From staff reports
Former Salisbury High and Wake Forest star Juke Harris is considered one of the best, possibly THE best, player currently in the college basketball transfer portal.
North Carolina, Michigan and Tennessee are the frontrunners to land Harris, who reportedly could receive $5 million or so in NIL compensation. Harris, who still has two years of college eligibility, also is a candidate for the upcoming NBA draft and is considered a likely first-round pick.
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Tee Harris (East Rowan), who played three seasons at Division II Wheeling before entering the portal, will likely be suiting up for a Division I school as a senior.
Winthrop and Campbell are among the schools interested in the 6-foot-7 forward.
LOCAL GOLF
SALISBURY – GARS members played at McCanless Golf Club on Monday.
Low ‘A’ Flight player was Larry Petrea with a net of 60.63. Low ‘B’ Flight player was Bobby Clark with a net of 59.26. Low ‘C’ Flight player was David Schenk with a net of 61.68. Low ‘D’ Flight player was Tim Vanhoy with a net of 61.26.
Petrea shot a 3-under 67 to win low gross, while Clark won low net.
Bill Rogers was Super Senior with a net of 63.16.
Four members beat their ages. Petrea, 74, shot a 67. Phil Cauble, 76, shot a 75. Wayne Kluttz, 81, shot a 78.
Clark, 86, shot a 76.
SIGNINGS, COMMITS
Carson distance runner Eric Gillis has signed with the Charlotte 49ers.
Salisbury soccer star Abdul Eliwa has signed with Mars Hill.
HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS
MOUNT ULLA – Salisbury won 9-0 at West Rowan in a South Piedmont Conference match played on Monday.
AJ Jarrell, Henry Walser, Aiden Moss, Owen Hammill, Luke Yang and Henry Austin won in singles for the Hornets (14-2, 12-0).
Walser-Moss, Jarrell-Hammill and Yang-Lucas Webb were winning doubles teams.
West is 4-9 for the season and in the league.
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GRANITE QUARRY – East Rowan won 7-2 against Concord in a South Piedmont Conference match played on Monday.
Thomas Stokes, Will Kesler, Tobi Brink, Isaiah Garza and William Mozingo won singles matches for East (6-8, 6-7).
Stokes-Kesler and Graza-Mozingo were winning doubles teams.
Concord is 8-6, 8-5 and had won the first meeting with the Mustangs.
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LANDIS – Carson won 8-1 against South Rowan in Monday’s South Piedmont Conference match.
Carson won by forfeit at 5 and 6 singles and 3 doubles.
Will Welch, Landon Jones and Griffin Bostian won contested singles matches for the Cougars (9-5, 8-5).
Carson doubles wins were by Welch-Jones and Paul Smith-Sawyer Steedley.
Matthew Rohl won at 4 singles for South (2-11, 2-11).
COLLEGE BASEBALL
SALISBURY – Catawba’s third-ranked baseball team suffered a rare home loss on Tuesday, falling 8-5 to Mount Olive in a non-league game.
The game featured a rare cycle by Mount Olive’s Josh Mason, who tripled in the first, doubled in the second, homered in the seventh and singled in the eighth. It was the first cycle by a Mount Olive player in 13 years.
Mason’s homer in the seventh off Zach Gaydos was the decisive blow for the Trojans (23-18), breaking a 5-5 tie.
Catawba (32-8) used seven pitchers.
Logan Dyer (East Rowan) had three hits for Catawba, including a triple.
Brandon Crabtree drove in three runs. Nathan Chrismon (South Rowan) had two hits and scored twice. Sam Hunter had two hits.
Mount Olive 112 010 102 – 8
Catawba 120 101 000 – 5
L – Gaydos (1-2).
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BOONE – App State’s Steven Smith (West Rowan) leads the Sun Belt Conference with a .395 batting average.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Emma Clarke (West Rowan) has nine homers and 28 RBIs for Tennessee. She had a two-run double against Kentucky on Monday.
