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Sophomore Garrett Rhodes scored three goals on Wednesday night, leading Bandys High to a 4-1 boys’ soccer victory over West Lincoln on the road as the Trojans reached 10 wins for in a season for the first time in program history.
Maculey Bolen, a sophomore, had the other goal for Bandys.
The Trojans improved to 10-9-0 under head coach Mark Simmons, and they are 5-7-0 in the South Fork 2A and in sixth place with two conference matches remaining.
West Lincoln dropped to 2-10-0 in the conference.
Bandys’ two remaining league matches are Monday at home against Lake Norman Charter and next Wednesday at North Lincoln.
West Lincoln finishes up with a home match on Monday against East Lincoln and by going to Lake Norman Charter next Wednesday.
Newton-Conover 5, North Lincoln 0
At North Lincoln, the Red Devils remained unbeaten in the South Fork 2A and clinched the conference title by winning.
No other match details were available.
The Red Devils are 12-0-0 in the league with two matches to go and the next closest team in the standings is Lake Norman Charter at 8-3-1.
Newton-Conover’s remaining South Fork 2A matches are at home Monday against Maiden and next Wednesday at East Lincoln.
East Lincoln 4, Maiden 2
Chase Gilley scored three goals, setting a single-season record for East Lincoln, as the Mustangs won a South Fork 2A match at home.
Gilley has 26 goals, a new record for East Lincoln.
Pearson Cunningham had the other Mustangs goal and Logan Gilley, Ramiro Martinez and Noah Graden each had one assists.
East Lincoln is 8-4-0 in the league and in third place with two conference matches to go, at West Lincoln on Monday and at home against Newton-Conover next Wednesday.
Maiden’s final two conference matches are at Newton-Conover on Monday and at home against Lincolnton next Wednesday.
Patton 7, Draughn 0
Playing at home, the Panthers scored five goals in the first half en route to a Northwestern Foothills 2A win that kept them in first place and clinched a conference title.
Patton improved to 10-0-0 in the league and is three games up on Hibriten with two conference matches left.
The Panthers play at East Burke on Monday and close the regular season next Wednesday with a home match against West Iredell.
Draughn, 3-7-0 in the conference, is at home Monday against Bunker Hill and goes to Hibriten next Wednesday.
Lake Norman Charter 3, Lincolnton 3, 2 OTs
The Knights and Wolves battled to a two overtime tie at Lake Norman Charter in a South Fork 2A match that was tied at 2 at the half.
Francisco Rodriquez scored twice and Brian Sedano added a goal for Lincolnton, 5-6-1 in the league, and Gio Martinez made six saves.
Collin Petty, Riley Benz and Connor Hahn each scored a goal for the Knights, 8-3-1 in the conference, and Adam Kennedy made four saves.
Watauga 9, McDowell 0
The Pioneers scored six first-half goals en route to a Northwestern 3A-4A victory in Marion.
Watauga improved to 8-3-1 and has two league matches left – at home Monday against Freedom and at West Caldwell next Wednesday.
McDowell, 1-10-1 in the conference, has matches on Monday (home against West Caldwell) and next Wednesday (at Freedom).
VOLLEYBALL
West Iredell 3, Fred T. Foard 1
The top-seeded Warriors, unbeaten in the Northwestern Foothills 2A regular season, also won the conference tournament title by nipping the visiting Tigers 254-21, 28-26, 25-27, 25-16).
West Iredell has beaten Foard, the No. 2 tournament seed, three times this season.
GIRLS TENNIS
Maiden sweep awards
Zoe Huffman of Maiden has been named the South Fork 2A Player of the year and the Blue Devils’ head coach, Jon Huffman, was named coach of the year, both in voting by conference coaches.
The All-South Fork 2A team: Zoe Huffman, Maiden; Gracie Arrowood, Maiden; Jessi Adams, West Lincoln; Toni Laney, Bandys; Maria Marreiros, Bandys; Zoe Panizza, Lake Norman Charter; Lauren Bush, Lake Norman Charter; Bethany Owens, East Lincoln; Anna Grace Throneburg, Newton-Conover; Francesca Rovalino, Lincolnton; McKenzie Jones, North Lincoln; Addie McGinnis, North Lincoln.