NCHSAA Roundup: Salisbury girls stop Farmville Central, win 2A state title
The N.C. High School Athletic Association named boys and girls basketball state champions Saturday.
There were eight games -- four boys and four girls.
Below find a recap of Saturday’s girls action and links for the boys.
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Boys NCHSAA Championship Roundup
West Charlotte rallies past Fayetteville’s 71st
Robinson shocks Farmville in 2A
Weddington wins 49th straight, stops Panther Creek in 4A
Chambers girls rally past Apex Friendship, make NCHSAA history
Saturday’s GIrls Championship Scores
4A: Chambers 46, Apex Friendship 44
3A: Northwood 70, Enka 42
2A: Salisbury 54, Farmville Central 44
1A: Bishop McGuinness 70, Bertie 42
2A: Salisbury gets first title since 2011
Salisbury coach Lakai Brice said that before the playoffs started, she and her staff had the players look at photos of the Salisbury teams that won three straight girls’ state championships from 2009-11. Then they talked about those accomplishments.
“The girls walk past those pictures of the state champions every day,” Brice says. “We talked about the history of Salisbury basketball, and how they could fit in.”
They fit in really well.
The Hornets beat Farmville Central 54-44 Saturday to win the 2A state championship in Chapel Hill. Championship MVP Kyla Bryant had 17 points and four rebounds.
Jamecia Huntley also had a big day for Salisbury, scoring 13 points to go with eight rebounds, while playing against Farmville’s top defender, Journee McDaniel.
For Farmville, East Carolina recruit Amiya Joyner had a team-high 16 points, 23 rebounds and five blocks. McDaniels had 14 points and five rebounds.
Farmville Central finished the season 27-5. Salisbury finished 28-1 and won its fifth state title.
Salisbury finished the season 28-1 and were 12-0 in the Central Carolina 1A/2A Conference where they won the league championship. The Hornets won the program’s fifth State Championship and first since 2011.
1A: Bishop-McGuinness rolls past Bertie to win state title
Bishop-McGuinness didn’t have much trouble, winning the 10th state title in school history, blistering Bertie 70-42 in the 2A final.
Bishop-McGuinness forced 38 turnovers and scored 44 points off of them. Adelaide Jernigan, the game’s most outstanding player, had 16 points and seven steals.
Teammate Charley Chappell had 15 points, seven assists and three steals.
For Bertie, Rakiyah Peele and Jessica Stokes each finished with 10 pionts and 12 rebounds.
Bertie ends the season at 22-5. Bishop finishes at 25-6, winning their first state title since 2014.
PHOTOS: Bishop McGuinness vs. Bertie
4A: Chambers make history with 3-peat
Chambers High played five underclassmen down the stretch of its 46-44 win over Apex Friendship in the N.C. 4A state final, including three sophomores.
Those young players helped the Cougars rally from a 37-30 fourth quarter deficit and win their 11 straight game, stopping an Apex Friendship team featuring N.C. player of the year Indya Nivar.
Nivar finished with 14 points and seven rebounds and just missed a game-tying layup with three seconds left.
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This story was originally published March 11, 2022 at 6:40 PM.