Here are the Queen City Sports Report’s Girls’ Athletes of the Week. These girls were nominated by area coaches: West Charlotte tennis player Shola Bey Shola Bey, West Charlotte Girls’ Tennis, Junior: Bey won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1 singles and 8-0 at No. 1 doubles, leading West Charlotte to a 5-4 win last Tuesday over Butler. Bey also had a 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 1 singles and an 8-6 victory at No. 1 doubles in a 7-2 win last Thursday over Mallard Creek. Bey is 4-0 at both No.

Here are the Charlotte-area high school football standings through last weekend. Also included are this week's games and the kickoff times. Greater Charlotte 7A/8A Conference All Points Allowed Hough (8A) 0-0 4-0 137 33 Hopewell (7A) 0-0 3-1 92 68 Myers Park (8A) 0-0 2-2 96 123 Garinger (8A) 0-0 1-3 81 132 South Mecklenburg (8A) 0-0 1-3 50 114 West Mecklenburg (7A) 0-0 0-4 52 110 Friday’s games Hopewell at N

Appalachian State is the king of Power 6 football in North Carolina. Johnson C. Smith fans needn’t worry … the Golden Bulls are just fine. Lenoir-Rhyne really enjoys beating nationally-ranked opponents. Those are the biggest takeaways from another weekend of college football for schools in the Charlotte area. Appalachian State traveled to Greenville on Saturday and handed East Carolina a 27-24 defeat – the fourth straight time the Mountaineers have beaten the Pirates.

There are a number of ways to look at the Charlotte 49ers’ loss Saturday night at nationally-ranked Ole Miss, but one thing is for sure – that game is history, and another contest is fast approaching. The 49ers were soundly beaten in a game in which they were expected to be soundly beaten. Actually the 41-9 final score was not as bad as the betting line, which had Charlotte as a 45.5-point underdog against the ninth-ranked Rebels. (Charlotte 49ers photo) Charlotte actua

This weekend’s area high school football scores (including scores of non-area teams that play in conferences with area teams) … plus next week’s schedule: Thursday Mecklenburg nonconference Ardrey Kell 37, South Mecklenburg 14 Ballantyne Ridge 42, Garinger 6 Chambers 24, Palisades 20 Charlotte Latin 35, Providence 21 Myers Park 28, Mallard Creek 25 North Mecklenburg 28, East Mecklenburg 7 Providence Day 49, Butler 7 West Charlotte 36, West Mecklenburg 0 Southern Piedmont 2A

In an ideal world, the Charlotte 49ers would head to No. 9-ranked Ole Miss this weekend fresh off a lopsided opening victory over an FCS opponent and carrying at least a bit of confidence. This isn’t an ideal world, of course, and the 49ers are headed to Mississippi trying to recover from a 43-41 overtime loss last Saturday to The Citadel. “We fear none and respect all,” 49ers’ head coach Tim Albin said earlier this week of the team’s trip to Oxford. The Charlotte-Ole M