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Senior Toni Pineda scored twice on Monday night to lead Statesville High’s boys to a season-opening 3-2 victory over visiting Hickory in soccer.
Junior Dawson Sprinkle had the other goal for the Greyhounds (1-0).
Hickory (0-1) is scheduled to play at Patton on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
A.C. Reynolds 3, St. Stephens 1: At A.C. Reynolds, the Rockets’ Izaiah Vignali scored all three of their goals in a season-opening victory over the Indians.
St. Stephens goes to play in the Wilkes County Cup on Tuesday and has its home opener on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. against West Iredell.
Bandys 4, Draughn 3: The Trojans opened their season at home with a non-conference victory over the Wildcats.
Bandys is scheduled to play again on Thursday, at home at 5 p.m., against East Burke.
Draughn goes on the road Thursday to play at Chase.
Watauga 2, Ashe County 0: The Pioneers won their first match of the season, at home, in the debut of Josh Honeycutt as their head coach. They a road match scheduled Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at A.C. Reynolds.
Patton 2, Asheville Erwin 1: At Patton, the Panthers won their first match of the season. They will face Hickory on Wednesday at 6;30 p.m. at Patton.
South Caldwell 1, West Iredell 1, tie: The Spartans and Warriors battled to a tie in the season-opening match for both teams.
The Spartans’ next match is next Tuesday at Hibriten at 6:30 p.m., while the Warriors are home on Tuesday night to face Statesville at 6:30 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL
Alexander Central 3, Fred T. Foard 0: In a non-conference season-opener in Newton, the Cougars won in three straight, 25-23, 25-20, 25-18.
Alexander Central also won the junior varsity match, 25-19, 21-17.
The Cougars play Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at home against Statesville.
Foard’s next match is Wednesday at home at 6 p.m. against West Lincoln.
— For a look at Tuesday’s complete high school schedule (other than football) see an earlier post on the website. Another earlier post outlines the schedule for the full week. Type high school scheduled in the search on the front page of the website.