Lady Knights roll, Wolves edge Devils, Mustangs win

The East Lincoln Lady Mustangs South Point 2-0 in Overtime on Monday night.
Ali Fisher scored two goals. The first came off a Bailey Johnson corner and the second was a shot from just outside the 18 yard box which deflected off a defender into the net.
South Point was previously unbeaten in Big South 3A conference play.
The win raises the Lady mustangs to 5-2-1 in conference and 7-3-4 overall.
According to coach Jason Dragoon, Julia Barker played well in the midfield.
Bailey Johnson and Krystle Kresge played exceptional games in the back and Christina McClain shutdown South Point standout Samantha Fox most of the game.
Erin Smith played tremendous in net stopping 12 shots including a diving save on a breakaway late in the game and got some help from right fullback Mykel Gates who cleared what looked to be a sure goal off the endline and out late in the second half.
“I was extremely proud of our teams performance tonight, as we played without two key players,” said Dragoon.
The Lady Mustangs next match is Thursday night at 6 p.m. at home against Newton Conover.

North Lincoln softball
The Lady Knights defeated the Hendersonville Bearcats Tuesday 13-0 in five innings.
April Wilson threw a complete game, one hitter striking out 10 Bearcat batters.
Eight different Knights recorded a base hit. Lindsey Smith had a three-RBI triple, while Jenna Torbert had a three-RBI double.
The Lady Knights are 9-2 overall and 5-2 in the Southern Foothills 1A Conference.

West Lincoln baseball
The Rebels fell to Chase 4-1 Tuesday night. The loss drops them to 9-6 overall and 3-4 in the Midwest 2A Conference.
Toby Lawerence (2-2) picked up the loss for the Rebels. Three of the four Trojan runs were unearned coming off three errors.
Brent Gates doubled for the West, while Chris Henderson had a RBI single.

Lincolnton tennis
The Lincolnton Wolves defeated the Newton-Conover Red Devils 5-4 on Tuesday.
Wolves No. 1-3 seeds in singles play carried them. John James defeated Tate Bolick 6-0, 6-1.
No. 2 seed Devin High defeated Andy Schmidt 6-1, 6-4. No. 3 seed Jason Martin defeated Humansu Arora 6-4, 6-3.
Newton was able to tie up the match 3-3 sweeping the lower half of singles play.
Devils No. 4 seed Andy Pernell defeated Lee Campbell 6-3, 6-3. Kaleb Unverfehrt defeated Andrew Mauney 6-3, 7-6 (7-0) at No. 5. No. 6 seed John Jones defeated Adil Huselja 6-4, 3-6, 8-6.
In doubles, No. 1 seed James/High defeated Bolick/Arora 10-1. Martin/Campbell defeated Pernell/Unverfehrt 10-7 to secure the match for the Wolves at No. 2.
Newton’s Schmidt/Berry defeated Mauney/Huselja 10-7 to finish out the match at 5-4.
Head coach Chris Hoffman believed this was a key Midwest 2A Conference match.
“This was a necessary win if we’re to contend for the conference title. Our four seniors stepped up accounting for our five points,” he said.
“Jason and Lee took an early lead and then held on for the victory. That win decided the match,” Hoffman said.
The Wolves improve to 6-3 overall and 2-0 in the Midwest 2A. Newton is now 3-1 with the loss in the conference.

Lincolnton baseball
The Lincolnton Wolves lost to the East Rutherford Cavaliers 6-4 Tuesday night.
The loss drops the Wolves to 7-6 overall and 4-2 in the Midwest 2A Conference.
It was the first loss for the Wolves in seven games. They will next be in action against West Lincoln. by John Mark Brooks