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Prep-Sports Roundup - Metro Edition: Morgan romps to cross-country title
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Published: October 31, 2009
Cross country
NCISAA championships: Calvary Baptist's Scott Morgan won the independent-school's Class 1-A/2-A boys championship yesterday at Hagan Stone Park in Greensboro.
Morgan ran the course in a blazing time of 15:30, beating runner-up Bobby Mintz of Cary Christian by 11 seconds. Morgan also beat the time of 15:38 of Cary Academy's Thomas Graham, who won the Class 3-A championship on the same course yesterday.
Fayetteville Academy won the boys 1-A/2-A title. High Point Christian was third, the best finish among area teams in 1-A/2-A. HC's Connor Flater (14th, 17:34) and David Loy (17th, 17:43) had top-20 finishes. Calvary Baptist finished ninth.
Durham Academy won the 3-A boys title. Forsyth Country Day was the top area team in 3-A, finishing eighth. Drew Thompson of High Point Wesleyan had the best finish among area individuals, finishing 11th with a time of 17:07.
In the girls races, Forsyth Country Day had a strong sixth-place team finish in Class 3-A. The Furies were led by Hollis Linjeberger, who was 11th with a time of 20:35. Charlotte Latin won the 3-A team title.
In Class 1-A/2-A, Cary Christian won the girls title.
CLASS 1-A/2-A BOYS
Top teams: Fayetteville Academy 69, Asheville Christian 78, HP Chrisitan 135, Raleigh Saint David's 161, Cary Christian 166
Top individuals: Scott Morgan (Calvary Baptist) 15:30; Bobby Mintz (Cary Christian) 15:41; Trevor Sleight (Carolina Day) 16:40; Carl Ivarsson (Fayetteville Acad.) 16:55; Josh Crawford (Fayetteville Christian) 17:03
CLASS 3-A BOYS
Top teams: Durham Academy 53, Cary Academy 75, Providence Day 95, Charlotte Country Day 135, North Raleigh Christian 153
Top individuals: Thomas Graham (Cary Acad.) 15:38; Carl Ward (Durham Acad.) 16:23; Fred Ward (Durham Acad.) 16:24; Tim Gruber (Cannon School) 16:37; Erik Kraus (Durham Acad.) 16:47
CLASS 1-A/2-A GIRLS
Top teams: Cary Christian 80, Village Christian 110, Asheville Christian 114, Caldwell Academy 118, Raleigh Saint David's 160
Top individuals: Caitlin Selle (Westminister Catawba Christian) 19:38; Taylor Dunn (Caldwell Acad. 19:51; Whitney Thornburg (Asheville Christian) 19:58; Aundrea Holmes (Cary Christian) 20:07; Kristen Stephenson (Village Christian) 20:10
CLASS 3-A GIRLS
Top teams: Charlotte Latin 46, Providence Day 67, Raleigh Ravenscroft 90, Asheville School 142, Cary Academy 143
Top individuals: Wesley Frazier (Raleigh Ravenscroft) 17:36; Haylee Dawe (Charlotte Latin) 18:49; Lexy Bader (Ravenscroft) 19:17; Katie Lonergan (Providence Day) 19:37; Eliza Dekker (Durham Acad.) 19:40
Tennis
NCHSAA championships: All four No. 1 singles players from their respective regionals, including freshman Chloe Willetts of Reynolds and defending champ Grace Baker of Charlotte Myers Park, won two matches each yesterday in the NCHSAA 4-A championships at Raleigh's Millbrook Exchange Park.
Baker will play Cary Green Hope's Melissa Kandinata, and Willetts will face Lauren Frazier of Greenville Rose in semifinals at 9 a.m. today, and those winners will play later in the day for the state title. Willetts won her first-round match without losing a game, then defeated Helen Wang of Green Hope 6-1, 7-6 (3) in the quarters. Also in singles, Bia Signori of Reynolds won her first-round match in straight sets but lost 6-1, 6-0 to Kandinata in the quarters.
In Class 1-A, Megan Shelton of East Surry didn't lose a game in two matches yesterday in advancing to the singles final at the Cary Tennis Center. She will play Lori Wang of Raleigh Charter in a matchup of top seeds from the Western and Eastern regionals. In 1-A doubles, the top team from the East, Teresa Pincus and Laura Outlaw of the School of Science and Math, came from a set down in their first match and advanced to play Mount Airy's Ellie Case and Jordan Gwyn, who won twice in straight sets.
In 3-A singles, Tiffany Vanhpraseuth of Ledford won her first-round match before losing in the quarterfinals.
CLASS 1-A SINGLES, AREA PLAYERS
Quarterfinals: Megan Shelton (East Surry) def. Katy Hoff (Rosewood) 6-0, 6-0; Jessica Gentry (Alleghany) def. Nelessa Lewis (Sci. & Math) 6-3, 6-1; Lori Wang (Raleigh Charter) def. Anna Melton (Avery) 6-0, 6-2; Jordan Jackson (Mount Airy) def. Chelsea Winstead (Dixon) 6-0, 6-0.
Semifinals: Shelton (East Surry) def. Gentry (Alleghany), 6-0, 6-0; Wang (Raleigh Charter) def. Jackson (Mount Airy) 6-3, 6-1.
CLASS 1-A DOUBLES, AREA PLAYERS
Quarterfinals: Ellie Case-Jordan Gwyn (Mount Airy) def. Brook Lewis-Julia Taylor (Dixon) 6-0, 6-1; Myranda Blake-Delana Hinson (E. Montgomery) def. Kate Matthews-Sara Chesson (Williamston) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; Teresa Pincus-Laura Outlaw (Science and Math) def. Amy Hill-Jessica Taylor (E. Wilkes) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1; Eliz. Davis-Emily Ciriano (McGuinness) def. Caroline Chandler-Mahati Sridhar (Raleigh Charter) 6-1, 6-1.
Semifianls: Case-Gwyn (Mount Airy) def. Blake-Hinson (East Montgomery) 7-5, 7-5; Pincus-Outlaw (NCSSM) def. Davis-Ciriano (McGuiness) 6-3, 6-2
CLASS 2-A SINGLES, AREA PLAYERS
First round: Jessica Patterson (Topsail) def. Tara Dockery (Surry Central) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
CLASS 2-A DOUBLES, AREA PLAYERS
First round: Lauren Carraway-Elizabeth McLawhorn (Greene Central) def. Courtney Bowers-Lizzie Hanes (Ashe) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
CLASS 3-A SINGLES, AREA PLAYERS
First round: Mary-Katherine Prince (Wilson Fike) def. Allison Bogs (Statesville) 6-1, 6-1; Tiffany Vanhpraseuth (Ledford) def. Amie Cloer (West Henderson) 6-3, 6-1; Ashley Verhein (Charlotte Catholic) def. Summer Phillips (South Brunswick) 6-0, 6-2; Mackenzie LaSure (Asheville) def. Massey DeMoss (Mayodan McMichael) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Neena Wanko (Cameron Union Pines) def. Taylor Haynes (Asheville) 6-0, 6-1
Quarterfinals: Prince (Fike) def. Vanhpraseuth (Ledford), 6-1, 6-2;
CLASS 4-A SINGLES, AREA PLAYERS
First round: Lauren Frazier (Greenville Rose) def. Carli Tuscano (Grimsley) 6-0, 6-3; MayaBlue Stauffer-MacDowell (T.C. Roberson) def. Laura Robertson (Broughton) 6-1, 6-3; Chloe Willetts (Reynolds) def. Brooke Forbis (Fay. Sanford) 6-0, 6-0; Helen Wang (Green Hope) def. Jessica Perez (Myers Park) 6-3, 7-5; Melissa Kandinata (Green Hope) def. Shannon Herndon (Watauga) 6-0, 6-1; Bia Signori (Reynolds) def. Laura Hatcher (Fay. Sanford) 6-1, 6-0; Grace Baker (Myers Park) def. Ally Prior (Wakefield) 6-1, 6-1; Jessie Boda (Scotland) def. Nikki Curnes (Grimsley) 6-1, 6-0.
Quarterfinals: Frazier (Rose) def. Stauffer-MacDowell (Roberson) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4; Willetts Reynolds) def. Wang (Green Hope) 6-1, 7-6 (3); Kandinata (Green Hope) def. Signori (Reynolds) 6-1, 6-0; Baker (Myers Park) def. Boda (Scotland) 6-0, 6-0.
Soccer
NCISAA semifinals: Top-ranked Charlotte Latin shut out No. 4 Forsyth Country Day 4-0 in a Class 3-A semifinal last night at North Raleigh Christian.
Charlotte Latin (21-1-1) held FCD to five shots on goal. FCD ends its season with a record of 18-7.
Pairings
Soccer
NCISAA 3-A tournament
Friday's semifinals
Charlotte Latin 4, FCD 0
Greensboro Day 3, Cannon 2
Saturday's championship
Charlotte Latin (21-1-1) vs. G'boro Day (16-0-3), 1 p.m.
Volleyball
NCHSAA 4-A quarterfinals (by Sat.)
Wilm. Hoggard (19-6) at Greenville Rose (22-0);Raleigh Enloe (23-3) at Raleigh Wakefield (25-0); Char. Ardrey Kell (22-5) at Mount Tabor (24-3); Huntersville Hopewell (21-5) at North Meck (24-2)
NCHSAA 3-A quarterfinals (by Sat.)
Triton (25-0) at Greenville Conley (25-2); Chapel Hill (24-5) at Cardinal Gibbons (22-1); Char. Catholic (23-5) at West Iredell (22-1); West Henderson (25-1) at Hickory (22-2)
NCHSAA 2-A quarterfinals (by Sat.)
East Duplin (21-2) at Northeastern (20-3); Providence Grove (23-4) at Cedar Ridge (23-4); East Lincoln (25-3) at Randleman (21-3); Newton-Conover (25-3) at North Surry (30-0)
NCHSAA 1-A quarterfinals (by Sat.)
SW Onslow (11-8) at Perquimans (20-1); Raleigh Charter (16-3) at Pender (26-2); West Montgomery (20-4) at Albemarle (25-1); Rosman (29-1) at Alleghany (23-4)
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