Prep notebook: South Point's Hunt named Big South's top keeper
South Point’s Tristan Hunt was voted the Big South 3A Conference’s goalkeeper of the year in voting by the league’s head coaches.
League champion Kings Mountain led the all-conference soccer team with five selections in addition to player of the year Meagan Reynolds. Crest’s Zachary Wortman and Arik Lemmon shared coach-of-the-year honors.
All-Big South 3A Conference soccer team
Kings Mountain — Ramey Kearns, Megan Loftin, Chelsea Champion, Caroline Baker, Sarah Mauney
Forestview — Kelsey Harris, Lindley Sykes, Rachel McKinnon, Emily Lindsay, Allison Rodriguez
Crest — Amy Burch, Chelsea Hamerick, Brayden Pruitt, Sandy Odembo
South Point — Shannyn Holder, Katie McClean, Molly Fisher
Ashbrook — Shannon Kay, Clare Dotts
Hunter Huss — Morgan Rhyne, Marcella Montano
North Gaston — Shannon Johnson, Emily Martin
Player of the year — Meagan Reynolds, Kings Mountain
Keeper of the year — Tristan Hunt, South Point
Coaches of the year — Zachary Wortman and Arik Lemmon, Crest
Warriors named all-league
Three East Gaston baseball players were named to MEGA 7 3A/4A all-conference team. Logan Armstrong, Kevin Conn and J.P. Wilder earned the distinction.
West Mecklenburg’s Nick McGee was voted player of the year by the league’s coaches, and Charlotte Catholic’s Randy Belk was named coach of the year.
All-MEGA 7 3A/4A Conference baseball team
Charlotte Catholic — Alex Jensen, Collin Manning, Daniel Stewart, Ryan Wiese, Ryan Wermeister
West Mecklenburg — Nick McGee, Matt Harris, Bryan Thomas, Alex Stackhouse
East Gaston — Logan Armstrong, Kevin Conn, J.P. Wilder
Olympic — Colin Kellermeyer, Travis Wall
Garinger — Joshua Heidel, David Johnson
Harding — Gary Nixon
Waddell — Raheem Glenn
Player of the year — Nick McGee, West Mecklenburg
Coach of the year — Randy Belk, Charlotte Catholic
New job for ex-Knights coach
Former North Lincoln boys basketball coach Mike Hainrihar will take the same job at Fred T. Foard, pending school board approval, according to the Hickory Daily Record.
Hainrihar, 29, resigned after two seasons at North Lincoln, where he went 12-38. Hainrihar will serve as a non-faculty coach, replacing Lance Watson.
Final tennis ranking
Highland Tech ended the season with a No. 6 ranking in the final North Carolina High School Tennis Coaches Association 1A boys state poll.
The Southern Piedmont Conference champion Rams finished 12-4 after a third-round playoff loss to East Montgomery.
Correction
North Lincoln’s Drew Belk was selected to the All-Southern Piedmont 1A/2A Conference baseball team. His name was incorrectly listed in Tuesday’s edition.
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