Football

WAtauga-Ragsdale ppd.

JAMESTOWN – Wet field conditions forced the postponement of Friday night’s first-round NCHSAA 4A West playoff game pitting No. 14 Watauga at No. 3 Ragsdale. The teams will play tonight at 7:30.

Havelock-Southern ppd.

HAVELOCK – Southern Guilford’s first-round NCHSAA 3A East playoff game at No. 3 Havelock was pushed back to Monday at 7 p.m. due to heavy rains from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida that made the Rams’ field unplayable.

LEXINGTON-TRINITY ppd.

TRINITY – Friday night’s NCHSAA 2A West first-round playoff game between eighth-seeded Trinity and No. 9 Lexington was pushed back to today at 7 p.m. in Trinity. Wet field conditions forced the postponement.

EAST RUTHERFORD-

THOMASVILLE ppd.

THOMASVILLE – Friday night’s NCHSAA 2A West first-round playoff game between 14th-seeded East Rutherford and third-seeded Thomasville was pushed back to today at 7 p.m. at Cushwa Stadium. Wet field conditions forced the postponement.

West Montgomery 34, Bishop 21

MOUNT GILEAD – No. 7-seed West Montgomery outlasted No. 10 Bishop McGuinness 34-21 in the opening round of the NCHSAA 1AA playoffs.

Thomas Lawler broke free on a 46-yard run to get Bishop on the board in the first quarter, which ended with West in front 14-7. Josh Rathburn added a 9-yard run for Bishop in the second quarter. Marty DeFrancesco returned a fumble 28 yards to draw Bishop to within 28-21 in the fourth quarter, but the Villains (9-3) could get no closer.

Robbinsville 63,

South DAvidson 16

ROBBINSVILLE – South Davidson’s season came to an end with a 63-16 loss to Robbinsville in the opening round of the NCHSAA 1A playoffs Friday night.

BASKETBALL

CARY CHRISTIAN, HPCA

HIGH POINT – Freshman Brandon Earnhardt scored 19 points to lead High Point Christian Academy’s boys to a 74-62 season-opening victory over Cary Christian on Friday night.

In the girls game, Cary held HPCA to single digits in every quarter and romped 63-24,

Jordan Nix-Denmark chipped in 16 points for the Cougar boys, while Joseph McManus added 11 and Matt Loftus had 10.

Post player Dakota Dukes scored 21 for Cary’s girls, who led 20-6 after the first quarter and 35-9 at the half.

Carly Black led the Cougars with seven, and Claire Phipps added four.

HPCA plays at Forsyth Country Day on Tuesday.

WESLEYAN, RIVER MILL

HIGH POINT – Leek Leek scored 21 points, grabbed five rebounds and blocked four shots to help spark Wesleyan’s boys to a 68-39 season-opening victory over River Mill Academy in the opening round of the Trojan Tip-Off Classic on Friday night at Wesleyan.

Deng Leek added 11 points, eight rebounds and six blocks for the Trojans. Will Coble had 11 points, four rebounds and four assists. Mitchell Perguson had five points and nine assists.

Wesleyan led 30-19 at the half.

In the girls game, River Mill went on an 18-3 tear in the fourth quarter to finish off a 57-29 victory.

Courtney Brammer led Wesleyan with 10 points and Taylor Bailey had eight. McKenzie Owen paced River Mill with 17.

Wesleyan’s girls will host Covenant Day today at 1 p.m., and the boys will face Covenant Day at 4:30 p.m.