Forestview�s Vincent Comesana and Kings Mountain�s Cassie Morton won their respective races at a 5K meet Tuesday at Forestview. Comesana won the boys� race with a time of 17:38 while Morton crossed the line after 22 minutes, 53 seconds for first place in the girls� event. Forestview�s boys and South Point�s girls won the team events.
Top 20 boys individuals: 1, Vincent Comesana, Fv, 17:28; 2, Quinn Barnette, SP, 18:29; 3, Malik Currence, HT, 18:41; 4, Walt Hambrick, HT, 18:47; 5, Jonathan Hilton, HT, 18:53; 6, Max Flores, Fv, 18:57; 7, Jackson Feezell, Fv, 19:13; 8, Taylor Adams, Fv, 19:16; 9, Logan McGill, KM, 19:52; 10, Thomas Will, SP, 20:00; 11, Nathan Davis, Fv, 20:06; 12, Collin Foster, KM, 20:18; 13, Chase Caldwell, Fv, 20:19; 14, Jordan Gray, Crest, 20:23; 15, Devin Asycue, KM, 20:31; 16, Jacob Turnbill, Crest, 20:37; 17, Karol Rodriguez, Fv, 20:38; 18, Jonathan Hildreth, HT, 20:41; 19, Brandon Howard, SP, 20:42; 20, Will Boyles, KM, 20:43.
Top 20 girls individuals: 1, Cassie Morton, KM, 22:53; 2, MacKenzie Smith, KM, 23:29; 3, Rebecca Rudisill, HT, 23:46; 4, Cassie Ward, Fv, 23:54; 5, Jenna Rayfield, SP, 23:55; 6, Russell Grace, SP, 24:01; 7, Rachel Terrio, HT, 24:22; 8, Hollyann Walker, Crest, 24:43; 9, Taylor Mitchell, Crest, 24:45; 10, Giermanski, SP, 24:55; 11, Grace LeGrand, HT, 25:16; 12, Asia Knox, Fv, 25:34; 13, Carly Emerson, For, 25:36; 14, Silvia Taylor, Fv, 25:42; 15, Megan Bullock, SP, 25:47; 16, Fulbright, KM, 25:48; 17, Hailey Bonnin, Fv, 25:53; 18, Page East, Fv, 25:55; 19, Anna Allf, For, 25:58; 20, Marin Roberts, KM, 26:16.
Shelby 9, Burns 0 -- The Lady Golden Lions improved to 3-0 in South Mountain Athletic Conference matches by defeating county rival Burns at the David Schweppe Memorial Courts.
Shelby will continue its league journey at Freedom on Thursday. Burns (2-3 SMAC) will visit Freedom on Tuesday.
Singles: Nancy Bridges (S) def. Kristin Dellinger 6-0, 6-0; Macey Wilkins (S) def. Candace Gold 6-3, 6-4; Keri Price (S) def. Laura Lineberger 6-1, 6-0; Chelsea Lee (S) def. Aubrey Edwards 6-0, 6-0; Laney Schenck (S) def. Bethany McCabe 6-1, 6-3; Kindale Bridges (S) def. Haley Queen 7-5, 6-3.
Doubles: N.Bridges/Wilkins (S) def. Dellinger/Gold 8-1; Price/Lee (S) def. Lineberger/Queen 8-6; Schenck/K.Bridges def. McCabe/Allison Carter 8-1.
Forestview 5, Kings Mountain 4 -- The Lady Jaguars pulled out a narrow win in non-conference action.
Kings Mountain, 3-3 overall, opens its Big South Conference slate Thursday at home with South Point.
Singles: Kaelon Forbes (Fv) def. Maddie Lutz 6-0, 6-0; Jennifer Javornik (Fv) def. Katie Holland 6-4, 6-1; Hannah Christenbury (KM) def. Taylor Black 6-1, 6-1; Kayla Pinner (KM) def. Phoenix Moser 6-3, 6-0; Allison Moore (Fv) def. Hannah Moseley 6-4, 6-4; Alyssa Greene (KM) def. Reaganne Goode 6-0, 6-4.
Doubles: Forbes/Javornick (Fv) def. Lutz/Holland 8-0; Christenbury/Pinner (KM) def. Black/Eunice McSwain 8-6; Moore/Maggie Long (Fv) def. Moseley/Greene 8-6.
Burns 3, Shelby 1 (26-24, 20-25, 25-12, 25-16) � Burns dealt rival Shelby a league defeat in volleyball action at Lloyd Little Gym Tuesday.
The Lady Bulldogs saw a 21-11 lead vanish in the first game into a 24-24 tie only to win the final two points to gain the advantage. Then after bowing in the second game, Burns controlled the action in the final two bouts to end it.
Shelby (0-4 SMAC) visits Hunter Huss in non-conference action today. Burns will travel to Freedom on Tuesday.
Kings Mountain 3, Ashbrook 0 (25-14, 25-7, 25-11 -- Kings Mountain scored a Big South Conference triumph.
North Gaston 3, Crest 1 (22-25, 25-12, 25-10, 25-22) -- Crest suffered a four-set lossTuesday night against Big South Conference foe North Gaston.
Crest is now 2-1 in league play, 7-5 overall and plays host to Hunter Huss Thursday.
North Gaston 2, Crest 1 (25-22, 22-25, 25-11) -- The Crest JV squad slipped to 1-2 in league play, 3-8 overall.
The first Cleveland County matchups of the season are slated in Tri-County Middle School Conference action today.
The Shelby Blue Devils will host the Kings Mountain Patriots, while the Crest Dragons entertain the Burns Eagles.
Both games kick off at 5 p.m.
East Rutherford 13, Shelby Middle 4 -- Taylor Canipe had two hits with Ashley Thomas, Brittany Sprouse and McKayla Eaker adding one apiece for the Lady Blue Devils. Canipe and Thomas shared time pitching against East.
The KMMS cross country team took first place in their first meet of the year held at West Lincoln.
The Patriot boys placed third with Austin McKee finishing second and Landon Ervin seventh overall.
The next meet is Monday at North Lincoln.