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Bertie
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with a three-pointer
and Dawaunti Combs
produced a steal and a
basket for a 5-0 lead.
Riverside’s first four
points came on free
throws by Jasmine
Smith, Aryionna Thom
as and Johnay Goddard.
The Knights’ first bas
ket came with 11.7 sec
onds remaining in the
first quarter when Mimi
Bland passed to Danyel
Armstrong.
Combs and Honesty
Rodgers traded baskets
- the latter in transition -
to make it 10-8 Bertie.
King (triples and a
free throw) helped Ber
tie extend its lead to 17-
10 halfway through the
second stanza.
After Rodgers’ free
throw, the Falcons used
two three-point plays
by Combs, a basket by
Nyasia Barnes and an
other bucket by Combs
to take a 27-11 lead.
Bertie continued to
play well offensively
into the third quarter.
A 7-0 run, sparked
by Combs and a three-
pointer from Aleeyah
Proctor) gave the Fal
cons their largest lead
with 6:50 left in the
stanza.
Bland scored and then
passed to Armstrong for
an old-fashioned three-
point play to it 34-19.
The Knights finished
the quarter with a 17-2
flurry to pull within five
(36-31), as Bland had
nine of them and God
dard added a three-
point play.
Riverside continued
its comeback with an
11-0 run to begin the
fourth quarter.
Bland and Goddard
combined for six points
and a three-pointer gave
RHS a 40-36 lead.
Smith’s driving buck
et made it 42-36 Knights
with just under six min
utes to play.
Bertie finally ended
its second drought
when Barnes converted
a three-point play with
5:48 left, making it 42-
39. It was just the sec
ond basket in 9:02 for
the Falcons.
Goddard and Bland
kept Riverside out in
front (47-41), but Combs
struck again for Bertie.
Her triple with three
minutes left pulled the
visitors within three
(47-44).
The sequence that
helped decide the
outcome happened
with just over two
minutes left after an
other Combs basket
got the Falcons within
three (49-46).
Bland missed two
free throws, but Arm
strong grabbed the
second miss and
passed to Bland for a
triple that made it 52-
46.
Bertie didn’t go
away quietly, how
ever.
Combs made a
three-pointer and King
hit two foul shots to
get the visitors within
two (53-51) with 12
seconds left.
Smith made one of
two at the foul line
with 8.3 left, and after
a solid defensive play
by Goddard got Riv
erside the ball back.
Smith made two free
throws with 0.5 left to
seal it.
Bland led all scor
ers with 24 points, 21
of them in the second
half. Goddard added
12 and Smith and
Armstrong collected
seven points each.
Combs (22 points)
and King (14) paced
Bertie.
FRIDAY’S GAME
Bertie 42,
Hertford Co. 26
WINDSOR-Akyia King
tallied all 14 of her
points in the second
quarter as Bertie ral
lied from a 10-8 deficit
to stop rival Hertford
County at home.
The Falcons held
the Bears scoreless
while collecting 17
points themselves on
their way to a 25-10
lead at halftime.
Nyasia Barnes add
ed nine points for
Bertie.
JAN. 16 GAME
Bertie 38,
First Flight 29
KILL DEVIL HILLS -
Dawaunti Combs and
Akyia King combined
for 14 of Bertie’s 16
points in the fourth
quarter as the Falcons
rallied from a three-
point deficit to defeat
the Nighthawks in a
Northeastern Coastal
Conference game.
Kin^ finished with
17 pomts while Combs
added 15. King pro
vided eight points in
the final stanza, while
Combs added six.
Fourth
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What’s my point? It
seems that the Patriots
have won the NFL. They
have been the model of
consistency for nearly
two decades.
Now they should re
ceive a lifetime achieve
ment award and go
away.
While it is unlikely
that the Patriots orga
nization will fold at the
end of the season. I’m
not certain that another
Super Bowl win by New
England won’t be the
end of an unprecedent
ed era.
Win or lose, the Patri
ots will lose their offen
sive and defensive coor
dinators.
They are likely to lose
their special teams and
linebackers coaches as
well. Their quarterback
will be in his 40s, and
their head coach will
be looking at a rebuild
of his coaching staff.
Should they win the
Super Bowl, I’m not
certain the egos of
Brady and Belichick
and their competi
tive nature will allow
them to walk off into
the sunset - but they
should.
At least this Dol
phins fan would have
something to cheer
for.
David Friedman is a
long time sports writer
and columnist. A Ber
tie High School gradu
ate, he and his fam
ily currently reside in
Wilmington. David can
be reached via e-mail
at fourthandlongcol-
umn@gmail. com.
Bertie JV boys fall in OT
JIM GREEN
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WILLIAMSTDN - Extra
time was needed to de
termine a winner in the
junior varsity boys bas
ketball game Saturday.
Riverside outscored
Bertie 10-7 in the four-
minute overtime to take
a 59-56 non-conference
game at home, starting
the tripleheader sweep.
The first 32 minutes
featured seven ties and
12 lead changes. Four
of those ties and three
lead changes occurred
in the fourth quarter.
Bertie led 44-40 on
a basket by Juontae
Outlaw, but Riverside
battled back to tie it at
44-all on buckets from
Kazhaun Manning and
Er’ique Joseph, the lat
ter with 4:06 remaining
in regulation.
A Xayvion White free
throw gave Bertie a one-
point lead, but Raheem
Wiggins’ foul shot tied it
again with 2:49 left.
Isaiah Williams’ bas
ket at the two-minute
mark put the Falcons
on top 47-45. Back came
the Knights, as Joseph
made two free throws
with a minute left for a
47-all tie.
Bertie then missed
three opportunities to
take the lead again, and
Manning scored on a
drive to the rim put RHS
up 4947.
The Falcons dead
locked the score at 49
on White’s hoop. Each
team forced a turnover
in the final 45 seconds.
and Riverside’s last-
second effort was off,
which sent the contest
into overtime.
Four free throws from
White gave the Falcons
a 53-49 lead with 3:07
remaining in the extra
session, but the Knights
outscored Bertie 10-3 in
that span.
Down 55-51 after a
hoop by Williams, Riv
erside tied it on baskets
from Kenny King and
Joseph, only to see the
visitors grab a 56-55 ad
vantage with a White
free throw at 1:20.
The Falcons couldn’t
score again, however.
Manning gave River
side a 57-56 lead with
1:07 left, and after Bertie
missed two free throws.
Manning scored on an
other drive to the rim
with 35 seconds remain
ing.
Bertie had the final
shot opportunity, but a
long three-pointer was
off the mark.
The teams went back
and forth in a first quar
ter which saw two ties
and four lead changes.
Timothy Thompson
and White put the Fal
cons ahead early, but
Riverside rallied to as
sume the lead, 14-8, at
the end of the stanza.
Riverside used a 9-3
outburst to start the
second quarter to take
a 23-11 lead as Bertie’s
lone points came on a
triple from Jared Ras-
coe.
The visitors then
pulled closer (25-18) at
halftime with a 7-2 run
Falcons
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Falcons could get.
Sammy White reached
the scoring column for
Riverside with a bucket
at 1:12.
Bonds led Riverside
with 17 points - and now
has 1,014 for his career.
Belcher added 15, while
Exum and Thomas col
lected eight points each
and Beach provided
seven.
Riddick paced Bertie
with 11 points, Baylor
added nine and Cottle
contributed eight.
FRIDAY’S GAME
Hertford Co. 71,
Bertie 55
WINDSDR - Bertie got
off to a slow start, fall
ing behind 26-8, and
couldn’t make up the
difference in a North
eastern Coastal Confer
ence loss to rival Hert
ford County.
Tray Riddick led the
Falcons with 23 points
while Joshua Burden
added 14.
Burden and Jaqwan
Baylor pulled down 13
rebounds each for Ber
tie. Riddick grabbed
10 boards.
JAN. 16 GAME
First Flight 69,
Bertie 58
KILL DEVIL HILLS - Ber
tie led 20-18 at the
end of the first quar
ter, but First Flight
rallied behind three-
point shooting to pull
off the Northeastern
Coastal Conference
win at home.
The Nighthawks tal
lied 45 of their points on
15 made three-pointers,
compared to three tri
ples from the Falcons.
Jaqwan Baylor led
Bertie with 18 points,
while Joshua Burden
added 16, Tray Rid
dick had 12 and Jama-
rii White chipped in
seven.
LA girls win in OT
MERRY HILL - Lawrence Academy’s varsity girls
basketball team edged Hobgood Academy 47-46
in overtime Friday night.
The Tarheel Independent Conference triumph
improved the Warriors to 6-9 overall.
Lawrence led by eight (33-25) after three quar
ters, but the Raiders used a 1^ run in the final
quarter to force the four-minute extra session.
Lauren Baker led LA with 16 points while
Lindsay Smith had 13 points and 11 rebounds,
Rebekah Goodwin added 11 points and eight re
bounds and Lauren Smith added six points.
In the varsity boys game, Lawrence (0-15 over
all) fell behind 32-15 at halftime and remained
winless after the loss to the Raiders;
Riley Ratzlaff led Lawrence with 11 points, fol
lowed by Tyler Wheeler with nine and Jason Guo
with five.
Lawrence played at Ridgecroft School on Tues
day.
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JIM GREEN / Bertie Ledger-Advance
Bertie JV player Xayvion White (No. 23) attacks the basket.
over the final 4:40 of the
half.
The first lead change
of the second half came
at 6:05 of the third quar
ter, when Rascoe’s triple
put Bertie ahead 28-27.
William Alston (basket)
and Thompson (free
throw) had the Falcons
ahead 31-27 before Je
rome Gaynor tied it at
32 on a foul shot with
3:04 left in the stanza.
The teams then trad
ed the lead twice before
Bertie used baskets
from Jerrell Jacobs and
Williams to take a 40-
37 lead into the fourth
quarter.
White paced Bertie
with 16 points while
Rascoe added 12 and
Williams chipped in 11.
FRIDAY’S GAME
Hertford Co. 75,
Bertie 59
WINDSOR - Bertie fell
behind 38-23 at halftime
and improved offen
sively in the second half
but still fell to Hertford
County.
Isaiah Williams led the
Falcons with 16 points
while Xayvion White
added 14.
JAN. 16 GAME
First Flight 62,
Bertie 56
KILL DEVIL HILLS - Wil
liam Alston’s 18 points
led Bertie in a North
eastern Coastal Confer
ence loss to First Flight.
Timothy Thompson
added eight points for
the Falcons, while Jona
than Burden managed
six.
The Nighthawks led
most of the game, while
Bertie’s best quarter
was the second, when
it outscored the visitors
23-19.
Bethel girls teams win
Four more wins.
Bethel Assembly Christian Academy’s girls bas
ketball teams each picked up two victories in games
played last week.
The varsity Eagles improved to 10-4 overall by
beating Gramercy Christian 44-27 on Jan. 18 and
then defeating Jacksonville Christian 40-21 on Jan.
19.
Kayley Minton had 17 points in the win over Gra
mercy, while Haley Northcott added eight points,
seven rebounds and two blocks.
Lindsey Todd (eight points), Lauren Earless (sev
en rebounds, two blocks) and Sheree Harrell (six
points, seven rebounds) were also solid contribu
tors for the Eagles.
In the win over Jacksonville Christian, Minton
poured in 23 points for BACA, while Todd added 12
points.
Harrell chipped in four points and 11 rebounds,
Northcott grabbed 10 boards and Sarah Conner
(free throw) reached the scoring column.
The Bethel junior varsity girls improved to 13-3
overall with wins over Jacksonville Christian (26-
10) and Gramercy (37-8).
In the victory over JCA, Harrell scored eight points
and pulled down 10 rebounds for the Eagles, Eliana
Bazemore added five points and six rebounds. Ab
bey Minton grabbed six rebounds, and Northcott
and Gracie Simmons each collected four points.
Bazemore scored 10 points and added four re
bounds in the Eagles win over Gramercy. Simmons
and Maddie Knowles chipped in seven points each.
Bethel boys teams fall to Gramercy
Bethel Assembly Christian Academy’s varsity
and junior varsity boys basketball teams suffered
losses to Gramercy Christian on Jan. 18.
The Eagles (7-6 overall) fell 58-53.
Kyle Cullipher led BACA with 17 points and sev
en rebounds, while Mason Dunlow added 10 points
and five rebounds and Lucas Doughtie chipped in
nine points and seven rebounds.
In the JV boys contest, Gramercy jumped out to
an 11-0 lead in the first quarter and withstood a
Bethel comeback to win 31-25.
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