The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina (2024)

May 17, 2006

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The Charlotte Observeri

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Charlotte, North Carolina

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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

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6C WFDNFSOAY MAY 17 2006 SPORTS THE CHARLOTTE OBSFRVFR I wwwcharlottecom Scoreboard NCISAA First Round 3A CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY 16 HICKORY GROVE I BASEBALL MINOR-LEAGUE BASEBALL Knights blank Indy to win 6th straight International League Hickory Grove 010 00 1 2 7 Country Day 034 9x 16 16 0 WP: Drew Witman 9-2 LP: Jennings Leading hitters-CCD: Skip Hutchins 2-4 2B RBI Drew Witman 2-3 2B 3B RBI Adam Walton 3-4 2B Tate Davis 2-2 2B 2RBIs Joe Wheeler 2-3 2RBIs HG: Jennings 1-1 Thacker 1-2 Record: CCD 19-11 PROVIDENCE DAY 11 CHARLOTTE LATIN 1 Carolina 0 3 1 119 Charlotte 0 1 0 0 0 3 Hampton 0 10 0 15 GAMES Cent Florida at Bradenton 5 Charlotte at Hampton 6:30 Ft Wayne at Michigan 7:30 Long Island at Western 7:30 TENNIS ATP HAMBURG MASTERS At Hamburg Germany First Round Singles: Domimk Hrbaty Florian Mayer 6-4 6-2 Nicolas Kiefer (9) Jurgen Melzer 6-2 3-6 6-3 Andy Murray Gael Monfils 6-4 6-1 Fernando Gonzalez (7) Dmitry Tursunov 6-4 6-3 Gilles Simon Greg Rusedski 6-1 6-1 Max Mirnyi Luis Horna 7-6 (5) 7-5 Nikolay Davydenko (4) Nicolas Massu 6-3 64 Juan Monaco Xavier Matisse 6-3 2-0 retired Andreas Seppi Stanislas Wawrinka 2-6 7-6 (4) 6-1 Gaston Gaudio (6) Alberto Martin 6-2 3-6 6-4 Filippo Volandri Boris Pashanski 6-2 6-2 Rainer Schuettler Lukas Dlouhy 4-6 6-3 6-2 Robin Soderlmg Tommy Haas 6-2 2-1 retired Jose Acasuso Simon Gruel 6-2 6-1 Sebastien Grosjean Robby Ginepri (14) 7-5 7-5 Indianapolis 000 000 000 0 7 1 E-de Caster LOB-Charlotte 6 Indianapolis 7 DP-Charlotte 2 Indianpolis 3 2B-Blakeiy Maldonado De Caster SB-Rogowski 2 (12) Velan- Charlotte improves to 30-8 in Division of International League Observer News Services INDIANAPOLIS Ilcath Phillips pitched eight scoreless innings to lead the Charlotte Knights to a 3-0 victory Tuesday against the Indianapolis Indians in the International League Phillips (4-2) earned the win by spreading out six hits striking out three and walking one The victory was sixth consecutive The Knights (30-8) in first place in the South Division took the lead in the second inning as Casey Rogowski led off with a single then stole second and third and scored on an error by Indians third baseman Yurcndell de Caster Jorge Vclandia had an RBI single in the third to score Darren Blakely The Knights then added another run in the sixth Marty McLcary (0-2) took the loss for Indianapolis (21-17) which is first in the West Division Charlotte reliever Jeff Farnsworth gave up a hit and struck out two in the ninth to earn his ninth save HBP-Richard (by Farnsworth) Att-3943 South Atlantic HICKORY Kannapolis beat Hickory 4-2 in a battle of last-place teams on Tuesday in front of 3168 fans at LP Frans Stadium Kannapolis (8-30) in last place in the South Division erased a 2-0 deficit with four runs in the fourth inning to beat Hickory (14-22) which is last in the North Divisioa Hickory scored twice in the first inning against Ricky Brooks when Brad single scored Brent Lilli-bridge and Cameron Blair scored when Brooks issued a bases-loaded walk to Jason Delaney In the fourth inning Daron Roberts hit a solo homer off Kyle Pearson to cut the lead to 2-1 then Eric Hollis had a single to score two more runs with one out and the bases loaded to make it 3-2 Leo bunt gave Kannapolis a 4-2 lead Brooks (3-2) worked 52A innings and allowed two runs four hits to earn the victory Pearson (2-1) allowed four runs on five hits in 3 76 innings in the loss Oneli Perez earned his third save for Kannapolis after pitching a scoreless ninth inning Both teams play today and Thursday at Kannapolis with both games beginning at 7 pm RESULTS Charlotte 3 Indianapolis 0 Columbus 7 Richmond 5 Buffalo 6 Pawtucket 2 ScrantonW-B 8 Rochester 6 Ottawa 6 Syracuse 4 Norfolk 3 Toledo 2 Louisville 6 Durham 5 (12) GAMES Charlotte at Indianapolis Columbus at Richmond Durham at Louisville Pawtucket at Buffalo ScrantonW-B at Rochester Syracuse at Ottawa Toledo at Norfolk RESULTS Charlotte 4 Louisville 2 Ottawa 4 Buffalo 1 Durham 9 Indianapolis 3 Norfolk 6 Columbus 4 Pawtucket 3-4 Scranton 2-0 Toledo 7 Richmond 2 Rochester at Syracuse ppd South Atlantic League North Piv I Pet GB Lexington (Ast) 22 15 595 Delmarva 21 15 583 Virginia (Brw) 19 17 528 2 Lake County (Ind) 20 18 526 I't Greensboro (Mar) 19 18 514 3 Lakewood (Phil) 18 19 486 4 Hgrstwn (Mets) 15 22 405 7 Hickory (Pir) 14 22 389 7tf South Piv I Pci GB Rome (Bra) 27 10730 Charleston (Ynk)- 22 16 579 5 Augusta (Gia) 20 16556 6K Asheville (Rck) 20 17541 7 Greenville (RS) 20 18 526 IVi Columbus (Ddg) 18 20 474 9 'h Savannah (Nat) 14 24 368 13 Kannapolis (WS) 8 30211 19 RESULTS Kannapolis 4 Hickory 2 Greensboro 12 Asheville 2 West Virginia 4 Augusta 3 Delmarva 7 Lakewood 2 Greenville 5 Lexington 3 Rome 15 Columbus 12 Charleston 4 Savannah 2 Lake County 6-10 Hagerstown 2-1 GAMES Hickory at Kannapolis 7:05 Asheville at Greensboro Augusta at West Virginia Delmarva at Lakewood Greenville at Lexington Hagerstown at Lake County Rome at Columbus Savannah at Charleston RESULTS Hickory 3 Kannapolis 2 Greensboro 4 Asheville 3 West Virginia 6 Augusta 1 Lexington 6 Greenville 4 Rome 4 0 Charleston 8 Savannah 6 Delmarva at Lakewood ppd FOOTBALL Arena League Playoffs WILDCARD National Conference SUNDAY'S GAMES Georgia at New York -3 Philadelphia at Austin American Conference SATURDAY'S GAME Utah at Arizona GAME Chicago at Nashville NFL Europe Team Pet PF PA y-Amstrdm 7 2 0 778 238 200 Frankfurt 6 3 0 667 158 147 Rhein 5 4 0 556 186 155 Cologne 4 5 0 444 141 149 Berlin 2 6 1 278 167 227 Hamburg 2 6 1 278 160 172 y-advanced to World Bowl GAMES Frankfurt at Berlin Noon Cologne at Rhein 1 Hamburg at Amsterdam 1 End of Regular Season Valentine 3 Swanson 2 Snider 2 Alexander Records: CS 1 1-4 CL 9-9 4 CHARLOTTE COUNTRY OAY 14 FORSYTH COUNTRY DAY 4 SCORING-CD: Haddock 7 Elsasser 2 Ashcraft D'Aiessandro Gass Lafter Monahan FCD: Jewal 3 Pennell Records: CD 23-1 FCD 5-11 PROVIDENCE DAY 15 CANNON SCHOOL 7 SCORING-PO: McKenzie Mann 5 Johnson Richardson 4 Kyle Knoll 3 Taylor Harper 2 Will Munce CS: Griffen 3 Adams 2 Disbro Leach Records: Providence Day 17-2 Cannon 10-8 CHSCLC Playoff NORTH MECK 13 SOUTH MECK 4 SCORING-NM: Billy Blakely 4 Cory Wyker 4 Kyle Brashear 2 Pierce Leonard 2 Joe Conti SM: Chandler Wrenn 2 Trevor Bona Chip VanRutenbeck Records: NM 13-8 13-1 SM11-10 9-6 Soccer 4A Playoffs Page 4 NW Guilford 3 OT NCISAA Quarterfinals 3A CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY 2 PROVIDENCE DAY0 SCORING: Rachel Smith Hailey Beam SHUTOUT: Maggie Daniel Records: CCD 11-5-3 PD 9-12 CHARLOTTE LATIN 3 CARY ACADEMY 0 SCORING: Jessie Miller Lisa Atlas Juliet Waller SHUTOUT: Elizabeth Barry Records: CL 14-3-1 CA 11-5-1 Greensboro Day 2 Saint 1 2A SCHOOL 2 CANNON 2 OT SCORING-O: Kate King Kathryn Maples Megan Mazzarelia 2 Records: OS 12-1 16-6-2 Note: won on PKs 3-1 Calvary Baptist 5 St David's 2 OT 1A COVENANT DAY 8 WAYNE COUNTRY DAY 0 SCORING: Sara Stiles 3 Jessica Schwertner 2 AHie Hovis 2 Michaelanne Clardy SHUTOUT: Carrie Stiles Records: CD 21-1-1 WCD 13-7 Softball NC Playoff Pairings First Round 4A: Fayetteville Cape Fear (22-4) at Wilmington Ashley (19-5) Scotland (16-4) at Greenville Rose (9-12) Richmond Senior (17-6) at Fayetteville Pine Forest (22-2) Wilmington Laney (22-1) at Fayetteville Britt (16-6) Raleigh Wakefield (14-6) at Northern Durham (17-6) Apex (18-3) at Clayton (16-5) West Johnston (16-5) at Wake Forest-Rolesville Durham Riverside (19-5) at Fuquay-Varina (20-4) Hopewell (21-3) at East Rowan (15-5) West Forsyth (14-9) at Northwest Guilford (20-3) Morganton Freedom (18-7) at North Davidson (23-2) Providence (14-6) at Asheville Reynolds (13-9) Davie County (13-9) at Butler (25-0) Alexander Central (16-6) at West Mecklenburg (13-6) Weddington (18-7) at Gastonia Ashbrook (21-4) 3A: South Central (18-5) at Pikeville Ayco*ck (16-7) Northern Nash (16-7) at Currituck (16-4) West Brunswick (11-13) at Washington (20-2) Wilson Hunt (17-7) at Wilson Fike (16-7) Greenville Conley (20-4) at South Granville (20-2) Morehead (17-5) at Harnett Central (19-3) Wilson Beddingfield (19-5) at Bartlett Yancey (19-3) Union Pines (15-7) at Southern Alamance (20-4) Porter Ridge (15-6-1) at Kernersville Glenn (18-8) Northwest Cabarrus (16-7) at Southwestern Randolph (20-2) Winston-Salem Reagan (20-5) at Unionville Piedmont (21-5) Randleman (115) at West Rowan (23-0) Asheville Roberson (14-6) at Hickory St Stephens (15-7) Olympic (18-4-1) at Belmont South Point (15-2) Charlotte Catholic (19-6) at Kings Mountain (23-1) Southeast Guilford (17-6) at Enka (22-0) 2A: Eastern Guilford (17-5) at South Lenoir (23-1) South Brunswick (15-8) at West Bladen (9-7) Newport Croatan (18-5) at North Brunswick (12-11) North Lenoir (15-8) at Elizabeth City Northeastern (16-3) Mayodan Dalton McMichael (14-10) at Bunn (182) Hillsborough Orange (16-5-1) at North Pitt (21-2-1) Roanoke Rapids (14-8) at West Stokes (14-9) Greene Central (17-7-1) at Graham (18-6) West Lincoln (12-10) at Maiden (15-4) Thomasville Ledford (13-8) at Mount Pleasant (18-4) West Stanly (18-6) at North Lincoln (18-5) Catawba Bandys (16-7) at Central Davidson (18-5) North Surry (13-6) at East Rutherford (14-6) Madison (16-4) at Canton Pisgah (15-7) Smoky Mountain (10-11) at Black Mountain Owen (15-6) Claremont Bunker Hill (14-8) at East Bend Forbush (20-2) 1A: East Columbus (14-7) at Gates County (17-6-1) Bear Grass (12-4) at Louisburg (16-4) Northampton-East (8-7) at Williamston (18-3) Jamesville (14-5) at Manteo (19-2-1) Dixon (14-7) at Union (21-3) North Duplin (16-4) at Pender (18-5) Wallace-Rose Hill (11-9) at East Bladen (19-2) East Carteret (14-3) at North Johnston (17-6) North Stokes (12-11) at East Surry (261) South Stokes (20-6) at Siler City Jordan-Matthews (19-4) South Davidson (12-12) at North Monroe (21-5) West Wilkes (14-10) at Mount Airy (17-6) Chatham CentralRiver Mill Charter winner at South Stanly (15-10) Murphy (17-5) at Cherryville (14-5) Hayesville (13-4) 2ft Polk County (21-3) Rosman (11-10) at Swain County (18-2) 4A First Round Central Cabarrus lONorth Forsyth 0 NCISAA First Round 3A CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY 2 PROVIDENCE DAY 0 WTATour ITALIAN OPEN At Foro Italico Rome Singles First Round: Romma Oprandi Kristina Brandi 6-0 5-7 6-3 Flavia Pennetta (15) Kateryna Bondarenko 6-2 2-6 6-4 Anabel Medina Garrigues Jill Craybas 7-5 6-4 Anna-Lena Groenefeld (11) Virginie Razzano 6-2 4-6 6-4 Vera Zvonareva Shahar Peer 1-6 6-2 6-0 Peng Shuai China Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-3 3-0 retired Dinara Safina (16) Laura Pous Tio 6-4 6-2 Akiko Morigami Anna Chakvetadze 4-6 6-2 4-2 retired Katarina Srebotnik Alicia Molik 6-2 6-0 Aiko Nakamura Marta Domachowska 7-6 (5) 6-3 Roberta Vinci Sofia Arvidsson 6-2 6-1 Samantha Stosur Daniela Hantuchova (13) 6-2 1-6 6-3 Second Round: Francesca Schiavone (8) Mara Santangelo 6-4 6-0 Venus Williams (9) Lucie Safarova 6-1 6-4 Svetlana Kuznetsova Anna Smashnova6-l 6-3 Martina Hingis Nicole Vaidisova 7-5 6-3 GOLF US Open Championship LOCAL QUALIFYING Sea frail Golf Links Jones Course Sunset Beach Results Qualified-69: Ulysses Grisette Clemmons Derek Watson Andrews Tex 70: Ryan Healy Ellenville NY William Morgan Laurinburg 71: Cipriano Ayala Ventura Calif Alternates-71: Jason Martin Lenoir 72: Chris Hockaday Angier Carolinas Pro Golf Tour WARRIOR CLASSIC China Grove Final Resufts-66: Mark Long 67: Matt Cannon 68: Kevin Taylor 69: David Sanchez Karl Mitchell 71: Mike Beaver 74: David Kerr Brandon Fischer Josh Williams 75: David Locklear Rohan Allwood 76: Andrew Miller 77: Andrew Dustman 78: Scott King Bobby Cox Len Wisniewski 87 Andrew Mayhew 90: Bryce Whiddon Senior NC AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP Country Club of Salisbury Tuesday's First Round Championship Division-67: Spike Smith Pinehurst Paul Simson Raleigh 70: Bob Desjardins Matthews Chuck Wunsch Pinehurst John Walters Charlotte Arnold Edwards Charlotte 71: Clyde Mickle Salisbury Logan Jackson Winston Salem Steve Preston Charlotte Ken Elchele Pinehurst Super Senior Division-71: Roger Fuller Charlotte 72: Peter Parker Winston-Salem 73: Russell French Pinehurst Jerry Fisher Charlotte 74: Gene Lookabill Charlotte Bob Bales Lexington Ralph James Raleigh 75 Wayne Fortenbery Nashville 77: Ron Saylor Whispering Pines 78: Bill McGee Charlotte Holes-in-one Tennis NC4A Dual Playoffs PROVIDENCE 9 WATAUGA 0 Singles: Chris Sheehan (P) Graham Battle 6-2 6-1 Brendan O'Connor (P) Will Barber 6-2 6-4 Carter Braxton (P) Jeffrey Goldmier 6-0 6-1 Ted Monks (P) Alan Herndon 6-1 6-1 Chris Baum (P) Beau Wilson 6-1 6-0 Lany Smoot (P) Wes Randall 6-0 6-0 Doubles: ShcehanBraxton (P) Battle Barber 8-3: MonksBaum (P) GoldmierHerndon 8-0 Rickenbaker (P) WilsonRandall 8-0 Record: 12-0 Greensboro Page 5 Davie County 2 NC 3A Dual Playoffs HICKORY 6 CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC 3 Singles: Andrew Crone (H) Paul Bartholomy 6-4 6-3 Tripp Johnson (H) Brandon Lamoureux 6-3 6-2 Daniel Tobben (CC) Graham Sigmon 6-0 6-3 David Trautmann (CC) Tyler Magerkurth 6-2 6-2 Ben Carlton (H) Michael Huber 6-0 61 Ryan Myrick (CC) David Meek 2-6 7-6 (7-1) (7-5) Doubles: CroneJohnson (H) BartholomyLamoureux 10-6 SigmonMagerkurth (H) TobbenHubcr 11-9 CarltonMeek (H) TrautmannDavid Anderson 11-10(7-3) Records: 14-1 CC 12-3 Skyland Roberson Norman 1 SW Guilford 6 Ragsdale 3 Statesville 6 Sun Valley 0 NC 2A Dual Playoffs Ledford 5 Hibriten 4 NCISAA 3A Quarterfinals CHARLOTTE LATIN 7 RALEIGH RAVENSCROFT 2 Singles: Sam Funkhouser (R) Maciane Wilkison 6-0 6-2 Chris Toussaint (CL) Kennedy Giliy 63 62 Alex Beaussart (CL) Michael Woodson 6-2 2-6 6-0 Ehimere Etomi (CL) James Dorsett 6-4 6-2 Andy Bryant (R) Jimmy Pettit 3-6 6-3 6-1 Alex Li (CL) Stephen Dunn 6-3 6-0 Doubles: WilkisonToussaint (CL) FunkhouserGilly 6-4 6-2 BeaussartLi (CL) Woodson Bryant 6-2 6-3 EtomiPettit (CL) DorsettDunn 6-3 6-3 Record: CL 12-3 CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY 5 CARY ACADEMY 4 Singles: Dejon Bivens (CD) Taylor Meyer 6-2 6-3 Dennis Gugger (CA) Garrett Trent 4-6 6-3 6-2 Tommy Giblin (CD) Mike Kohagen 6-4 6-4 Zach Sarnoff (CA) Bo Rhyne 6-2 6-6 (7-5) Clayton Gladieux (CA) Paulito Gores 6-4 6-2 Eric Forbis (CD) Adam Cozan 6-3 6-2 Doubles: MeyerGugger (CA) BivensTrent 4-6 6-0 7-5 Giblin Gores (CD) KohagenGladieux 6-3 4-6 6-2 RhyneRobert Bills (CD) Tyler GraybealSarnoff 6-0 6-7 (7-2) 6-4 Record: CD 10-4 FORSYTH COUNTRY DAY 7 PROVIDENCE DAY 2 Singles: Chris Rhyne (FCD) Gary Scott 6-3 60 Malte Wansleben (FCD) Andrew Yavorski 6-0 6-4 Harrison Brooks (FCD) Matthew Cox 60 60 Victor Vulovic (PD) Michael Chang 1-0 default Angus Walker (PD) Bobby Cooper 7-5 6-2 David Pickett (FCD) Andrew Parker 3-6 6-2 10-5 Doubles: RhynePickett (FCD) ScottYavorski 6-0 6-2 Wansleben Cooper (FCD) CoxVulovic 6-2 6-3 BrooksChang (FCD) WalkerAndrew Putterman 6-2 6-1 Records PD 6-10 TRANSACTIONS Baseball American League CLEVELAND-Activated RHP Rafael Betancourt from the 15-day DL Optioned RHP Jeremy Guthrie to Buffalo of then OAKLAND-Purchased the contract of RHP Steve Karsay from Sacramento of the PCL Recalled RHP Matt Roney from Sacramento Optioned Jeremy Brown to Sacramento Placed LHP Randy Keisier on the bereavement list effective May 15 National League MILWAUKEE-Claimed RHP Chris Mabeus off waivers from the Oakland Athletics and optioned him to Nashville of the PCL Designated RHP Jared Fernandez for assignment International League LOUISVILLE-Recalled RHP Brad Salmon from Chattanooga of the SL NORFOLK-Sent Zac Clements to Binghamton of the EL Released OF Cory Aldridge Recalled INF Jose Offerman and INFTagg Bozied from Brooklyn of the New York-Penn League OTTAWA-Sent RHP John Stephens to Aberdeen of the New York-Penn League Football NFL CHICAGO-Signed CB Carlos Hendricks Released Matt Fordyce SEATTLE-Released OT Wayne Hunter and Kyle Ralph Soccer MLS NEW YORK-Fined MF Amado Guevara $4000 for leaving the field after being replaced in a game on May 13 College ATLANTIC SUN CONFERENCE- Announced South Carolina Upstate will join the conference for the 2007-08 seasons FRANCIS MARION-Named Michael Hawkins associate athletic director for media relations and marketing FURMAN-Named James Strong assistant basketball coach NEWBERRY-Named Kevin Turco defensive line coach GLANTZ CULVER Major League Baseball FAVORITE LINE UNDRDOG LINE National League Los Angeles -125 at Colorado 115 Cincinnati -155 at Pitts 145 at Atlanta -280 Florida 240 atMlwkee -130 Phila 120 at Chicago -130 Washington 120 at Houston -130 San Fran 120 at St Louis -145 New York 135 atArizona -145 San Diego 135 American League Boston -125 at Balt 115 atCIvland -200 Kansas City 185 Minnesota -135 at Detroit 125 at New York -145 Texas 135 Chicago -150 at Tmp Bay 140 at LosAng -140 Toronto 130 at Oakland -145 Seattle 135 NBA Playoffs FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG at Detroit 11 Cleveland at San Antonio 5 Dalias NHL Playoffs FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE atEdmntn -155 San Jose 135 at Carolina -150 Buffalo 130 Odds to Win Series Carolina -135 Buffalo 115 COLLEGE BASEBALL No 4 Clemson beats No 21 Charleston Tigers squeak past Cougars to win 12th straight game Latin 001 000 1 7 6 ProvidencePay 210 503 11 9 2 WP: Wallace 9-2 LP: Hunter Matthews 5-6 Leading hitters-PD: Jonathan Batson 2-3 CL: Scotty Thompson 2-3 Greg Mittl 2-3 Records: PD 22-5 CL 8-18 CHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN 12 FORSYTH COUNTRY DAY 0 Forsyth 000 00 6 2 3 Char Christian 117 13-12 12 0 WP: Jared Bard 10-1 LP: Brandon Christ Leading hitters-CC: Kurt Fulginiti 3-3 Max Fulgmiti 3-4 Chase Martin 2-3 4RBIs HR Tyler Kirkpatrick 1-4 HR 3RBIs Mason McVerry 2-3 FCD: Michael Brown 1-2 2B Records: CC 29-7 FCD 11-13 Wesleyan Christian lORaleigh Ravenscroft 1 1A Wayne Country Day 5 High Point Christian 4 Golf NC 4A Championships At Pinehurst No 6 Par 72 6700 yards Team: 1 Green Hope 289-303-592 2 Ral Broughton 302-296-598 3 Providence 301-301-602 4 Middle Creek 294-318-612 5 NW Guilford 301-313-614 6 Southern Pines Pinecrest 312-306-618 7 New Bern 312-316-628 8 West Forsyth 311-322-633 9 Butler 317-317-634 10 Weddmgton 318-324-642 11 Greensboro Grimsley 321-327-648 12 Fay Sanford 337-320-657 Individual Leaders: 1 Drew Younts (NW Guilford) 73-72-145 2 Ben Wright (Crest) 69-77-146 3 Nik Peterson (Providence) 75-71-146 4 Corey Nagy (Vance) 72-74-146 5 (tie) Nathaniel Gburek (W Forsyth) 72-75-147 Patrick Barrett (Pinecrest) 74-73-147 7 (tie) Blake Cox (Middle Creek) 68-80-148 Will Almand (Green Hope) 70-78-148 Daniel Meggs (Butler) 75-73-148 Bryce Aronson (Broughton) 76-72-148 Jack Fields (Pinecrest) 75-73-148 broke tie on one-hole playoff NC 3A Championships At Fox Fire Resort and Golf Club West Course Par 72 6500 yards Team: 1 Waynesville Tuscola 293-295-588 2 Hickory 299-301-600 3 Wilson Fike 302-304-606 4 Gastonia Forestview 303-304-607 5 Western Guilford 313-304-617 6 Lake Norman 312-310-622 7 Rockingham 320-310-630 8 Havelock 324-307-631 9 Mooresville 321-313-634 10 Trinity 319-319-638 11 Pikeville Ayco*ck 330-320-650 12 Southern Lee 335-341-676 Individual Leaders: 1 Michael Muscatell (Charlotte Catholic) 71-67-138 2 John Griffin (Wilson Fike) 70-69-139 3 (tie) Drew Page (Tuscola) 69-74-143 Harold Varner (Forestview) 70-73-143 5 (tie) Alex King (Newton Foard) 70-76-146 Parker Reeves (Tuscola) 72-74-146 7 (tie) John Isenhour (Hickory) 76-71-147 Robert Hoadley (Union Pines) 75-72-147 9 (tie) Tyler Todd (Concord) 73-75-148 Ryan Campbell (Ayco*ck) 76-72-148 Ben Roberts (Mooresville) 76-72-148 Daniel Koontz (Havelock) 74-74-148 13 (tie) Dusty Roberts (Rockingham) 76-73-149 Austin Hinshaw (W Guilford) 76-73-149 Hunter Brown (Tuscola) 76-73-149 NC 2A Championships At Keith Hills Country Club Buies Creek Par 72 6500 yards Team: 1 Thomasville Ledford 299-297-596 2 Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons 302-307-609 3 Salisbury 315-300-615 4 Henderson 304-314-618 5 Davidson 309-310-619 6 Forbush 316-310-626 7 McMichael 320-316-636 8 Brunswick 318-319-637 9 Reidsville 316-324-640 10 Surry 325-321-646 11 Richlands 321- 336-657 12 Duplin 323-336-659 Individual Leaders: 1 Will Collins (Salisbury) 75-68-143 2 Ryan Lavelie (Cardinal Gibbons) 71-74-145 3 Nick Goins (Ledford) 75-71-146 4 Kenny Bethea (N Lincoln) 71-77-148 5 (tie) Mark Garrison (W Henderson) 77-72-149 Lance Wheeler (Bunker Hill) 76-73-149 7 (tie) Brad Lake (Eastern Guilford) 75-75-150 Shawn Matthews (Forbush) 73-77-150 Jeff Boyan (Ledford) 76-74-150 Johnny Kyger (Salisbury) 77-73-150 11 (tie) Bradley Cline (E Davidson) 77-74-151 Paxton Davis (Ledford) 76-75-151 NC 1A Championships Siler City Country Club Par 72 6558 yards Team: 1 Surry 299-311-610 2 Jordan-Matthews 303-321-624 3 Mt Airy 315-325-640 4 Cherryville 330-327-657 5 Hendersonville 332-335-667 6 Ayden-Grifton 340-352-692 7 Hayesville 344-349-693 8 Johnston 346-351-697 9 Lejeune 364-335-699 10 Princeton 349-356-705 11 Topsail 358- 355-713 12 Bladen 365-369-734 Individual Leaders 1 Johnson York (E Surry) 70-77-147 2 Craig Wood (Jordan-Matthews) 70-78-148 3 Benjy Davey (W Montgomery) 77-72-149 4 (tie) Tommy Gibson (E Surry) 77-73-150 Steven Dellinger (Cherryville) 75-75-150 Tyler Zimmerman (Elkin) 72-78-150 7 (tie) John Weldon (E Surry) 73-78-151 Stephen Warren (Spring Creek) 73-78-151 9 (tie) Ronnie Garcia (Hendersonville) 74-80-154 Adam Andrews (Ayden-Grifton) 76-78-154 11 Kyle Wilson (Mt Airy) 77-78-155 12 (tie) Rylan Lanham (Murphy) 81-75-156 Ethan Barlett (Polk Co) 79-77-156 Scott Woodward (Princeton) 74-82-156 Gibson took fourth in a two-hole playoff Zimmerman eliminated on first sudden death hole NCISAA 3A Bryan Park Greensboro Team: 1 Forsyth Country Day 568 2 Raleigh Ravenscroft School 574 3 North Raleigh Christian Academy 602 4 Wesleyan Academy 607 5 Charlotte Latin 614 6 Durham Academy 616 7 Greensboro Day 618 8 Providence Day 635 Individual Leaders: Henry Zaytoun III (Ravenscroft) 69-69-138 Will Bowman (Forsyth Country Day) 69-69-138 Chesson Hadley (North Raleigh Christian) 69-69-138 Bruce Woodall (Greensboro Day) 71-69-140 Parker Houston (Forsyth Country Day) 69-71-140 Addison Lambeth (Wesleyan Christian) 72-70-142 Kris Keiser (Forsyth Country Day) 71-73-144 Philip Miller (Ravenscroft) 77-68-145 Thomas Lankford (Charlotte Latin) 72-75-147 Philip Chauncey (North Raleigh Christian) 69-79-148 Medalist by virtue of playoff NCISAA 1A Hyland Hills Golf Club Pinehurst Team: 1 Covenant Day 309-313 -622 2 Cresset Christian 318-308 -626 3 Wayne Christian 321-313 -634 4 Greenfield 318-319 637 5 High Point Christian 332-324-6566 Cary Christian 349-336-685 7 Northeast Academy 347-339-686 8 Hobgood Academy 352-353-705 Top Individuals: 1 Lee Bedford (Cary Christian) 142 2 Stephen Harrison (Greenfield) 143 3 John Varol (Covenant Day) 145 4 (tie) Alex Harris (Cresset Christian) Drew Pinnix (NE Academy) 147 6 Troy Spencer (High Point Christian) 148 7 Tyler Ramsland (Covenant Day) 149 8 Matt Davis (Wayne Christian) 152 9 David Vanderford (Hobgood Academy) 153 10 Shane Floars (Greenfield) 155 Note: William Moore and Miller Watson scored for Covenant Day on the first day and Jonathan Hemby and Bill Hawks scored for Covenant Day on game two Lacrosse NCISAA First Round CHRIST SCHOOL 8 CHARLOTTE LATIN 7 OT SCORING-CL: Pearson 2 Tanneberger 3 Hagler Byrne CS: HOCKEY NHL PLAYOFF GLANCE CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) WESTERN CONFERENCE San Jose vs Edmonton May 7: San Jose 2 Edmonton 1 May 8: San Jose 2 Edmonton 1 May 10: Edmonton 3 San Jose 2 30T May 12: Edmonton 6San Jose 3 May 14: Edmonton 6San Jose 3 Edmonton leads series 3-2 Today: at Edmonton 8 Friday: at San Jose 9 CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Carolina vs Buffalo nine-run fifth inning to open up the game and lead the 49crs (32-18-1) at Virginia Tech (20-30) Spencer Stccdley (East Rowan) had his 58th RBI COASTAL CAROLINA 9 EAST CAROLINA 4: Tommy Baldridge and Tyler Bortnick each went 3-for-3 to lead the host Chanticleers (26-25) against the Pirates (32-31) NC 9 APPALACHIAN STATE 6: The host Aggies (21-34) hit four home runs including two by Raul Santiago to beat the Mountaineers (21-28-1) Appalachian State senior Scott Clark broke a 20-year-old school record with his 43rd career start on the mound but allowed four runs in two innings to suffer the loss Notes DAVIDSON: The game at Radford was canceled because of heavy rain Davidson (17-30 5-19 Southern) will finish its season with a three-game scries at Appalachian State (21-28-1 7-17) beginning Thursday CATAWBA: The Indians will play Florida Southern Thursday at 7 pm in the NCAA Division II South Regional in Tampa Fla Host Tampa will play Albany State at 11 am and Florida Gulf Coast will play Lynn at 3 pm If Catawba wins it will face the Florida Gulf Coast-Lynn winner at 7 pm Friday If Catawba loses it will play the Tampa-Albany State winner at 3 pm Friday ECHL John Dabelis aced 160-yard No3 at Ballantyne Country Club with a 7-wood Dan Fritz aced the 155-yard hole No 9 at Crystal Creek Golf Course with a 7-wood It was his first COLLEGES Baseball RESULTS Charleston So 6 Gardner-Webb 4 Charlotte 14 Virginia Tech 3 Elonl3 Campbell 7 Georgia 8 Kennesaw St 7 Georgia Tech 16 Wofford 2 Liberty 8 Richmonds Mississippi 7 Memphis 5 NC 9 Appalachian St 6 North Carolina 7UNC Greensboro 0 Tennessee 16 Belmont 4 Vanderbilt 4 Mid Tennessee 1 Virginia 11 Old Dominion 10 HIGH SCHOOL Baseball NC Championships First Round 4A ASHBROOK 8 SOUTH MECK 4 Meek 010 300 0 4 9 3 Ashbrook 030 050 8 12 4 WP: Josh Frazier LP: Matt Layman 3-3 Leading hitters-A: Jonathan Ramkissoon 3-4 2B RBI Michael Newsome 2-4 RBI Josh Frazier 2-4 2B RBI SM: Jesse Miller 3-4 RBI Chase Austin 2-3 Doug Jones 2-3 RBI Records: A 17-20 SM 20-8 East Rowan 14 Hopewell 1 (5) Davie Co 4 Greensboro Grimsley 1 Providence 8 West Forsyth 6 Caldwell 15 Mecklenburg 3 Asheville Reynolds 8 North Meek 5 Forsyth 5 Independence 4 (9) Guilford 8 Cabarrus 7 3A Newton Foard 0 Gaston 5 Charlotte Catholic 1 Ragsdale 8 NW Cabarrus 2 Central 14 South Point 6 Skyland Roberson 7 Hickory 0 South Johnston 7NE Guilford 6 (10) So Alamance 5 Harnett Central 1 SW Guilford 6 4 (9) West Rowan 2 Asheboro 0 Western Guilford 4 Nash Central 3 Winston-Salem Glenn Concord 2 2A SALISBURY 2 WEST STANLY 1 Salisbury 002 000 0 2 1 0 Stanly 000 000 1 1 4 4 WP Lee Dupree LP: Tyler Almond 6-2 Leading hitters-S: Johnson 1-2 WS: Quan Sturdivant 1-3 Kurt Benton 1-3 RBI Nathan Furr 1-3 Ryan Campbell 1-1 Records: WS 24-3 EAST RUTHERFORD 6 WILKES CENTRAL 4 Observer News Services CLEMSON SC PJ Zocchi pitched a career-high 82 scoreless innings to lead No 4 Clcm-son to a 1-0 victory against No 21 College of Charleston Tuesday The Tigers (40-13) won their 12th straight and reached the 40-win mark in the regular season for the first time since 2002 Zocchi (5-0) had a career-high eight strikeouts and allowed five hits and one walk Adrian Casanova had two hits for Clemson and Tyler Colvin extended his hitting streak to 12 games Larry Cobb had two hits for College of Charleston (38-13) Elsewhere No 5 NORTH CAROLINA 7 UNC GREENSBORO 0: Luke Putkonen (6-0) allow a hit until the eighth and a base runner past second the entire game to lead the host Tar Llecls (42-11) past the Spartans (23-29) Putkonen gave up two hits struck out five and walked three in 83 innings Chad Flack (East Rutherford) and Benji Johnson hit solo homers for North Carolina SOUTH CAROLINA 15 FURMAN 12: Robbie Grinestaff hit a grand slam and Justin Smoak had three doubles to lift the Gameco*cks (35-18) at Furman (30-20) CHARLOTTE 14 VIRGINIA TECH 3: Kris Rochelle went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and Alex Bryant (Richmond Senior) hit a pinch-hit three-run homer as part of a Country Day 100 000 1 2 9 0 Providence PayOOO 000 0 0 3 2 WP: Harrison Dawkins 6-6 LP: Smith Leading hitters-CCD: Dawkins 2-3 Howe 1-2 PD: Dyer2-2 Records: CCD 10-7 HICKORY GROVE 9 WESLEYAN CHRISTIAN 0 PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) AMERICAN CONFERENCE Toledo vs Gwinnett May 5: Gwinnett 5 Toledo 3 May 8: Toledo 4 Gwinnett 3 OT May 12: Gwinnett 4 Toledo 2 Sunday: Gwinnett 4 Toledo 2 Tuesday: Gwinnett 3 Toledo 2 OT Gwinnett wins series 4-1 NATIONAL CONFERENCE (Best-0f-7) Alaska vs Fresno May 8: Fresno 3 Alaska 2 May 10: Alaska 2 Fresno 0 May 12: Fresno 4 Alaska 3 OT Saturday: Alaska 3 -Fresno 1 Tuesday: Alaska at Fresno late Series tied 2-2 Friday: Fresno at Alaska May 22: Fresno at Alaska Note: if necessary SOCCER MLS Eastern TPtsGFGA DC 4 1 2 14 14 7 Kansas City 4 2 1 13 10 7 New England 3 2 1 10 9 4 Columbus 3 3 1 10 6 8 Chicago- 1 1 4 7 8 8 New York 0 1 5 5 5 8 Western Pts GF GA Dallas 4 1 3 15 15 12 Houston 4 2 1 13 14 11 Colorado 2 3 1 7 9 11 LosAng 2 5 1 7 6 14 Chivas 13 14 5 7 Salt Lake 15 1 4 8 12 NOTE: Three points for victory one point for tie GAMES Chicago at Houston 4 DC United at Columbus 7:30 CD Chivas USA at New York 7:30 New England at FC Dallas 8:30 Kansas City at Real Salt Lake 9 Colorado at Los Angeles 10:30 USL Second Division TPtsGFGA Wesleyan 000 OOO 0-0 22 Hickory Grove 520 110 9 IS 2 WP: Brittany Stephens 13-2 LP: Gallimore 10-7 Leading hitters-HG: Amanda Carriker 3-4 Taylor Eason 2-4 Jordyn Arrowood 2-4 Amanda McArthur 2-4 WC: Moore 1-3 Records: HG21-4 WC 10-7 Other Scores Raleigh Christian 10 Charlotte Christian 2 Forsyth Country Day 10 Greensboro DayO 2A NORTHSIDE CHRISTIAN 6 FAYETTEVILLE CHRISTIAN 3 Fayetteville 002 010 0 3 3 0 Northside 010 131 6 7 1 WP: Allen 4-0 LP: Melton 4-7 Leading hitters-NC: Allen 2-3 2B Williams 2-3 2B McGee 1-2 Long 1-2 FC: Melton 1-3 Tipton 1-3 Scripko 1-3 Records: NC 12-4 FC 6-8 Cincinnati 3 1 1 10 4 1 Richmond- 3 10 9 14 5 1 0 2 5 4 3 1 1 2 5 4 5 New Hamp 10 1 4 2 1 WstrnMass 12 1 4 2 3 0 1 2 2 2 3 0 2 1 14 9 Long Island 0 2 0 0 0 6 Wilkes Central 000 003 1 -4 5 5 Rutherford 100 212 6 6 I WP: Blake Bostic 8-2 IP: Caleb Johnson Leading hitters-ER: Robbie Pruett 2-3 HR 2RBls Blake Wood 2-3 2B WC: Garrett Absher 1-3 2B John Miller 1-2 2RBis Record: ER 19-6 Forbush 3 Central Davidson 2 Henderson Mtn Owen 4 North Rowan 6 Hibriten 5 North Stanly 7 Bessemer City 0 West Hendeson North Lincoln 4 West Lincoln 5 Bandys 4 West Stokes 6 5 1A SOUTH STANLY 6 ELKIN 4 Elkin 004 000 I 4 8 0 Stanly 211 020 6 11 I WP: Russell Brewer (10-2) LP: Martin Leading hrtters-SS: Samuel Nichols 2-4 Aaron Thompson 4-4 Russell Brewer 2-4 Jon Morris 2-3 Transou 2-4 Records: SS 22-5 Blue Ridge 8 Murphy 4 Chatham Central North Moore 4 Hayesville 7 Polk County 2 Rosman 7 Cherry vilie 4 AHARET G3WXE ismssB -Aft- BftftSAIQUOR TIL CIOSE! 1 'mm GAMES Pittsburgh at Richmond 7 Western Mass at Harrisburg 7:05 Charlotte at Wilmington 7:30 Long Island at New 7:30 I i i is W-League y-fixsm ttm a iHnim to iurtiiiiiiOTiiir -fti oin inoffcinTTniiri.

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