Wonders, Bulldogs win early SPC cross country meet

A.L. Brown’s boys and Jay M. Robinson’s girls won the South Piedmont Conference’s pre-conference cross country meet Aug. 28.

The Wonders were led by Max Chandler and Timmy Hall, who finished fifth and sixth respectively in the boys' 5,000-meter race at Franke Liske Park.

Robinson’s C.J. Buck won the event with teammates McCann Sheridan and David Evans finishing second and fourth, respectively.

Concord and Hickory Ridge were third and fourth on the boys’ standings.

On the girls’ side, sophomore Natalie Andrejchak won her race by more than 43 seconds.

Hickory Ridge finished second, behind Samantha McLedon’s third-place finish, while Northwest Cabarrus, fueled by Maddie Lowe’s second-place finish, was third.

For full results and standings, visit N.C. Runners.

Freshman places fourth in 3A cross country championship

Natalie Andrejchak

Jay M. Robinson's Natalie Andrejchak was fourth at the N.C. High School Athletic Association 3A cross country championships, finishing the 5K race with a time of 19.10. The freshman led the Bulldogs to a ninth-place finish at the meet.

Northwest Cabarrus' Emma Hand was the next best Cabarrus County performer, finishing 41st with a time of 20:37. Fellow Trojan Maddie Lowe was 57th. Robinson's Alyssa Lashway was 63rd, running a 21:13, one second faster than teammate Brooke Johns.

Robinson's boys were also ninth as a team in their race. They were led by Clifford Buck's 30th place finish. McCann Sheridan and Andrew Fried were 38th and 43th, respectively.

10/31 playoff update

Football

Brackets for both the N.C. High School Athletic Association and N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association football playoffs were released during the weekend. Here are the match-ups for Cabarrus County teams (local teams in bold):


NCHSAA
3A
No. 8 Mount Pleasant at No. 1 West Rowan
No. 5 Cox Mill at No. 4 Statesville
No. 6 Northwest Cabarrus at No. 3 Concord


3AA
No. 8 Hickory Ridge at No. 1 Charlotte Catholic
No. 6 Ledford at No. 3 A.L. Brown


NCISAA

Div. II

No. 6 Cannon School at No. 3 Christ School

No. 7 North Raleigh Christian at No. 2 First Assembly


Cross country

Natalie Andrejchak led the Jay M. Robinson girls to a second-place finish in the NCHSAA 3A Midwest regionals Saturday. Robinson's Brooke Johns finished in seventh place.

Northwest Cabarrus' Maddie Lowe finished fifth in the race, advancing to states as an individual. The trojans finished sixth at regionals. A.L. Brown was fifth, Cox Mill was seventh and Hickory Ridge finished eighth.

On the boys' side, Robinson finished third behind Clifford Buck and Andrew Fried, who were sixth and seventh respectively. A.L. Brown's Jose Navarette, Northwest's Gil Gilreath and Cox Mill's Taylor Page advanced to states as individuals. Kannapolis finished seventh overall, while Cox Mill was eighth, Hickory Ridge 10th and Northwest Cabarrus was 11th.

For complete results, N.C. Runners has them compiled.

The state championships take place Saturday.


NCISAA

Cannon's Tim Gruber finished 26th at the NCISAA 3A state championships Saturday to lead the Cougars to a 10th-place finish at states. The girls, led by Darby West's 40th-place finish, were also 10th.

First Assembly finished 17th in the 2A boys regionals and 16th on the girls' side.

For complete results, check out the NCISAA's website.

A.L. Brown, Robinson win cross country championships

A.L. Brown won the South Piedmont Conference boys’ cross country championship, while Jay M. Robinson won the girls’ title.

The Wonder boys were led by senior Jose Navarette’s second place finish. Robinson junior Clifford Buck won to lead his Bulldogs to a second-place finish. Hickory Ridge wrapped up the boys’ top three.

On the girls’ side, Robinson’s Natalie Andrejchak, Alyssa Lashway and Brooke Johns finished as the top three, respectively, to lead the Bulldogs to their title. A.L. Brown finished second while Northwest Cabarrus was third.

A.L. Brown's Brian Landis and Robinson's Justin Gutierrez were named boys' and girls' SPC Coach of the Year, respectively.

Cougars ready to host invitational

Cannon School will the host the 13th annual Cannon Cross Country Invitational Sept. 10 at 8:15 a.m. Thirty-four schools from all over the region, both public and private, will participate in the meet. With more than 1,100 runners competing in varsity, junior varsity and middle school divisions, it will be the largest Cannon Invitational to date.

“With many teams and several top individuals returning to this year’s meet from last year’s record performances, it is shaping up to be one of the most competitive Cannon Invitationals ever,” said Russ Campbell, Cannon’s cross country coach.

Participating high schools include:

Augusta (Ga.) Prep

Cannon School

Central Cabarrus

Charlotte Country Day

Charlotte Latin

Cox Mill

Hickory Ridge

Jay M. Robinson Concord

Mount Pleasant

North Raleigh Christian

-Staff reports

Cross Country 3A regional championships

All of the local cross country teams participated in the 3A regional championships on Saturday at McAlpine Creek Park in Charlotte. The Concord boys team and the Hickory Ridge girls team qualified for the state meet next weekend at Tanglewood Park by finishing in the top four. The Concord team won their first ever conference championship earlier in the season.


Concord boys cross country team, from left: Ethan Kindley, Casey Aldridge, Sean Daley, Fred Irving, Andrew Nance, Austin Rohrer, Taylor McClain, Brian Davis, Coach Bob Allensworth.

Larry Scaggs (A.L. Brown), Michael York (South Rowan), Lucas Baity (Cox Mill) and Christopher Ramsay (Jay M. Robinson) all qualified as individuals.

Meaghan McCauley (Jay M. Robinson), Leslie Pence (West Rowan), Emily Kinney (South Rowan), and Sierra Hagl (Northwest Cabarrus) were the girls that advanced as individuals.

Larry Scaggs (A.L. Brown), Ross Oden (East Rowan), Cole Honeycutt (East Rowan), Michael York (South Rowan), Sean Daley (Concord) were all the local runners that earned all region honors by finishing in the top 12. In the girls race, Meaghan McCauleey (Jay M. Robinson), Teal McLean (Hickory Ridge), Sierra Hagl (Northwest Cabarrus), Leslie Pence (West Rowan) earned all region honors.

Below are the full local results of the meet.

Boys Midwest Regional: Top 4 Teams Qualify for States
1. Marvin Ridge 46, 2. Charlotte Catholic 64, 3. E. Rowan 104, 4. Concord 130, 5. Jay M. Robinson 133, 7. S. Rowan 215, 8. Cox Mill 238, 9. A.L. Brown 244, 11. Northwest Cabarrus 343, 12. Hickory Ridge 346, 16. Central Cabarrus 443, 17. Mount Pleasant 460

Boys Individuals:
Concord: 9. Sean Daley 17:03, 13. Fred Irving 17:08, 20. Austin Rohrer 17:19, 25. Brian Davis 17:31, 65. Taylor McClain 18:40, 72. Ethan Kindley 18:52, 73. Casey Aldridge 18:53

Jay M. Robinson: 18. Christopher Ramsay 17:14, 19. Eric Kinzer 17:15, 27. Clifford Buck 17:32, 30. Andrew Fried 17:37, 41. Christopher Bellis 17:49, 44. William Witt 17:57, 47. Hunter Weikle 18:03

Cox Mill: 17. Lucas Baity 17:11, 28. Logan Albers 17:34, 52. Mason Padgett 18:13, 66. Taylor Page 18:42, 81. Conor Reid 19:18, 87. Devin Horner 19:25, 96. Parker Welch 19:59

A.L. Brown: 2. Larry Scaggs 16:25, 53. Jose Navarette 18:13, 58. Zach Fesperman 18:33, 69. Timmy Hall 18:48, 70. Mason Forrest 18:49, 77. Jackson Boone 19:14, 86. Mitchell Howell 19:24

Northwest Cabarrus: 35. Matt Savage 17:42, 71. Luke Dutch 18:50, 74. Ben Prokop 18:56, 83. Robbie Golde 19:20, 88. Raul Doyle 19:33, 90. Andrew Dehlin 19:38, 95. Sebastian Yow 19:58

Hickory Ridge: 43. Nick Rupp 17:52, 50. Casey Buddenbaum 18:11, 63. Matt Ninneman 18:39, 97. Earl Coble 20:05, 101. Chris Smith 20:25, 108. Locke Revels 20:41, 113. Braden Zahora 21:19

Central Cabarrus: 59. Quentin Vandenberg 18:34, 94. Kodie Lowe 19:57, 98. Will Windham 20:18, 99. Branden Lackey 20:23, 104. Allan Griffiths 20:34, 115. Chris Reynart 21:43

Mount Pleasant: 23. Michael Dilks 17:22, 79. Jonah Lurati 19:17, 122. Colton Haynes 22:36, 124. DJ Forche 23:03, 126. Caleb Davis 24:54

Girls Team Results:
1. Weddington 45, 2. Marvin Ridge 57, 3. Charlotte Catholic 70, 4. Hickory Ridge 137, 5. Jay M. Robinson 165, 7. Northwest Cabarrus 206, 8. AL Brown 232, 12. Cox Mill 337, 14. Mount Pleasant 349

Girls Individuals:
Hickory Ridge: 3. Teal McLean 19:22, 21. Taryn Stern 20:54, 31. Samantha Allen 21:38, 41. Sarah Heidenfeldt 22:17, 53. Haley Craig 23:02, 55. Samantha Rogaczewski 23:12, 69. Lainey Foley 23:58

Jay M. Robinson: 2. Meaghan McCauley 19:19, 32. Alexandra Hairfield 21:40, 36. Alyssa Lashway 21:50, 51. Andrea O'Connell 22:57, 58. E. Carlisle Sheridan 23:18

Northwest Cabarrus: 10. Sierra Hagl 20:06, 33. Stephanie Isidori 21:43, 43. Mercury Artega 22:21, 68. Shelby Wood 23:54, 71. Samantha Oglesbee 24:01, 87. Kristina Golde 24:55, 89. Jordan Carmichael 25:00

A.L. Brown: 37. Hannah Bonarrigo 21:53, 44. Haley Stewart 22:25, 52. India Rattler 22:58, 54. Jordan Forrest 23:07, 64. Natalie Tresslar 23:40, 70. Jacqueline Murillo 24:00, 88. Ashlin Sassman 24:56

Cox Mill: 49. Alicia Tapp 22:51, 65. Kristine Nesslinger 23:41, 78. Brooke Dunham 24:16, 90. Megha Kalaria 25:07, 92. Lauren Carmichael 25:10, 93. Claire Thetford 25:41, 108. Roshan Quinn 29:11

Mount Pleasant: 18. Gesa Amelung 20:36, 74. Kandace Thomas 24:04, 85. Kelly Swanson 24:49, 109. Lindsay Crudele 29:31, 111. Anna Dysart 30:39, 114. Ella Wickliff 31:05

Concord: 100. Lily Santiago 26:42, 101. Kasey Rohrer 26:42, 102. Victoria Vanover 26:57, 105. LeeAnn Fleming 27:55

Central Cabarrus: 59. Emma Rosenthal 23:19, 67. Tori Cragan 23:50, 107. Amber Turner 28:22