Queen City Sports Report’s Girls’ Athletes of the Week
Here are the Queen City Sports Report’s Girls’ Athletes of the Week. 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.
Rory Boyle, Community School of Davidson Volleyball, Senior: The Spartans’ middle hitter had 37 kills, six blocks and three aces combined as Community School of Davidson earned three 3-0 sweeps, beating Hough last Monday, Langtree Charter on Tuesday, and Pine Lake Prep on Thursday.
Boyles has 257 kills, 83 blocks and 80 aces for Community School of Davidson (16-6) this season.
Kami Caraccia, Lake Norman Girls’ Golf, Senior: The Wildcats’ golfer shot an even-par 36, earning medalist honors while leading the Wildcats to a North Piedmont 6A/7A Conference victory last Tuesday at Statesville Country Club.
Lake Norman clinched its second consecutive NPC with the victory.
Caraccia also shot a 1-under-par 35, with two birdies, to earn medalist honorslast Thursday as Lake Norman beat both Hickory Ridge and Ronald Reagan at Lake Norman Golf Club.
Caraccia is averaging a 35.6 per nine holes this season.
Beni Drake, Providence Girls’ Cross Country, Sophomore: Drake ran a 19:07.70 Saturday in winning the Run Cabarrus Invitational by 10 seconds at Frank Liske Park in Concord.
Drake also helped the Providence girls’ team to a runner-up finish in Concord.
RobeyAnne Hancock, Weddington Girls’ Flag Football, Freshman: The Warriors’ quarterback passed for 324 yards and three touchdowns last Tuesday in a 33-20 loss to Cuthbertson.
Hancock leads all freshman in the state with 1,179 yards passing for Weddington (7-2) this season.
Aubrey Joyce, Mallard Creek Girls’ Tennis, Senior: The Mavericks’ standout won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 singles, and 8-2 at No. 1 doubles last Tuesday in a 9-0 victory at Independence.
Joyce also won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2 singles, and 8-6 at No. 1 doubles in a 6-3 loss Thursday at Palisades.
Joyce is 13-1 in both singles and doubles’ play for Mallard Creek (5-7) this season.
Bria Karpeh-Whitley, Hough Girls’ Flag Football, Junior.: The Huskies’ quarterback/running back accounted for 295 yards passing, 245 yards and seven total touchdowns to help Hough to wins over Myers Park 38-12 last Monday,and 19-13 Wednesday at Hopewell.
Karpeh-Whitley also had an interception from defensive back position last week.
Hough is 5-1 overall this season.
Colby McCollum, Cuthbertson Girls’ Cross Country, Junior: The Cavaliers’ distance-running standout had a time of 17:49.70 and won the Union County Championship last Wednesday at McAlpine Greenway Park.
McCollum’s run also helped the Cuthbertson girls’ team to a Union County title, beating rival Marvin Ridge by just one point.
Ada Savage, Myers Park Field Hockey, Senior: The Mustangs’ captain had three goals and three assists over three games last week.
Myers Park (15-5) won 9-1 last Monday at Ballantyne Ridge, and 1-0 Wednesday at R.J. Reynolds, before losing 2-1 in overtime Friday to Raleigh’s Cardinal Gibbons.
Savage is leading the Mustangs in both goals (20) and assists (13) this season.
Mackenzie Renner, Cox Mill Girls’ Cross Country, Junior: Renner ran a 19:33.90 and finished third Saturday in the Run Cabarrus Invitational at Frank Liske Park in Concord.
Renner is a multisport standout at Cox Mill. She has run the 800 and 1,600 meters for the track team, and she also is a girls’ soccer standout. She scored 11 goals for the Chargers last spring.
Victoria Simons, Marvin Ridge Volleyball, Senior: Simons had eight kills and four digs last Tuesday in a 3-0 win over Charlotte Catholic.
Simons also had 17 kills and seven digs in 3-0 victory Thursday over Sun Valley.
Simons has 308 kills and 218 digs for Marvin Ridge (24-3) this season.
