Queen City Sports Report's Girls' 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.
Jaylise Campbell, West Lincoln Girls’ Cross Country, Junior: The West Lincoln distance standout ran a 22:04.62 to win the Southern Piedmont 2A/3A/4A Conference title last Tuesday at Shelby High.
Campbell’s run helped West Lincoln’s girls capture the team conference title.
Campbell, the SPC 2A/3A/4A conference runner of the year, won all her league meets this season.
Grayson Dudley, Providence Day Field Hockey, Junior: Dudley had one assist in a last Tuesday 9-0 win over Asheville School in the opening round of the NCISAA Division I playoffs.
Dudley also had the game-winning assist in a 1-0 victory Friday at Durham Academy in the state quarterfinals.
Dudley had one goal and five assists for Providence Day (16-7) this season.
Darcelle Faucette, Mooresville Volleyball, Senior: The Blue Devils’ outside hitter had 27 kills, five digs, four blocks and one assist in three matches last week. Mooresville beat Cox Mill 3-2 last Tuesday in the second round of the Class 7A playoffs, then edged Southwest Guilford 3-2 Thursday in the third round, before losing 3-1 Saturday at Marvin Ridge in the quiarterfinals.
Faucette had 257 kills, 162 digs, 27 aces, 37 blocks and 14 assists for Mooresville (21-9) this season.
Caitlyn Frisch, Lake Norman Charter Girls’ Golf, Senior: Frisch shot a 1-over-par , 73 and won the 4A West Regional last Tuesday. She had four birdies in her round at Cedar Rock Country Club in Lenoir.
Frisch’s play also helped the Lake Norman Charter girls to a 4A West Regional title the same day.
Frisch is Barton College commit.
Kennedy Gallentine, East Lincoln Girls’ Golf, Sophomore: The Mustangs’ sophomore shot a four-under par, 68, to win the 5A West Regional championship at River Bend Golf Club in Shelby, last Monday.
Gallentine, who repeated as the individual regional champion, also led the East Lincoln girls’ golf to their second consecutive, regional title.
Gallentine is also the defending 5A state champion.
Elizabeth Guthrie, Charlotte Catholic Girls’ Golf, Jr.: The Cougars’ junior shot a new course record, eight-under par, 64, to win the 6A West Regional title by six shots at Brushy Mountain Golf Club in Taylorsville, last Tuesday.
Guthrie, the defending 6A state champion, also led the Cougars’ girls’ golf team to a 6A West Regional title, beating the field by 24 shots.
Berkley Hemingway, Myers Park Field Hockey, Sr.: The Mustangs’ senior defender scored two goals in an 8-0 win over Grimsley in the opening round of the NCFHA state playoffs last Tuesday.
Hemingway also tied the game at two in 3-2, double overtime win over East Chapel Hill in the state quarterfinals.
Hemingway, a Sewanee commit, has six goals and seven assists for Myers Park (17-5-1) this season.
Claire Page, Providence Girls’ Cross Country, Senior: Page ran a 18:43.66 to finish as runner-up last Wednesday in the Southwestern 7A/8A Conference championships at McAlpine Greenway Park.
Page’s efforts also helped the Providence girls’ team to conference title, beating the field by 11 points.
Madie Rand, Covenant Day Girls’ Cross Country, Junior: Rand ran a personal-best time of 17:49 in winning the CISAA conference championship last Tuesday at McAlpine Greenway Park.
Rand, who beat the field by 44 seconds, led the Covenant Day girls’ team to a CISAA runner-up finish.
Sophia Roberts, Charlotte Latin Girls’ Tennis, Freshman: Roberts won 8-6 at No. 1 doubles and was up 6-2, 2-0 at No. 2 singles when Charlotte Latin clinched a 5-0 win Friday over North Raleigh Christian in the NCISAA 4A quarterfinals.
Roberts is 28-2 overall, including 15-1 in singles and 13-1 in doubles, for Charlotte Latin (15-2) this season.
