Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Keith Wilkes named head football coach at Olympic High

Olympic High athletics director Ken Konstanty had more than 40 candidates apply for the school’s head football job after longtime coach Barry Shuford resigned last December. Wednesday, Konstanty said he was “thrilled” to announce that former Vance and Winston-Salem Carver coach Keith Wilkes would replace Shuford at Olympic.

“We’re excited to get someone of a Shuford quality,” Konstanty said. “That’s what we were looking for. We’re confident coach Wilkes will be able to come in and our school won’t miss a bit. We’re hopeful he can take us to the next level.”

Konstanty said Wilkes will start working with the team this week. He likely won’t start working in the school until August.

Shuford coached at Olympic since 2007. His 2013 team was 7-5. After going 4-7 in his first season, Shuford’s next six teams produced no losing seasons.

Wilkes was hired at Vance in January of 2012 and coached the Cougars in the 2012 and 2013 seasons. The 2012 Vance team was 9-4. Vance was 6-6 last season after a 4-1 start. The Cougars lost their final three games and four of their last five. Vance High athletics director Carlos Richardson told the Observer that Wilkes and the school had a “mutual decision” to part ways after the 2013 season. Wilkes resigned in November, shortly after Vance’s season was over.

Wilkes, part of the 2011 class of the Winston-Salem/Forysth County High School Sports Hall of Fame, built quite a tradition at Winston-Salem Carver.

From 1992-2007, his teams were 139-62-1 with 11 conference titles and state championships in 1998 and 2003. Wilkes was 9-21 at Shiloh High in Snellsville, Ga., for three seasons before resigning and eventually landing at Vance.

Saturday, February 22, 2014

In high school athletics, NCISAA basketball finals as good as it gets

High school athletes in North Carolina are awful lucky.

In a 26-year career at the Observer, I've been able to see high school sports championships in seven states and seen a few more while traveling. Nothing I've seen comes close to the job that the N.C. High School Athletic Association (public schools) and the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association (private schools) do with the state basketball championships each year.

Each event is the singular highlight of the prep season, along with the NCHSAA football finals. Due to the number of schools playing for finals, the NCHSAA divides its finals into two locations for basketball and three for football. The NCISAA, like today, packs them all into one gym.

That allows the fans to see all the top players and all the top teams. All of the NCISAA officials are on hand, from executive director Chuck Carter down to former coaches and athletics directors at the school level. In some ways, it's like a family reunion for the Independent Schools. And it doesn't hurt that the basketball is always phenomenal.

Time Warner Cable is broadcasting today's finals and from the packed gym to the players from other schools watching to the incredible decibel level, this is something special, something the participants will remember forever.

And that's what high school athletics should be all about.

Monday, February 17, 2014

CMS conference basketball tournament pairings

Boys

MECKA
Tuesday's first round at Hopewell: A.L. Brown vs. Hough, 5 p.m.; Vance vs. Robinson, 8 p.m.
Wednesday's first round at Hopewell: Mallard Creek vs. West Charlotte, 5 p.m.; North Meck vs. Hopewell, 8 p.m.
Thursday's semifinals at Hopewell: Brown/Hough vs. Vance/Robinson, 5:15 p.m.; North Meck/Hopewell vs. W. Charlotte/Mallard Creek, 8:15 p.m.
Friday's finals at Hopewell: semifinal winners, 8 p.m.

SO-MECK 8
Tuesday's first round at Berry: Harding vs. Catholic, 6 p.m.; Providence vs. Berry, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday's first round at Ardrey Kell: South Meck vs. Olympic, 6 p.m.; West Meck vs. Ardrey Kell, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday's semifinals at Berry: Olympic/South Meck vs. Ardrey Kell/W. Meck, 4:45 p.m. Berry/Providence vs. Catholic/Harding, 7:15 p.m.
Friday's championship at Berry: semifinal winners, 8 p.m.

Southwestern 4A
Tuesday at Garinger: Independence, bye; Butler vs. Rocky River, 4 p.m.; Myers Park vs. Garinger, 5:30 p.m.; East Meck vs. Porter Ridge, 7 p.m.
Thursday’s semifinals at Garinger: Myers Park/Garinger vs. Butler/Rocky River, 5:15 p.m.; Independence vs. East Meck/Porter Ridge, 8:15 p.m.
Friday’s finals at Garinger: semifinal winners, 8 p.m.


Girls

MECKA
Tuesday's first round at Hopewell: Vance vs. Hopewell, 3:30 p.m.; Robinson vs. Mallard Creek, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday's first round at Hopewell: Hough vs. AL Brown, 3:30 p.m.; W. Charlotte vs. North Meck, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday's semifinals at Hopewell: Hopewell/Vance vs. Mallard Creek/Robinson, 4 p.m.; N. Meck/W. Charlotte vs. Hough/Brown, 7 p.m.
Friday's final at Hopewell: semifinal winners, 6:30 p.m.

SO-MECK 8
Wednesday's first round at Ardrey Kell: Berry vs. South Meck, 6 p.m.; West Meck vs. Ardrey Kell, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday's first round at Catholic: Harding vs. Providence, 6 p.m.; Catholic vs. Olympic, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday's semifinals at Berry: Harding/Providence vs. Catholic/Olympic, 3:30 p.m.; Ardrey Kell/West Meck vs. Berry/South Meck, 6 p.m.
Friday's final at Berry: semifinal winners, 6:30 p.m.

Southwestern 4A
Wednesday's first round at Garinger: Myers Park, bye; Independence vs. Butler, 4 p.m.; Rocky River vs. Garinger, 5:30 p.m.; East Meck vs. Porter Ridge, 7 p.m.
Thursday's semifinals at Garinger: Rocky River/Garinger vs. Butler/Independence, 4 p.m.; Myers Park vs. Porter Ridge/E. Meck, 7 p.m.
Friday's finals at Garinger: semifinal winners, 6:30 p.m.


Friday, February 14, 2014

CMS moves basketball games to Monday, full area schedule

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will move its final regular-season games to Monday, school officials announced Friday afternoon. The Monday games will be played so long as school is in session, system athletics director Sue Doran said.

Those games were originally scheduled for Thursday and Friday but were postponed by this week's severe snowstorm. The local conference tournaments were scheduled to begin Monday. With the regular-season games moving, the conference tournaments will begin Tuesday.

The inclement weather also forced delay of the N.C. 4A Western Regional wrestling tournament at Hough. That was supposed to start Friday. The event will begin Saturday at 2 p.m. The regionals will conclude Sunday, with wrestling beginning Sunday. The 3A wrestling regional will start at North Gaston at 1 p.m. It will conclude with Sunday wrestling beginning at 3 p.m.

There is at least one other high school event Sunday, with Charlotte Country Day visiting rival Charlotte Christian in basketball at 1 p.m.

Here is the updated schedule:


Saturday, Feb. 15


Charlotte Latin at Cannon, 3 p.m.
Draughn at Shelby, 3:30 p.m. 
East Gaston at Forestview, 2 p.m. 
Hunter Huss at Ashbrook, 2 p.m.
North Gaston at Lake Norman Charter, 1 p.m.
North Stanly at South Stanly, 3:15 p.m.
Patton at Freedom, 4 p.m.
Providence Day at Country Day, 1:30 p.m.
Queens Grant at Albemarle 
South Point at Stuart Cramer, 1 p.m.
St. Stephens at Foard, 2 p.m.
Union Academy at Gray Stone Day
Watauga at Hickory, 3:30 p.m.
West Stanly at Mount Pleasant,  2 p.m. 

Sunday, Feb. 16
Country Day at Charlotte Christian, 1 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 17

Alexander Central at North Iredell
Anson Sr. at Cuthbertson
Bandys at Newton-Conover
Bunker Hill at West Caldwell 
Burns at R-S Central
Charlotte Catholic at Providence
Chase at East Burke 
Cherryville at Thomas Jefferson
Draughn at Shelby
Highland Tech at Bessemer City
Hopewell at AL Brown
Independence at Butler
Lake Norman at Mooresville
Lincoln Charter at Pine Lake Prep
Maiden at Lincolnton
Monroe at Forest Hills

Myers Park at East Mecklenburg
North Lincoln at West Iredell

North Mecklenburg at Mallard Creek
North Stanly at Albemarle
Olympic at Berry
Parkwood at Central Academy
Porter Ridge at Rocky River
Robinson at West Charlotte
South Iredell at Statesville
South Mecklenburg at Ardrey Kell
South Rowan at East Rowan
South Stanly at Gray Stone Day
Sun Valley at Piedmont

Union Academy at Queens Grant
Vance at Hough
Weddington at Marvin Ridge
West Lincoln at East Lincoln 

West Mecklenburg at Harding
West Stanly at Mount Pleasant

Tuesday, Feb. 18
Community School of Davidson at Pine Lake Prep 
East Rutherford at Chase
Kings Mountain at Crest


Thursday, Feb. 20
East Burke at Kings Mountain
Shelby at Crest


Read more here: http://obsprepspot.blogspot.com/2014/02/cms-cancelsschool-friday-games.html#storylink=cpy

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Area basketball, wrestling postponement updates

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools postponed classes Friday, which will postpone all athletic events for Friday. The Southern Piedmont Athletic Association tournament, which was scheduled to play semifinals Friday at United Faith, has been canceled.

Many other area schools are moving games to Saturday or Monday. At least one basketball will be played Sunday: Country Day will visit Charlotte Christian at 1 p.m.

CMS schools will play Saturday or Monday. A decision will be made on which day Friday.

Gaston County Schools canceled all athletic activities for Friday and will make a decision during the day Friday about whether to move games to Saturday or Monday.

Read more here: http://prepinsiders.blogspot.com/2014/02/nchsaa-to-make-special-adjustments-to.html#storylink=cpy

Here are games scheduled originally for Thursday and Friday. For games with no reschedule date listed, it means the Observer was not able to obtain information on those games. Please contact the school for updated information.

In wrestling, the N.C. 2A Western regional at Black Mountain Owen, the 3A Western regional at North Gaston and N.C. 4A Western regionals at Hough will not begin Friday as scheduled. Each will begin Saturday.

The N.C. Independent Schools state wrestling finals will begin Friday at High Point Wesleyan, with 4 p.m. weigh-ins. Wrestling begins at 6 p.m. Friday with the first and second rounds. The event will continue with Saturday's semifinals beginning at 9 a.m.

Check back for updated information later today.

Thursday, February 13

Alexander Central at North Iredell, ppd, Mon.
Carmel Christian at Pine Lake Prep, ppd, reschedule date TBD
Charlotte Latin at Cannon, ppd, Sat, 4:30 p.m.
Franklin Heights Christian at Grace Academy, ppd, reschedule date TBD

Heathwood Hall at Providence Day, canceled will not be made up
Kennedy Charter at Trinity Christian, ppd, reschedule date, TBD
Mooresville at Lake Norman, ppd, reschedule date TBD
North Lincoln at West Iredell, ppd, Monday

North Stanly at Albemarle, ppd, Sat.
South Iredell at Statesville, ppd, reschedule date TBD
South Rowan at Concord, ppd, reschedule date TBD


Friday, Feb. 14

A.L. Brown at Concord, canceled
Anson at Cuthbertson
Bandys at Newton Conover, ppd, Mon.
Bunker Hill at West Caldwell, ppd, Mon.
Burns at RS Central
Central Cabarrus at Northwest Cabarrus
Charlotte Catholic at Providence, ppd
Charlotte Country Day at Charlotte Christian, ppd, Sunday, 1 p.m.
Charlotte Latin at Cannon, ppd, Sat, 3 p.m.
Charlotte United Christian vs. Oldsmar Christian in Gatortown Hoops Classic in Jacksonville, FL
Cherryville at Thomas Jefferson Academy
Community School of Davidson at Lincoln Charter, ppd, Tues.
Cox Mill at Carson
Davidson Day at High Point Christian, ppd, reschedule date TBD
East Burke at Kings Mountain
East Gaston at Forestview, ppd, reschedule date TBA
East Rutherford at Chase
Hickory at Hibriten
Hickory Ridge at West Rowan
Highland Tech at Bessemer City, ppd, Mon.
Hopewell at A.L. Brown, ppd
Hunter Huss at Ashbrook, ppd, reschedule date TBA
Independence at Butler, ppd
Lincoln Charter at Pine Lake Prep, ppd, Mon
Maiden at Lincolnton, ppd, Mon.
Monroe at Forest Hills, ppd, Mon.
Myers Park at East Mecklenburg
North Gaston at Lake Norman Charter, ppd, reschedule date TBD
North Mecklenburg at Mallard Creek, ppd
North Rowan at Salisbury
North Stanly at Albermarle, ppd, Mon.
Olympic at Berry, ppd
Parkwood at Central Academy, ppd, Mon.
Patton at Freedom, ppd, Sat.
Porter Ridge at Rocky River, ppd
Robinson at W. Charlotte, ppd
St. Stephens at Fred T. Foard
Shelby at Crest
South Caldwell at Watauga
South Mecklenburg at Ardrey Kell, ppd
South Point at Stuart Cramer, ppd, reschedule dat TBD
South Rowan at East Rowan
South Stanly at Gray Stone Day, ppd, Mon
Sun Valley at Piedmont, ppd, Mon
Union Academy at Queens Grant, ppd, Mon
Vance at Hough, ppd
Weddington at Marvin Ridge, ppd, Mon
West Lincoln at East Lincoln, ppd, Mon
West Mecklenburg at Harding, ppd
West Stanly at Mount Pleasant, ppd, 2 p.m.



Saturday, Feb. 15


Charlotte Latin at Cannon, 3 p.m.
Draughn at Shelby, Sat, 3:30 p.m. 
North Stanly at South Stanly, 3:15 p.m.
Patton at Freedom, 4 p.m.
Providence Day at Country Day, 1:30 p.m.
Queens Grant at Albemarle 
Union Academy at Gray Stone Day
Watauga at Hickory
West Stanly at Mount Pleasant,  2 p.m. 

Sunday, Feb. 16
Country Day at Charlotte Christian, 1 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 17

Alexander Central at North Iredell
Bandys at Newton-Conover
Bunker Hill at West Caldwell 

Chase at East Burke 
Highland Tech at Bessemer City
Lincoln Charter at Pine Lake Prep
Maiden at Lincolnton
Monroe at Forest Hills
North Lincoln at West Iredell

North Stanly at Albemarle
Parkwood at Central Academy
South Stanly at Gray Stone Day
Sun Valley at Piedmont

Union Academy at Queens Grant
Weddington at Marvin Ridge
West Lincoln at East Lincoln 


Tuesday, Feb. 18
Community School of Davidson at Pine Lake Prep

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

CMS postpones Thursday's basketball games; full basketball, wrestling schedules

This week's major snow event is wreaking havoc with the high school winter sports schedules.

In Mecklenburg County, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools are out Thursday and all athletic activities are canceled. That's pushed games scheduled for Thursday to Friday.

CMS athletics director Sue Doran said school is out Friday, those games would move to Saturday. Doran also games could get pushed to Monday if conditions don't improve.

CMS conference tournaments are scheduled to begin Monday, but if regular-season games get pushed back, the conference tournament scheduled would likely be altered.

Two local conference tournaments were scheduled this week. The MAC tournament, which began Monday, was scheduled to conclude at Covenant Day in Matthews. That tournament has been canceled. The SPAA tournament semifinals are scheduled for Friday at United Faith in southeast Charlotte.

A SPAA official told the Observer that if semifinal games cannot be played Friday, both semifinals and championship games would be played on Saturday.

The private school state playoffs begin next week and the playoff seeding meeting is Sunday.

Wrestling regional tournaments are also expected to begin Friday, including the 4A West regional at Hough High.

With the possibility that some areas may not be clear by Friday, the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association met via conference call on Tuesday and approved changes to aid schools in scheduling changes.

The NCHSAA, which frowns on Sunday events, will allow wrestling regionals to finish on Sunday, but is asking schools to make "every effort to avoid Sunday competition."

On Sunday, weigh-ins could not occur before noon and wrestling could not begin until 1 p.m.


In basketball, the NCHSAA will allow schools to play four games next week, with Friday being considered the “non-school” play date under the NCHSAA scheduling policies. Schools cannot play Saturday, but the extra playing date will allow schools to, say, make up a final regular-season game from this week and handle a 3-game conference tournament next week.


The NCHSAA state playoff basketball seeding will be done Saturday, Feb. 22, and all qualifiers must be submitted by member schools by 6 a.m. that morning.

Read more here: http://prepinsiders.blogspot.com/2014/02/nchsaa-to-make-special-adjustments-to.html#storylink=cpy

Here are games scheduled for Thursday and Friday. For games with no reschedule date listed, it means the Observer was not able to obtain information on those games. Please contact the school for updated information.

Thursday, February 13

Alexander Central at North Iredell, ppd, reschedule date TBD
Carmel Christian at Pine Lake Prep, ppd, reschedule date TBD
Charlotte Country Day at Charlotte Christian, ppd, Friday, 6 p.m.
Charlotte Latin at Cannon
Franklin Heights Christian at Grace Academy, ppd, reschedule date TBD
Hayworth Christian at Crossroads Charter
Heathwood Hall at Providence Day
Hopewell at A.L. Brown, ppd, Fri, 6 p.m.
Jay M. Robinson at West Charlotte, ppd, Fri, 6 p.m.
Kennedy Charter at Trinity Christian, ppd, reschedule date, TBD
Mooresville at Lake Norman
North Lincoln at West Iredell
North Mecklenburg at Mallard Creek, ppd, Friday, 6 p.m.
North Stanly at Albemarle
South Iredell at Statesville
South Rowan at Concord
Vance at Hough, ppd, Friday, 6 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 14

A.L. Brown at Concord
Anson at Cuthbertson
Bandys at Newton Conover
Bunker Hill at West Caldwell
Burns at RS Central
Central Cabarrus at Northwest Cabarrus
Charlotte Catholic at Providence
Charlotte United Christian vs. Oldsmar Christian in Gatortown Hoops Classic in Jacksonville, FL
Cherryville at Thomas Jefferson Academy
Community School of Davidson at Lincoln Charter
Cox Mill at Carson
Davidson Day at High Point Christian
East Burke at Kings Mountain
East Gaston at Forestview
East Rutherford at Chase
Hickory at Hibriten
Hickory Ridge at West Rowan
Highland Tech at Bessemer City
Hopewell at A.L. Brown
Hunter Huss at Ashbrook
Independence at Butler
Maiden at Lincolnton
Monroe at Forest Hills
Myers Park at East Mecklenburg
North Gaston at Lake Norman Charter
North Mecklenburg at Mallard Creek
North Rowan at Salisbury
North Stanly at Albermarle
Olympic at Berry
Parkwood at Central Academy
Patton at Freedom
Porter Ridge at Rocky River
Robinson at W. Charlotte
St. Stephens at Fred T. Foard
Shelby at Crest
South Caldwell at Watauga
South Mecklenburg at Ardrey Kell
South Point at Stuart Cramer
South Rowan at East Rowan
South Stanly at Gray Stone Day
SPAA Tournament at United Faith
Girls: Gaston Day vs. Statesville Christian, 3 p.m.; Carmel Christian vs. Hickory Christian, 6
Boys: United Faith vs. Hickory Christian, 4:30 p.m.; Gaston Day vs. Victory Christian, 7:30 p.m.
Sun Valley at Piedmont
Union Academy at Queens Grant
Vance at Hough
Weddington at Marvin Ridge
West Lincoln at East Lincoln
West Mecklenburg at Harding
West Stanly at Mount Pleasant

 

Saturday, Feb. 15

MAC girls championship at Covenant Day
MAC boys championship at Covenant Day
Providence Day at Country Day, 1:30 p.m.
SPAA girls championship at United Faith, 1 p.m.
SPAA boys championship at United Faith, 3 p.m.


Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Buzzer-beating half-court alley oop wins game, makes "SportsCenter" top 10

SouthLake Christian's Andrew Howard is probably having himself a pretty good week.

On Tuesday night, he took a half-court pass from teammate Miles Boone and threw down a sudden one-handed alley-oop dunk at the buzzer. SouthLake Christian beat Hickory Grove 61-59. Howard and his teams got mobbed by fans and Howard's dunk ended up No. 3 on ESPN's "SportsCenter" top 10.

And he did it on Senior Night.

SouthLake -- coached by former N.C. State legend Rodney Monroe -- improved to 16-7 overall and 11-4 in the Metrolina Conference. Howard ended the game with 15 points, eight rebounds and three blocks.


Former W. Charlotte/Harding basketball coach Gosnell White to retire from Marvin Ridge

Gosnell White, one of the winningest basketball coaches in Mecklenburg County history, will retire at the end of the season.

White, who coached the bulk of his high school career at Harding and West Charlotte, is currently at Union County's Marvin Ridge High. White started at Marvin Ridge in 2007.

His current team is 9-7 and plays rival Cuthbertson at home Friday.

In his career, White has won 533 games in 36 seasons. He coached at Harding before taking over at West Charlotte in the middle '90s. After winning more than 500 games and seven state championships under legendary coach Charles McCullough, the Lions program floundered after McCullough retired in 1994.

White took over after several other coaches had tried and returned West Charlotte to its previous dominant form. White's Lions won a Mecklenburg County public school-record eight straight conference championships from 1997-2004. His teams made five regional appearances. His 1998-99 West Charlotte team finished in the USA Today national poll top 10 and won the N.C. 4A state championship. That team is arguably the best public school team in N.C. history.

White has coached at Marvin Ridge since 2007.

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Four players to be suspended for four games following Monday's Vance-A.L Brown girls basketball fight

 Four girls basketball players at A.L. Brown and Vance High Schools will each be suspended four games following their actions in a fight that ended Monday's game between the schools.

During the third quarter, a player from Brown and a player from Vance dove for a loose ball. The players became entangled and a fight broke out. Vance athletics director Carlos Richardson stopped the game with about three minutes left in the third quarter.

Brown was declared the winner 40-32. After the fight was broken up Monday, Vance's boys defeated AL Brown 70-49.

On Tuesday, school and state officials reviewed video of the incident. N.C. High School Athletic Association commissioner Davis Whitfield told the Observer that two players from each team were ejected for fighting. Per NCHSAA rules, that will result in a four-game suspension.

"We intend to contact both schools," Whitfield said. "That's not the kind of behavior we need from either side. We'll discuss the importance of sportsmanship and proper behavior. We will definitely follow up on this."

Vance was scheduled to play rival Mallard Creek at home Tuesday night at 6. Brown was to play at Hough.



Read more here: http://obsprepspot.blogspot.com/2014/02/fight-stops-mondays-al-brown-at-vance.html#storylink=cpy

Fight stops Monday's A.L. Brown at Vance girls basketball game

Monday's A.L. Brown at Vance girls high school basketball game was stopped in the second half after several players from both teams became involved in a fight.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools athletics director Sue Doran said the game was stopped in the third quarter. A final score was reported to media outlets of A.L. Brown winning 40-32. It was Vance's seventh straight loss. Vance, which lost 66-48 at A.L. Brown on Dec. 17, is 2-15 overall and 0-10 in the MECKA 4A conference.

Vance is scheduled to play rival Mallard Creek at home Tuesday night at 6.

Brown is 6-12 overall and 2-8 in conference play. Monday's decision ended a six-game losing streak for the Wonders, who play at Hough Tuesday night.

Vance athletics director Carlos Richardson said the fight broke out after one player from each team dove for a loose ball. Richardson said after the incident, he made the decision to stop the game.


Doran said that game officials and athletics directors from both schools were reviewing film of the game Monday. The N.C. High School Athletic Association is also looking at the tape.

"There was an incident," Doran said. "A scuffle broke out and the game was stopped and not resumed in the third quarter. This morning, the NCHSAA, the basketball booking agent and ADs at both schools are viewing the game tape so that everyone involved can make sure exactly what happened and individuals will be held accountable that need to be held accountable."

The NCHSAA penalty for ejection is two games; for fighting, it's four games. CMS will double any ejection penalty. CMS will not double the fighting penalty, Doran said.

After the fight was broken up, Vance's boys defeated AL Brown 70-49.

Saturday, February 1, 2014

Video of Gaston Day's miracle shot to beat Victory Christian

Friday night, Gaston Day beat Victory Christian with a double-overtime buzzer beater from Derek McKnight with four seconds left.

The win put Gaston Day back into the Southern Piedmont conference race.

Victory Christian and United Faith are tied for first place, one game ahead of Gaston Day. Victory Christian has one league game remaining, Friday at United Faith.

Gaston Day hosts United Faith Tuesday.

If Gaston Day beats United Faith and United Faith beats Victory, there's a three-way tie for first.

Here's two videos of the big shot.

Video 1

Video 2