THURSDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY
BASKETBALL GAME SUMMARIES
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THURSDAY’S GAMES
GIRLS
NEWTON-CONOVER 52, BANDYS 39
Bandys 6 18 7 8—39
N-C 14 5 9 24—52
BANDYS 39—Logan Dutka 19, Huggins 7, Drummond 5, Rummage 4, McIntosh 3, Little 1.
NEWTON-CONOVER 52—Grace Loftin 18, C. Geddes 14, E. Fox 10, Sandel 4, Duncan 4, Powell 2.
Notes: Newton-Conover has won 22 straight games, dating back to last season… The Red Devils’ win streak in the series is 13, including the last six at Bandys… Since 1970-71, Bandys leads the series 73-54 .. Red Devils head coach Sylvia White picked up career win No. 200 (200-79, 11 years over three tenures.
Records: Newton-Conover 1-0, 1-0 South Fork 2A; Bandys 1-1, 1-1.
— Reported by Nicki Brittain, Bandys head coach, and Sylvia White, Newton-Conover head coach
SOUTH CALDWELL 74, HUNTER HUSS 38
Huss 11 3 14 10—38
S. Caldwell 18 19 19 18—74
HUNTER HUSS 38—Harris 5, Moore, Love 2, Jamya Daniels 18, Swann, Burris, Adams 6, Martinez 6, Young, Barnette 1.
SOUTH CALDWELL 74—Propst 8, Olivia Miller 18, Kaylee Anderson 17, Jackson 2, Phillips 8, Sy Austin 2, Smith, Dorsey, Sa Austin, Katlyn Wynn 19.
Notes: Unofficially, career win No. 380 for South Caldwell’s Jeff Parham, who is in his 23rd season as head coach at his alma mater.
Records: S. Caldwell 2-0.
— Reported by Karen Isbell, South Caldwell coaching staff.
ALEXANDER CENTRAL 59, STATESVILLE 31
Statesville 7 6 8 10—31
Alex Central 17 13 12 17—59
STATESVILLE 31—Bowman 6, Turner 1, Bailey-Scott 1, White-Connor 8, Dixon 3, Wilson 3, Goodson 6, Owens 2, Slaughter 1.
ALEXANDER CENTRAL 59—Jarrett 8, Herman 8, Pennell 6, Chesney Stikeleather 10, Hayes 2, McDaniel 1, A. Taraban 1, Reid 3, Childers 2, Nikki Hagy 18, Caskaddon, G. Taraban.
Notes: Statesville shot 16.7 percent, including 3-of-31 on 3-pointers… Stikeleather hit all five field goals she attempted … Sha’Kyla Bowman had a game-high 11 rebounds for Statesville … The Cougars won the boards by 13 … Alexander Central led 40-8 on points scored in the paint … Free-throwing shooting: Statesville 8 of 25; Alexander Central 13 of 29… Kirstyn Herman led the Cougars’ rebounding with seven … Alexander Central went 12-14 last year, the first with Jon Presnell as head coach.
Records: Alexander Cenrtral 1-0; Statesville 1-0.
— Reported by Jonathan Watts, Alexander Central SID
BOYS
NEWTON-CONOVER 58, BANDYS 56, 2 OTs
N-C 7 12 15 9 9 6—58
Bandys 7 13 12 11 9 4—56
NEWTON-CONOVER 58—Zane Redmond 24, Maverick Davis 16, Mullins 7, Craig 4, Spain 3, Han 2, Barber 1, Cauthen 1.
BANDYS 56—Eric Habschied 13, Keelan Henrickson 12, Ashton Reynolds 11, Grant Parham 10, Thompson 3, Cockman 2, Reed 2, Spencer 2, Tuxbury 1.
Notes: Davis’ shot at the buzzer in the first overtime kept the game going .. Redmond blocked the Trojans’ final shot in the second overtime… The Red Devils have a five-game win streak in the series with three of those wins in overtime… It was the fifth overtime game among 110 played between the rivals since 1970-71 … Newton-Conover is up 57-53 in that same period … Red Devils head coach Matt Wilkinson is a win away from having 50 at Newton-Conover (49-81, sixth year) and he’s 168-242 in his 17th season; he previously was head coach at Bunker Hill.
Records: Newton-Conover 1-0, 1-0 South Fork 2A; Bandys 0-2, 0-2.
HUNTER HUSS 80 SOUTH CALDWELL 48
Huss 16 25 15 24—80
S. Caldwell 11 10 14 13—48
HUNTER HUSS 80—J.J. Moore 20, Burney 3, Adams 6, Lindsay, Kendall Corry 18, Scott 4, Mackey 7, Caulder 7, Parker 2, Bishop, Sincere Love 11, Phillips 2.
SOUTH CALDWELL 74—Greene, Smith 2, Icenhour, Reese 9, Conner 2, Brown 2, Kirby 4, Carr 4, Trey Ramsey 16, Bentley 5, Boyd 4, Robbins.
Notes: South Caldwell head coach Danny Anderson is in his second year in Hudson and the Spartans are 9-17 since he arrived … Anderson is in his 38th season overall with a record of 717-263.
Records: S. Caldwell 1-1.
— Reported by Karen Isbell, South Caldwell coaching staff
ALEXANDER CENTRAL 78
TABERNACLE CHRISTIAN 52
Tab. Christ. 13 9 16 14—52
Alex. Central 19 24 16 19—78
TABERNACLE CHRISTIAN 52—Jordan Lineberger 11, Littlejohn 3, John Schweightardt 12, James 8, B. Schon 3, Little 4, Singleton 3, M. Schon 4, Hall 2, Westyk 2, Joel Schweighartdt.
ALEXANDER CENTRAL 78—Herman 9, Lowrance 8, Cook 7, Evan Pennell 28, Abernathy 3, G. Pennell 6, Payne 2, Sigmon 9, Barnes 2, Beck 4, Hubbard, DeBarnette, Stubbs.
Notes: Cougars win points in the paint 36-12 and off turnovers 28-16 … Alexander Central shot 56.5 percent, including 61.9 in second half … Evan Presnell made six of 11 point shots for the Cougars, had four rebounds and four steals… Zach Herman had nine rebounds for Alexander Central and Dusty Sigmon added seven … Lineberger, Camden James and Jacob Wesdyk each had five boards for Tabernacle Christian, which shot 29.8 percent… Cougars head coach Ed Wills, in his 17th season in Taylorsville, is approaching 250 wins there (unofficially 237-182).
Records: Alexander Central 1-0.
— Reported by Jonathan Watts, Alexander Central SID
