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Thursday’s boys’ high school basketball summaries 02.23.17

North Meck's Vaud Worthy (#3) glides down the lane for a 2 points during early half action. North Meck would host Northwest Guildford in the second round of the NCHSAA playoffs friday night February 23, 2016
North Meck's Vaud Worthy (#3) glides down the lane for a 2 points during early half action. North Meck would host Northwest Guildford in the second round of the NCHSAA playoffs friday night February 23, 2016 Special to the Observer

SWEET 16 RESULTS

NO. 1 BUTLER 108, RICHMOND SENIOR 88

Butler 29 26 30 23 108

Richmond County 21 18 20 29 88

Butler: D.J. Little 32, Jah'Lil Carter 22, Tarique Stowe 10, Rankin 8, Omega Stitt 8, Gibson 8, Barnett-Morrissette 7, Gates 6, Rivera 5, Connor 2.

Richmond County: Leon Ziegler 38, Tone Diggs 10, Flowers 4, McDaniel 5, McNair 4, Smith 8, Tillman 8, Butler 2, Wallace 4, Quick 3, Ward 2

Notable: Butler will play Rocky River on Saturday Feb.23 @ 7 pm @ Butler; Career highs for D.J. Little 32 points

NO. 2 NORTH MECKLENBURG 90, NORTHWEST GUILFORD 76

Northwest Guilford 15 15 19 27 – 76

North Mecklenburg 26 15 20 29 – 90

NWG: Reggie Davis 24, Jalen Spicer 22, Tre Turner 14, Hennigan 7, Funderburk 6, Davis 3

NM: Jalen Lowery 28, Tristan Maxwell 17, Jae’Lyn Withers 13, Yancey Hairston 11, Worthy 9, Sherman 8, Luckey 4

NO. 6 CONCORD ROBINSON 89, NORTH BUNCOMBE 74

Robinson: 14 29 24 22 89

North Buncombe: 15 20 16 23 74

Robinson: Lavar Batts Jr: 25p, 12a, 5r (Lavar now has 2,111 career points setting the all-time Cabarrus County Public School scoring record previously held by Kelsee Cheek at 2,092), Jamari Roberts: 11p, 17r; Vi'Chon Means: 12p, 6r, 6a; Jason White: 11p

North Buncombe: D. Elkins: 19p; R. Dyer: 19p; E. Greene: 16p

NO. 12 LINCOLN CHARTER 76, MOUNTAIN ISLAND CHARTER 49

Lincoln Charter 20 23 15 17 76

Mountain Island 11 2 20 13 49

Lincoln Charter: Jehlon Johnson 16, London England 14, Kody Shubert 13, Jackson Gabriel 12, Levontae Knox 11, Wilson 4, Martin 2, Collonia 2, Mayfield 2, Stewart, Holm

Mountain Island: Boots 12, Stephens 9, Thomas 9, Augner 8, Gallman 6, Washington 3

Notable: Jehlon Johnson 16pts. 14 rbs. 4 blocks; London England 14pts. 7 assist 6 rebounds; All 5 starters were in double figures

NO. 14 FOREST HILLS 81, SALISBURY 79

Salisbury 21 20 23 15 -- 79

Forest Hills 26 16 21 18 -- 81

SALISBURY -- Trell Baker 27, Trey Oates 25, Oshaun Robinson 13, Rivers 1, Harris 2, Gill 6, Leek 3

FOREST HILLS -- Nas Tyson 27, Jai Rorie 21, Jaleel McLaughlin 13, Tyrese Barbour 11, K. Tyson 7, Owens 2

Records: Forest Hills 24-4, Salisbury 15-8

NOTABLE: Nas Tyson with the steal and coast to coast layup as time expired to win. Forest Hills will host Owen (23-5) Saturday at 7pm. The Yellow Jackets have advanced to the 3rd Round for the 4th consecutive year.

NO. 15 WEDDINGTON 74, MARVIN RIDGE 59

Weddington 22 10 18 24 - 74

Marvin Ridge 19 11 13 16 - 59

Weddington: Davidson 3, Havens 2, Litton 9, Corey Davis 18, Ryan Schwieger 43

Marvin Ridge: Vogt 2, Carnohan 7, Ryan 8, Josh Cardwell 25, Cam Jones 15

Records: Weddington 21-7

Notable: Ryan Schwieger breaks the school record for most points in a game with 43. He also had 14 rebounds; Weddington plays JM Robinson Saturday at 7:00pm at home in the third round of the state playoffs.

NO. 16 LAKE NORMAN CHARTER 71, WHEATMORE 46

LNC 29 6 20 16 71

Wh 12 13 8 13 46

LNC: Hickert 24, Cracknell 19, Reed 16, Allen 5, Watts 4, Selden 3

Wheatmore: Heglar 16, Rains 11, Hudgins 8, Grantham 6, Sechrest 3, Owens 2

Notable: LNCharter advances to the 3rd round for the 5th straight year.

THE REST

COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF DAVIDSON 81, QUEENS GRANT 66

CSD 27 17 13 24 -- 81

QG 9 13 18 26 -- 66

COMM SCH OF DAV (81) -- Knox 34, Ellington 10, Alexander 8, Gomilla 4, McMahan 2, Christian 11, Martin 4, Ward 3, Holshouser 2, McAfee 3

QUEENS GRANT (66) -- Harvey 21, Sanders 15, Dixon 15, Owens 7, Chapman 5, Murphy 3

Records: CSD 21-8; QG 13-11

Notes: Sr Joey Knox led all scorers with 34 points (12/15 - 2s; 3/6 - 3s; 1/2 - FTs) to lead the Spartans to 3rd Rd State Playoffs for 1st time in school history. Soph Brandon Ellington had a double-double with 10 pts, 10 rebs, 6 assists and 2 steals.

ROCKY RIVER 87, GREENSBORO DUDLEY 59

Rocky River - 15 24 29 19 - 87

Dudley - 10 12 24 12 - 59

Rocky River 87- Anthony Salley 2 Tyrek Haywood Mikey Maddox 19 , Jaden Springer 39 , Raquan Brown 6 Elijah Sidury , Elijah Smith 6 Tucker Fox , Aryon Compean 2 , Khaleel Abdulkarim , Prince Lemons 4, donald hill , Darlingstone Dubar 6 , Marcus Evans 2

Dudley 59 - Crossen 4, Hooker, Seagraves 4, Wright, Zellous 1, Lowe, Cameron 2, Boulware 21, Hines 9, Hopkins 11, Tyler 1, Wynn 4, Wyman, Thomas 1, Fitzgerald

Records - Rocky River 18-10 Dudley 15-10

This story was originally published February 23, 2017 at 10:46 PM with the headline "Thursday’s boys’ high school basketball summaries 02.23.17."

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