From staff reports

MOORESVILLE — Salisbury’s best boys tennis run in eight years ended on Thursday afternoon with a 5-4 loss to Brevard.

Salisbury (21-1) set some records this year but lost a thriller in the Western final against Brevard’s  undefeated Blue Devils at the Lake Norman Tennis Center.

Salisbury’s last trip to the Western final ended with a 2010 loss to Newton-Conover.

Salisbury lost 1, 2 and 3 singles but got out of singles with a 3-all tie thanks to wins by Adam Drye (No. 4), Sean Archer (No. 5) and Juan Salazar (No. 6). Jander Rodas-Palacios lost at No. 3 on a  tiebreaker.

Archer/Salazar won at No. 3 doubles. Salisbury’s Ethan McGee/Rodas-Palacios lost at No. 1 doubles, and the  No. 2 doubles team of Drye/Roarke Burton dropped a very tight match to end it.

Brevard moves on to play for the state title in Greensboro against Carrboro on Saturday. Brevard is in the state championship match for the fifth straight time. In four of those seasons, Brevard knocked Salisbury out of the playoffs.

Prep soccer

Salisbury will host Forbush at 6 p.m. on Saturday in the fourth round of the 2A state playoffs.

Prep baseball

Carson, seeded fifth, plays at top-seeded Crest tonight at 7 p.m. in the fourth round of the 3A state playoffs.

Crest (24-2) ended Carson’s season in the second round last year.

Carson (24-5) is expected to send lefty Maddux Holshouser to the mound. Holshouser has been oustanding this season. He’s  9-1 with an  ERA of 0.97. He has 84 strikeouts.

Holhouser has won nine straight decisions and hasn’t been beaten since March 5 when he lost to 4A Myers Park. Holshouser pitched three innings against Crest last year and allowed one run.

Carson’s offense has picked up quite a bit lately. The Cougars are batting .272 as a team.

Luke Barringer has 24 RBIs, while Owen White has 23, and Brycen Holshouser has 21.

Crest was West champion and state runner-up last season. Crest won in eight innings against Alexander Central in the third round, while Carson was winning at Marvin Ridge.

All-Region baseball

Catawba senior first baseman Chance Bowden (Salisbury) was named Southeast Region Player of the Year on Thursday.

Bowden was joined on the all-region first team by Catawba junior DH Heath Mitchem (Carson).

Bowden also earned South Atlantic Conference Player of the Year honors, hitting .388 with 20 doubles, 18 homers and 66 RBIs, scoring 59 runs while compiling a .724 slugging percentage and .464 on-base percentage.

Mitchem hit .370 over 154 at-bats as he took over the DH duties in March. Among his 57 hits were 10 doubles and four home runs. He collected 29 RBIs and scored 42 runs with a .487 on-base percentage.

Mars Hill catcher Matt Honeycutt (South Rowan) made all-region first team.

He batted .399 with 15 homers, 14 doubles and 49 RBIs, slugging a SAC-best .751 on the year.

North Greenville’s Landon Powell is the coach of the year for the region.

Legion baseball

The Kannapolis-Mocksville game was postponed.

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Tyler Captain pitched a shutout as Stanly County beat Randolph County, 2-0, on Thursday.

Prep track and field

The 1A and 3A State Championships have been  pushed back  from Friday to Sunday.

The 2A and 4A Championships are still set for Saturday at N.C. A&T.

East-West games

Official rosters were released for all the East-West All-Star Games.

The boys and girls basketball games are set for  Greensboro Coliseum on July 16.

The soccer games will be played at McPherson Stadium on July 17.

The football game will be played at Jamieson Stadium on July 18.

Salisbury’s Matt Parrish is the coach of the West soccer team and will have one of his own players, Pedro Cruz, in the lineup.

West Rowan’s Caleb Mauldin and Carson’s Jamarius Hairston will be in the boys basketball game.

West defensive lineman Devin Turner and A.L. Brown offensive lineman Jeremy Davis and defensive lineman Najee Williams will be in the football game.

Carson camps

Carson summer basketball camp:

•  July 9-12, 9-12 (gym opens at 8:30 a.m.) rising kindergarten through 4th grade girls and boys.

• July 9-12, 2-5 p.m. (gym opens at 1:30) rising 5th-8th grade girls.

     Each camp is $50 cash if paid by June 11, the early registration deadline.  The late registration deadline is July 2 and is $60 cash.

Campers will receive a camp T-shirt, and awards will be given to hot-shot and free throw champions.  Concessions will be available daily.

Contact Brooke Stouder at 704-855-7297 or at Brooke.Stouder@rss.k12.nc.us.

Parks and Rec

Salisbury Parks and Recreation announced dates for summer sports camps.

•  Baseball Camp: June 11-15 from 9-12

• Fast-Pitch Softball Camp: June 11-14 from 9-12

• Volleyball Camp June 18-21 from 912

• Football Skills Camp July 9-13  5:30-7

• Wresting Camp Aug. 6-9 from 9-12.

For further information, instructors and to register visit www.salisburync.gov/play  or call 704-638-5289.   

Edgar Welch golf

Results for the 37th annual  Edgar Welch Memorial Golf Tournament:

Overall Winners

Rowan County Division

Kristi Laton

Faye Cline

Open Division

Beth Calhoun

Ellen Petrous

Senior Division

Mary Seaford

Ruth Bowles

1st Place

Open Division

Phyllis Durland

Mary Kresge

Rowan County

1st Place Gross

Eileen Full

Susan Houston

2nd Place Gross

Susan Wydner

Monica Green

1st Place Net

Susan Morris

Mechelle Kuld

2nd Place Net

Wendy Kinsell

Carolyn Reid

3rd Place Net

Sheryl Johnson

Eve Phillips

Open Division

Closest to the Pin – Mary Kresge.  Longest Drive – Ellen Petrous

Rowan County Division

Closest to the Pin – Kristi Laton

Longest Drive – Mechelle Kuld

 

Intimidators

KANNAPOLIS (AP) —  Franklin Rollin homered and singled twice, scoring a couple of runs while also driving home two as the Hickory Crawdads topped the Kannapolis Intimidators 5-3 on Thursday.

Yohel Pozo doubled and singled for Hickory.

Hickory took the lead in the first when Tyreque Reed hit an RBI double and then scored on a two-run single by Tyler Ratliff.

After Hickory added two runs in the second on a home run by Rollin, the Intimidators cut into the deficit in the second inning when Michael Hickman hit a two-run home run.

The Intimidators saw their comeback attempt come up short after Justin Yurchak hit an RBI single, bringing home Laz Rivera in the seventh inning to cut the Hickory lead to 5-3.

Kannapolis missed a couple of additional scoring opportunities, leaving the bases loaded in the fifth and seventh innings.

Hickory right-hander Alex Eubanks (3-3) picked up the win after allowing two runs on six hits over five innings. Opposing starter John Parke (4-2) took the loss in the South Atlantic League game after giving up five runs and 10 hits over five innings. Sal Mendez pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings for his first save of the season.

Stranding 12 men on base, the Intimidators did not take advantage of some good scoring chances in the loss.