Wednesday prep roundup: Myers Park runners sweep
Myers Park swept the Greater Charlotte 7A/8A high school cross country championships Tuesday, while Ballantyne Ridge, Providence, Mallard Creek and Butler earned shares of their conference cross country titles.
William Clark ran a 5-kilometer (3.1-mile) time of 16 minutes 38.1 seconds on the McAlpine Greenway Park course and led the Myers Park boys to a team title. The Mustangs won easily, scoring 23 points to 54 for second-place Hopewell.
Myers Park’s girls were led by individual winner Alaina Zabel. The Mustangs had 21 points, well ahead of runner-up South Mecklenburg’s 48.
In the Southwestern 7A/8A meet, also head at McAlpine Greenway Park, the Ballantyne Ridge boys and Providence girls won team championships. Individual winners were Ardrey Kell’s Adam Dreier for the boys and Mollie Adams for the girls.
The Mallard Creek boys and Butler girls took the Meck Power Six 7A/8A championships, also run at McAlpine Greenway Park. Individual winners were Mallard Creek’s Braden Stavis for the boys and Butler’s Kaila Forbes for the girls.
The results:
Greater Charlotte 7A/8A boys
Teams: Myers Park 23, Hopewell 54, Hough 66, South Mecklenburg 83.
Individuals: William Clark (Myers Park), 16:38.10; Grant Collum (Hough), 16:11.70; Vincent Williams (Myers Park), 16:15.10.
Greater Charlotte 7A/8A girls
Teams: Myers Park 21; South Mecklenburg 47, Hough 68, Hopewell 110.
Individuals: Alaina Zabel (Myers Park), 19:19.51; Addie Marques (Myers Park), 19:30.42; Emerson McVey (South Mecklenburg), 19:31.34.
Southwestern 7A/8A boys
Teams: Ballantyne Ridge 36, Providence 47, Ardrey Kell 47, East Mecklenburg 96, Palisades 150.
Individuals: Adam Dreier (Ardrey Kell), 16:18.24; Sam Lutwick (Ballantyne Ridge), 16:27.5; Hunter McConneghy (Ballantyne Ridge), 16:27.78.
Southwestern 7A/8A girls
Teams: Providence 23, Ardrey Kell 34, Ballantyne Ridge 99, East Mecklenburg 110, Palisades 113.
Individuals: Mollie Wells (Ardrey Kell), 18:24.35; Claire Page (Providence), 18:43.66; Beni Drake (Providence), 19:30.49.
Meck Power Six 7A/8A boys
Teams: Mallard Creek 23; Butler 44, Independence 93, Chambers 103, North Mecklenburg 109.
Individuals: Braden Stavis (Mallard Creek), 17:25.63; Freddy Georges (Mallard Creek), 17:30.83; Hunter Kortekaas (Butler), 17:50.04.
Meck Power Six 7A/8A girls
Teams: Butler 23, Mallard Creek 54, Independence 60, Chambers 78.
Individuals: Kaila Forbes (Butler), 21:06.51; Grayson Peters (Butler), 21:16.49; Jade Foster (West Charlotte), 22:51.
Boys’ soccer
Greater Charlotte 7A/8A
Hough 1, Myers Park 1: Myers Park continued its late-season improvement, netting a tie on Jon Brady’s goal. Hough’s goal came from Nick Earle.
South Mecklenburg 2, Garinger 1: The visiting Sabres improved to 9-0 in the conference and clinched the Greater Charlotte 7A/8A championship.
Meck Power Six 7A/8A
Independence 1, North Mecklenburg 0: The Patriots went on the road and scored a big victory, improving their conference record to 6-1-1. They are in first place, with Butler (4-2-2) in second and two matches remaining.
Southern Carolina 6A/7A
Charlotte Catholic 9, Sun Valley 0: The unbeaten Cougars (20-0, 10-0) remained in first place, behind Rex Bumgarner’s four goals. Bumgarner has scored 20 goals this season and has a pair of four-goal games – each against Sun Valley.
Marvin Ridge 3, Porter Ridge 1: The Mavericks improved to 9-1 in the conference and remained a game behind Charlotte Catholic.
Weddington 3, Cuthbertson 1
Big South 5A/6A
Crest 4, Ashbrook 1
Forestview 1, South Point 0: The Jaguars improved to 9-2 in the conference and prevented South Point (10-1) from clinching the title.
Hunter Huss 4, Kings Mountain 1
Rocky River 4A/5A
Monroe 1, Anson County 0 (forfeit)
Mount Pleasant 2, Central Academy 1
Catawba Shores 2A/3A/4A
Community School of Davidson 10, Langtree Charter 0: Garrett Fitzpatrick scored two goals, and eight teammates added single goals, as the Spartans improved to 9-2-2 in conference play and remained in third place.
Lake Norman Charter 3, Bradford Prep 0
Lincoln Charter 6, Christ the King 0: The first-place Eagles improved to 10-1-1 in the conference.
Pine Lake Prep 3, Corvian Community 0: Pierce Jerome scored all three goals for the second-place Pride (10-2).
Southern Piedmont 2A/3A/4A
East Gaston 10, Bessemer City 1
Highland Tech 3, Lincolnton 2
Shelby 3, Stuart Cramer 0
Catawba River 1A/2A/3A
Jackson Day 4, Thomas Jefferson Academy 1
Mountain Island Charter 2, Queen’s Grant Charter 0: The Raptors, who already had clinched the conference championship, improved to 14-0-1 in league play.
Nonconference
Gray Stone Day 6, Forest Hills 1
Girls’ flag football
Ardrey Kell 34, East Mecklenburg 6
Central Academy 19, Porter Ridge 8: Nichole Marveli rushed 14 times for 198 yards and two touchdowns.
Central Cabarrus 25, Berry Academy 0
Cox Mill 41, Central Cabarrus 6: Cox Mill quarterback Allie Berry completed 16-of-26 passes for 201 yards and three touchdowns, and she ran for 82 yards and another score. Receiver Kinsie Carvin had six receptions for 87 yards and two touchdowns.
Garinger 7, South Mecklenburg 0
Harding 18, A.L. Brown 12
Hickory Ridge 19, Harding 0
Mooresville 44, Jackson Day 0
Mooresville 26, Mountain Island Charter 6
Palisades 47, Rocky River 7
Piedmont 41, Central Academy 19: Piedmont’s defense picked off three CATA passes.
Providence 25, Ballantyne Ridge 13
Salisbury 6, Concord 0
Sun Valley 35, Porter Ridge 6: The Spartans’ Kaitlyn Sheen completed 26-of-42 passes for 422 yards and four touchdowns. Niayah Dotty had eight catches for 164 yards and two scores.
Watauga 29, Lake Norman 14
