HS Update: Saturday’s high school basketball schedule, live NC scores
Despite Friday’s snowstorm, there are some high school basketball games scheduled for Saturday.
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NC Statewide Scores
Saturday’s Schedule
Big South 3A
Hunter Huss at Crest (boys), 12:30, ppd
Forestview at Kings Mountain (boys), 3
Mountain Foothills 2A
Patton at Polk County (girls, 2; boys, 4)
Catawba Shores 1A-2A
Community School of Davidson at Langtree Charter (girls, 2:30; boys, 4)
Western Highlands 1A-2A
Avery County at Draughn (girls, 1; boys, 2:30)
Madison County at Mountain Heritage (boys, 2; girls, 3:30)
Rosman at Mitchell County (girls, 12:30; boys, 2)
Big Shots Charleston Invitational (boys)
(at North Charleston, S.C.)
Liberty Heights vs. N.C. Good Better Best, 3:30
Franklin Prep vs. Spire Institute (OH), 5
Olympic vs. Oceanside Collegiate (SC), ppd
1 of 1 Academy vs. TD Prep (GA), 8
Nonconference
Charlotte Christian at Winston-Salem Christian, noon
Combine Academy at New Hanover (boys), 3
Comenius at Elevation Prep (boys), 3
New Hope Leadership at Charlotte Elite Academy (boys), 2
Shelby at East Rutherford (girls, 3:30; boys, 5), ppd
Sunday
Big Shots Charleston Invitational (boys)
(at North Charleston, S.C.; two courts)
Liberty Heights vs. North Florida Institute, 1
Franklin Prep vs. TD Prep (GA), 1
Thursday’s recaps: Metrolina Christian springs big upset
Metrolina Christian knocked off its third Charlotte Observer Sweet 16 opponent in two weeks Thursday night, downing host Gaston Day 58-48.
The seventh-ranked Spartans led 35-33 after three quarters, but the Warriors piled up a 25-13 edge in the final eight minutes for the Metrolina Athletic Conference victory.
Jacob Fisher led Metrolina Christian (12-11, 4-4) with 13 points, connecting on four 3-pointers; and Michael Wilson Jr. added 10 points and 10 rebounds. Callum Richard paced Gaston Day (17-2, 6-1) with 18 points.
BOYS
Bessemer City 62, Thomas Jefferson Academy 47: The Yellow Jackets (10-3, 3-1) handed the Gryphons (11-3, 2-1) their first Southern Piedmont 1A-2A setback, building a 24-8 halftime lead.
Cannon School 67, Covenant Day 60: Sophomore Austin Swartz had 19 points and eight assists, and D.J. Nix added 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Cougars. Cannon School is part of a four-way tie for the CISAA lead.
No. 14 Jay M. Robinson 88, Mount Pleasant 47: The Bulldogs scored the game’s first nine points and raced to a 31-11 first-quarter lead, logging a Yadkin Valley 1A-2A rout.
Jesse Carson 61, South Rowan 45: The Cougars trailed by two points at the half but used a second-half surge to win this South Piedmont 3A game. Cam Burleyson and Emory Taylor each scored 13 for the victors.
Lake Norman Charter 60, Northwest Cabarrus 48: James Carswell’s 19 points led the Knights to a South Piedmont 3A victory. Charlie Fox added 13 for the victors.
Monroe 52, Forest Hills 45: The Redhawks won this Rocky River 2A-3A showdown, pulling away in the fourth quarter. Forest Hills (2-1 in conference) had rallied from a 28-18 halftime deficit to tie the game 38-all after three. Monroe is 3-0 in the conference.
North Lincoln 85, West Lincoln 49: The Knights cruised to a nonconference victory, building a 32-13 lead after one quarter.
No. 13 Northside Christian 60, Concord Academy 56: Mychael Mitchell (18 points, five assists) and Wesley Tubbs (13 points, seven rebounds) led Northside to a Metrolina Athletic Conference triumph.
Porter Ridge 85, Sun Valley 70: The Pirates improved to 4-1 in the Southern Carolina 4A and trail Weddington by one game.
South Caldwell 56, Alexander Central 55: Trey Ramsey’s 25 points helped the Spartans (9-4, 2-1) hand the Cougars (14-3, 2-1) their first Northwestern 3A-4A loss. Jordan Bentley added six 3-pointers for South Caldwell and scored 18 points. Alexander Central, which outscored the Spartans 24-16 in the final quarter, got 16 points from Evan Presnell.
Stuart Cramer 67, Forestview 66: Jacob Joyner’s two free throws in the final minute provided the Storm (13-1, 4-1) with the margin of victory in this Big South 3A game. Forestview had taken a 60-55 lead with three minutes left on Nathaniel Aguilar’s 3-pointer, but the Storm rallied. West Stanly 83, Anson County 39: Jacob Lisk poured in 30 points as the Colts moved into a second-place tie in the Rocky River 2A-3A with Forest Hills.
GIRLS
No. 13 Alexander Central 63, South Caldwell 32: Julianna Walter’s 20 points led the Cougars (14-2, 2-1) to a Northwestern 3A-4A victory. Madeleine Jenkins added 10 points and nine rebounds for the victors. Olivia Miller scored 19 for South Caldwell (9-3, 1-2).
No. 15 East Rutherford 73, R-S Central 43: Alayna Watkins scored 21 points, leading the unbeaten Cavaliers (15-0, 5-0) to a big Mountain Foothills 2A victory.
Forestview 48, Stuart Cramer 37: The Jaguars took this Big South 3A game by outscoring the Storm 20-5 in the final quarter. Kendall Manning scored 21 for Forestview. Daria Harris had 14 points and 16 rebounds for Stuart Cramer.
Jesse Carson 68, South Rowan 56: Camden Corley’s 17 points paced the Cougars (13-3, 6-1) to a South Piedmont 3A victory. Bethany Rymer poured in 26 points for South Rowan.
North Gaston 43, South Point 41: Lexi Birstwistle’s 17 points and seven rebounds carried North Gaston to a Big South 3A victory.
Northwest Cabarrus 57, Lake Norman Charter 51: The Trojans (9-1, 5-1) built a 44-23 lead after three quarters in this South Piedmont 3A game and held off a late surge by the Knights.
Thursday’s Boys Boxscores
BESSEMER CITY 62, THOMAS JEFFERSON 43
Records: Bessemer City 10-3, 3-1
Notable (Bessemer): Randall Pettus- 25 pts 10 assits 10 rebs 7 steals; Keyshawn Adams-13 pts 15 blks 14 rebs; Jameer Holmes----6 pts 10 rebs
CONCORD 85, AL BROWN 56
Concord 19 20 21 25 -- 85
A.L. Brown 7 20 19 10 -- 56
Concord 85 -- Brayden Blue 22, Johnakin Franklin 22, Kayin Thompson 15, James Smith 7, Jeremiah Howard 4, Justin Garland 4, Kobe Watts-Williams 3, Jerell Reddick 3, Rahul Pulugurtha 2, Chris Arellano 2, Aiden Aldridge 1
A.L. Brown 56 -- Jalan Chambers 22, Chase Watkins 13, Ashnah Lowery 12, Xavier Chambers 8, Erwil Anthony 1
Notables: Kayin Thompson also recorded and led the Spiders with 9 rebounds and 6 assists. A special tribute was made to honor former CHS student-athlete, Emmanuel “Bamba” Konneh, before the game.
Records: Concord 13-2 (4-1), Kannapolis 1-14 (1-5)
LINCOLN CHARTER 73, COMMUNITY SCHOOL 71
CSD 13 15 17 26 71
LCS 10 20 16 27 73
METROLINA CHRISTIAN 58, GASTON DAY 48
METROLINA CHRISTIAN 11 13 9 25 -- 58
GASTON DAY 10 10 15 13 -- 48
MCA: Fisher-Davis 13, Wilson Jr. 10, McIntyre 9, Knafelz 9, Deluca 6, Harrist 6, Clark 5GDS:Metrolina: Sr. Jacob Fisher 13pts (4 threes); Jr. Michael Wilson Jr. 10pts, 10rbs;
MCA Notable: 3rd win against Observer Sweet Sixteen team in the past two weeks. Handed Gaston Day their 2nd loss of season and 1st conference loss....Metrolina Christian 12-11 (4-4) plays Southlake Christian on Tuesday, January 25th at 7PM.
NORTH LINCOLN 85, WEST IREDELL 49
North Lincoln 32 20 23 10 85
West Iredell 13 13 14 9 49
North Lincoln 85--Jack Waggoner 25, Connor Carson 19, Kellan Karr 9, Reed King 8, Luke Custer 5, Connor Risse 4, Carter Black 4, Nate Lykins 4, Matt Heavner 3, Iverson Snell 3, Cam Rice 1, Ben Corter
West Iredell 49---A. Williams 14, J. Glaspy 9, S. Huss 8, I. Bunter 7, J. Cornelius 5, E. Dalton 3, T. Steele 2, B. Pierco 2
North Lincoln 3-3 conference (9-6 overall)
PORTER RIDGE 85, SUN VALLEY 70
Porter Ridge 18 24 22 21 -- 85
Sun Valley 11 22 17 20 -- 70
PORTER RIDGE 85 — C.J Anthony 7, Isaiah Williams 17, Jacob Anderson 7, Greg Wenger 18, Kyler Harris 14, Jack Fazilat, Tristan Stitt 6, Jason Hertz 2, Justin Shumaker 6, Nathaniel Stout 4, Silas Medlin
SUN VALLEY 70—Will Brown 10, Zyon Poter 4, Tyree White 25, Keegan Mason 2, Daniel Valentine 15, Nathan Tavares 2, Cameron Cabble 2, D. Brockington, Vincent Tomlinson 2, Brock Mumpower 2, Jack Boldyn 6
SOUTH CALDWELL 56, ALEXANDER CENTRAL 55
South Caldwell 16 11 13 16 -- 56
Alexander Central 8 12 11 24 -- 55
SOUTH CALDWELL 56 -- Trey Ramsey 25, Eggers 5, Smith 4, Icenhour 4, Jordan Bentley 18
ALEXANDER CENTRAL 55 -- Sigmon 4, Grove Lowrance 12, Avery Cook 13, Grayson Presnell 6, Evan Presnell 16, Hammer 2, Lasher 2
Thursday’s Girls Boxscores
ALEXANDER CENTRAL 63 SOUTH CALDWELL 32
South Caldwell 10 3 6 13 -- 32
Alexander Central 23 21 6 13 -- 63
SOUTH CALDWELL 32 - Olivia Miller 19, Bumgarner 2, Wynn 5, Heavener 6, Edwards, Anderson, Jackson, Cline, Phillips, Austin, Smith
ALEXANDER CENTRAL 63 -- Jordan 2, Pennell 2, Madeleine Jenkins 10, Julianna Walter 20, Chesney Stikeleather 13, Reid 2, Hayes 6, Childers 3, Jarrett 2, Herman 3, McDaniel, Smith
Record: South Caldwell (9-3, 1-2)
LINCOLN CHARTER 73. MIHS 53
LCHS 63 -- Lauren Horton 25 points, Maddie Lusk 17 points, Kallie Lusk 10 points, Grace Rinaldo 8 points, Haleigh Henson 2 points, Kenzie Ross 1 point
MIHS 53 -- Mariane Soares 22 points, Kenzi Delay 20 points, Rushie Camp 6 points, Molly Feighery 3 points, Allison O’donnell 2 points
Notables: Lauren Horton had another double-digit scoring night leading all scorers with 25 points....Grace Rinaldo was 2 points, and 2 rebounds shy of a double-double with 8 points and 8 rebounds
SOUTH POINT 61, NORTH GASTON 43
SOUTH POINT 61 -- Lexi Birtwistle 17 pts. 7 rebounds 5 steals, Maddie Frank 14 pts. 8 rebounds, Dajshia Foust 10 rebounds 7 steals
Next game - Friday, January 21st at Stuart Cramer
SURRY HOME SCHOOL 50, STATESVILLE CHRISTIAN 44
Statesville Christian 15 17 7 5 44
Surry Home School 9 9 13 19 50
STATESVILLE CHRISTIAN 44-- Ansleigh Sherrill 7, Ava Hughes 7, Grace Cole 15, Brenna Rae Bentley 11, Bailey Davidson 4
SURRY HOMESCHOOL- 50 -- Faith McClary 5, Lindsay Cooper 15, Karine Effler 24Jordan Weddle 2, Ashlyn Cooper 4
Records: Surry Home School 8-4; Statesville Christian 9-4
Providence Day stops rival Country Day Wednesday
Providence Day’s boys basketball team remained in first place in the CISAA conference with a 58-51 win over Charlotte Country Day on the road Tuesday.
The Chargers (15-5, 2-1) are tied with Charlotte Latin (16-2, 2-1), Cannon School (9-11, 2-1) and Charlotte Christian (11-9, 2-1) in a hotly contested race for the conference title.
Tuesday, UNC-Greensboro signee Donovan Atwell had 16 points and six rebounds for Providence Day and Quave Propst-Allison (12 points) and Riley Allenspach (10) also reached double figures. Dallas Gardner had 23 for Country Day (13-8, 0-2), which lost its second straight game.
Wednesday’s Boys Boxscores
NO. 1 WEDDINGTON 88, PORTER RIDGE 57
Porter Ridge 13 13 21 10 57
Weddington 20 24 15 24 88
Porter Ridge 57 - Jacob Harrison 18, Kyler Harris 16, Isaiah Williams 14, CJ Anthony 6, Greg Wemper 3
Weddington– 88 Kyler Frazier 20, Chase Lowe 18, Evan Morton 13, AJ Cook 9, Berni Tah 7, Jack Werdann 6, Bill Abrams 5, Grady Brosterhous 4, Peter Bombardier 3, Nolan Dunphy 3
Notable: Kyle Frazier led the Warriors (17-0, 4-0) with 20 points and added 5 rebounds, 4 assists and a steal. Chase Lowe posted 18 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, and 5 steals. With his 2nd steal tonight, Chase became the Weddington Boys Basketball all-time leader in steals and now owns the Warrior records for points, rebounds, and steals. Evan Morton rounded out the Warriors attack with 13 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, and a steal. The Warriors are scheduled to continue conference play at Marvin Ridge on Friday night (weather permitting).
Records: Weddington 17-0 (4-0), Porter Ridge 11-5 (3-1)
NO. 6 PROVIDENCE DAY 58, CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY 51
Providence Day 12 15 9 22 -- 58
Charlotte Country Day 10 9 10 22 -- 51
PROVIDENCE DAY 58 -- Riley Allenspach 10, Donovan Atwell 16, Quave Propst-Allison 12, Prunty 9, Scott 7, Wertz 2, Hailey 2
CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY 51 -- Calame 4, Dallas Gardner 23, Bethel 4, Hicks 2, Carter Alessi 10, Hewitt 2, Bigham 6
Notable: Donovan Atwell had 16 points and 6 rebounds to lead Providence Day. Quave Propst-Allison chipped in with 12 points, while Riley Allenspach had 10 points and 6 rebounds. Bryce Scott had 8 rebounds for the Chargers.
Records: Providence Day 15-5; Charlotte Country Day 13-8
CANNON 67, COVENANT DAY 60
CANNON 67 -- Swartz 19 points 7 rebounds 8 assists, Nix 18 points 11 rebounds, Boyd 15 points 5 rebounds 4 blocks 3 steals, Isaiah 8 points 9 rebounds 3 assists, Claggett 3 points, Hagedorn 2 points 3 rebounds
CHRIST THE KING 73, PINE LAKE PREP 43
PLP 6 6 17 14 -- 43
CTK 22 10 26 15 -- 73
PINE LAKE PREP 43 -- Gower 14, Street 5, Scwaba 12, Magier 4, Guilford 3, Strickfaden 4, Dignan 3
CHRIST THE KING 73 -- Fritz 2, Nelson 1, Zuhosky 5, Francis 3, Stern 19, Baich 8, Kocher 10, Filiault 14, Clapp 5, Kuhn 6
Notable: Nolan Stern led CTK with 19 points and 8 rebs. Jesse Filiault added 14 points and 5 assists and Dillon Kocher added 10 points
Wednesday’s Girls Boxscores
NO. 4 CANNON SCHOOL 75, COVENANT DAY 25
Cannon School 31 17 10 17 - 75
Covenant Day 6 9 8 2 - 25
CANNON 75 -- Lili Booker 17 Samyha Suffren 17 Ashley Fowler 14 Jamyrah Cherry 10, Maya McCorkle 7 Olivia York 3 Khloe Thompson 3 Trinity Mathis 2 Ella Kungl 2
COVENANT DAY 25 -- Eseosa Imafidon 11 Taylor Easter 9 Jacqueline Giftos 3 Cooper Clark 2
Notable: Cannon School next - Saturday at Charlotte Latin; Covenant Day next - Friday at Providence Day
Records: Cannon School 13-6 (3-0) - 7 game winning streak; Covenant Day 7-9 (0-3)
NO. 8 PROVIDENCE DAY 46, CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY 37
PDS 9-15-10-12—46
CCDS 15-7-4-10—37
PDS Jordyn Latter 12 Chandler Brooks 13 Jensen 6 Daly 3 Greer 3 Holgorsen 3 Levine 3 Glosson 3
CCDS: Mary Holland Waters 12 Hudson Rixham 14 Blythe 2 Wilkins 4 O’Neal 4 McKay 1
Record: 15-2, CISAA 2-1
MARVIN RIDGE 71, PIEDMONT 21
Marvin Ridge 20 20 14 17 -- 71
Piedmont: 2 4 5 10 -- 21
MARVIN RIDGE 71 -- Kyndall Shivers 17 points; Reese Fritz 16 points; Zahra Douglas 15 points; Caroline Gravelle 12 points; Riley Smith 4 points; Kathryn Palmer 4 points; Kelsie Robitaille 2, Ella Chepul 1
PIEDMONT 21 -- Evans 11 points; Baucom 2 points, Thomas 8 points.
This story was originally published January 19, 2022 at 5:31 PM.
