Monday prep roundup: Sabres clinch title tie
South Mecklenburg will do worse than tie for the Greater Charlotte 7A/8A boys’ soccer championship this season.
The Sabres went on the road Monday evening and downed Hough 3-1.
That left South Mecklenburg at 8-0 in the conference (15-2-1 overall) and two games ahead of second-place Garinger. The Sabres can wrap up the crown Wednesday night when they travel to Garinger.
Here is a look at Monday’s high school sports in the Charlotte region:
Boys’ soccer
Greater Charlotte 7A/8A
Garinger 6, Hopewell 2
Myers Park 7, West Mecklenburg 0: Josh Felt scored three goals, and goalkeeper Jason Hahn got the shutout.
Meck Power Six 7A/8A
Chambers 2, Butler 1
Southern Carolina 6A/7A
Cuthbertson 3, Sun Valley 0: Jax Nilsson (first half) and Markus Zikos (second half) shared the shutout in goal for the Cavaliers.
Marvin Ridge 4, Weddington 2: Colin McKee and Colson Perkins each scored twice for the Mavericks, who remain a game behind league-leading Charlotte Catholic.
Porter Ridge 2, Piedmont 1: Alex Arroyo scored the Pirates’ game-winning goal in the second half.
Big South 5A/6A
Forestview 4, Kings Mountain 0
North Gaston 3, Crest 1
South Point 7, Ashbrook 0: The Raiders’ Michael Guerra scored three times.
Rocky River 4A/5A
Forest Hills 5, Mount Pleasant 3: Forest Hills’ Jesus Rosado scored two goals, and Omar Jimenez added a goal and two assists.
Monroe 6, West Stanly 2
Parkwood def. Anson County, forfeit
Catawba Shores 2A/3A/4A
Community School of Davidson 5, Christ the King 2: Noah Slack had a big night for the Spartans, scoring three goals and assisting on the other two.
Lake Norman Charter 5, Corvian Community 4 (OT)
Lincoln Charter 2, Bradford Prep 1: Lincoln Charter’s Ethan Bohanick and Niko Kontos scored goals, with Kontos’ coming on a penalty kick.
Pine Lake Prep 5, Langtree Charter 1: The Pride’s Brody Meyer scored twice.
Southern Piedmont 2A/3A/4A
Burns 1, Highland Tech 1
Shelby 9, Bessemer City 0
Stuart Cramer 4, Cherryville 0
West Lincoln 2, East Gaston 1: Edwin Ramirez scored both West Lincoln goals.
Catawba River 1A/2A/3A
Jackson Day 12, Carolina International 0
Mountain Island Charter 1, N.C. School of Science & Math/Morganton 0: The Raptors traveled to Morganton and clinched the conference championship, improving to 13-0-1 in league play. Sanchez Allen scored in the second half for the Raptors.
Thomas Jefferson Academy 6, Queen’s Grant Charter 2
Nonconference
Central Academy 3, Union Academy 1: The Cougars got a goal and assist apiece from David Carrion and Nick Casey.
Independence 6, Rocky River 0: Mark Verret got a hat trick for the Patriots.
Polk County 2, Lincolnton 0
Statesville 8, West Iredell 1: George Dailey and Carlos Morales each scored twice for Statesville.
West Charlotte 2, Central Cabarrus 1: The Lions won behind goals by Eper Rosa and Samuel Walker.
Girls’ flag football
Berry Academy 34, Olympic 6: Freshman Laila Monroe threw three touchdown passes for the Cardinals.
Butler 44, North Mecklenburg 0
Chambers 19, Independence 13: Emeri Sherrill threw for three touchdowns, two of them to Ciara Moore, as the Cougars won.
East Rowan 32, Concord 21
East Rowan 25, Northwest Cabarrus 12
Hopewell 19, Garinger 0: Kenyana Cooper completed 12-of-17 passes, with two touchdowns, in the Titans’ victory.
Hough 37, South Mecklenburg 0
Mountain Island Charter 21, College Prep & Leadership 6
Palisades 13, Providence 12: The Pumas’ defense came up big in this battle of Charlotte-area flag football powers. Palisades (10-2) picked off three Providence (11-2) passes.
Rocky River 13, East Mecklenburg 6
Watauga 22, Mountain Island Charter 0
West Charlotte 19, Mallard Creek 13
West Mecklenburg 14, Myers Park 13
