Wednesday prep roundup: Mooresville surprises N. Iredell in volleyball
Mooresville waited until the last night of the girls’ volley all regular season to make what might have been its biggest victory.
The Blue Devils, fueled by front-liners Kelsey Fliss and Darcelle Faucette, knocked off regular-season champ and No. 1 seed North Iredell 3-1 in the finals of the North Piedmont 6A/7A conference tournament.
On a night full of conference tournament championships, Mooresville’s win was probably the biggest surprise.
The Blue Devils (19-8), seeded second, had lost twice this season to top seed North Iredell (23-2). Coach Dave Markland’s Raiders will be the West’s No. 1 seed in the N.C. High School Athletic Association playoffs, which start Saturday – and a prime contender for the 6A state title.
But Weddington, which will be seeded either fourth or fifth in Class 7A West, got the victory.
The Blue Devils took a 2-0 set lead by winning 27-25 and 25-23. North Iredell rallied for a 25-20 victory, but Mooresville played its best volleyball of the night in the fourth set, winning 25-12.
Fliss had 17 kills and 10 blocks, while Faucette added 13 kills. Siena DiTomas totaled 50 assists.
Here’s how other volleyball finals turned out:
(soccer, field hockey, flag football and the girls’ team tennis reports are below)
Greater Charlotte 7A/8A
Hough def. South Mecklenburg 3-1: The top-seeded Huskies finished 17-11.
Meck Power Six 7A/8A
Independence def. Butler 3-2: The top-seeded Patriots edged neighborhood rival and No. 2 seed Butler in a typically close match.
Southwestern 7A/8A
Ardrey Kell def. East Mecklenburg 3-2 (17-25, 25-21, 23-25, 25-19, 15-11): The top-seeded Knights improved to 17-11. Jane Young had 26 kills for East Meck (20-8).
CISAA
Charlotte Latin def. Covenant Day 3-0 (25-7, 25-14, 25-16): The Hawks (26-1, 9-1) wrapped up the conference championship behind the play of Ava Nadeau, who had 13 kills and 14 digs.
Greater Metro 6A/7A
Hickory Ridge def. Cox Mill 3-2 (14-25, 25-10, 25-10, 19-25, 15-12): Top-seeded Hickory Ridge (21-4) had a tough time with No. 2 seed cox Mill (18-14).
North Piedmont 6A/7A
Mooresville def. North Iredell 3-1 (27-25, 25-23, 20-25, 25-12)
Southern Carolina 6A/7A
Marvin Ridge def. Weddington 3-1: The top-seeded Mavericks (26-3) got big efforts from Victoria Simons (14 kills, nine digs) and Jamie Carnes (11 kills).
Rocky River 4A/5A
West Stanly def. Parkwood 3-0 (25-18, 25-14, 25-18): Layla Little had 25 assists for the top-seeded Colts (20-8).
South Piedmont 4A/5A
Jesse Carson def. South Rowan 3-0 (25-17, 25-10, 25-23)
Western Foothills 4A/5A
Hickory def. Fred T. Foard 3-0 (25-16, 25-20, 25-19)
Catawba Shores 2A/3A/4A
Lake Norman Charter def. Community School of Davidson 3-1 (25-15, 25-22, 21-25, 25-18): The top-seeded Knights improved to 26-1. Their only loss this was was to 7A power Marvin Ridge.
Southern Piedmont 2A/3A/4A
East Gaston def. Stuart Cramer 3-0 (25-16, 25-14, 25-21)
Yadkin Valley 2A/3A
North Stanly def. South Stanly 3-0 (25-14, 25-17, 25-16)
Catawba River 1A/2A/3A
Mountain Island Charter def. Piedmont Community Charter 3-1 (25-16, 25-10, 23-25, 25-17)
Boys’ soccer
Greater Charlotte 7A/8A
Garinger 5, Hough 2: The host Wildcats improved to 5-2 in the conference, tying Hough for second place behind South Mecklenburg.
Myers Park 6, Hopewell 1: Colin Jenkins scored three times for the Mustangs.
South Mecklenburg 9, West Mecklenburg 0
Meck Power Six 7A/8A
North Mecklenburg 1, Butler 0: The visiting Vikings improved to 4-2-1 in the conference and handed the Bulldogs (3-1-2) their first conference loss.
Southwestern 7A/8A
Ardrey Kell 7, Rocky River 0: Jacob Echiburu scored twice for Ardrey Kell.
North Piedmont 6A/7A
Lake Norman 2, Davie County 1: Blake Richardson scored for Lake Norman, and Lennon Taylor added a penalty-kick goal.
Southern Carolina 6A/7A
Charlotte Catholic 3, Porter Ridge 1: The Cougars (19-0, 9-0) got goals from Emmett Drensek, Brady Benton and Roman Flynn. Porter Ridge slipped to 15-4-1, 5-3-1.
Cuthbertson 3, Piedmont 1
Weddington 3, Sun Valley 1
Big South 5A/6A
Forestview 10, North Gaston 1
Hunter Huss 2, Crest 1
Kings Mountain 5, Ashbrook 0: Ashton Hall and Banks Myers each scored twice for the Mountaineers.
Rocky River 4A/5A
Central Academy 3, West Stanly 3
Parkwood 3, Forest Hills 0
Catawba Shores 2A/3A/4A
Bradford Prep 1, Community School of Davidson 1
Christ the King 5, Corvian Community 2
Pine Lake Prep 3, Lincoln Charter 2
Southern Piedmont 2A/3A/4A
Burns 10, Bessemer City 0
Cherryville 2, Shelby 2
Highland Tech 8, Stuart Cramer 0
Lincolnton 4, East Gaston 2
Yadkin Valley 2A/3A
Gray Stone Day 8, South Stanly 0
North Stanly 4, Albemarle 2
Catawba River 1A/2A/3A
Piedmont Community Charter 2, N.C. School of Science & Math/Morganton 1
Queen’s Grant Charter def. Carolina International, forfeit
Sugar Creek Charter def. Bonnie Cone Academy, forfeit
Thomas Jefferson Academy 3, Mountain Island Charter 3
Girls' field hockey
Ardrey Kell 3, Ballantyne Ridge 1: Taylor Barnum, Gemma Barry and Fiona Mbanya each had a goal for the Knights.
Charlotte Country Day 1, Myers Park 1
Covenant Day 1, Providence Day 0
Hough 3, Reagan 1: Abby Camodeca, Hayden Molnar and Claire Nuijens scored for Hough.
Girls’ flag football
Ardrey Kell 12, Rocky River 6
Ballantyne Ridge 20, Palisades 7
Berry Academy 26, Harding 6: Laila Monroe threw three touchdown passes for Berry.
Butler 12, West Charlotte 8: The Bulldogs had eight sacks on West Charlotte quarterbacks, and Shae Marshall had a touchdown reception.
Chambers 26, North Mecklenburg 13: Chambers; Emeri Sherrill completed 14-of-19 passes for 168 yards.
Cox Mill 35, Harding 0: Allie Berry passed for 136 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 105 yards and another score.
Davie County 18, Mooresville 12
Hopewell 32, Myers Park 0: Keiyana Cooper threw for 203 yards and five touchdowns, leading the Titans.
Hough 35, Garinger 0
Independence 14, Mallard Creek 12: The Patriots’ Sydnee Platt ran for a touchdown and passed for the other.
Jay M. Robinson 31, Concord 0
Mooresville 13, Watauga 7
Providence 45, East Mecklenburg 14: Providence’s Elliott Stafford completed all 14 pass attempts for 188 yards and five touchdowns. Avery Detenber had six receptions, two of them for touchdowns.
West Mecklenburg 18, South Mecklenburg 12
West Rowan 14, Concord 6
NCHSAA girls’ team tennis playoffs
(West region results)
CLASS 8A
Myers Park def. Apex Friendship 5-4: Apex Friendship won the No. 2, 3 and 4 singles matches, but the Mustangs’ Lila Cheatwood won No. 1 singles and teamed with Elle Cooper for a decisive doubles victory. Myers Park faces Northwest Guilford in the third round Monday.
Northwest Guilford def. West Charlotte 6-0: West Charlotte (9-1) saw its best tennis season in decades come to an end. But No. 1 player Shola Bey played a tough match with Prita Rao of Northwest Guilford. Bey won the first set 6-4, but Rao took the second 6-3 and won the tiebreaker 10-6.
Providence def. Ardrey Kell 5-0
South Mecklenburg def. Pinecrest 5-3: The Sabres clinched victory when Cecilia Shinn and MaryBlake Gillis won the No. 1 doubles match. South Meck faces Providence in the third round Monday.
CLASS 7A
Ballantyne Ridge def. West Cabarrus 8-0
Cox Mill def. Richmond Senior 6-0
Davie County def. Grimsley 5-1
Marvin Ridge def. Mooresville 6-0
Page def. Cuthbertson 6-3
Reagan def. Lake Norman 5-1
R.J. Reynolds def. Purnell Swett 5-0
Weddington def. Chapel Hill 5-1: The top-seeded Warriors (19-1) got a 6-1, 6-1 victory from Evie Kayes in No. 1 singles.
CLASS 6A
Asheville def. Southeast Guilford 5-0
Charlotte Catholic def. A.C. Reynolds 9-0: The Cougars (14-6), who will face Kings Mountain in the third round Monday, were led by Madison McWilliams, who won her singles match 6-0, 6-0 and teamed with Avery Johnson in No. 1 doubles.
Kings Mountain def. Asheboro 5-3
Mount Tabor def. T.C. Roberson 6-3
Northern Guilford def. Ashbrook 6-0
St. Stephens def. Piedmont 5-2
South Caldwell def. North Iredell 6-3
Watauga def. Alexander Central 5-0
CLASS 5A
Atkins def. South Point 5-4
Hickory def. Concord 5-1
East Lincoln def. Oak Grove 5-4
Franklin def. West Rowan 6-3
Jesse Carson def. Northwest Cabarrus 5-4
North Buncombe def. Rockingham County 7-2
North Lincoln def. Crest 6-0
West Henderson def. East Rowan 6-0
CLASS 4A
Ashe County at Pisgah
Brevard def. Bandys 5-0
Bunker Hill def. North Surry 5-1
Burns def. East Burke 5-1
Fred T. Foard def. East Gaston 8-1
Hibriten def. Newton-Conover 5-4
Lake Norman Charter def. Central Academy 6-0: No. 1 singles player Kate Champion won in straight sets, improving her record to 14-7 on the season.
Salisbury def. Mount Pleasant 9-0
CLASS 3A
C.D. Owen def. East Surry 5-0
Draughn def. Polk County 5-1
Hendersonville def. West Davidson 5-1
Mount Airy def. West Wilkes 6-0
North Stanly def. Union Academy 7-2
Piedmont Community Charter def. Wheatmore 5-4
Pine Lake Prep def. Surry Central 5-0
West Lincoln def. Patton 7-2
CLASS 2A
Bishop McGuinness def. Community School of Davidson 7-2
East Wilkes def. Starmount 6-0
Elkin def. Gray Stone Day 5-4
Eno River Academy def. Cherryville 7-2
CLASS 1A
Clover Garden def. South Davidson 5-4
