Friday’s Boys Basketball Rewind: No. 4 North Meck routs West Charlotte
How the boys Sweet 16 fared
| Rk. | School | Cl. | Rec. | Prvs. |
| 1 | Weddington | 4A | 15-0 | d. Cuthbertson 82-53 |
| 2 | Carmel Christian | 4A | 17-2 | d. Asheville School 68-58 |
| 3 | J.L. Chambers | 4A | 12-5 | d. Mallard Creek 75-50 |
| 4 | North Mecklenburg | 4A | 15-2 | d. West Charlotte 78-47 |
| 5 | Central Cabarrus | 3A | 16-0 | d. Carson 87-39 |
| 6 | Charlotte Latin | 4A | 15-2 | lost 54-50 to Providence Day |
| 7 | Providence Day | 4A | 14-5 | d. Charlotte Latin 54-50 |
| 8 | Gaston Day | 2A | 17-1 | d. Concord Academy 70-65 |
| 9 | West Charlotte | 3A | 10-6 | lost 78-47 to North Mecklenburg |
| 10 | Ardrey Kell | 4A | 12-3 | d. Berry 69-48 |
| 11 | Myers Park | 4A | 9-5 | d. Olympic 64-49 |
| 12 | Covenant Day | 4A | 12-7 | idle |
| 13 | Northside Christian | 2A | 12-7 | Westminster Catawba, ppd |
| 14 | Mooresville | 4A | 13-1 | d. AL Brown 82-67 |
| 15 | United Faith | 1A | 11-6 | lost 56-55 to Lake Norman Christian |
| 16 | Cox Mill | 4A | 10-5 | d. Hickory Ridge 85-66 |
Photos from West Charlotte-North Mecklenburg Friday
Friday night, the Lions honored their 1991 and 1992 state championship teams Friday night during a game with rival North Meck.
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Elevator
↑Greg Wenger, Porter Ridge: made six 3-points shots for 18 points in an 86-49 win over Union County rival Marvin Ridge.
↑Butler defense: Bulldogs held Independence to seven points in a decisive fourth quarter in a 57-40 win. Tyler Showalter led the Bulldogs with 13 points.
↑Alexander Central: scored just two points in the first quarter but rallied for a 41-27 win over Watauga in a defensive battle. Evan Presnell had 17 points, five rebounds, three steals and two assists for the winners.
↑Logan Blair, Harding and Chase Lowe, Weddington: Blair scored his 1,000th point Friday and Lowe had 26 in a win over Cuthbertson and broke the school scoring record. He has 1,411 points, more than current Loyola of Chicago star Ryan Schwieger who had 1,405.
Friday’s #BIG5 Top Performers
Riley Allenspach, Providence Day: team-high 15 points, six rebounds in a 54-50 win No. 6 Charlotte Latin. The Chargers bounced back after losing on a last second shot to Cannon Tuesday.
Bishop Boswell, South Mecklenburg: 22 points, 10 rebounds, eight assists, four steals in a 72-64 win over Harding.
Antoine Piper, Chambers: 15 points, five steals and made 88 percent of his field goal attempts in a 75-50 win over Mallard Creek.
Elijah Strong, Myers Park: 27 points, a game-high, in a 64-49 win over Olympic.
Quay Watson, Hopewell: game-high 25 points in a 69-52 win over Hough.
On Tap: Carmel Christian MLK Classic
Phenom Hoops and Carmel Christian have an excellent schedule of basketball Saturday with six games beginning at noon. Multiple teams ranked in the Observer’s Sweet1 6 will play, including No. 1 Weddington vs. Cannon School at 6, and No. 2 Carmel Christian playing No. 3 Chambers at 7:30.
Weddington is the reigning N.C. 3A public school state championship and the Warriors have moved up into 4A, the state’s most competitive public school class this season. Cannon is two-time N.C. Independent Schools’ 4A state champions, the state’s most competitive private school class.
Note: Only 50 percent capacity is being allowed at the event. For tickets, click here
▪ Full schedule below
Friday’s Boys Boxscores
NO. 1 WEDDINGTON 82, CUTHBERTSON 53
Cuthbertson 9 17 13 14 53
Weddington 11 26 23 22 82
Cuthbertson - 53 Caleb Beals 9, Kennan Jackson 8, Kaleb Parker 8, CJ Haggartey 7, Cal Douglas 6, Max San Filippo 5, T. McDowell 4, Jared Haymore 3, Brandon Betanceo 2, Parker Burke 2
Weddington– 82 Chase Lowe 26, Kyle Frazier 15, AJ Cook 12, Evan Morton 7, Grady Brosterhous 4, Jack Werdann 4, Jack Ellyson 3, Peter Bombardier 3, Nolan Dunphy 3, Bill Abrams 3
Notable: Chase Lowe became the Weddington High School Boys Basketball all-time leading scorer when he scored his 21st point of his 26 total on the night. Chase also added 6 rebounds and 7 assists and a block as Weddington moved to 15-0 on the season. Weddington will take on Cannon at Carmel Christian in the Phenom MLK Showcase at 6pm Saturday night January 15th.
Records: Weddington 15-0 (3-0), Cuthbertson 9-6 (1-2)
NO. 2 CARMEL CHRISTIAN 68, ASHEVILLE SCHOOL 58
CCS: 15 20 12 21 -- 68
AS: 10 14 14 20 -- 58
CCS: Cade Tyson 36, N. Howard 5, Bean 5, Krawczyk 7, Siler 4, Logan Threatt 11,
AS: Mara 4, Yalden 11, Goldstein 3, Holdbrook 9, Kocaman 3, Herekovic 2, Saran 14, Metin 12
NO. 3 CHAMBERS 75, MALLARD CREEK 50
Mallard Creek 9 12 12 17 -- 50
Chambers 25 11 22 17 -- 75
CHAMBERS 75 -- Jaylen Curry 17, Amari Richardson 3, Antoine Piper 15, Nick Dorn 2, Kendall Smith 12, Jacoby Jackson 7, Maurio Hanson 8, Daniel Sanford 11
Notables: Jaylen Curry 17 points, 10 assists, 3 rebounds, 3 assists; Antoine Piper 15 points, 5 steals, 88 FG%; Kendall Smith 12 points, 5 rebounds, 3 rebounds; Maurio Hanson 8 points, 7 rebounds, 4 steals, 3 assists; Daniel Sanford 11 points, 7 rebounds
NO. 4 NORTH MECKLENBURG 78, NO. 9 WEST CHARLOTTE 47
West Charlotte 11 10 11 15 -- 47
North Mecklenburg 16 21 22 17 -- 78
WEST CHARLOTTE 47 -- Landon King 12 Chadlyn Traylor 10 Raymond 8 Mahatta 8 Day 5 Browser 2 Morrow 2
NORTH MECKLENBURG 78 -- Isiah Evans 27 Jordan Crawford 21 Davion Cunningham 12 Coles 8 Fox 6 Bracey 4
NO. 5 CENTRAL CABARRUS 87, CARSON 39
CARSON 10 12 13 4 39
CENTRAL CABARRUS 31 21 21 14 87
CARSON 39 – C. Hales 3, J. Howard 6, C. Burloyson 5, M. Beasley 6, H. Burris 5, E. Taylor 5, C. Ball 7, G. Collins, CJ Guida 2, D. Epley
CENTRAL CABARRUS 95 – Jaiden Thompson DNP, Chase Daniel 20, Carson Daniel 7, Gavin Bullock 6, Adriel Miller 22, Jay’ Kwon Diaz-Cruz 29 E. Baker 4, M. Murray 2, E. Ford 6, C. Johnson 8, J. Baker 3
Notable: Central Cabarrus is averaging 82.6 points per game while giving up 48.4 points per game. Central is averaging 20.1 steals per game and 19.8 assists per game.
Central Cabarrus 16-0/6-0 Carson 1-12/0-5
NO. 7 PROVIDENCE DAY 54, NO. 6 CHARLOTTE LATIN 50
Providence Day 13 11 13 17= 54
Charlotte Latin 10 14 14 12= 50
PROVIDENCE DAY 54 -- Riley Allenspach 15, Donovan Atwell 14, Horton 8, Propst-Allison 6, Prunty 5, Scott 4, Wertz 2
CHARLOTTE LATIN 50 -- Haughton 4, Ned Hull 11, Jones 8, Kaplan 3, Sean Rose 16, Lavitt 8
Notable: Riley Allenspach led Providence Day with 15 points and 6 rebounds, while Donovan Atwell added 14 points and 5 rebounds for the Chargers.
Records: Providence Day 14-5; Charlotte Latin 15-2
NO. 8 GASTON DAY 70, CONCORD ACADEMY 65
Gaston Day 13 12 15 30 -- 70
Concord Academy 15 19 16 16 -- 65
GASTON DAY 70 -- Chris Britt 27, Callum Richard 22, Evan Montanari 12, Colin Fayed 7, Chase Owens 4
CONCORD ACADEMY 65 -- Tchada 20, Cuttino 17, Munsen 12, Johnson 8, Cvetkovic 4, Diarra 4
Gaston Day Record: 17-1
Next Game: Tuesday, 1/18 @ Gaston Christian 7 pm
Notable: Concord Academy’s Kany Tchanda 20p 12r 3b.
NO. 10 ARDREY KELL 69, BERRY 48
AK 10 18 20 21 - 69
Berry 7 5 19 17 - 48
ARDREY KELL 69 - Evan Smith 18, Brandon Nelson 2, Brock Rose 16, Toni Akinyelu 8, Delani Hammonds 7, Brett Freeman 5, Trenten Gerald 3, Cole Perodeau 2, Carson Brooks 3, Ryan Lewis 2, Brock McCoy 2, Jake Weckerle 2
Berry 48 - Jackson 10, Bell 6, Craig 2, Lennard 5, Stevenson 20, Perkins 3, Chester 2
Records: AK record 12-3
Notable: Ardrey Kell’s Brock Rose scored all of his 16 points in the second half.
NO. 11 MYERS PARK 64, OLYMPIC 49
Olympic Trojans 15 11 12 11 - 49
Myers Park Mustangs 20 13 17 14 - 64
OLYMPIC 49 - Kush Carter 17, Jemez Herd 9, Nikayle Hodge 9, Erique Meyers 4, Demarco Reynolds 5, JD Terrell 3,Tai Hamilton 2
MYERS PARK 64 - Elijah Strong 27, Sir Mohammed 14, Sam Walters,11 Sadiq White 8, Santana Lynch 4
Note: Senior Forward Kush Carter led The Olympic Trojans with a Double-Double scoring 17 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. Junior Center Elijah Strong led The Mustangs with a Double-Double scoring 27 points to lead all scorers in the contest.
NO. 14 MOORESVILLE 82, AL BROWN 67
Mooresville 31 12 14 25 82
A L Brown 33 0 15 19 67
MOORESVILLE 82 -- KC Shaw 29, AJ Parsley 15, Christian Herring 8, Kyrell Shaw 8, Dane Stewart 8, Evaan Ezhilan 5, Kawarn Howell 5, Kendall Casteel 2, Luke Kennedy 2
Notable: KC Shaw had 9 rebounds and 2 blocks; Parsley had 7 assists; Herring had 8 rebounds; Stewart had 5 rebounds.
Record: 13-1
LAKE NORMAN CHRISTIAN 56, NO. 15 UNITED FAITH 55
UF: 6 20 13 16: 55
LKNC: 13 10 15 18: 56
UF: - Alex Bates 12, Marcus Willis 12, Lance Gill 11
LKNC: Tyrone Barbee 16, Josh Bullock 14, JP Haggarty 9
RECORDS: UF: 10-6; LKNC: 13-7
ALEXANDER CENTRAL 41, WATAUGA 27
Alexander Central 2 15 17 7 -- 41
Watauga 9 6 10 2 -- 27
ALEXANDER CENTRAL 41 -- Sigmon 3, Lowrance 7, Cook 6, G. Presnell, Evan Presell 17, Hammer 3
WATAUGA 27 -- Jonah Martin 12, Shirley 4, Collins 2, Keller 3, Horine 2, Kohout 4
BUTLER 57, INDEPENDENCE 40
Butler: 9 19 8 21 -- 57
Independence: 13 8 12 7 -- 40
Butler: Tyler Showalter 13, Zion Mcduffy 11, Ty Black 11, Scott 7, Heath 7, Holloway 4, Soutzos 2, Colbert 2,
Independence: Ralph Johnson 14, S. Taylor 8, D. Taylor 5, Appling 5, Jasper 4, Brown 2, Davis 2,
Records: Butler Overall; 7-8 Conference 3-2
Independence Overall; 7-9 Conference 1-3
EAST MECKLENBURG 66, PROVIDENCE 59
East Meck 17 12 19 18 - 66
Providence 14 23 11 11 - 59
East Meck – Nevill 23, Johnson 15, White 12, Lawrence 11, Hicks 3, Gray 2
Providence – Taylor 22, Gaither 17, Detenber 14, Van Rensalier 2, Singletary 2, McGee 2
FREEDOM 59, SOUTH CALDWELL 43
Freedom: 09 11 16 23 = 59
South Caldwell: 06 12 10 15 = 43
Freedom: Amore Connelly 17, Zion Thomas 14, Ledford 8, Harris 7, Costello 8, McNaughton 3, Taylor 2
South Caldwell: Trey Ramsey 14, Eggars 8, Everhart 6, Cline 2, Bentley 2, Reese 5, Smith 6
Freedom 10-4 (2-0) plays next at Ashe County on Tuesday, January 18th
GASTON CHRISTIAN 70, METROLINA CHRISTIAN 54
METROLINA CHRISTIAN 8 16 18 12 = 54
GASTON CHRISTIAN 15 24 4 27 = 70
MCA: Harrist 11, Clark 9, Deluca 9, Wilson Jr. 9, Knafelz 6, Maul 6, Houston 2, McIntyre 2
Metrolina notable: Sr. CJ Harrist 11pts, 5rbs, 2stls; Jr. Eli Clark 9pts, 5asts; So. Dylan Deluca 9pts, 7rbs
Notes: Metrolina Christian 11-11 (3-4) plays Hickory Grove on Tuesday, January 18th at 7PM
EAST LINCOLN 68, NORTH IREDELL 66
East LIncoln 18 21 18 11 -- 68
North iredell 7 11 22 26 -- 66
EAST LINCOLN 68 -- Landon Glezen 10, Logan Craig 9, Markell Clark 5, Palmer Crichton 12, Jeremiah Jones 10, Drew Bean 12, Eric Runyan 0, Jackson Fannon 8, Mason Simmons 2
NORTH IREDELL 66 -- Landy Dancy 2, Cole Saunders 5, Jackson Hawkins 18, John Jackson 15, Xavier Grimball 2, Avery Cloer 1, Greyson Kerr 5, Dane Coltrane 0, Beckham Tharpe 18
Notable: East Lincoln is currently on a five-game winning streak and is currently in sole possession of 1st place in the Western Foothills 3A Conference with a 6-0 record.
Records: East Lincoln 14-2, 6-0; North Iredell 10-5, 4-2
HOPEWELL 69, HOUGH 52
Hough 21 12 14 5 -- 52
Hopewell 18 13 19 19 -- 69
Hough -- Melvin Sifford 13, Rashad McCormick 11, Jedd Wagner 10, Smith 7, Stiff 7, Golumbeck 3, Temple 1
Hopewell -- Quay Watson 25, Anthony Moore 11, Derrick Eley 11, Travis Horne 10, Thomson 6, Harvey 2, Escartin 1, Hollard 1
Records: Hough - 4-11; Hopewell - 6-9
LINCOLN CHARTER 83, MOUNTAIN ISLAND CHARTER 62
MICS 13 13 24 12 62
LCS 19 21 27 16 83
Notable: LCS’ Marcus Farley, Jr. Led all scorers with 27 points including 7 three pointers. Elijah Burnett had a double double with 12 points and 10 rebounds
PIEDMONT 67, SUN VALLEY 49
Sun Valley 10 18 12 9 -- 49
Piedmont 16 10 17 24 -- 67
SUN VALLEY 49 -- Tyree White 21, Keegan Mason 14, Valentine 5, Cabble 1, Brockington 2, Marsh 6
PIEDMONT 67 -- Tanner 2, Miles 17, Braden 8, Kyle 3, Chase 11, Colton 8, Hunter 18
PORTER RIDGE 86, MARVIN RIDGE 49
Porter Ridge 28 21 16 21 -- 86
Marvin Ridge 8 13 12 16 -- 49
PORTER RIDGE 86—Greg Wenger 18, Jacob Anderson 11, C.J Anthony 4, Isaiah Williams 15, Kyler Harris 10, Nathaniel Stout 6, Jason Hertz 6, Justin Shumaker 3, Ethan Adams 3, Tristan Stitt 6, Silas Medlin 4
MARVIN RIDGE 49—Gannon Jones 2, Evan Brennan-Smith 7, Jack Speicher11, Cinjun Bridges 8, Drew Garrett 2, Joey Haarstick 2, Josh Clark 12, Kyle Bohannon 2, Luke Schmidt 1
Notable: Porter Ridge was led by Greg Wenger, who hit 6 out of the teams 13 3pt makes.
SOUTH IREDELL 67, LAKE NORMAN 62
Lake Norman 15 12 23 12 -- 62
South Iredell 17 17 7 26 -- 67
Lake Norman - Gruber 1, Cole Callaway 10, Hardison 3, McKinnon 4, Davis Wagner 23, Dryden 8, Williams 3, Trent Steinour 10
South Iredell - Jones 11, Vuk 16, Jones 6, Chambers 15, Clark 3, Tucker 10, Reese 6
SOUTH MECKLENBURG 72, HARDING 64
South 20 18 18 16 -- 72
Harding 21 15 10 18 -- 64
HARDING 64 -- Abraham 16, Blair 18, Dunn 15, Day 6, Thomas 9
SOUTH MECKLENBURG 72 -- Sincere Rasul 16, Jacob Newman 6, Will Rothacker 3, Jordyn Washington 2, Peter Moye 16, Bishop Boswell, 22, Jalen Alexander 7
Notes: Sincere Rasul: 16 Points, 10 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 5 Steals; Bishop Boswell: 22 Points, 10 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 4 Steals
WEST LINCOLN 57, EAST BURKE 46
West Lincoln. 10. 8. 19. 20 -- 57
East Burke 14. 20. 2. 10 -- 46
West Lincoln 57 -- Hopper 26, Hartsoe 13, Truesdale 8, Goins 4, Cherigue 2, Allen 2, Shorts 2
East Burke 46 -- Logan Coffey 17, Carter Crump 12, Primm 9, Hill 6, Langley 2
Records: West Lincoln 6-10 (3-3 CVAC), East Burke 1-12 (1-4 CVAC)
Thursday’s Boys Boxscores
CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC 61, PROVIDENCE 55
CCHS 13 14 23 11- 61
PHS 10 12 13 20- 55
CCHS- Pat Tivnan 26, Thomas 8, J. Williams 6, Rossitch 6, Kernodle 5, K. Williams 6, Alexander 2
PHS- Bryce Taylor12, Jamel Van Rensailer 11, Chase Detenber 10, Wesley McGee 10, Gaither 7, Wisotsky 3
CHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN 80, CANNON SCHOOL 76
CANNON SCHOOL 76 -- DJ Nix 33 points 6 rebounds, Isaiah Henry 16 points 5 rebounds, Austin Swartz 15 points 7 assists, Karon Boyd 6 points 7 rebounds, Jay Claygett 6 points
CONCORD ACADEMY 49, HIGH POINT CHRISTIAN 44
CA: 16 13 10 10 49
HPC: 11 12 11 10 44
High Point : Caldwell 2, Kane 6, Sanders 6, Slayer 6, Smith 7, McIntosh 17
Concord Academy:Tucker Johnson 11, Sergej Cvetkovic 10, Carson Cooke 3, Jayden Munson 9, DJ Cuttino 9, Albert Diarra 2, Magnus Swinger 5
Notable: Tucker Johnson 11p,7r,4b, DJ Cuttino 9p 7a 6r 1s.
Next game: Jan 14 vs Gaston Day
EAST LINCOLN 72, LINCOLNTON 70 OT
East Lincoln 15 18 11 22 6 --- 72
Lincolnton 16 18 12 20 4 -- 70
EAST LINCOLN 72 -- Landon Glezen 8, Logan Craig 0, Markell Clark 4, Palmer Crichton 4,
Jeremiah Jones 15, Drew Bean 25, Keandre Walker 14, Jackson Fannon 0, Mason Simmons 2
LINCONTON 70 -- Deondre Smith 4, DJ Danner 6, Jacob McGill 16, Eian Stancil 6,
Will Blackburn 16, Brittian Burney 18, Khamani Heath 4
Of Note: With the win the Mustangs sweep the season series with the Wolves and have won 9 straight over their county rival dating back to the 2018-2019 season.
Records: East Lincoln 13-2, 5-0; Lincolnton 6-9, 4-1
Saturday’s Schedule
MLK Showcase (boys)
(at Carmel Christian)
Lake Norman vs. Covenant Day, noon
Asheville School vs. Concord Academy, 1:30
Rocky River vs. Asheville Christian, 3
Cardinal Newman (SC) vs. Gaston Christian, 4:30
Weddington vs. Cannon School, 6
Carmel Christian vs. Chambers, 7:30
MLK Classic (boys/girls)
(at Winston-Salem)
(girls) R.J. Reynolds vs. Atkins, 11 a.m.
(boys) Lee County vs. Atkins, 12:30
(boys) A.L. Brown vs. R.J. Reynolds, 2
(boys) Salisbury vs. Carver, 3:30
(girls) Chambers vs. Winston-Salem Christian, 5
(boys) Winston-Salem Prep vs. Walkertown, 6:30
MLK Queens Challenge (girls)
(at United Faith)
Garinger vs. Lake Norman Christian, noon
United Faith vs. Corvian Community, 1:30
Butler vs. Carmel Christian, 3
Charlotte Country Day vs. The Burlington School, 4:30
North Mecklenburg vs. 1 of 1 Prep, 6
MLK Showcase (boys)
(Curry Courts, Charlotte)
Olympic vs. Rock Hill, 1
1 of 1 Academy vs. West Mecklenburg, 3
TBA, 5
Northside Christian vs. Harding, 7
She Got Game Classic (girls)
(at Rock Hill Event and Sports Center)
Schedule TBA
Competing area teams: Ardrey Kell, Independence, Myers Park, Olympic, Providence, South Mecklenburg
Nonconference
Hopewell at West Cabarrus
Richmond Senior at Terry Sanford
This story was originally published January 14, 2022 at 11:24 PM.
