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B6 I JANUARY 11,2017 BERTIE LEDGER-ADVANCE Sports The fabric of Bertie County since 1832 BACA girls top Albemarle BY TRAVIS JACKSON Bertie Ledger-Advance ASKEWVILLE -The Bethel Assem bly Christian Academy Lady Eagles topped the Lady Colts of Albemarle School by a score of 50-35 on Thurs day night. A balanced scoring attack and grit ty defense led the Eagles to victory in this low-scoring affair. BACA allowed only 14 points from the Lady Colts in the first half, as they nearly doubled their total en joying a 26-14 lead at the half. Albemarle attempted a run to open third quarter cutting the Eagle’s lead to 30-22 at the 4:12 mark of the pe riod. BACA senior Jamie Burkett an swered with back-to-back baskets extending the lead back to 12. The Eagles led 37-27 to start the final quarter of the contest. BACA sophomore Jenna Dunlow proved to be the workhorse for the Eagles in the fourth quarter, hitting three bas kets within the first three minutes of the period giving the eagles an ad vantage of 43-29 at the 4:22 mark. BACA sophomore Lindsey Todd and freshman Kayley Minton added baskets in the closing minutes to seal the deal for the Lady Eagles. Dunlow and Todd led the way for BACA with 17 points apiece. Burkett also added eight points and eight re bounds for the Lady Eagles. m' ANDRE ALFRED / 2nd chance Productions Bethel’s Jenna Dunlow puts up the shot against Albemarle. Eagles From B1 answered with a triple from Bunch. Followed ‘by a trip to the charity stripe for the Eagles Ca leb Simmons, where he sunk both. After another BACA basket from junior Paul Northcott, the Colts an swered with a 3-point basket of their own, bringing the score to 31-28 in favor of the Eagles. Both teams caught fire over the remainder of the third quarter, but the Eagles held fast to their advantage with a score of 46-40 to close the period. As fourth quarter play began, the lights out pace continued. Albe marle mounted a final run and drew to within one point of BACA at the 2:30 mark. With a score of 52-51 in favor of the Eagles, Northcott drove the lane and was fouled while hitting a contest ed lay up, Northcott completed the old fash ioned 3-point by sinking the free throw. BACA continued to hold their advantage with Bunch hitting both free throws on a 1-and- 1 attempt with 36 sec onds left play making the score 61-55 in favor of the Eagles. Lucas Doughtie also added two free throws to close out the game. Josh Bunch led BACA with 16 points, followed by Doughtie who added 12 points, and senior Daniel Castello collect ed 12 rebounds. VIDANT Bertie Hospital tM Vidant Bertie Hospital Community Benefit Grants Program Request for Letters of Intent » Vidant Bertie Hospital is accepting Letters of Intent for grants to support projects in the program’s health-related focus areas: • Access to Care (with a focus on transportation) • Chronic Disease Prevention and Management • Healthy Lifestyles The grants will be awarded as part of the 2017-2018 Community Benefit Grants Program. The grant cycle period is July 1,2017 - June 30,2018. Grant funding will be restricted to Bertie and Martin counties and will not be awarded for medical research. Only government entities or non-profit organizations with 501(c)(3) status are eligible for funding. Letters of Intent are currently being accepted through an electronic process. Visit htto:/Aivww.vidantheatth.com/cofnmunitvbenefit to access this procedure. There will be a description of the grants program and a link to the Letter of Intent process. Please be sure to select the Vidant Bertie Hospital Community Benefit Grants Program. Letters of Intent must be submitted online by January 30,2017. Funding for the Community Benefit Grants Program is provided by Vidant Health. The program is administered through the Vidant Health Foundation in partnership with a committee of local community members. For additional information, please contact LuAnn Joyner at III Ann Jovneil8hfidanthealth.com or 252-794-6653/252-741-0927. Girls From B1 Edmondson was the biggest factor on the boards for Lawrence, grabbing 15 rebounds, while Stotesberry add ed six rebounds and Goodwin and Sydney Wilkerson hauled in four each. Edmondson and Wilkerson each blocked two shots for the Warriors. On Wednesday (Jan. 4), the Warriors stepped outside of conference play and rallied to defeat Green field 43-30 in Wilson. The Knights led 25-24 at the end of the third quarter, but Lawrence outscored them 19-5 in the final session to pick up the victory. Baker led the War riors with 10 points, while Stotesberry and Edmondson added eight points each. Goodwin and Wilk erson provided five points each. Edmondson and Sto tesberry paced Law rence on the boards with 13 and seven, re spectively. Goodwin and Wilkerson contributed five rebounds each. Edmondson had two of the Warriors’ five blocked shots; Stotes berry, Wilkerson and Gracen Rogers added the others. In Thursday’s home game against Halifax Academy, Lawrence led most of (he way but fell 50-45 after pulling off a comeback in the final two minutes. “They got a couple of offensive rebounds at the end for easy put- backs to get the lead and held on,” Hoffman said. “We didn’t allow them easy shots or points the whole game until the end.” Hoffman cited the all- around performance of Baker and Edmondson. Baker hit six three- pointers and added six assists, while Edmond son tallied 10 points and 14 rebounds. LA boys split 2 MERRY HILL-A split. Lawrence Academy’s varsity boys basketball team emerged 8-6 overall and stayed unbeaten in the Tarheel Independent Conference with a vic tory over Ridgecroft School and a loss to Halifax Academy last week. On Tuesday (Jan. 3), the Warriors rallied from a 15-6 first-period deficit to beat Ridgecroft 50-39. LA outscored the Rams 14-6 in the second quarter and 20-6 in the third stanza. Ridgecroft’s 12-10 edge in the fourth wasn’t enough to com plete the comeback. The Warriors placed three players in double figures. Miller Trowell led the way with 20 points, followed by Nixon Rascoe with 12 and Austin Wynne with 11. Trowell and Wynne were also factors on the boards for Lawrence, grabbing eight and seven rebounds, respectively. Rascoe added five re bounds while Daquan Wilson and Wood Trowell chipped in four each. In the Thursday (Jan. 5) game against Halifax Academy, Lawrence fell behind 39-26 at halftime and couldn’t make up the difference in the sec ond half. Miller Trowell enjoyed a monster offensive game for the Warriors, pouring in 30 points on lO-of-19 shooting from the field. Six of his field goals were three-pointers. Wilson added 15 points while Rascoe chipped in 10 for Lawrence, while Wood Trowell grabbed seven rebounds. Wilson, Rascoe and Jason Guo pulled down four rebounds each. EAGLE JV BOYS ARE 10-0 e /m Z ff \ is? i f-' itms, ANDRE ALFRED / 2nd Chance Productions Lucas Doughtie (No. 51) of the Bethel Assembly Christian Academy junior varsity boys basketbal team drives to the basket during Thursday’s 66-22 win over Albemarle School at home. The Eagles improved to 10-0 overall behind 22 points from Doughtie and 21 from Mason Dunlow.
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