Queen City Sports Report's Boys' Athletes of the Week
Here are the Queen City Sports Report’s Boys’ Athletes of the Week for the week of Oct. 11-17. Athletes must be nominated by coaches and must be from the QC Sports Report’s coverage area – Mecklenburg, Union, Anson, Stanly, Cabarrus, Iredell, Lincoln, Gaston and Cleveland counties.
Erik Anglemyer, Charlotte Latin Cross Country, Senior Anglemyer, who has been honpored previously this season as an Athlete of the Week, ran a 15:48.10 last Tuesday and won the CISAA conference title, beating the field by 19 seconds at McAlpine Greenway Park.
Anglemyer’s effort helped lead Charlotte Latin to its third consecutive team CISAA championship.
Javon Boyd, Mountain Island Charter Football, Senior: The 5-foot-10, 160-pound quarterback went 10-for-15 for 260 yards and a touchdown pass, while rushing for 82 yards and a touchdown on nine carries, as the Raptors beat South Stanly 20-2 on Friday.
Boyd has 1,242 yards passing and 13 touchdowns throws, while rushing for 486 yards and eight more scores for Mountain Island Charter (7-2) this season.
Braylon Clark, Providence Day Football, Junior: The 6-foot-3, 195-pound wide receiver had nine catches for 158 yards and three touchdowns Friday in a 49-7 win over Charlotte Christian.
Clark scored on throws of 8, 42 and 67 yards in the victory.
Clark has 48 catches for 913 yards and 12 touchdowns for Providence Day (8-1) this season.
Adam Drier, Ardrey Kell Cross Country, Senior: Drier ran a personal-best 16:13.34 last Wednesday in winning the Southwestern 7A/8A (SW7A/8A) conference title at McAlpine Greenway Park,’
Drier, who beat the field by 14 seconds, also helped Ardrey Kell to a third-place finish team in the meet.
Drier also was earned the SW7A/8A Cross Country Runner of the Year.
Landon Easterwood, Davidson Day Soccer, Sophomore: The Patriots’ center midfielder had three goals and two assists in two games last week, as Davidson Day beat Burlington Christian, 3-1, in the opening round of the NCISAA 3A state playoffs, last Tuesday, and won 3-2 over High Point Christian, in the second round, Thursday.
Davidson Day’s (9-7) season came to an end in a 6-0 loss Saturday at John Paul II Catholic in the NCISAA 3A state quarterfinals.
Aury Greenfield, Jay M. Robinson Football, Senior: The 6-foot, 180-pound quarterback went 17-for-20 for 302 yards and three touchdown passes, while also rushing for 50 yards in Friday’s 48-0 shutout of Jesse Carson.
Greenfield has passed for 1,925 yards and 21 touchdowns, while rushing for 606 yards and nine more scores for Jay M. Robinson (9-0) this season.
Jacoby Hunt, East Lincoln Football, Junior: The 5-foot-11, 180-pound running back rushed for 102 yards and two touchdowns on just eight carries, while catching three passes for 62 yards and another touchdown to lead East Lincoln to a 71-35 win Friday over Maiden.
Hunt also had a 70-yard kickoff for a touchdown, and five tackles from his defensive back position in the same game.
Hunt has rushed for 502 yards and five touchdowns for East Lincoln (9-1) this season.
Tyler Kruger, Weddington Soccer, Sophomore: The Warriors’ midfielder had four assists in two games as Weddington won 3-1 Wednesday over Cuthbertson, after losing 4-2 on Monday to conference co-champion Marvin Ridge.
Weddington is 9-8-2 overall this season.
Eli Rush, North Lincoln Cross Country, Senior: The Knights’ standout ran a 16:11.13 and won the Western Foothills’ 4A/5A Conference title by 20 seconds last Wednesday at Southside Park in Newton.
Rush’s efforts also helped the North Lincoln cross country team to a conference title at the same meet.
Porter White, Providence Soccer, Senior: The Panthers’ senior scored two goals and had three assists in a 6-1 win last Tuesday over Palisades.
White also had a goal last Thursday in a 6-0 victory at Ballantyne Ridge, where Providence clinched at least a share of the Southwestern 7A/8A regular season title.
White has 16 goals and eight assists for Providence (17-3-1) this season.
