North Meck gets soccer playoff win

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
North Meck gets soccer playoff win
HERB WHITE
Special Correspondent

GREENSBORO --Lisa Myers started the girls' soccer season on North Mecklenburg's junior varsity. On Friday, she played varsity catalyst.

Myers, a freshman midfielder, scored the first goal in the Vikings' 3-1 victory against Winston-Salem Mount Tabor in the fourth round of the N.C. 4A playoffs at North Meck.

The Vikings got off to a quick start when Myers followed home a mishandled rebound 11 minutes into the match. They'll play the winner of today's Providence-Ardrey Kell game.

"We were going for the long cross and my job as outside midfielder is to be out there," she said. "I was just doing what I was supposed to be doing. I wasn't really thinking at all. I was just going `it's going in,' and it did."

That quick strike was the spark North Meck (14-3-1) needed to take a 1-0 lead into the break against the No. 10 team in the state. Samantha Sterns padded the Vikings' lead with a goal to open the second half, followed by a goal from Meghan Bullock in the 61st minute.

Mount Tabor (17-5-1), which had an eight-game win streak snapped, avoided the shutout on Mary Reinhardt's goal in the 68th minute, the second goal allowed by North Meck since April 3.

"I'm excited by the fact we got it done tonight," Vikings coach Neil Roberts said. "We really used a lot of energy and emotion against Weddington Wednesday and I feel like we were able to get it done tonight on maybe about 80 percent efficiency."

Mooresville wins 3A track crown

Mooresville's boys won the N.C. 3A track and field championship at N.C. A&T, completing the season's sweep of running titles.The Blue Devils became the first boys' team in N.C. history to win the triple crown (state titles in cross country, indoor and outdoor track) in the same season.

"We're excited about it," coach Michael Serefine said. "It's something we used as a motivation tool, especially for the seniors. You can't write a better ending to their senior year."

It started with seniors Jake Deaton and Jamel Allison in the field events, and finished with senior Patrick Campbell in the running events.

Mooresville scored 75.5 points to Winston-Salem Carver's 56.

Deaton, who has signed with Charlotte, capped off an undefeated season by winning the shot put (57 feet, 3.25 inches) and discus (166-7). Allison, who has signed with UNC Pembroke to play football and will also run track, was the meet MVP after winning the long jump (23-91/2) and triple jump (49-21/2) and placing in two other events.

Campbell, who has committed to N.C. State, won the 1,600 (4:18.16), finished runner-up in the 3,200 (9:37.21) and running on the fourth-place 3,200 relay team.

Olympic's Iyevbele wins 1,600 meters

Olympic's Kenyetta Iyevbele won the 1,600 meters in a personal-best 5:07.29 and finished fourth in the 800 meters.

Iyevbele won the 1,600 by beating the defending champion, Jacksonville's Ryanna Henderson (5:11.21), who had won the N.C. 1A/2A/3A indoor 1,600 meter title in February.


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