From staff reports

Jay Ritchie, 80, a Granite Quarry athlete who made it all the way to the big leagues as a pitcher, died on Tuesday.
A story on the Salisbury-Rowan Hall of Famer will be in Thursday’s edition.

Local golf
Jennifer Chang of Cary and Nick Lyerly of East Rowan have been named the 2015 North Carolina Junior Players of the Year by the Tarheel Youth Golf Association (TYGA) and the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA). The N.C. Junior Player of the Year award recognizes one girl and one boy who had the most successful year in amateur and junior golf events at the local, state, regional and national levels.
More on Lyerly in Thursday’s edition.
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Twenty-seven GARS members bundled up and played a Texas Scramble at cold and windy Corbin Hills.
The first team with a minus-7 consisted of Winsten Mahaffey, Bobby Clark, Clive Mahaffey and Buddy Barger.
Two Teams tied for second place with a minus-3. The team of Ross Howard, Ernest Wagner, Dick Hatoway and Harold Caudill won a scorecard playoff for second place.
The third-place team consisted of Phil Cauble, Larry Luther, Ralph Luther and Scott Hay.
Closest to the pin on No. 2 was Winsten Mahaffey.
Longest putt on No. 9 was made by Mick Rowell.

Prep basketball
West Rowan’s girls won 57-43 against Cox Mill on Tuesday.
Taylor Martin led the Falcons (9-2, 7-0 SPC) with 17 points, Egypt Alexander had 13 points, and Mary Sobataka scored nine.
Rachel Barker had 12 to lead the Chargers.

Girls box
COX MILL (43) — Barker 12, Haney 10, Stafford 6, Rincus 6, Wilson 2, Sondrini 2, White 2, Manigault 2, Surratt 1.
WEST ROWAN (57) — Martin 17, Alexander 13, Sobataka 9, Hall 6, Miller 5, Pharr 2, Vaughters 2, Linder, Williams Pruitt.

Cox Mill       17   4   12   10   — 43
West Rowan            17   9   17   14   — 57

West boys
West Rowan’s boys couldn’t hold off Cox Mill and lost in overtime, 80-72, to the Chargers on Tuesday in SPC play.
Caleb Mauldin poured in 35 for the Falcons.
Wendell Moore had 23 points and Messiah Baptiste had 20 for the Chargers.

Salisbury splits
Salisbury’s boys won 83-69 against East Davidson in their CCC opener on Tuesday.
DeShawn Troutman surpassed the 1,000-point mark for his career.
Will Leckonby made eight 3-pointers in the first half for the Hornets.
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Salisbury’s girls lost to undefeated East Davidson 70-23.
The Hornets were down 20-4 after the first quarter.

Girls box
East Davidson 70, Salisbury 23

EAST DAVIDSON (70) — Anders 18, Grimsley 13, Plummer 13, Simmons 6, Hallman 6, Key 5, Garcia 4, Jones 3, Sentell 2.
SALISBURY (23) — Troutman 14, Capito 3, M. Glenn 3, Phifer 2, Alexander 1.

East Davidson 20 23 12 15 — 70
Salisbury 4 9 8 2 — 23

East loses two
Mahaley Holit scored 37 points, including 24 in the fourth quarter to lead Central Cabarrus to a 59-54 win over East Rowan in SPC play on Friday.
Shenell Pharr scored 24 for East, and Jocelyn Lowe and Shenique Pharr added 10 each.
Brittany Small had 14 rebounds, while Lauren Weisensel pulled down 12.

Girls box
Central Cabarrus 59, East Rowan 54

CENTRAL CABARRUS (59) — Holit 37, Wallace 11, Van Dyke 6, Breedlove 5, Ratzloff, Benton, Myrick.
EAST ROWAN (54) — Shenell Pharr 24, Shenique Pharr 10, J. Lowe 10, Small 6, Wagner 2, Weisensel, Harrison, S. Lowe.

C. Cabarrus 7 15 11 26 — 59
East Rowan 11 11 18 14 — 54
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East’s boys lost 67-39 to the Vikings.

Carson drops two
Carson’s girls lost 54-36 to SPC leader Hickory Ridge on Tuesday.
Gabby Smith scored 22 for the Ragin’ Bulls (12-1, 8-0 SPC) and also pulled down 13 rebounds.
Kailie Ketchie led Carson (10-4, 6-2) with 10 points. Anne Marie Turney had eight points, and Olivia Gabriel and McKenzie Gadson had seven apiece.

Hickory Ridge 54, Carson 36

HICKORY RIDGE (54) — Smith 22, McManimen 10, Means 6, Jones 6, Miller 5, Shears 3
CARSON (36) — Ketchie 10, Turney 8, Gabriel 7, Gadson 7, Wiggins 2, Shumaker 2, Street, Furr, Fesperman, Taylor.

Hickory Ridge 8 19 11 16 — 54
Carson 4 9 13 10 — 36

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Carson’s boys lost 68-42 to Hickory Ridge on Tuesday in SPC play.
Avery Metcalf scored 23 points to lead the Ragin’ Bulls.
Jamarius Hairston led the Cougars with 13 points.

Boys box
Hickory Ridge 68, Carson 42

HICKORY RIDGE (68) — Avery Metcalf 23, Heidtke 12, Smith 9, Andrew Metcalf 6, Cottingham 4, Leary 4, Wimbish 2, Walker 2, Burley 2, Carter 2, Ruggerio 2.
CARSON (42) — Hairston 13, Herron-Cuthbertson 7, Bearden 6, Banks 5, Westbrook 3, White 3, Whicker 3, Hogue 2.

Hickory Ridge 14 6 30 18 — 68
Carson 11 6 8 17 — 42

South drops two
South Rowan fell to Robinson, 48-33, in SPC girls basketball action on Tuesday night.
The Bulldogs improve to 4-7 and 3-4 in the SPC. South falls to 2-12 and 1-7.
South played without leading scorer Janiya Downs and Kamryn Stamey, both of whom are recovering from concussions.
“We struggled to score with Downs and Stamey out, but Riley Corriher did a great job of handling the basketball and finding opening players,” said South coach John Davis.
Davis added that the Raiders were hurt by poor free throw shooting (11-of-33).
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South’s boys lost 79-44 to the Bulldogs.
Tre Littlejohn led the Raiders with 14 points. Ahmod Hester had 11. Marquis Rhyne added eight
Lavar Batts Jr. led the Bulldogs with 16 points. Jordan McKenzie had 15.

Girls box
SOUTH ROWAN (33) — Corriher 9, Kimmer 8, Williams 6, Harden 5, Samples 2, Chabala 2, Rollins 1, Carsen Carlton, Camden Carlton.
ROBINSON (48) — McMillen 21, Koerner 9, Boulware 5, Jordan 7, Misenheimer 4, Glass 2.

South Rowan       7   11   3   12   — 33
Robinson            11   11   12   16   — 48

Davie sweeps
Jordan McDaniel scored a career-best 26 points and led Davie County’s boys to a 78-73 win against CPC rival North Davidson on Tuesday.
Emma Slabach scored 14 and Madison Zaferatos had 13 as Davie’s girls rolled 59-41 against North Davidson.

Boys box
Davie 78, North Davidson 73

DAVIE (78) — McDaniel 26, Slabach 14, Wall 14, Heiner 12, Starnes 7, Walton 3, Mua 2.
NORTH DAVIDSON (73) — Borgen 19, Moore 17, Hill 14, Franklin 11, Hester 10, Reid 3, Henson 2.

Davie County 13 14 22 29 — 78
North Davidson 16 18 25 14 — 73

Girls box
Davie 59, North Davidson 41

DAVIE (59) — Slabach 14, Zaferatos 13, A. Peebles 10, Hampton 8, Jones 6.
NORTH DAVIDSON (41) — Bryant 13, Roseboro 6, Lackey 5, Marion 5, Tilley 2, Hyatt 1.

Davie County 13 15 22 9 — 59
North Davidson 9 7 10 15 — 41

Mooresville boys win
Mooresville’s boys won 91-78 against South Iredell on Tuesday.
Noah Allen scored 21 points, and Jay Davis had 17.

Prep wrestling
West Rowan won 51-30 against Cox Mill in SPC wrestling on Tuesday.
Juwan Houston, Zac Ridenhour and Jacob Boyd had pins for the Falcons.
Devin Pina, Hunter Wilhelm, Alex Williams and Lee Poteat won by forfeit.
Alex Arozo won a decision.

Jayvee girls
Carson won 24-14 against Hickory Ridge.
The Cougars (11-0) got eight points from Tayler Harwood and five from Katie Jewell.
Defensive Standouts were Nancy Gamewell, Sarah Musselwhite and Shaleah Jolly.

Jayvee boys
West Rowan won 52-46 against Cox Mill, with Logan Sproul and Josiah Dixon leading the way.

8th-grade basketball
Mooreville won 40-35 against West Rowan.
Both teams are 8-3.
Quay Weeks led the Bulldogs with 15 points, and Jay Joseph added nine.
Malik Birchett led Mooresville with 11 points.
West Rowan will play at Southeast on Thursday.

College hoops
Catawba’s teams play a SAC doubleheader tonight at Queens.
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The Pfeiffer women’s basketball team (3-6, 2-3 CC) won 60-49 victory against Converse on Tuesday night. Safia Sheikh scored a game-high 16 points.