Tuesday’s prep boys rewind: No. 1 North Meck flexes muscles, blows past No. 4 Vance
Tuesday night in north Charlotte, North Mecklenburg High School flexed its considerable basketball muscle.
The Vikings, No. 1 in the Sweet 16, went to No. 4 Vance and won 95-55.
Tristan Maxwell, a Georgia Tech named a McDonald’s All-American nominee this week, had 24 points, four assists. Trayden Williams had 20 points, six assists and four rebounds. Sophomore center Jeremy Gregory had 14 points, nine rebounds.
North Meck also got big performances from Shamann Artis (13 points) and Chris Ford (eight points, 13 rebounds).
The Vikings led 25-13 after the first quarter and 48-21 at halftime. North Meck made eight 3-point shots in a dominant first half.
Elevator
↑Jaden Bradley, Cannon: sophomore became the fastest player in school history to score 1,000 points in a close win at Providence Day.
↑Charlotte Christian: In a 72-36 win over CISAA rival Charlotte Country Day, the Knights had 24 assists on 30 made field goal attempts. Peter Lash had 16 points, 12 rebounds to lead the Knights.
↑Westminster Catawba: The school won 16 games total from the start of the 2014 season to the end of 2019. Tuesday, under first-year coach Ed Addie, Westminster improved to 16-1.
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Tuesday’s Boys #BIG5 Top Performers
Jack Carter, North Lincoln: 28 points in an 82-63 win over Newton-Conover.
Troy Fulton, Lincoln Charter: 21 points in a 68-48 win over Thomas Jefferson. Fulton made 7-of-11 3-point attempts. Teammate Axel Holm had 11 points, eight assists and six rebounds.
Que Garner, Freedom: 21 points, eight rebounds, two assists, two steals in a 72-58 win over Alexander Central. Teammate Bradley Davis had 18 points, seven rebounds, four assists and three steals.
Randy Johnson, Charlotte Latin: 23 points, five assists in a 54-51 win over Covenant Day. Graham Calton added 19 points and six rebounds for Latin (14-5, 2-1 CISAA).
Tristan Maxwell, North Mecklenburg: Maxwell had 24 points, four assists in a 95-55 win over Vance.
Tuesday’s Boxscores
NO. 1 VANCE 95, NO. 4 VANCE 55
North Meck 25 23 26 21 -- 95
Vance 13 8 18 16 -- 55
NORTH MECK 95 -- Tristan Maxwell 24, Trayden Wiliams 20, Jeremy Gregory 14, Shamann Artis 13, Ford 8
VANCE 55 -- Daniel Ransom 22, Trey Green 14, Curry 6, Moore 2, Hart 6, Piper 2, Moore 1, Sanford 2
NO. 3 FIRST ASSEMBLY 78, GASTON DAY 35
GDS: 2 12 13 8 . 35
CFA: 17 17 25 19 78
GDS: Jack Crump 4, Dean Hunter 2, Colin Fayed 3, William D’Amore 2, Chriss Britt 15, Callum Richard 9
CFA: LLoyd Latta 6, Ambaka Le Gregam 13, Garrett Hien 8, Trae Benham 17, Isaac Boothe 8, Javian Cannady 5, Paxton Broadway 3, Tyler Fearne 2, Cheick Traore 16
Notable: 2020 Garrett Hien and 2021 Trae Benham were honored for scoring 1000 pts in High School. Garrett Hien scored his 1/10/2020 and Trae Benham Scored his 12/6/2019 (Currently has over 1300 career points).
CFA Record 22-3 , MAC Conference 8-0
NO. 6 CANNON SCHOOL 58, PROVIDENCE DAY 51
Cannon 12 11 14 21 58
Providence Day 12 13 11 15 51
CS: Bradley 18, Ormiston 6, Dibble 5, Pierce 1, Moss 10, Nix 18
PDS: Byrne 7, AJ Ratchford 11, Brighton 3, Michael Zanoni 16, Bryce Scott 14
Notable: PDS (10-8, 2-1) CS:(17-5, 3-0), Byrne 4 rebounds, 5 assists, Ratchford 8 rebounds, 3 steals, Scott 8 rebounds, 4 assists
NO. 9 FREEDOM 72, ALEXANDER CENTRAL 58
Alexander Central 15 9 11 23 -- 58
Freedom 21 12 18 21 -- 72
ALEXANDER CENTRAL 58 -- Lowrance 9, Maddox Kerley 10, Wooten 9, Stikeleather 6, Evan Presnell 14, Zach Herman 10
FREEDOM 72 -- Jayden Birchfield 10, Que Garner 21, Rice 8, Bradley Davis 18, Johnson 4, Ledford 5, Tolbert 6
NO. 13 OLYMPIC 75, PROVIDENCE 28
OLYMPIC 75 -- Josh Banks 25, Williams 22, Hodge 4, Golden 5, Smalls 4, Shaw 5, Bishop 8, Lawrence 2
NO. 14 WESTMINSTER CATAWBA 96, ARBORBROOK 24
WCCS -25-31-21-19-96
AB- 7-3-4–10-24
WCCS : AJ Hamrick 17, Jahseem Felton 10, Asil Hoyle 8, Will Jenkins 9, Richard Black III 10, Landon Johnson 7, Lucas Heckaman 11, Aidan Loganadan 6, Cortland Williams 5, Dariahn Hammonds 2, Jalen Brown 5, Rohan Petiote 10, Tripple Rogers 8
AB: Garcia 12, John 8, Mayo 2, Heath 4
Record: Westminster Catawba Christian : Overall 16-2
NO. 15 INDEPENDENCE 70, ROCKY RIVER 60
Independence 14 14 22 20 -- 70
Rocky River 3 17 20 20 -- 60
INDEPENDENCE 70 -- Bodrick 4, Anthony Allen 16, Nygell Verdier 18, Miller 6, De’Drick Givens 10, Jalen Hinton 16
ROCKY RIVER 60 -- McNeil 2, Forte 5, C. Rudisell 13, D. Thomas 22, S. Richards 10, Hall 4, Burns 4
Records: Independence 11-5; Rocky River 6-6
BUTLER 88, GARINGER 32
Butler 27 26 23 12 88
Garinger 10 10 8 4 32
Butler: Patrick Wessler 22, Carson Evans 12, Chastin Gatewood, 10, Jonathan Aguilar 10, Jesse Taylor 8, Scott 8, Black 8, Lane 5, Payne 3, Jones 2.
Garinger: Lowery 10, Locklear 7, Mobiti 4, Commune 3, Carr 2, Portlock 2, Moore 2.
Notable: Butler 8-8 (4-2) 7’0 Sophomore Center Patrick Wessler 22 points and 8 rebounds.
CHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN 72, CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY 36
Country Day 11 11 6 8 - 36
Charlotte Christian 22 15 22 13 - 72
Country Day (36) Jackson Krisko 10, Cherry 8, Gardner 6, Ray 4, Carver 4, Mitchell 2, McKay 2
Charlotte Christian (72) Peter Lash 16, Bryce Cash 16, Cade Nicholson 11, TJ Hardy 11, Jones 9, Drees 5, Glenn 2, Busby 2
Records: Country Day 8-12 (0-3)Charlotte Christian 10-7 (1-2)
CHARLOTTE LATIN 54, COVENANT DAY 51
CDS 8 14 12 17--51
CLS 14 11 11 18--54
CDS--Aden Holloway 16, Thomas Hailey 12, Nelson 9, Dahlberg 6, Anderson 6, Ufochukwu 2
CLS--Randy Johnson 23, Graham Calton 19, Smith 4, Grams 2, Clements 2, Felkner 2, Haughton 2
Records: Charlotte Latin 14-5, 2-1 Covenant Day 11-8, 1-2
Game Notes: Randy Johnson led the Hawks to there home conference opener against Covenant Day scoring 23 points and dishing out 5 assists. Graham Calton added 19 points and 6 rebounds for Latin. Covenant Day was led by Aden Holloway’ 16 points and Thomas Hailey’ 12 points. The Hawks will host the Bucs of Country Day on Thursday evening.
CONCORD 52, CENTRAL CABARRUS 50
Concord 8 9 17 18 -- 52
Central 16 6 12 16 -- 50
Concord 52 -- J. Franklin 25, M. Swinger 10, J. Toe 5, J. Mott 4, M. Washington 3, E. Parker 3, L. Robinson 2
Central 50 -- T. Bost 14, D. Johnson 8, Z. Bessette 8, C. Cornish 7, J. Thompson 7, D. Steed 6
Records: Concord 8-7 (2-0 SPC)
Central 10-6 (1-1 SPC)
Notable: Concord sophomore Johnakin Franklin was on fire scoring 18 points in the middle periods, and Magnus Swinger hit the big 3 to go ahead with about 13.2 seconds left in the game.
EAST LINCOLN 75, MAIDEN 48
East Lincoln 16 14 25 20 75
Maiden 10 6 14 18 48
East Lincoln (4-1, 11-3): Jeremiah Jones 11, Evan Montanari 10, Matthew McCowan 0, Myles Adams 19, Drew Bean 6, Ethan Staples 0, Justin Kuthan 14, Logan Craig 0, Petey Nichols 10, Justin Brown 5, Jalen Williams 0, Spencer Farr 0
Maiden (2-3, 6-8): Jalen Robinson 3, Brennan James 2, Micah Haynes 3, Izaiah Morgan 13, Treveon Howell 6, Tyler Fitzpatrick 4, Reilly Copeland 6, Elijah Fowler 4, Dru McClough 7
Notable: East Lincoln is currently on a five-game winning streak.
GASTON CHRISTIAN 69, METROLINA CHRISTIAN 63
MCA 13 13 14 23 = 63
GCS 17 20 15 17 = 69
Metrolina - Patterson 13, Johnson 13, Owens 10, Brockmann 10, Bellew 7, Crumbie 4, Harold 3, McLemore 3
Notes: Sr. Drew Patterson 13pts, 7rbs, 4asts; Jr. Camden Johnson 13 pts, 7 rbs, 3 stls, 2 astsb
Metrolina Christian 9-13 (3-5) hosts Gaston Day School on Friday, January 17th at 7pm
HOUGH 57, MALLARD CREEK 46
Hough 15 9 19 14 -- 56
Mallard Creek 10 4 18 12 -- 46
Hough -- Graham Worland 19, Beau Maye 13, Shryock 8, Chambers 7, Stiff 6, Riehl 3, Bissette 2
MC -- Sufferen 14, Paige 11, Kirby 7, Griffin 7, Johnson 5, Fyle 2
Notable: Sophomore Graham Worland had a team high 19 pts, while Senior Beau Maye had 13 pts 10 rebs. Junior Cal Riehl sunk an exciting circus 3 over his shoulder to end the first quarter.
LAKE NORMAN 55, HOPEWELL 51
Lake Norman 13 15 10 17 55
Hopewell 7 14 16 14 51
HOPEWELL Jackson 8, Walker 7, Cettlings 7, McCray 2, McLoughlin 6, J Smith 5, Perkins 12, Haynes 4
LAKE NORMAN Clay Hodges 4, Jack Edmonson 15, Bryant King 3, Christian Taylor 12, Cam Kepley 6, Seth Aeschliman 11, Dom Adams 4
LAKE NORMAN CHARTER 72, LINCOLNTON 54
LNC (10-4, 5-0) 24 18 18 12 72
LINCOLNTON- 8 13 19 14 54
LNC- Jackson Porter 18, Donovan Atwell 17, Cal Reed 13, Oliver O’Brien 10, Jalen Rivens 6, Alec Edens 2, Avery Scott 2, Miles Bell 2,Jeremy Newton 2
Lincolnton- D. Gash 15, C. Williams 13, A.Finger 10, D. Smith 6, D. Grooms 4, J. Horton 3, G. Queen 2, D. Ervin 1
LINCOLN CHARTER 68, THOMAS JEFFERSON 48
Lincoln Charter 21 16 21 9
Thomas Jefferson 8 12 11 17
Lincoln Charter: Troy Fulton 21, Sam Cogan 13, Anthony Davis 11, Axel Holm 11, Patel 6, McGill 3, Burnett 2, Bush, Seitz, Baich, Bruce
Thomas Jefferson: King 14, Flack 14, Camper 12, Twitty 8,
NORTHSIDE CHRISTIAN 56, SOUTHLAKE CHRISTIAN 47
SouthLake 09 07. 14. 17 — 47
Northside 10. 22 12. 12 — 56
SouthLake Christian 47 — Duguid 12, Proctor 13, Watson 11, Handlogten 6, Miller 3, Stubbs 2
Northside Christian 56 — Underwood 5, Tubbs 10, Brown 4, Tucker 13, Brown 10, Seymour 8, Sun 6
NORTH LINCOLN 82, NEWTON CONOVER 63
NORTH LINCOLN: Jack Carter 28, Cole Seagle 20, Daniel Carter 14, Matt Regan 11, Jack Waggoner 6, Aiden Callahan 3, Ian Fiore, Samari Collins, Will Dedmon
NEWTON CONOVER: Maverick Davis 16, Jackson Mullins 8, Matthew Martinez 8, Drew Danver 7, Jaheim McCahern 7, Trey Kennedy 6, Keenan Guerry 6, Zane Redmon 5,
NORTH LINCOLN 8-5 overall, 3-2 conference
QUEENS GRANT 54, COMM SCHOOL OF DAVIDSON 49
Queens Grant 13 8 11 22 - 54
CSD 7 13 10 19 - 49
QUEENS GRANT 54 - Jeremiah Murphy 20, LB Boyette 18, Josh Williams 10
Notable: Murphy added 10 rebounds, while Williams added 6 assists. Queens Grant moved to 4-1 in conference play.
ROCK HILL 62, NATION FORD 60
Nation Ford 15, 10, 16, 19 -- 60
Rock Hill 17, 17, 17, 11, -- 62
Nation Ford 60 -- Petey Tuipulotu 124, Tyler Thaxton 12, Andrew Meacham 12, Gage Arborn 2, Ty Strawhorn 9, Khalid Washington 1
Rock Hill 62 -- Shane Blackney 23, Donaven Brown 14, Devin Crayton 3, Luke Bracey 4, Josh Stradford 4, Donte Evans 2, Avery Armstrong 8, Robbie Ouzts 4
Records: Nation Ford 7-10;
Notable: Next game Friday 1-17-19 at home vs Clover 8:00 PM
VICTORY CHRISTIAN 62, UNITED FAITH 48
United Faith 11 9 18 10 = 48
Victory Christian Center 16 19 7 20 = 62
United Faith 48 -- Josh Massey 12, Michael Dudley II 10, Anjay Cortez 9, Quinton Scheuermann 7, Cedric Patterson 6, Charlie Hester 3
Victory Christian Center 62 = S. Smith 21, A. Anderson 19, Z. Steve 7, T. Thompson 6, R. Segmar 4, A. Davenport 2, C. Coleman 1
Notes: Anjay Cortez 9pts 20rebs 3blks
Record: Overall: 9-10 | Conference: 0-1
WEST CHARLOTTE 65, MOORESVILLE 50
West Charlotte 13 19 17 16 65
Mooresville. 12 9 17 12 50
West Charlotte: Marcus Magness 20 Chancelor Morrow 18 Josiah Dow 17 McQueen 3 Frazier 2 Alford 2 Raymond 2 Jernigan 1
Mooresville: Mattox 7 Howell 7 Ried 6 Ramsey 5 London 5 Hill 5 Rainson 5 Jones 4 Mattox 4 Shaw 3 Smith 2 Bellamy 1
Monday’s Boxscores
NO. 5 CARMEL CHRISTIAN 69, HIGH POINT WESLEYAN 63
CCS: 25 11 14 18 69
WCS:17 20 14 11 63
CCS: Myles Hunter 14, Elijah Gray 12, Kenny Gwynn 18, Glenn Bynum 11, Bean 5, Green 5, Coffey 4
WCS: Josh Wiggins 19, Aisaiah Phillips 16, Isaiah Ray 11, Darr 9, Chrapiiwy 6, Brooks 2
Notable: Ben Burnham - DNP (Injury)Justin Taylor - DNP (Injury)
PINE LAKE PREP 86, BRADFORD PREP 28
Bradford Prep 2 7 6 13 28
Pine Lake 28 23 19 16 86
BP - Edwards 13 Byrd 5 Mover 4 Stickland 3 McDowell 2 Lockhart 1
PLP - Jacob Morgan 22 Carson Timmerman 13 Cole Callaway 12 Jordan Phipps 11 Jack Baldwin 9 Meelad Doroodchi 9 Dylan Workman 6 Carson Shirley 2 Justin Bushrod 2
Records: Pine Lake 9-5 5-0 conf
Wednesday’s schedule
Southwestern 4A
Rocky River at Hickory Ridge
Mountain Valley 1A-2A
Alleghany at West Wilkes
Elkin at East Wilkes
Starmount at North Wilkes
Wilkes Central at Ashe County
Yadkin Valley 1A
Chatham Central at North Rowan
Nonconference
Pine Lake Prep at Northwest Cabarrus
Northwestern (SC) at Catawba Ridge (SC)
York Prep (SC) at High Pointe Academy (SC)
This story was originally published January 14, 2020 at 11:19 PM.
