From staff reports

Carson senior Owen White is ranked as the No. 1 player in North Carolina’s Class of 2018 by Prep  Baseball Report.

White (6-3, 180) continued to impress this fall and took another step forward in Jupiter, Florida,  flashing a fastball up to 94 mph.

White, a record-setting hitter as well as a pitcher for the Cougars, signed with  the University of South Carolina on Monday.

Mooresville pitcher Justin Jarvis is ranked fourth in the state in the Class of 2018.

Signings

There were a number of signings in Rowan on Monday, including Salisbury’s Ethan Knorr (East Carolina swimming), South Rowan’s Brooke Lowery (Catawba softball) and  Carson’s Lindsay Elmore (Queens volleyball).

Stories are upcoming. The Post plans to do stories on all  D-I and D-II signers from the Rowan schools.

• Northwest Cabarrus’ Ashleigh Thomson signed with Wingate for cross country and track and field on Monday.

MLB

Corey Seager, 23, who a year ago became the first Dodgers shortstop to win a Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Award as the National League’s best offensive shortstop, has won the award for the second time.

Seager (NW Cabarrus) hit .295 with 22 home runs, 77 RBIs and 85 runs scored in  145 games. The 23-year-Seager led NL shortstops in runs, hits (159), doubles (33) and walks (67).

College rowing

The UNC men’s  club team won the men’s championship 8+ heat in the Head of the Hooch race held in Chattanooga on the Tennessee River.

Philip Simons (Salisbury) was the eighth man, or stroke seat, sitting in front of the  coxswain and setting the stroke rate to match the cox’s command.

This was one of the world’s largest regattas with more than 2,000 boats racing and more than 9,000 seats rowed.

It was the last big  event of the fall.

NFL

Chris Smith (West Rowan) had a sack and another tackle for loss for Cincinnati in Sunday’s loss to Tennessee.

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College football

Newberry’s entire defense was named the  SAC Defensive Player of the Week after getting six interceptions in a shutout of Mars Hill.

It’s believed to be the first SAC award for an entire unit since the 1990s.

Tusclum quarterback Alex Ogle and Lenoir-Rhyne returner  Xzavion Huff also were honored. Huff had a kickoff return TD in a loss to Catawba.

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Kacey Otto (West Rowan) threw a touchdown pass  Saturday as St. Andrews closed the season.

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Alexis Archie (North Rowan) threw a touchdown pass for Feather River (California), while Wesley Jefferies (North) had three tackles.

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D.J. Alexander (Salisbury) made three tackles for N.C. Wesleyan on Saturday.

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Myquon Stout (Carson) made three tackles for Appalachian State in the win over Georgia Southern.

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Livingstone defensive lineman Armond Cox, a junior, was Honorable Mention All-CIAA.

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Teoz Mauney (West Rowan) played in eight games for St. Augustine’s.He had 21 tackles and four sacks.

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Gardner-Webb’s Jayln Cagle (A.L. Brown) rushed for 50 yards on 17 carries in Saturday’s loss to Monmouth.

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North Carolina A&T retained its No. 1 ranking the HBCU media and coaches polls and will represent the MEAC in the Celebration Bowl in Atlanta on Dec.16.

N.C. A&T is still undefeated going into its rivalry game with N.C. Central.

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Appalachian State’s  first-place showdown at Georgia State on Nov. 25 has been scheduled for 2 p.m. on ESPN3.

College volleyball

The CIAA tournament is set for the campus of Virginia State University in Petersburg, Va., on Nov. 17-19.

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Michaela White (Carson) had three kills, 11 assists and four digs as UNC Wilmington closed the season on Monday by beating Elon.

College hoops

Matt Morgan (Cox Mill)  made four 3-pointers and scored 26 points on Monday in Cornell’s win against Binghamton.

Middle schools

West Rowan’s varsity boys lost to China Grove, 49-37, on Monday.

Jacob Ritchie led China Grove (1-1) with 20 points.

Casey Gouge led West Rowan (0-2) with 17 points. Nigel McManus, Noah Loeblein, Josh Noble and Robert Featherstone had strong defensive games for West.

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We’ll refer to the middle school basketball teams as varsity and jayvees.

The varsity teams that are playing now will be mostly eighth-graders, but seventh and even sixth-graders are being allowed to “play up.”

The jayvee season will start after the first of the year.  That season will be for players in grades 6-7, but eighth-graders won’t be eligible to play.

The girls will play the first game on Mondays and Tuesdays. The boys will play first on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Middle school scores and leading  players can be emailed to mike.london@salisburypost.com.