Wolfpack slides by Blue Devils in Hanes Hosiery youth league
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CHRONICLE
In the Hanes Hosiery
ages 6-10 winter basketball
league season opener, the
Wolfpack edged the Blue
Devils 19-15 behind the
dazzling play of point
guard NichoWPaige, who
scored 10 points and
wowed the crowd in the
packed gym with his ball
handling skills.
Jadyn Coleman and lan
Coleihan, along with Evan
Dunlap, led the Wolfpack
rebounding and scored 2
points each.
Legend Edwards, Zaire
Friend, Montrell Austin,
Curtis Scales, Omari
Hunter and Samorian
Kirby all played well and
led the defense for the
Wolfpack.
The Blue Devils were
led by Zion Moye with 6
points, Bobby Shackleford
and Nazier Blackmon had
4 each, while Noah Bethea
added 1 point.
Other Blue Devil stand
outs were Nick Haily,
Justin Kirby and Carissa
Potter.
The second game of the
night was a thriller going
into double overtime, as the
Tar Heels and Deacons put
on a show.
Both teams traded bas
kets throughout the night,
with the Tar Heels winning
in two overtime periods 28
26, in what a lot of the par
ents and fans called "one of
the best youth basketball
games" they have seen in a
long time.
Aquavis Hickman,
Darren Pegues, Dominique
Foreman, Bobby Schmitz
and Jamarius Hunter led
the Tar Heels with great
team play. Hickman and
Foreman had 7 points each.
The Deacons Were led
by hot shooting guard'Jalen
Barkley, who drilled in 3
three-pointers and finished
with 10 points, and Zakhi
Mitchell and his brother
Antwon Mitchell thrilled
the crowd with their quick
ness and "handles" com
bined for 14 points.
Other standouts includ
ed Ryan Johnson, Alan
Redford, Aariyonna Wall,
Christian Moss, Christian
Green, Jaurice Watson,
Joshua Brown, and
Daechari Mouzon for the
Deacons.
Tar Heel defense was
led by Matthias Banks,
Kobe and Kivin Long,
Kimora Carpenter and
Jeremiah Davis.
Hanes Hosiery Director
Coach Art Blevins was
excited about another great
season of basketball with
again over 100 kids playing
this year in 2 leagues.
"1 am proud of our kids
and the continued success
of our program," he said. "I
thank God for another year
and for all of the blessings
he puts on our lives and
program here."
Avery Faucett and Art Blevins with the Tar Heels.
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Donna Burgess and Art Blevins with the Wolfpack.
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Avery Faucett and Art Blevins with the Blue Devils.
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Patrice Johnson and Art Blevins with the Deacons.
Players wear their 'Shock and Awe' t-shirts during a huddle earlier in the season.
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tage, but Fayetteville State
would battle back to cut the
lead down to 2 points, 31
33 with 6:45 before the
half.
Winston-Salem State
would regroup and would
finish off the half on a 16-7
run, to take an 11-point
lead, 49-38, into the locker
room at halftime.
The second half would
turn out to be a carbon copy
of the first half, as WSSU
would keep the pressure of
the "Shock and Awe" style
of pressure basketball out in
front through the early
moments of the half.
But just like the first
half, the Broncos had some
fight left in them, and
would use a 17-0 run of
their own to cut into the
WSSU lead, and trim it to
three points, 62-59 with
12:38 left to play.
The WSSU Rams how
ever, would not let this slip
away, and buckled down on
both ends of the floor, and
would not let the Broncos
get any closer, outscoring
Fayetteville State 29-25
over the final 10 minutes to
take the 91-84, key
Southern Division contest.
WSSU outscored FSU
3-22 in points in the paint,
and 22-15 in points off of
turnovers. The Rams also
held slight advantages in
second chance points (10-9)
and fast break points (8-2).
Terrell Leach had a
monster night in leading the
Rams, as he scored a game
high 27 points, connecting
on eight of 15 three-point
shots, while also picking up
two assists and two steals.
WyKevin Bazemore
broke out of his slump, by
scoring 20 points, grabbing
eight rebounds to go with
two assists and two steals.
Donta Harper continued his
WSSU Photo by Garrett Garms
superior play of late, with
17 points, eight rebounds
and two assists. Marquez
Jones added 14 points,
three assists, two rebounds
and a steal, while Javan
Wells chipped in 7 points,
two assists and a steal.
Joshua Dawson paced
the Broncos with 24 points,
eight assists, five rebounds
and two steals, while Devin
Thompson added 16 points
and five rebounds. Anthony
Shelton chipped in 14
points and two steals and
Torian Showers scored 13
points and pulled down five
rebounds.
Reynolds' JV girls bounce
back to win over Reagan,
Glenn
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On Friday, Jan. 16, Reagan's JV girls came
to Reynolds with an undefeated 5-0 record.
Reynolds was winning at the half, but
Reagan had Reynolds down by 6 points at the
start of the third quarter.
Reynolds came out on fire, tied the game
and took the lead. The game went into over
time. At the end of overtime, Reynolds came
out on top and beat Reagan by a score of 58 to
53.
The high scorers for Reynolds were Myana
Cornell, with 14 points; Jayla Sharpe, 16
points; Kiani Coker, 9 points; Zoe Ebbitt, 6
points; Zaria Blackwell, 5 points; Sara
Almomani, 4 points; and Jayla Penn, 2 points.
The high scorers for Reagan were K.
Daniels, 11 points; J.Hartil, 5 points; M. Kilby,
12 points; M. Shore, 16 points; B. Orerby, 3
points; M. Jackson, 2 points; D. Hobson, 2
points.
In another game, on Saturday, Jan. 23,
Reynolds went to Glenn to play them for. the
third time.
The first time Reynolds played Glenn was at
Glenn, and Reynolds beat Glenn by a score of
34 to 27. The second time the two met was at
Reynolds, and the score was Reynolds 52 to 34
for Glenn.
On Jan. 23, Glenn had it out for Reynolds
because the team beat them twice.
Reynolds had a 10-point lead on Glenn, but
the team did not go away. Reynolds' 10-point
lead was down to 4 points, then Glenn took the
lead. But in the end, Reynolds beat Glenn by a
score of 41 to 38.
The high scorers for Reynolds were Zara
Blackwell, with 12 points; Myana Cornell, 9
points; Yancey Harmon, 8 points; Kiani Coker,
6 points; and Jayla Sharpe, 2 points.
The high scorers for Glenn were Elena
Davis, 10 points; Kamaya Epps, 10 points;
Shaylca Rice, 8 points; Kalyn Martin, 2 points;
Leila Rice, 6 points; and Serenna Johnson, 2
points.
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charge for Parkland and
finished with a game-high
20 points. Even so,
Young's scoring wasn't
enough to offset West
Forsyth's offensive bal
ance. Coach Shawn
Smoot of Parkland wasn't
pleased with his team.
"Based on what I saw,
we must go back to the
basics," said Smoot,
whose team is 7-5, 2-5 in
the CPC. "Turnovers
killed us. For whatever
reasons, we couldn't
make a shot and couldn't
make a pass. Physically,
it seemed like they just
weren't ready to play -
and it showed. That's sur
prising because they
know how to play this
game."
Even though West
Forsyth never trailed after
the first quarter. Parkland
had two opportunities to
rally, but failed to do so
because of costly
turnovers that resulted in
points for the Titans.
The Mustangs were
down 36-27 late in the
third quarter. Young
buried a 3-pointer and
Nana Cole hit a free
throw to cut the deficit to
36-31. West Forsyth
responded by scoring on
back-to-back possessions
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Photos by Chutes E. Leftwich Jr.
Above: De'Sean Harrell
leads the Titans fast
break.
Right: Mason Matrey
was the top scorer for
West Forsyth.
to extend its cushion to
40-31 by the end of the
quarter.
During the early min
utes of the fourth quarter,
Young sank a jumper and
Cole converted a 3-point
play to bring the
Mustangs to within four
points of the lead (40-36)
with 6:57 to go. Titans
point guard De'Sean
Harrell scored on a base
line drive and Becton
added another basket to
help West Forsyth main
tain its comfortable mar
gin.
Even though West
Forsyth won handily,
Williams knows that his
team will have to shoot
better from the free throw
line. Over the past week,*
he was satisfied with his
team's performance in
that phase of the game.
That wasn't the case vs.
Parkland. The Titans
went 9-of-26 from the
line.
"We finished the game
very well and we did
what we needed to do on
the glass," said Williams.
"But we also had a set
back with our free-thlow
ing shooting. If we snoot
from the line like I know
we can, we win this .game
by IS to 20
Parkland's Kenny Lee looks to pass as Dwight
Palmer of West Forsyth defends.
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Coach Smoot