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sports shortsSportsCountry Day’s Shealy named All-Americanby C. Jemal Horton and Aaron Garciasports@thecharlotteweekly.comCharlotte CountryDay senior Loren Shealyhas been named to the2010 Harrow Sports/National Field HockeyCoaches AssociationHigh School All-AmericanSecond Team.Loren ShealyShealy, who also wasselected for the NFHCA High School All-Region Team, has signed a National Letterof Intent with the University of NorthCarolina.Last year, Shealy was named CarolinaWeekly Newspaper Group’s Field HockeyPlayer of the Year.Knights, Cougars lead Wachovia CupArdrey Kell and Charlotte Catholic havetaken early leads in the 2010-11 WachoviaCup race.This week, Wachovia Bank and theN.C. High School Athletic Associationannounced the standings for fall sports inthe Wachovia Conference Cup competitions.Ardrey Kell leads the Southwestern 4Aconference fall standings, thanks to leaguechampionships in boys and girls crosscountry, and girls golf. The Knights totaled48 points. Myers Park (45.5) was secondafter winning titles in girls tennis and boyssoccer. A championship in volleyball andsecond-places finishes in boys and girlscross country earned Providence (43.5)third place. South Mecklenburg (33.5)was fourth, Butler (30) fifth, Independence(18.5) sixth, East Mecklenburg (16)seventh and Rocky River (five) eighth.In the MEGA 7 3A/4A conference,Charlotte Catholic (49 points) dominated,finishing first in all fall sports. Olympic(36) is in second after runner-up finishesin boys and girls cross country, and girlsgolf. East Gaston (28) is third, followedby West Mecklenburg (18), Harding (15),Waddell (12) and Garinger (10).The Wachovia Cup award, sponsoredby Wachovia and the NCHSAA, recognizesthe high schools that achieve thebest overall interscholastic athletic performancewithin each of the state’s fourcompetitive classifications. Wachovia hassponsored the conference awards programsince 1980.In most conferences, points are awardedbased on participation and standings inconference play. Each conference determinesits own method of awarding points.Conferences are listed alphabetically byclassification.South Charlotte grapplers take titlesOn Dec. 12, Ardrey Kell finished secondat the Al Kessie Mecklenburg Countywrestling tournament, which featured19 Charlotte high school teams.Host Olympic won the event with157 points, followed closely by ArdreyKell’s 149.5. Myers Park finished sixth(120.5), followed by Charlotte Catholic(117). South Mecklenburg (102.5) was10th.Individual winners from south Charlotteincluded 112-pounder MichaelBedard (Ardrey Kell), who outscoredHopewell’s Wesley Petrick, 10-2;119-pounder Tyler Medlock (Myers Park),who pinned Olympic’s Jaryn Williams in5 minutes, 30 seconds; 130-pounderMike Basse (Ardrey Kell), who defeatedSouth Meck’s Michael Dudley, 7-0; andCharlotte Catholic 152-pounder ChaseHayes, who outscored Mallard Creeks’sSamuel Wallace, 11-2.Meineke game becomes Belk BowlCharlotte Collegiate Footballannounced an agreement with Charlotte-basedBelk, Inc. designating thecompany as thenew title sponsorof the collegebowl game playedat Bank of AmericaStadium, beginningin 2011.Belk, the nation’slargest privately owned mainline departmentstore company with 305 storesacross the South, replaces Meineke CarCare Centers as the title sponsor for thegame.The three-year contract ensures thefuture of one of the most successfulbowl games in NCAA history. 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