See who's signing on National Signing Day (updated)

Kings Mountain and Lincolnton will be the busiest area schools on National Signing Day Wednesday.

Six Kings Mountain athletes plan to sign national letters of intent while five from Lincolnton will do the same as the NCAA’s signing period begins for football and other sports. Of the six Kings Mountain athletes, two of them are signing for football, two for soccer and one each for softball and baseball. Lincolnton plans to submit letters of intent from five members of its state runner-up football team.

Of Wednesday’s anticipated signings, one of them hasn’t announced his final decision. Shrine Bowl safety Nortavius Otis of Ashbrook plans to choose between Lenoir-Rhyne or Wingate, Green Wave coach Greg Hill said.

One area football player changed his commitment as Forestview offensive lineman Jamie Collmar plans to sign with Appalachian State instead of Florida International.

Across the entire coverage area, including Gaston and Lincoln counties and Kings Mountain, athletic directors have reported 17 athletes who plan to sign Wednesday.

Phillip Gardner: 704-869-1843; twitter.com/gazettephil

Wednesday’s anticipated signings

Football

Nathan Benfield, OL, East Gaston — Lenoir-Rhyne

Edward Blackburn, WR, Kings Mountain — Lenoir-Rhyne

Jamie Collmar, OL, Forestview — Appalachian State

Michael Cunningham, LB, Lincolnton — Gardner-Webb

Dakota Fish, OL, Lincolnton — Lenoir-Rhyne

Edward Hopper, DL, Kings Mountain — UNC Pembroke

Jordan Kagen, OL, South Point — Lenoir-Rhyne

Dee Littlejohn, RB, Lincolnton — Gardner-Webb

Marcus McDowell, RB/WR, East Lincoln — Louisburg

Nortavius Otis, DB, Ashbrook — Lenoir-Rhyne or Wingate

Wesley Perkins, DB, Lincolnton — St. Augustine's

Tyler Rhodes, LB, East Lincoln — Concord

Jonathan Sherrill, DB, Lincolnton — Gardner-Webb

Soccer

Breanna Stevens, Kings Mountain — Anderson

Mary Kathryn Pasour, Kings Mountain — Pfeiffer University

Softball

Shea Cogdell, Kings Mountain — South Carolina-Salkehatchie

Baseball

Dallas Conner, Kings Mountain — Western Carolina

Know of others? Email pgardner@gastongazette.com.