South Point HS

Tonight at Lineberger Stadium: 

Alexander Central (1-2) at South Point (2-0)
Series history: The teams have never met.
Players to watch: Alexander Central QB Josh Russell has passed for 366 yards and four TDs. His top target is WR Byron Mays (155 yards, two TDs). South Point QB Desmond Lowery is coming off a 145-yard, three-TD performance against Kings Mountain in which he directed the Red Raiders to 459 yards of offense.
Storyline: South Point has been impressive in its first two games and better hope it doesn’t have a problem with Alexander Central tonight if it hopes to compete for the Big South title. That’s because North Gaston routed this team 42-7 in Week 1. Alexander Central beat St. Stephens 41-21 and lost to Hickory 40-12. The Cougars are allowing 296.7 yards per game, which plays into South Point’s strength.

Game kicks off at 7:30 PM. In Belmont, tailgating starts about 5:00 PM, in the parking lot outside of the stadium. With this being the first homegame of the season, there will be a large crowd. Be patient finding parking and be patient when leaving after the game.

(Information from the Gaston Gazette)

Ok, it really is all about football in Belmont — school sure must be fun this week at South Point.

It was great to see many of the varsity football team out supporting the real “footies” last night at Lineberger Stadium.

Go Red Raiders !

From Gazette reports:

Varsity golf
*Ashbrook 118, Crest 146, Forestview 159, North Gaston 161, South Point 162, East Gaston 166, Hunter Huss 170 — In a seven-team Big South Conference meet at Green Meadows Golf Course, Megan Burnham (36) and Courtney Taylor (38) led the Green Wave on Monday. Crest’s Katie Thackerson shot a 35 to win medallist honors. East Gaston’s Samantha Godfrey (46), Forestview’s Kate Fitzmaurice (51), Hunter Huss’ Taylor Wolfe (51), North Gaston’s Courtney Tignor (49) and South Point’s Alexa Mooney (42) led the schools in scoring respectively. The next Big South Conference meet is Sept. 10 at Gastonia Municipal Golf Course.

Varsity girls tennis
*Ashbrook 9, South Point 0 (non-conference) — Ashbrook (4-3) plays host to Providence on Thursday. South Point falls to 0-1.Singles: Brittany Hovis d. Allison Harris 6-1, 6-0; Ashley Hovis d. Megan Debelius 6-1, -2; Ariel Burgoon d. Becca Samuelson 6-1, 6-0; Maddy Steffey d. Sara Elliott 6-1, 6-2; Emily Stephey d. Carly Miesler 6-0, 6-1; Becca Lane d. Katie McLean 6-2, 6-1. Doubles: Hovis-Hovis d. Harris-Debelius 8-2; Burgoon-M. Stephey d. Elliott-Miesler 8-0; E. Stephey-Mary Floyd d. Samuelson-Maness 8-2

Varsity Volleyball  

*Ashbrook 3, South Point 2 (12-25, 25-22, 15-25, 25-21, 15-9) — Heather Carnes served 14 straight points in the third game to build the Green Wave’s momentum. Andreya O’Brien had nine straight service points in the final game. Ashbrook (1-2, 1-3) plays at home Thursday 

JV volleyball
*South Point 2, Ashbrook 0 (25-11, 25-9) — Taylor Houser recorded 14 service points and eight aces and Caitlyn Wilson added four kills for South Point (4-1), which plays at Lincolnton today.