Queen City Sports Report’s Boys’ Athletes of the Week
Here are the Queen City Sports Report’s Girls’ Athletes of the Week. These girls were nominated by area coaches:
Travis Barton, Ambassador Christian Football, Junior: The 5-foot-9, 180-pound wide receiver had seven catches for a school-record 220 yards and two touchdowns in last Friday’s 28-14 victory over Calvary Day (GA).
Barton has 24 catches for 491 yards and four touchdowns for Ambassador Christian (4-0) this season.
Cole Celetti, Concord Soccer, Junior: The Spiders’ standout scored one goal in a 3-0 win last Tuesday at South Rowan. Then Celetti scored three goals last Thursday in a 7-2 victory over East Rowan.
Celetti has six goals for Concord (4-3-1) overall this season.
Bryce Cooke, Parkwood Cross Country, Junior: The Parkwood distance runner had a 15:19.80 (over 5 kilometers) to win the Boys’ High School championship race at the Friday Night Lights’ Cross Country Invitational last Friday at Ivey Redmon Sports’ Complex in Kernersville.
Cooke also ran a personal-best 15:03 last month to win the Carolinas’ Kickoff at Metrolina Christian.
Osazee Bryan Inneh, Ballantyne Ridge Football, Sophomore: The 5-foot-9, 192-pound running back carried for 144 yards and six touchdowns on 14 carries last Friday in a 42-6 win over Garinger.
Inneh has 577 yards and 11 touchdowns on 68 carries for Ballantyne Ridge (1-3) this season.
D.J. Douglas, Charlotte Latin Football, Senior: The 6-foot-1, 200-pound running back rushed for 192 yards and four touchdowns on 29 carries last Friday in the Hawks’ 35-21 come-from-behind victory at Providence.
Douglas has rushed for 383 yards and eight touchdowns on 57 carries for Charlotte Latin (2-2) this season.
Tucker Kotis, Davidson Day Soccer, Senior: The Patriots’ goalkeeper made a save in a penalty-kick shootout, then converted his own penalty kick (on the next kick) to lead Davidson Day to victory last Thursday over Carolina Day.
Kotis earned another shutout in a 2-0 victory Thursday over Charlotte Christian. Kotis has three shutouts for Davidson Day (4-2) this season.
Meliksah Kusoglu, Piedmont Soccer, Senior: The Panthers’ high-scoring midfielder had five goals and an assist last Tuesday in a 6-2 win at Palisades. The next day, Piedmont lost 3-0 at Charlotte Catholic in a Southern Carolina 6A/7A match.
Kusoglu has eight goals and 10 assists for Piedmont (8-1) this season.
Luke Roberts, Cox Mill Cross Country, Senior: Roberts ran a 16:23 over 5 kilometers to win the Printcrafters’ Invitational by 20 seconds at McAnderson Park in Statesville last Tuesday.
Roberts’ efforts also helped the Cox Mill team to a runner-up finish at the same event.
Luke Untereker, Hickory Ridge Football, Sophomore: The 6-foot-1, 195-pound wide receiver had 11 catches for 150 yards and a touchdown last Friday in a 34-9 victory at Parkwood.
Untereker has 22 receptions for 326 yards and four touchdowns for Hickory Ridge (2-1) this season.
Ahmed Shibeika, Ardrey Kell Soccer, Senior: The Knights’ center midfielder scored on a bicycle kick from the top of the 18-yard line last Wednesday to help Ardrey Kell to a 2-0 victory at Myers Park.
Shibeika has one goal and two assists for Ardrey Kell (7-5) this season.
