

West Rowan won 5-4 against Cox Mill on Senior  Day, avenging an earlier loss to the Chargers.

Hunter Gibbons had three hits, including a homer, and drove in three runs for the Falcons.

Peyton Greene pitched a complete game and struck out five, as the Falcons stayed tied for first with Northwest Cabarrus.

Camryn Nooner had two hits. Taylor Martin tripled.   Savannah Cline had a run-scoring double.

• Carson won 10-3 against Hickory Ridge in SPC softball.

Lacee Hunsucker was the winning pitcher. She went 4-for-4 at the plate, including a homer, and drove in two runs.

Sarah Freeze had two hits and two RBIs. McKenna Moose and Kayln Ellenburg had two hits each and both had doubles.

• Salisbury softball lost 11-0 to West Davidson in CCC action on Tuesday.

Caroline Forbis struck out three. Calissa Anderson Kate Murph and Tamika Gatewood had hits for the Hornets.

• Davie roughed up Mount Tabor 15-0  Tuesday.

Prep football

North Rowan back JaReke Chambers and East Rowan offensive lineman Daniel Jones are on the West roster for the July 22 East-West All-Star Game in Greensboro.

A.L. Brown’s Mike Newsome is the head coach of the West squad.

Prep tennis

Salisbury won 5-1 against Parkwood in the first round of the 2A state dual team playoffs on Tuesday at SHS.

Spencer Storey, Hunter Carlton, David Derrick, Matt Sukkasem and Benjamin Roy won singles matches for the Hornets (12-1). See Scoreboard.

Prep soccer

Hickory Ridge topped Carson 4-1 in SPC action on Tuesday in a battle for second place in the SPC — behind Cox Mill.

Intimidators

Kannapolis   pitcher Jordan Guerrero worked eight innings and led the Intimidators to a 3-2 win against Greenville on Tuesday.

Guerrero (3-0) limited the Drive to one run while scattering six hits.

  

Local golf

Fifty-seven GARS members played in foursomes at Warrior.

The Low ‘A’  Flight player was Dick Hatoway with a net of 63.85.

Low ‘B’ Flight player was David Adams with a net of 62.92.

Low ‘C’ Flight player was Bobby Bryant with a net of 65.9.

Low ‘D’ Flight player was John Bringle with a net of 61.3.

• Corbin Hills Spring Two- Man Captain’s Choice results:

Flight 1

1st — Blake Wray-Lee Frick (64-66 — 130)

Tie, 2nd- Tommy Trexler-Perry Voncanon (66-65 — 131)

Tie, 2nd — Curt Thomas/ Jay Hill (67-64 —  131)

Flight 2

1st — Tracy Melnik- Cory Merritt (71-64 —  135)

2nd — Jamie Phillips-Lee Bruner (70-67 —  137)

Flight 3:

1st — Alan Barefoot-David Dorsett (73-65 —  138)

2nd —  Michael Dorsett- Billy Ray Corriher ( 73-69 —142)

• The Corbin Hills Womens Golf Association participated in the N.C. State Handicap Tournament on Tuesday.  The low net winner from Corbin Hills was Susan Morris.

The winners for the regular play day were:  First Flight -1st low gross, Kristi Laton; 2nd low gross —  Phyllis Durland; low net— Susan Morris.

Second Flight: 1st low gross — Faye Cline; Bev Cobb and Cindy Carmazzi tied for 2nd low gross; low net —  Susan Wydner.

Third Flight —  1st low gross —  Betsey Edgeworth;  2nd low gross—  Monica Green; low net— Karla Swanson.

Catawba softball

Catawba pitcher Carley Tysinger was named SAC Tournament MVP. Tysinger struck out 45 in 26 innings.

Catawba’s Gina Gerone, Natalie Naturile and Katherine Shumaker made the all-tournament team. Gerone batted. 583. Naturile hit .500. Shumaker batted .444.

  

College baseball

Catawba’s Will Albertson, Luke Setzer (East Rowan), Dylan Richardson and Ryan McClintock were named to the All-SAC Tournament team.

Albertson’s 25th homer of the season came in the tournament and broke the SAC record as well as the Catawba record. Setzer had two homers and eight RBIs in the tournament.

• North Greenville won the Conference Carolinas Tournament as the No. 6 seed. North Greenville went 4-0, with wins against Mount Olive and King and two against Pfeiffer.

Matt Laurens (North Rowan) closed the win against Mount Olive and got a win against Pfeiffer.

    

Mid. school soccer

Southeast’s girls  defeated Knox 3-0.

Scoring for Southeast were Abbi Solano, Gabby Loeza and Lelja Mehmedovic.  Assists were by Mehmedovic and Solano. After an early injury to keeper Skyler Smith, Selma Mustafic stepped in and maintained the shutout for Southeast.  It was her first time in goal.

•  Southeast’s boys won 1-0 against Knox.

Scoring for Southeast was Tony Figueroa on an assist from Kevin Vasquez.  Alex Ortiz, Alex Erazo, Alex Mercado, Oscar Nunez and Edwing Sanchez played well for the Patriots.

Mid. school baseball

Pitchers Michael Molenda and Henry Hall allowed one hit over 5 innings to lead West Rowan to an 11-0 win over Corriher Lipe on Tuesday.

Offensive leaders for the  Bulldogs (5-3)  were Payne Stolsworth, Jake Perez and Cameron Graham.

• Avery Shull pitched Erwin to a 10-0 win against North Rowan.

NCHSAA

Runner Abigale Verchick of Union Pines and baseball player Joe Mason of West Carteret  won  the NCHSAA Performance of the Week awards.

Hoops Unlimited

Following are the sites and dates for the 22nd annual Hoops Unlimited Basketball Camps.

• East Rowan High, June 15-18, rising 2nd-5th grade boys and girls

•   June 22-25, rising 6th-10th grade boys and girls

• North Stanly Middle School,  July 6-9 , rising 2nd-5th grade boys and girls

   • July 13-16, rising 6th-10th grade boys and girls

The cost of the all day camp is $110, which includes an “all you can eat” lunch each day.  Each camper will also receive a camp T-shirt. For brochures and information, go to www.hoopsunlimitedcamp.com, or call camp director Rick Roseman at 704-279-7334.