Queen City Sports Report’s Boys’ Athletes of the Week
Here are the Queen City Sports Report’s Boys’ Athletes of the Week from last week. Athletes were nominated by coaches:
Bowen Billings, East Lincoln Cross Country, Freshman: Billings ran a 18:36.48 (over 5 kilometers) to win the race by 37 seconds last Wednesday in a Western Foothills 4A/5A Conference meet at West Iredell. It was Billings’ first high school meet.
Billings’ run also helped the East Lincoln cross country team to a second-place finish at the conference meet.
Quinn Cavanaugh, Providence Day Cross Country, Sophomore: Cavanaugh ran a personal-best 16:08 to finish 19th Saturday in the Boys’ Championship division of the Hare and the Hounds Invitational at McAlpine Greenway Park in Charlotte.
Cavanaugh’s run also helped the Providence Day boys’ team to a ninth-place finish in 33-team field.
Grant Collum, Hough Cross Country, Junior: Collum ran a personal-best 15:47.46 Saturday to win the Clover Classic Eagles’ Nest Cross Country Invitational in Clover, S.C.
Collum’s efforts also helped the Hough team to a second-place finish in the meet.
Jaxon Dollar, East Lincoln Football, Senior: The 6-foot-5, 215-pound senior tight end had five catches for 132 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 2-yard touchdown to help East Lincoln to a 35-8 victory Friday over North Lincoln.
Dollar, who also starts at defensive end, had 10 tackles, including three tackles for loss and a sack in the same game.
Dollar, a University of Georgia commit, has 30 catches for 598 yards and seven touchdowns, while rushing for 58 yards and a touchdown for East Lincoln (5-0) this season.
Dollar also has 23 tackles, including nine tackles for a loss and six sacks.
Chase Driscoll, West Lincoln Soccer, Junior: The West Lincoln goalkeeper had 22 saves last Monday to earn a shutout in 5-0 victory over South Caldwell.
Driscoll also had 12 saves, not allowing a goal in the second half, as West Lincoln won last Wednesday by a 3-2 score at East Gaston.
Driscoll has 160 saves and three shutouts for West Lincoln (8-4) this season.
Tanner Finnerty, Mooresville Football, Senior: The 6-foot, 210-pound middle linebacker had 12 tackles to help Mooresville to a 33-29 victory last Thursday over previously unbeaten East Forsyth.
Finnerty also rushed for 50 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries in the same game as Mooresville (1-4) earned its first victory of the season.
Alex Korkowski, Charlotte Latin Soccer, Senior: The Hawks’ senior forward scored two goals and added an assist in a 3-2 victory last Thursday over Providence Day.
Korkowski also scored a goal in a 2-1 loss last Tuesday at Charlotte Country Day.
Korkowski has 12 goals and three assist for Charlotte Latin (9-2) this season.
Paul Mahoney, Pine Lake Prep Football, Junior: The 6-foot-2, 265-pound offensive lineman graded out at 98 percent with eight pancake blocks in a 37-6 win last Thursday over North Iredell.
Mahoney also had eight tackles, including five tackles for loss and a sack in the victory.
Pine Lake Prep is 3-1 overall this season.
Jamouri Nichols, Julius Chambers Football, Senior: The 6-foot, 180-pound quarterback went 11-for-18 for 367 yards passing and four touchdowns, while also rushing for 60 yards on eight carries, to help Julius Chambers to a 57-20 win Friday at Ardrey Kell.
Nichols is 51-for-94 for 974 yards passing and 13 touchdowns, while also rushing for 544 yards and five more scores for Julius Chambers (5-0) this season.
Josiah Stein, SouthLake Christian Soccer, Senior: Stein scored three goals and had two assists to lead SouthLake Christian to a 5-4 victory last Thursday over Hickory Grove Christian.
Stein also scored a goal in a 3-2 loss last Monday at Gaston Christian.
Stein, a three-time all-Metrolina Athletic conference (MAC) selection, had nine goals and six assists for SouthLake Christian (3-5) this season.
