From staff reports

Javon Hargrave (North Rowan) made a team-high 10 tackles, with four solo stops, for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, extraordinary production for a nose tackle.

Pittsburgh lost to Jacksonville, 30-9, although the Steelers’ defense generally played well. Pittsburgh lost mostly because of five interceptions, two that were returned for TDs by the Jaguars.

Hargrave totaled six tackles in Pittsburgh’s first four games.

College football

Elon’s Kortez Weeks (West Rowan) had six catches for 66 yards in Elon’s win against William & Mary on Saturday.

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Myquon Stout (Carson) made two tackles for Appalachian State in Saturday’s homecoming win against New Mexico State.

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Sandon McCoy (A.L. Brown) had eight carries for 42 yards for Army in Saturday’s romp against Rice.

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North Carolina Central DB Mike Robinson (North Rowan) made three tackles in a win against Florida A&M and had another one in Saturday’s win against Howard.

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Jayln Cagle (A.L. Brown) had seven carries for 40 yards for Gardner-Webb in a win against  Shorter.

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Wesley Porter (East Rowan) had three pass breakups and two tackles in Sewanee’s loss to  Berry on Saturday.

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Kyrell Williamson (A.L. Brown) made five tackles for Winston-Salem State in  Saturday’s win against Johnson C. Smith.

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Donnell “DJ” Alexander (Salisbury) made two tackles in N.C. Wesleyan’s win against La Grange.

Jayvee football

In North Rowan’s 18-0 JV win against Albemarle, wideout Javon Smith scored two rushing TDs, and Khoree Miller had a TD.  LB Bryan Lawson led North’s defense.

Prep basketball

West Rowan senior Caleb Mauldin took visits to Lincoln Memorial (official) and VMI (unofficial) over the weekend.

From staff reports

The Wendy’s Invitational at McAlpine Park is always one of the top regional cross country events.

Rowan runners did very well in a strong field. South Rowan runners competed in the 3A races for boys and girls.

South Rowan’s Madison Lowery ran 20:04 and finished ninth.

South’s Madison Henry (20:56) and Madiso McGuire (21:52) also were strong, and the Raiders finished 10th in  the team scoring.

Taylor Conrad ran 20:39 to lead Carson runners.

Megyn Spicer, a freshman, led West Rowan runners in 21:56.

Grace Faller’s 23:50 clocking was the best for East Rowan.

In the boys race, A.L. Brown’s Brandon Hernandez took third place with a  time of 15:55.

Carson had the best team score for the Rowan boys entries and finished 14th.

Zac Barbee ran 18:04 to lead the Cougars.

Thomas Waldo’s 17:20   led West Rowan. He edged East Rowan’s Sean Incardona, the county champion. Incardona ran 17:22. Freshman Noah Julian paced South Rowan with a 17:24 clocking.

Men’s cross country

Twins Jonathan Martin and Matthew Martin (Carson) ran personal bests and  helped UNC Pembroke win the college division at the Florida State Invitational on Friday morning.

Prep volleyball

Statesville is   strong for a team that has won only one NPC game, and Carson had a tough time with the Greyhounds before winning, 3-1, in its most recent home game.

Mallory Weast had 26 kills and 14 digs. Grace Thomas had 36 assists. Kary Hales had 31 digs. Lindsay Elmore had 13 kills and seven digs.

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Ranked 11th in the state, Carson won Saturday at Reagan, the first loss of the season for the fourth-ranked Raiders. Carson won 25-20, 25-23 and 25-19. Weast had 14 kills and 10 digs. Hales had 24 digs. Thomas had 28 assists. Elmore had 12 kills. Jaden Vaughn had seven digs and seven kills. Katie Blackwell had nine digs, four kills and three aces.

Carson also won easily against Page 25-11, 25-15, 25-11 in the tri-match at Reagan. Elmore had 20 kills. Thomas had 27 assists. Weast had 10 digs and six kills. Hales had 12 digs. Blackwell had five aces and 12 digs.

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In Saturday’s Dig Pink Jamboree at West Rowan,  West’s Cassidy Hewitt and Kaylin Dowling had six kills each in a sweep against North Rowan. Lindsey VonCanon had seven aces.

West also swept Salisbury on Saturday. Tori Hester had 12 kills for the Falcons, while Emma Gusler and Maddison Myers had six each. Dowling had five aces. Ava Link had 10 digs, while Hannah Pratt had eight. Link had 26 assists.

West (16-4, 5-3) hosts Carson (17-3, 6-2) on Tuesday night at approximately 6 p.m.

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Salisbury swept North Rowan in Saturday’s Dig Pink Jamboree.

Prep tennis

Conference tournaments will be used this week as qualifiers for the individual regionals.

Players can compete in singles or doubles, but not both.

Lexington is hosting the  Central Carolina Conference event, with Salisbury players expected to be strong.

West Rowan is hosting the North Piedmont Conference event. West, Carson and East Rowan have potential regional qualifiers.

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The dual team state playoffs are set to start on Oct. 18. Salisbury and Carson have qualified.

Prep girls golf

The South Piedmont Conference Tournament is set for today at Red Bridge  Golf Club in Locust.

Rowan golfers will be off  until regional play starts.

East Rowan’s girls, the  North Piedmont Conference and Rowan champs, will be competing at Greensboro National Golf Club on Oct. 16.

Local golf

Ralph Carver, of Concord, made a hole-in-one Friday at McCanless.

He aced the 177-yard No. 6 hole with a 5-wood.Carver has been playing 50 years. The hole-in-one was the first of his career. His wife, Pam, witnessed the feat and was credited with inspiring the perfect shot.

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Treva Honeycutt was the overall low gross winner in a Corbin Hills women’s tournament:

1st Flight

Low Gross — Kristi Laton;  Low Net — Susan Houston

2nd Flight

Low Gross — Faye Cline;  Low Net — Becky Isenhour

3rd Flight

Low Gross — Eileen Full; Low Net  — Sheryl Johnson

Free turkeys 

Coast to Coast Life Skills Consultant and Sports Trainer will be giving out free turkeys on Nov. 20 at the Perfect Smoke on South Lee Street in Salisbury.

The give-away will start at noon. Coast to Coast Life Skills Consultant and Sports Trainer is owned by former West Rowan basketball star Donte Minter.

From staff reports

Brevard’s Margaret Correll (Carson) won her  first college singles and doubles matches as the Tornados prevailed against Montreat.

Cierra Hunter (South Rowan) is  one of the top players for Montreat.

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Catawba’s women won against Mount Olive, 7-2, to improve to 2-0.

College soccer

Barton’s Megan Bolick made three saves, including a PK, and helped the Bulldogs shut out Mount Olive.

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  Undefeated Carson-Newman won against Catawba’s women on Saturday, 3-0.

Catawba (5-5, 3-2 SAC) got  nine saves from Shelby Thompson.

Catawba is home against Mount Olive on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.

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Evan Jeckells stopped five shots for Catawba (1-7-1, 1-3-1 SAC), including an early penalty kick, but the Catawba men also lost to Carson-Newman, 3-0, on Saturday.

Racing

Kannapolis  native and current playoff contender Daniel Hemric will return to Richard Childress Racing for the 2018 season to again compete for the NASCAR XFINITY Series championship in the No. 21 Chevrolet Camaro.

Catawba XC

Catawba’s  Hannah Mercer (18:48) was the top Division II runner in the women’s 5k at the Hagan Stone Classic Cross Country Meet on Saturday.

Her win helped the Catawba Indians to the team title. Catawba put six runners in the top 10.

Catawba’s men were third among four Division II teams.  Former Northwest Cabarrus standout Ethan Bemis led Catawba’s men with a seventh-place finish in the 8k with a time of 26:54.

Next for Catawba will be the SAC Championships on Oct. 21 in Newton, N.C.

College volleyball

Catawba lost a five-set match to Newberry in Goodman Gym on Saturday.

Allie Grubb and Rachel Stanford led the  Indians in kills with 15 each. Stanford and Morgan Hester (Carson) each handed out 26 assists and made 13 digs. Allison Benton led the defense with 20 digs.

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Abby Lee (Salisbury) totaled 20 digs in two two Meredith wins on Saturday.

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Averett’s Lynsey Corriher (South Rowan) had six kills in a win against N.C. Wesleyan.

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Brevard’s Hannah Elmore (Carson) piled up 27 kills, seven digs and four blocks in a pair of recent wins by the Tornados.

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UNC Wilmington’s Michaela White (Carson) had a career-best 39 assists, nine digs and six blocks in a win against Delaware.

College golf

In the Tar Heel Intercollegiate, UNC Greensboro’s Nick Lyerly (East Rowan) shot 72-77-72 — 221 and tied for 53rd. Gardner-Webb’s Jake Kennedy (West Rowan)  shot 72-76-71 — 219 and tied for 47th.

UNC won the event.