HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Cornwell, Dollar top players in District 10

Newton-Conover High’s Chyna Cornwell (54), a junior, has been named Player of the Year in District 10 by the North Carolina Basketball Coaches Association (NCBCA)./MICHELLE THOMPSON PHOTO

Local stars lead picks made by N.C.

Basketball Coaches Association (NCBCA)

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Chyna Cornwell of Newton-Conover and Sidney Dollar of East Lincoln have been named the District 10 players of the year in basketball in picks by the North Carolina Basketball Coaches Association (NCBCA).

Only players whose coaches are members of the NCBCA are eligible for selection.

Cornwell averaged 28.3 points, 20.5 rebounds and 3.1 blocks per game for the Red Devils, who went 25-5 en route to winning the South Fork 2A regular season and conference tournament titles.

Dollar, who signed to play at Lees-McRae, sparked East Lincoln (29-3) as it won a regular season and conference tournament title in the South Fork 2A and advanced to the West 2A Regionals. He averaged 18.7 points, 7.2 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 2.6 steals per game.

Coaches in District 10 selected Danny Anderson of Maiden as Coach of the Year in boys, and Freedom’s Amber Reddick won the same award for girls’ coaching.

Anderson guided Maiden to a 23-5 record and to the second round of the state 2A playoffs while Freedom went 30-2 under Reddick and fell to Cuthbertson in the West 3A Regional title game.

The District 10 boys’ first-team includes four players from the area (South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A), plus one pick on second team and one pick on third team.

The other first-team picks joining Dollar are seniors Fletcher Abee of Freedom (The Citadel) and Jackson Gabriel of Lincoln Charter (Lees-McRae) and junior Kris Robinson of Lincolnton.

In District 11, there’s one first-teamer –Avery Keller of Hibriten — and one second-teamer in boys.

Cornwell leads the District 10 first-team girls and there are three second-teamers and three third-teamers from the area.

East Lincoln High’s Sidney Dollar (4) has been named the Player of the Year in District 10 by the North Carolina Basketball Coaches Association (NCBCA)./MICHELLE THOMPSON PHOTO

NCBCA ALL-DISTRICT

BASKETBALL TEAMS

DISTRICT 10

BOYS

First-team

Sidney Dollar, Sr., E. Lincoln

Zeke Littlejoyn, Sr., Kings Mountain

Fletcher Abee, Sr., Freedom

Kris Robinson, Jr., Lincolnton

Jackson Gabriel, Sr., Lincoln Charter

Second-team

Justin Kuthan, Jr., E. Lincoln

DeQun George, Sr., Shelby

Elijah Carson, Sr., R-S Central

Logan Botts, Jr., Forestview

Christian Walker, Sr., E. Rutherford

Third-team

Jakari Dula, Sr., Freedom

Lane Harrill, Jr., Cherryville

Tyrese McNeil, Jr., N. Gaston

Eli Paysour, Sr., Kings Mountain

Jason Wray, Sr., Crest

Coach of the Year: Danny Anderson, Maiden

GIRLS

First-team

Chyna Cornwell, Jr., Newton-Conover

Hannah Clark, Sr., Kings Mountain

Jada Logn, Sr., R-S Central

Carley Womack, Sr., Stuart Cramer

Summer Schloss, Sr., Ashbrook

Second-team

Brianna Tadlock, Jr., E. Lincoln

Kate Hollifield, Fr., Shelby

Brooke Arney, Sr., E. Burke

Blaikley Crooks, Jr., Freedom

Spencer Brittion, Sr., N. Gaston

Third-team

Addie Wray, Soph., Bunker Hill

Osha Markerson, Sr., E. Rutherford

Adair Garrison, Soph., Freedom

Madison Bailey, Sr., Freedom

Marjani Onafowora, Sr., Highland Tech

Nautica Falls, Sr. Hunter Huss

Coach of the Year: Amber Reddick, Freedom

DISTRICT 11

BOYS

First-team

Owen McCormack, Sr., Davie County

Jefferson Boaz, Jr., E. Surry

DeMarcus Johnson, Sr., Pine Lake Prep

Avery Keller, Jr., Hibriten

Zach Chesnet, Sr., N. Stokes

Second-team

Brevin Goodlett, Sr., N. Rowan

Noah Johnson, Sr., Wilkes Central

Isaac Spainhour, Jr., W. Stokes

Blaine St. Clair, Soph., Watauga

Charlie Hester, Jr., Langtree Charter

Third-team

Dayjuwon Cooke, Sr., N. Rowan

Michael Walton, Sr., Davie County

Zane Haglan, Sr., Lake Norman

Jeremish Mott, Sr., Statesville

Jasiah Gathings, Soph., Statesville

Coach of the Year: Mike Absher, Davie County

Note: No girls from the South For 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A or Northwestern 3A-4A were selected in District 11.

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