Friday’s Girls HS Basketball Rewind: who were the top performers of the night?

Langston Wertz Jr.
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Here are Friday’s girls basketball boxscores, #BIG5 stars

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Friday’s #BIG5 Girls Top Performers

Zahra Douglas, Marvin Ridge: game-high 21 points in a 59-52 win over No. 16 Parkwood.

Nevaeh Farmer, North Mecklenburg: career-high 35 points, plus three rebounds, three assists in a 68-58 win over Catawba Ridge.

Misa Garris, Garinger: freshman had a game-high 19 points in a 32-28 win over West Charlotte.

Alayja Minard, West Cabarrus: freshman had 16 points, three rebounds and two steals in a 74-17 win over Concord.

Elle Stone, Mallard Creek: 18 points, five rebounds, four steals, four assists and two blocks in a 78-37 win over Robinson.

Friday’s Girls Boxscores

(Sweet 16 rankings included)

NO. 2 NORTH MECKLENBURG 68, CATAWBA RIDGE 58

N.Meck: 4 16 23 25 --68

Catawba Ridge 15 12 23 8 --58

NORTH MECKLENBURG 68 -- Nevaeh Farmer 35, Boston Bates 14, Dixon-Booker 7, Rivera 5, Redfern 5, Moffatt 2

CATAWBA RIDGE 58 -- Makailah Davis 20, Tatum Postel 13, Morgan Davis 11, Windisch 8, Cunningham 5, Garcia 2

Records: N.Meck: 5-0

Notable: Nevaeh Farmer career high 35pts, 3rebs, 3 asst., 5stls; Boston Bates 14pts, 2asst. 3stls.

NO. 4 MALLARD CREEK 78, ROBINSON 37

Mallard Creek 12 27 23 16-78

Jay M. Robinson 1 12 13 11-37

Mallard Creek 78 - - Elle Stone 18, Olivia Robertson 15, Gabby Tapley 13, Horne 9, Young 7, Childs 6, Titus 5, Easterling 5, Hennegan 2

Jay M. Robinson 37 - - Li’Ava Batts 13, Ravin Brooks 12, Smith 8, Young 2, Chambers 2

Notable: Elle Stone had 18 pts, 4 steals, 5 rebounds, 4 assists & 2 blocks. Olivia Robertson had 15 pts, 13 rebounds, 5 blocks, 5 assists & 4 steals. Gabby Tapley had 13 pts, 3 steals, 2 rebounds & 4 assists.

Records: Mallard Creek 5-0 overall

NO. 6 PROVIDENCE DAY 56, RAVENSCROFT 25

PD 11-19-9-17=56

Ravenscroft 3-2-6-14=25

PD Jordyn Latter 13, Layla Clark 11, Levine 9, McClure 8, Jensen 6, Swinson 4, Ramsden 3 Glosson 2

Ravenscroft Zoe Adams 15, Jefferson Kerney 4, Moore 3, Carter 1, C. Nargavans 1, T. Nargavans 1

Highlight: PD Sophomore, Caroline Swinson, took two charges

Record PD 7-0 Ravenscroft 3-3

NO. 9 WATAUGA 78, AVERY 46

Watauga 23 26. 18 11 78

Avery. 10 19 7 10 46

Watauga 78: Kate Sears 25, Charlotte Torgerson 21, Caroline Farthing 11, Brooke Scheffler 11, Julie Matheson 6, Diane McGlamery 2, Gracie Lawrence 1, Kaitlyn Darner 1

Avery 46: E Wise 9, Z McClarrin 9, C. Hollifield 8, K Burleson 7, H. Mace 7, C. Hailman 4, C Lee 1, H. Howell 1

Team Records: Watauga 3-1, Avery 0-4

NO. 10 MYERS PARK 43, AC REYNOLDS 41

AC Reynolds - 11 06 15 10 41

Myers Park HS - 11 14 03 15 43

REYNOLDS 41 - Jenna Barnes 13, Anna Wilcox 10, Janus 2, Eberhardt 2, Stewart 9, Harvey 5

MYERS PARK 43 - Jerin Truesdale 15, Reese Wilson 11, Cannie 6, Lassiter 7, McDaniel 4,

Records: AC Reynolds 2-1; Myers Park 3-1

NO. 14 NEWTON-CONOVER 62, HICKORY 35

Newton: 8 10 18 26 -- 62

Hickory: 9 6 7 14 -- 35

NEWTON-CONOVER 62 -- Cassidy Geddes 15, Sara Sain 11, Cathrine Sain 10, Hewitt, Swagger, Rowe 6

HICKORY 36 -- Léa Boyens 8, Gabby Bryant 7, Laken Powe 7, Addison Sisk 6Records: Hickory 0-3; Newton 3-0

ALEXANDER CENTRAL 62, SOUTH IREDELL 34

Alexander Central 23 16 17 6 -- 62

South Iredell 6 7 5 16 -- 34

ALEXANDER CENTRAL 62 -- Hallie Jarrett 15, Kirstyn Herman 11, Wike 7, Adasm 2, Hayes 2, Jordan 3, Roseman 7, McDaniel 4, Smith 2, Starnes 5, Brashear 4

SOUTH IREDELL 34 --Kayden Johnson 21, Fink 2, Turneer 3, Humphrey 2, Brooks 2, Duchinski 2, Humm 2

CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY 51, CORVIAN COMMUNITY 20

CCDS 10 6 13 22 51

Corvian 2 6 6 6 20

Margaret Blythe 15, Olive Bigham 11, Sam Vanderhave 10, Turner 8, Collins-Friedland 5, Britton 2

CCDS 5-4

CHARLOTTE LATIN 55, DURHAM ACADEMY 42

Durham 4 11 19 8 - 42

Latin 13 16 16 10 - 55

DURHAM ACADEMY 42 --Harris 21, Abdelbar. 14, Williams 3, Burket 2

CHARLOTTE LATIN 55 -- Charlotte Tune 21, Newly Hume 15, Fisher 6, Archibald 6, Hyder 2, McMahan 2

COX MILL 62, CENTRAL CABARRUS 49

C. Cabarrus - 12 10 10 17 - 49

Cox Mill - 14 13 11 24 - 62

CC: Coley 6, Smith 11, Rich 4, Dones 7, Burton 4, Cruz 2, Lewis 10 Egan 2

CM: Bellamy 3, Gibson 2, Richardson 3, Tarodo 3, Decker 30, Farrell 13, Perry 9 Betz 2

Notes: Kay Decker had a career high 30 points to lead all scorers.

CUTHBERTSON 44, EAST MECKLENBURG 9

Cuthbertson 14 8 12 10 – 44

East Meck 0 5 2 2 – 9

CUTHBERTSON 44 -- Amanda Sacoto 10, Izzy Waeghe, Riley Willie 7, Reagan Iovino 5, Alexis Juhl 5, Amayah Rogers 4, Cam Voss 3, Riley Howell 2

Record: Cuthbertson 3-0 (0-0)

DAVIDSON DAY 52, TABERNACLE CHRISTIAN 40

DDS: Todd- 1 Pestana- 17 Newman- 5 Moore- 29

Tabernacle: Hooks- 5 Wright- 2 Lail- 2 Leatherman- 16 Paxton- 4 Hodges- 11

FREEDOM 57, EAST BURKE 53

Freedom 20. 11 8. 18. 57

East Burke 17. 15. 9. 12. 53

EAST BURKE 53 -- Braelyn Stilwell 21, Aubree Grigg 12, Kara Brinkley 11, Kassie Turner 5, Taylor Bostain 5

FREEDOM 57 -- P. Caldwell. 23, A. Cooke 10, S. Demiter 8, A. Whitaker 7, H. Gladden 5, S. Mcgee 3, J. Johnson 2

Records: East Burke 2-1; Freedom 3-0

GARINGER 32, WEST CHARLOTTE 28

Garinger 5 10 5 12 = 32

West Charlotte 6 4 7 11 = 28

Garinger (32 ) : K. Fulmore 4, M.McGill 5 , J. Long 2 , M.Garris 19 , I. Patterson 2.

West Charlotte ( 28 ) : Jonnae Bennett 10 , Paige Bowman 10 , T. Galloway 3 , B. Ott 3 , R. Simmons 2 .

HICKORY RIDGE 67, NORTHWEST CABARRUS 39

Hickory Ridge. 17. 14. 21. 15 -- 67

NorthWest Cabarrus. 5. 9. 9. 16 -- 39

HICKORY RIDGE 67 - Lewis 19, McClary 17, M. Gidney 13, S. Gidney 11, Leathers 4, C. Woodward 3,

NORTHWEST CABARRUS 39 - Walton 15, Hilsenroth 11, Gordon 5, Alberico 3, Furner 3, Rucker 2

Notable: Hickory Ridge used great on ball pressure, leading to numerous turnovers and sealed the win.

Records: Hickory Ridge 5-1 NorthWest 2-1

LINCOLN CHARTER 57, PORTER RIDGE 49

Lincoln Charter 16 16 10 15 = 57

Porter Ridge 26 01 16 16 = 49

Lincoln Charter 57 -- Maddie Lusk 16, Samantha Ayres 16, Grace Rinaldo 15, Symphani Stevens 8, Martha Guinle 2

Porter Ridge 49 — S. Blackwell 20, J. Salton 18, P. Oliver 6, A. Scaldara 2, M. Malcom 1, Z. LaSanta 1, D. Mills 1

Lincoln Charter Game Notes: Maddie Lusk 16 points 4 rebounds, Samantha Ayer’s had an LCHS career high 16 points, Grace Rinaldo 15 points and controlled the boards with 6 rebounds. LCHS has a home game against Providence Day HS on Tuesday 12/06

Records: Lincoln Charter 4-2, Porter Ridge 1-5

MARVIN RIDGE 59, NO. 16 PARKWOOD 52

Marvin Ridge 13 13 14 19 -- 59

Parkwood 15 9 13 15 -- 52

MR: Zahra Douglas 21, Ella Chepul 13, Reese Fritz 10, Riley Smith 6

PW: Fossati 21

NORTH ROWAN 62, COMMUNITY SCHOOL 61

North Rowan 18 8 14 8 10 4 – 62

Community School of Davison 13 10 19 9 10 3 – 61

NR: Baily Goodlett 33, Dasia Elder 16, Stoner 5, B. Goodlett 3, Wilson 3, A. Elder 1

CSD: Ruthie Camp 29, Reagan Downey 12, Stewart 6, Feighery 5, Gallagher 4, Soares 3, Morrell 2

SOUTH CALDWELL 61 WEST CALDWELL 32

West Caldwell 7 4 8 13 -- 32

South Caldwell 24 15 15 7 -- 61

West Caldwell - Brasewell 3, Remigo 2, Anna Cline 11, Lucy Manual 16, Gragg, Patterson, Gonzalez, Brittain, Mcelyea, Witherspoon

South Caldwell - Edwards 3, Setzer 5, Kaylee Anderson 21, Smith 5, Lillie Bumgarner 17, Jetton 2, Barber 8

Record: South Caldwell (3-2) Win #400 for Coach Parham

WEST CABARRUS 74, CONCORD 17

West Cabarrus 34 19 12 9 -- 74

Concord 1 4 2 10 -- 17

WEST CABARRUS 74 -- Alayja Minard 16, Kaiya Bond 15, Clowney 8, Burgress 4, Finley 2, R. Minard 8, White 6, Mathis 5, Howard 7, Brown 2, Neal 1

CONCORD 17 -- Kaylin Williams 10, Hollis 7

West Cabarrus was lead by Duo freshman Alayja Minard with 16 points, 2 steals, 3 rebounds and Kayia Bond with 15 points, 3 steals.

WEST LINCOLN 62, CHERRYVILLE 40

WLHS 21 16 13 12 = 62

Cherryville 10 9 7 14 = 40

WLHS 62 -- Chloe Norman: 21, Zoey Owenby: 9, Carolina Robinson: 11, Calla Varner: 12, Anna Biebrich: 2, Quinlyn Avery: 2, DeeDee Wallace: 2, Stacia Cowan, Laura Willis: 3, Ashton Jenkins, Laura LC Willis

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