Tuesday’s Girls Rewind: South Meck stops Myers Park for league title; stars, scores, notes
News and highlights from a busy Tuesday of girls basketball:
Tuesday’s Girls #BIG5 Top Performers
Maddie Lusk, Lincoln Charter: 29 points, including five 3-pointers in the third quarter of a 59-28 win over Pine Lake Prep.
Deirdre Miller, South Mecklenburg: 15 points, 13 rebounds in a 58-55 win over Myers Park to win the Southwestern 4A championship.
Rayana Minard, West Cabarrus: freshman led Wolverines to 61-50 win over Hough and finished with 27 points, 11 rebounds, six assists and five steals.
Emma Montanari, East Lincoln: 18 points, 11 steals, seven rebounds, four assists and two blocks in a 58-41 win over North Iredell.
Zoey Walker, Hibriten: 21 points, five steals in a 47-45 win over Alexander Central.
Tuesday’s Girls Boxscores
NO. 4 EAST LINCOLN 58, NORTH IREDELL 41
ELHS: 11 13 10 24- 58
NIHS: 11 14 10 6- 41
ELHS: Emma Montanari 18, Hailey McFadden 18, M. Self 8, G. Overbay 8, K. Anderson 4, M. Bissiner 2
NIHS: Lily Ward 11, J. Allen 8, T. Collins 7,E. Lippard 6, L. Whittenmyer 5, T. Bradford 4
Noteables: Emma Montanari recorded a Double Double with 18 pts, 11 steals, 7 rebs, 4 assists, and 2 blocks. Hailey McFadden 18 pts, 6 rebs, 3 steals, 1 asist, 1 block. Madison Self 8 pts, 11 rebs, 4 steals.
ELHS: (23-0, 13-0) Next Game @ North Lincoln 2/10/23
NIHS: (15-8, 9-4) Next game vs West Iredell 2/20/23
NO. 9 SOUTH MECKLENBURG 58, NO. 11 MYERS PARK 55
South Meck 8 15 19 16 --58
Myers Park 14 14 16 11--55
MYERS PARK 55 -- Jerin Truesdale 22 , Cannie 14
SOUTH MECK 58 -- Betsey Burnett 19, Miller 15, Sinclair 7, Troy-Mebane 7
Records: Myers Park 18-5 (9-2) ; South Meck 19-4 (12-0)
Notable: Deirdre Miller records a double double with 15 points and 13 rebounds. Betsey Burnett finished with 19 points shooting 4-4 from the three point line. Freshman GabriElle Troy-Mebane goes 4-4 from the free throw line in the closing seconds to win the game. With this win, South Meck finishes undefeated in conference play and are the SoMeck 4A conference champions.
ALEXANDER CENTRAL 55, HIBRITEN 53
Hibriten 6 10 11 26 -- 53
Alexander 12 6 14 23 -- 55
HIBRITEN 53 -- Nylan Battle 14, Jay Willis 25, Vaught 3, Maxwell 5, Felder 6
ALEXANDER CENTRAL 55 -- Avery Cook 23, Grayson Presnell 15, Jack 2, Fortner 7, Lasher 8
ARDREY KELL 69, OLYMPIC 25
ARDREY KELL 69- Sarah Evans 15, Lauren Brady 12, Autumn Washington 11, Molly Burns 11, Glahn 5, Volpp 5, Cheruvu 2, Fleck 2, McCoy 2, Sahayaraj 2 Scott 2
OLYMPIC 25- Devin Long 23 Arlington 2
ASHE COUNTY 59, SOUTH CALDWELL 44
South Caldwell 14 14 6 10 -- 44
Ashe County 17 13 19 10 -- 59
South Caldwell - Addison Edwards 10, Setzer 8, Kaylee Anderson 12, Lillie Bumgarner 12, Barber 2, Whitman, Phillips, Smith, Jetton
Ashe County - Paige Overcash 11, Hudler 8, Jones 2, Phipps 8, Sheets 6, Eller 4, Lexie Dawson 17, Toledo 3, French, Richardson, Greer, Herman
Record: South Caldwell (10-13, 1-8)
CHAMBERS 38, WEST CHARLOTTE 30
Chambers 7 12 9 10 -- 38
West Charlotte 2 6 13 9 -- 30
CHAMBERS 38 -- Emani 3 , Gabby 4 , Katie 4 , Imani 2, Amaiya 4 , Nia 13 , Jada 8
WEST CHARLOTTE 30 -- Charkira Generette 6, Jaylah Henderson 8 , Kenya Grier 3 , Tionna Galloway 5 , Zoria Williams 2 , Dayana Payne 2 , Paige Bowman 4 .
CORVIAN COMMUNITY 45, PIEDMONT CHARTER 41
PIEDMONT CHARTER 41 -- Grace East: 20, Alasha Houser: 8, Lyric Brown: 7, Hailey Moore: 4, Micah Brown: 2
HIBRITEN 47, ALEXANDER CENTRAL 45
Hibriten 7 14 12 14 -- 47
Alexander Central 11 8 15 11 - 45
HIBRITEN 47 -- Oliver 1, Poarch 2, Katie Story 12, Zoey Walker 21, Boggs 5, Brown 6
ALEXANDER CENTRAL 45 -- McDaniel 3, Jarrett 4, Meredith Wike 22, Hayes 5, Jordan 3, Roseman 3, Starnes 3, Adams 2
LINCOLN CHARTER 59, PINE LAKE PREP 28
Lincoln Charter 14 13 21 11 -- 59
Pine Lake Prep 06 06 11 05 -- 28
LINCOLN CHARTER 59 -- Maddie Lusk 29, Taylor Riggenbach 8, Symphani Stevens 6, Clarie David 4, Kenzie Ross 3, Martha Guinle 3, Samantha Ayres 2, Grace Rinaldo 2, Tyler Beller 2
PINE LAKE PREP 28 - N. Mullen 13, A. Garrett 4, S. Chilton 4, c. Griffin 3, A. House 2, M. Hiteshoe 2
Lincoln Charter Game Notes: Maddie Lusk bounced back and led all scorers with 29 points (5 three’s in the 3rd quarter alone. Freshman Taylor Riggenbach added 8 points and Symphani Stevens chipped in 6 points. With that win LCHS finished undefeated in Conference Play and has the #1 seed for next weeks Conference Tournament.
LCHS next game is Wed. Feb 15th Conference Tournament (being held at Christ The King HS).
Records, Lincoln Charter 18-4 (8-0 conf.)
NEWTON-CONOVER 68, BUNKER HILL 21
Newton-Conover: 30 - 14 - 13 - 11-- 68
Bunker Hill: 0 - 11 - 7 - 3 --21
NEWTON-CONOVER 68 -- Hadleigh Swagger 18, Lizzie Sain 17, Cassidy Geddes 12, Alaysia Hewitt 11, Kylie Hill 3, Sara Sain 3, Jaylen Barnes 2, Grayson Rowe 2, Reagan Brown
BUNKER HILL 21 -- D. Bunch 14, V. Morales 4, J. Anderson 3, K. Killian, M. LaFone, R. Beck, K. Nelson, B. Carswell,
Records: Newton-Conover 19 - 4 / 11 - 2; Bunker Hill 3 - 19 / 2 - 11
WATAUGA 59, FREEDOM 46
WATAUGA 59 -- Kate Sears 25, Charlotte Torgerson 20, Brooke Scheffler 6, Laurel Kiker 6, Kaitlyn Darner 2.
FREEDOM 46 -- Sophia Turner 22, Sydnie Demiter 10, Ava Whisnant 6, Haven Gladden 5, Statlee McGee 3.
Team records: Watauga 17-6, 7-2 conference, Freedom 12-10, 3-6 conference
Notable: Watauga’s sophomore Kate Sears scored 25 points in a 59-46 win at Freedom. That now gives her over 1,000 points for her career at Watauga.
WEST CABARRUS 61, HOUGH 50
West Cabarrus 10 9 15 16 11 61
Hough 15 11 12 12 0 50
WEST CABARRUS 61 -- Rayana Minard 27, Emonie Hicks 10, Kaiya Bond 11, Clowney 3, Burgess 2, Finley 5, White 2, Mathis 1,
HOUGH 50 -- Chloe Galomkeck 16, James 7, Jakabey 8, Raymond 9, Breault 7, Cloninger 3,
Notable: West Cabarrus Rayana Minard 27 points, 11 boards, 6 assist, 5 steals. Followed by fellow freshman Kaiya Bond with 10 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 assist. Emonie Hicks 10 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assist and 2 steals.
Myers Park retires Haywoode Workman’s jersey
Tuesday night, during its basketball game with rival South Mecklenburg, Myers Park retired the jersey of one of its all-time greats.
Haywoode Workman, now 56, was a three-sport star at Myers Park in the ‘80s. He was named Mecklenburg County player of the year by The Observer as a high school senior. He was also named football player of the year by the old Charlotte News that same season,w hen he played quarterback for the Mustangs.
In three years on Myers Park’s basketball team, Workman’s teams won 59 of 74 games.
Workman’s jersey will be retired at halftime Tuesday.
Workman, who is expected to attend Tuesday’s game, started his college basketball career at Division II Winston-Salem State during the 1984-85 school year. Workman started at point guard for a Rams team that finished 16-12 but upset No. 1 ranked and then 30-0 Virginia Union in an NCAA Division II tournament first round game. Union’s star player was a future NBA forward named Charles Oakley.
Workman left Winston-Salem State after one year and transferred to Oral Roberts. After sitting out one season, due to NCAA rules, Workman averaged 13.8, 19.4 and 19.9 points over the next three years. He left school at No. 4 on Oral Robert’s all-time scoring list with 1,507 points.
Seen as a long shot for the NBA draft, Workman was picked No. 49 (No. 22 in the second round) by Atlanta in 1989. He played 359 games in eight NBA seasons from 1989-2000 and he played in 41 playoff games.
After his playing career, Workman got into officiating and eventually became an NBA official in the 2008-09 season, a position he still holds.
The schedule
all matchups are girls-boys doubleheaders, unless otherwise noted; most girls’ games begin around 6 p.m., with boys’ games following
Wednesday
Metro 8 1A
Queens Grant Charter at Apprentice Academy (boys)
Nonconference
Albemarle at Anson County
Berry Academy at Cuthbertson
Concord at A.L. Brown
Kings Mountain at Cox Mill
Mountain Island Charter at Bradford Prep
Winston-Salem Christian at Charlotte Elite Academy (boys)
Thursday
Metrolina Athletic Conference Tournament
(at Hickory Grove Christian)
(boys semifinals)
Westminster Catawba-Gaston Day winner vs. Gaston Christian, 5
Metrolina Christian-Northside Christian winner vs. Concord Academy, 8
(girls semifinals)
Gaston Christian-Hickory Grove Christian winner vs. Concord Academy, 3:30
Westminster Catawba-Metrolina Christian winner vs. Northside Christian, 6:30
Foothills Athletic
University Christian at Davidson Day
Catawba Valley 2A
West Lincoln at Lincolnton
Metro 8 1A
Corvian Community at Piedmont Community Charter
Nonconference
1 of 1 Academy at Shining Light Academy (boys)
College Prep and Leadership Academy at Greater Cabarrus Stallions (boys)
Draughn at N.C. School of Science/Math-West (girls)
Gray Stone Day at Greater Cabarrus Stallions (girls)
South Guilford Homeschool at North Charlotte Homeschool (boys)
Victory Christian at Asheville Christian
Winston-Salem Christian at Combine/National (boys)
Friday
Queen City 3A-4A
Hopewell at Hough
Mallard Creek at Chambers
North Mecklenburg at West Charlotte
South Meck 4A
Ardrey Kell at Berry Academy
Myers Park at Olympic
South Mecklenburg at Harding
Southwestern 4A
Butler at Independence
East Mecklenburg at Providence
Garinger at Rocky River
CISAA
Charlotte Christian at Covenant Day
Charlotte Country Day at Providence Day
Charlotte Latin at Cannon School
Greater Metro 4 4A
Cox Mill at South Iredell
Lake Norman at Mooresville
West Cabarrus at Hickory Ridge
Southern Carolina 4A
Piedmont at Porter Ridge
Sun Valley at Cuthbertson
Weddington at Marvin Ridge
Northwestern 3A-4A
Alexander Central at Freedom
Ashe Central at Watauga
Hibriten at South Caldwell
Sandhills 3A-4A
Lee County at Southern Lee
Pinecrest at Union Pines
Richmond Senior at Scotland County
Big South 3A
Ashbrook at Hunter Huss
Crest at Kings Mountain
Forestview at Stuart Cramer
South Point at North Gaston
South Piedmont 3A
Jesse Carson at South Rowan
Lake Norman Charter at Concord
Northwest Cabarrus at Central Cabarrus
West Rowan at East Rowan
Western Foothills 3A
East Lincoln at North Lincoln
Hickory at Statesville
St. Stephens at Fred T. Foard
West Iredell at North Iredell
Rocky River 2A-3A
Anson County at Parkwood
Central Academy at West Stanly
Monroe at Forest Hills
Metrolina Athletic Conference Tournament
(at Hickory Grove Christian)
Girls finals, 5:30
Boys finals, 7
Catawba Valley 2A
Bandys at Bunker Hill
Lincolnton at West Lincoln
Newton-Conover at Maiden
West Caldwell at East Burke
Mountain Foothills 2A
Patton at Hendersonville
Polk County at Brevard
R-S Central at Chase
Southern Piedmont Athletic Association
Covenant Classical at North Hills Christian (boys)
United Faith Christian at Lake Norman Christian
Central Carolina 1A-2A
North Rowan at Salisbury
Thomasville at LexingtonWest Davidson at East Davidson
Southern Piedmont 1A-2A
Burns at Shelby
Cherryville at Thomas Jefferson Academy
Highland Tech at East Gaston
Yadkin Valley 1A-2A
Albemarle at Gray Stone Day
Jay M. Robinson at Mount Pleasant
Union Academy at North Stanly
Metro 8 1A
Cabarrus Charter at Corvian Community
Carolina International vs. Queens Grant Charter, at Indian Trail Carolina Courts
Sugar Creek Charter at Apprentice Academy (boys)
Nonconference
1 of 1 Academy at Asheville Christian (girls)
Bradford Prep at Community School of Davidson
Comenius School at Charlotte Elite Academy (boys)
Elevation Prep at Winston-Salem Christian (boys)
Greater Cabarrus Stallions at Christ the King
Palisades at West Mecklenburg
South Charlotte Thunder at Christ School (boys)
South Stanly at South Davidson (boys)
Saturday
Nonconference
1 of 1 Academy at Providence Day (girls)
Shabach Christian at Carmel Christian (boys, 5 p.m.)
South Charlotte Thunder at Indian Land (girls, 1 p.m.)
Sunday
No games scheduled
PHOTOS: Garinger at Providence girls
This story was originally published February 7, 2023 at 6:00 AM.
