Saturday Rewind: Meck. Co teams flex their muscle in NCHSAA, NCISAA playoffs

How The Boys Sweet 16 Fared

How the Girls Sweet 16 fared

Big Day for Mecklenburg County teams Saturday

On the biggest day of the high school basketball season so far, Mecklenburg County teams had a big day.

Four county boys teams advanced to the NCHSAA regional semifinals Tuesday. Two girls teams advanced and two boys teams won NCISAA state championships.

In the public school playoffs, Chambers, Myers Park and North Mecklenburg are heading to the regional semifinals Tuesday.

Chambers will play at nationally ranked Weddington. Myers Park will play at North Mecklenburg.

In 3A, West Charlotte beat North Iredell and advanced to play a regional semifinal at Greensboro’s Ben L. Smith Tuesday.

On the girls side, Charlotte Catholic and Chambers advanced. Catholic will host Lake Norman Tuesday. Chambers will play at ‘All-NC’ No. 1 Northern Guilford.

In the private schools, Carmel Christian upset nationally ranked Greensboro Day to win the NCISAA 4A championship, and after losing in the 1A finals last season, United Faith beat Greenfield School to win the title this season.

Saturday’s Quick Links

Saturday’s NC statewide scores and pairings

Concord Academy gets thrilling OT win over High Point Christian

West Charlotte slams door on North Iredell, advances

North Meck, Isaiah Evans, slam down on Grimsley

Saturday’s Videos

Saturday’s Photo Galleries

#BIG5 Top Performers

Jaylen Curry, Chambers: 14 points, seven assists, three steals and two rebounds in a 59-49 win over Grimsley in the third round of the NC 4A playoffs.

Aaliyah El, Chambers girls: 13 points, two rebounds, two steals and two assists in a 66-36 win over AC Reynolds. Teammates Mila Holloway (11 points, four steals, three assists), Jazlyn Harris (10 points, four steals) and Trinity Moreland (8 points, five rebounds, two blocks) also had strong games.

Cassidy Geddes, Newton-Conover girls: 34 points, eight steals, three rebounds and made 5-of-7 3-point shots in a 60-55 third round playoff loss at East Surry.

Landon King, West Charlotte: 14 points, seven rebounds in a 70-33 win over North Iredell.

Cade Tyson, Carmel Christian: game-high 33 points in a 71-65 win over nationally ranked Greensboro Day in the N.C. Independent Schools 4A state championship game.

Saturday’s Boys Boxscores

NO. 1 WEDDINGTON 61, COX MILL 48

Cox Mill 10 16 6 16 -- 48

Weddington 10 12 18 21 61

COX MILL 48 – CJ Wilson 13, Rasheed Baldwin 9, Chandler Conrad 9, Marcus Morgan 7, Kendall Harris 3, Cameron Goodwin 3, Sean Dunn 2, Titus Ivy 2

WEDDINGTON 61 – Kyle Frazier 16, Evan Morton 16, Chase Lowe 12, Berni Tah 9, AJ Cook 5, Jack Ellyson 2, Grady Brosterhous 1,

Notable: Kyle Frazier scored 11 of his game high 16 points in the 2^nd half and added 8 rebounds. Chase Lowe added 12 points and 6 assists while Junior Evan Morton added 16 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists as the Warriors move past Cox Mill to advance to the Elite 8 of the 4A Boys Playoff. The Warriors will host Chambers on Tuesday

Records: Weddington 28-0 (10-0), Cox Mill Mooresville 20-8 (11-1).

NO. 2 CARMEL CHRISTIAN 71, GREENSBORO DAY 66

Greensboro Day 11 17 13 25 – 66

Carmel Christian 16 17 16 22 – 71

GREENSBORO DAY 66 -- Jaydon Young 23; Michael Zanoni 11; Nikolas Graves 13; Noble 0; Collins 0; Reese 3; Graham Worland 14; Burton 2.

CARMEL CHRISTIAN 71 -- Bean 4; Cade Tyson 31; Logan Threatt 21; Krawczyk 3; Siler 4; Howard 6; Smith 0; Arias 2.

NO. 3 NORTH MECKLENBURG 63, MOUNT TABOR 52

Mt Tabor 7 12 4 29 – 52

North Mecklenburg 6 19 15 23 – 63

MOUNT TABOR 52 -- Tyler Bailey 20, Jashaun Torrence 10, Campbell 6, Peterson 4, Simmons 4, Shay 3, Scurry 3, Peterson 2

NORTH MECKLENBURG 63 -- Isaiah Evans 23, Davion Cunningham 17, Jordan Crawford 14, Maxwell Coles 9

NO. 4 CHAMBERS 59, GRIMSLEY 49

Chambers 8 15 12 24 -- 59

Grimsley 10 16 7 16 -- 49

CHAMBERS 59 -- Jaylen Curry 14, Antoine Piper 13, Nick Dorn 4, Kendall Smith 4, Evan Ashemore 3, Maurio Hanson 11, Daniel Sanford 10

Notable: Jaylen Curry 14 points, 7 assists, 3 steals, 2 rebounds; Antoine Piper 13 Points, 3-3 (100 FG%) 7-8 (88 FT%), 3 rebounds, 1 steal; Maurio Hanson 11 points, 3 rebounds; Daniel Sanford 10 points, 11 rebounds, 3 blocks, 2 assists

NO. 5 CENTRAL CABARRUS 93, FRANKLIN 53

FRANKLIN 11 10 19 13 -- 53

CENTRAL CABARRUS 17 28 26 22 -- 93

FRANKLIN 53 – C. McGuire, B. Sleight 3, K. Stiles, K. Lamb, J. Riddle 11, J. Zoellner, G. Green 14, T. Penland 3, G. Adams 3, M. McClure 4, Miles McClure 14, C. Drake, L. Vanhook, JJ Postell, P. Cabe 1

CENTRAL CABARRUS 93 – Jaiden Thompson 20, Chase Daniel 16, Carson Daniel 14, Gavin Bullock 25, Adriel Miller 5, Jawon Diaz-Cruz 7, E. Baker, M. Murray 2, E. Ford, C. Johnson 2, J. Baker, DJ Kent 2

Central Cabarrus 29-0/14-0 Franklin 22-5/12-0

Notable: Central has won back-to-back SPC Regular Season Championships and the 2022 SPC Conference Tournament. Central is 41-2 over the past 2 seasons. #2 Central plays #6 ENKA at Home at 6:00pm (tentatively) in the West 3A Championship.

Central Cabarrus is averaging 85.17 er game while giving up 47.86 points per game for a plus 37.31 margin. Central is averaging 20.6 steals per game and 22.7 assists per game.

NO. 13 MYERS PARK 56, NORTHERN GUILFORD 50

Northern Guilford - 14 10 12 14 -- 50

Myers Park - 9 16 12 19 -- 56

NG - Jackson Helms 19, Nolan Hodge 15

MP - Sir Mohammed 29, Elijah Strong 13, Santana Lynch 8

Records: NG - 18-9; MP - 17-8

Notable: MP advances to the Regional Semifinal for the 2^nd time in the last 4 years.

Saturday’s Girls Boxscores

NO. 8 CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC 77, NO. 9 NORTH MECKLENBURG 58

N.Meck 4 19 14 21 ---58

CC 25 16 12 24 ---77

N.Meck: Kairah Dixon-Booker 20, Dearia Page 10, Farmer 9, Grier 7, Harris 4, Redfern 4, Dunn 2, Pellum 2

CC: G.Gough 25, O.Fava 16, B.Thomas 18, Schacte 7, McArdle 6, Diaz 4, Fleshold 1

Notable: North Meck’s Kiarah Dixon-Booker 20pts, 7rebs, 6stls. For Catholic: Gracynn Gough had 25 points and 10 rebounds including 12-12 from the free throw line. Blanca Thomas had 18 points, 16 rebounds, and 6 blocks and Olivia Fava added 17 points and 4 assists.

Records: Catholic 27-2, North Meck 24-4

NO. 10 LAKE NORMAN 55, NO. 13 WATAUGA 44

Watauga 13. 8. 7. 16 -- 44

Lake Norman 8 22 10 15 -- 55

WATAUGA 44 -- Brelyn Sturgill 16, Charlotte Torgerson 13, Kate Sears 11, Brooke Scheffler 2, Laurel Kiker 2

LAKE NORMAN 55 - Kirsten Lewis-Williams 15, Aly Wadkovsky 13, Addison Siriani 11, Madison Saunders 9, Leigh Marks 7

Watauga finishes the year at 24-4

Lake Norman record 24-3

NO. 12 CARSON 45, ASHBROOK 38

Ashbrook 6 13 11 8 -- 38

Jesse Carson 13 14 8 10 -- 45

ASHBROOK 38 -- Madison Cole-20 points, Kennette Bess- 12 points, Tauri Brooks- 2 points, Piper Woods- 2 points, Emerald Butler- 2 points

CARSON 45 -- M.Spry- 14 points , H.Insley- 7 points, M. Johnson- 7 points, L. Corley- 6 points, A. White- 6 points, R. Isley- 3 points, B. McBride- 2 points

NORTH DAVIDSON 64, NO. 16 EAST LINCOLN 44

ELHS: 7 12 10 15- 44

NDHS: 10 17 19 18- 64

ELHS: Madison Self 14, Hailey McFadden 12, R. Ross 7, T. Martin 4, G. Overbay 4, K. Patterson 2, M. Bissinger 1

NDHS: Emily Hege 29, Lettie Michael 14, Maddy Altiers 10, B. Boturla 4, A. Mitchell 2, R. Minton 2, M. McNair 2, J. Altiers 1

Noteables: Dismal Shooting night ended the season for the Mustangs. East Lincoln was 19-66 (28%) from the floor, 0-22 from the 3pt line and 6-15 (40%) from the foul line. Madison Self recorded her 9th Double Double of the season with 14 pts, 11 rebs, 1 steal and 1 assist.Hailey McFadden recorded 12 pts, 7 rebs. Raven Ross contributed 7 pts, 6 rebs, 3 steals, 3 assists and took 1 charge. The Mustangs finish the Year with a record of 28-2.

ELHS: (28-2,14-0)

NDHS: (24-2, 9-1) Next game vs Carson in the 4th Rd of NCHSAA State Tourn. at CHS 3/1/22

NORTHERN GUILFORD 55, NO. 14 ALEXANDER CENTRAL 40

ACHS 9 15 10 6 -- 40

Northern 11 10 13 21 -- 55

ALEXANDER CENTRAL 40 -- Julianna Walter- 16 pts, Kirstyn Herman- 12 pts, Madeleine Jenkins- 6 pts, Kaley McDaniel- 3 pts, Sydney Hayes- 3 pts

NORTHERN GUILFORD 55 -- Jasmine Harris- 13 pts, Jadyn Newsome- 8 pts, Abby Mulry- 7 pts, Malena Delisa- 6 pts, Lizzie Gram- 6 pts, Emma Wagoner- 6 pts, Christian Delisa- 5 pts, Laurel Zlotkowski- 4 pts

RANDLEMAN 63, LINCOLN CHARTER 43

LCHS 13 09 08 13 -- 43

RHS 26 11 10 16 -- 63

LINCOLN CHARTER 43 --Maddie Lusk 13 points, Lauren Horton 10 points, Kallie Lusk 10 points, Grace Rinaldo 6 points, Kenzie Ross 3 points, Samantha Ayers 1 point

RANDLEMAN 63 --Gracyn Hall 19 points, Audra Petty 17 points, Elizabeth York 11 points, Hannah Hinshaw 8 points, Gracie Beane 4 points, Veronica Marlow 2 points, Jordan booker 2 points

Notable: Maddie Lusk led LCHS with 13 points; Laruen Horton and Kallie Lusk provided 10 points apiece; LCHS loss ends their incredible season, Conference Champs, Conference Tournament Champs and school tying run in the State Tournament.

This story was originally published February 27, 2022 at 12:24 AM.

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