From staff reports

Carson High graduate Owen White signed with Texas on Tuesday and got to try on a Rangers jersey for the first time.

White, a right-handed pitcher, was introduced at a press conference in Arlington, Texas, along with the rest of Texas’ top five draft picks. All five are high school players.

White was the 55th pick of the draft. The value of his draft slot was $1,257,500, but he signed for $1.5 million, $242,500 more.

The team’s No, 1 pick, Cole Winn, agreed to sign for $3.15 million. His slot value was $3.7 million. That savings enabled the Rangers to offer more money to White and some of the other top picks.

White, 18, will start his pro career with the Rangers entry in the Arizona rookie league. That team is located in the city of Surprise in the Phoenix area.

College baseball

South Rowan graduate Walker Joyce was named a third team junior college All-American.

Joyce helped Rockingham Community College finish fourth in the Division III World Series.

Joyce, a 6-1 freshman right-hander,  tied the program record with eight wins and broke program records with 85 2/3 innings pitched, 96 strikeouts and a 2.00 ERA.

Legion softball

Rowan County opened the season with a doubleheader sweep of Davidson County on Tuesday at East Rowan High.

Rowan won 5-3 and 3-2.

Rowan got a three-run homer in the first inning from Liza Simmerson in the first game to take control. Haley Strange also homered for Rowan and did a fine job in the circle.

Rowan also jumped ahead early in the second game, and pitcher Karley Teague shut out Davidson until the seventh.

Rowan plays Kannapolis at Kannapolis Middle School on Thursday.

Kannapolis split with Concord on Tuesday.

Kannapolis is a first-year program. Concord is the defending state champ.

Concord won 3-0 in the first game, but Kannapolis came back to win the second game, 5-4. Tali Hagler was the winning pitcher, and Whitley Arnott got the save.

   

Junior Legion

Carson (11-0) stayed unbeaten with a 12-1 win over Kannapolis at A.L. Brown.

CFL

Running back/returner Romar Morris (Salisbury/UNC) made the practice squad of the Calgary Stampeders of the CFL.

  

SAC

The South Atlantic Conference named Carson-Newman’s Lauren Wade and Lincoln Memorial’s Emanuel Terry as the 2017-18 South Atlantic Conference Athletes of the Year.

Wade, a senior soccer player from Northern Ireland, earns her second consecutive SAC Female Athlete of the Year honor.

  Terry, a senior from Enterprise, Ala., became the most decorated player in Lincoln Memorial men’s basketball history, earning SAC men’s basketball Player of Year and Defensive Player of the Year honors.

Catawba camp

Catawba College men’s basketball will be hosting an individual skills camp from July 5-7.

The camp runs 9 to 4 on Thursday and Friday and 9 to noon on Saturday.

The camp is open for kindergarten through rising ninth graders (K-9).

Free camp T-shirts will   be provided as well as lunch on Thursday and Friday.

Activities will include drills and skill development with the Catawba basketball coaching staff and current players as well as daily awards and prizes.

Cost of the camp is $100.

Sign up online at www.catawbabasketballcamps.com and pay via credit card or print a brochure from the website and mail to the office.

Call or text one of our coaches if you have any questions. Contact head coach Rob Perron at (704) 293-4277 or assistant Steve Asher at (704) 637-4473.

Local golf

Dave Ballard, of Kannapolis, made a hole-in-one on Tuesday at McCanless.

Ballard aced the 125-yard No. 10 hole.  He hit a 5-wood.

Ballard, 82, collected his fifth career ace.  He was playing in the “Tuesday Scramble “ group along with Bob Helms, Johnny Carpenter  and Boyd Blackwelder.   

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The Corbin Hills Women’s Golf Association hosted a Captains Choice event on Tuesday.

The winning team consisted of Beth Calhoun, Monica Green, Carolynn Ries and Mary Seaford.

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Seventy GARS members played an ABCD Tournament at Lexington Golf Club.

‘A’ Flight winner was Bobby Clark with a net of 60.52. ‘B’ Flight winner was  Buddy  Barger with a net of 61.75. ‘C’ Flight winner was Andy Griffin with a net of 58.05.

‘D’ Flight winner was Ralph Brown with a net of 64.25. Bobby Clark and Edgar Osborne tied for low gross with 73s, and Andy Griffin had low net.

Don Martin, 74, shot a 74. Winsten Mahaffey 81, shot an 80. Ben Moore, 81, shot a 79.  Barger, 84, shot a 75. Clayton Steele, 86, shot a 78. Ralph Brown, 87,  shot an 86. J.C. Ritchie, 93, shot a 78.

App State fund

Appalachian State Athletics announced Tuesday a plan to honor legendary coach John Weaver with the creation of the John Weaver Endowed Scholarship.

App State Athletics has started the fund to benefit the Mountaineers’ track & field and cross country programs that excelled under the leadership of Weaver, a 43-time conference coach of the year.

Intimidators

KANNAPOLIS — Carlos Perez hit a run-scoring single in the second inning, leading the Kannapolis Intimidators to a 5-2 win over the Delmarva Shorebirds in the second game of a doubleheader on Tuesday.

Jake Elliott (1-1) got the win in relief while Delmarva starter Jhon Peluffo (0-2) took the loss in the South Atlantic League game. Aron McRee pitched two scoreless innings for his first save of the season.

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In the first game,  Lincoln Henzman tossed a one-hit shutout, leading the Intimidators to a 5-0 win over the Shorebirds.

Henzman (6-3) struck out six to pick up the win.

Parks and Rec

Salisbury Parks and Recreation announced dates for its 2018 summer sports camps.

•  Volleyball, June 18-21, 9 to noon, instructor Letesha Smith

• Football skills, July 9-13, 5:30-7, Salisbury 49ers instructing

•Wrestling, Aug. 6-9, 9 until noon, instuctors from Rowan County youth wrestling league

Register visit www.salisburync.gov/play  or call 704-638-5289.