From staff reports

Henderson Lentz hit a  late  3-pointer to lift North Rowan’s boys basketball team to a 49-46 win against Lexington in the Central Carolina Conference opener for both teams  on Thursday in Lexington.

Lentz led the Cavaliers with 21 points.

North got 10 points from Dayjuwon Cooke, eight from Brevin Goodlett and six  from Joe Scott. Chaz McCombs and Alonzo Sirleaf scored two points each.

  Sirleaf was credited by coach Andrew Mitchell with a big defensive game. He held Lexington standout Marquise Jordan to 14 points.

Lexington got 13 from Cameron Peoples and 12 from Adrian Craven.

“We rebounded well and we defended well,” Mitchell said. “That’s what got us the win, and it’s nice to start the conference season, 1-0.”

Both teams are 6-7 overall. Both have played tough non-conference schedules.

N. Rowan    12    6  12 19 — 49

Lexington   10   6  11 19 — 46

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East Rowan’s boys lost to North Stanly, 61-43, in New London on Thursday.

North Stanly jumped on the Mustang with a 24-point first quarter.

“They came out on really hot, making 3-pointers,” East coach Kurt Misenheimer said.

North Stanly’s Bryson Childress hit four 3-pointers early and finished with 20 points. Cameron Lee scored 24 for the Comets (5-7), who swept the season series with East.

Lucas Morton led the Mustangs with 14 points. Elton Hooper had eight.

Paiton File and Brandon Jefferson scored four points each. Gabe Hinceman had three, and David Broaddus, Trevor Scruggs,  Bryson Sprinkle, Ellis Taylor and Christian Bennett scored two each.

“Scoring continues to be an issue for us,” Misenheimer said. “We’re getting the ball in the paint and we’re getting open 3s,  but we’re not making enough.”

East (2-12) is shooting 38 percent for the season.

E. Rowan    12   13   8  10 — 43

N. Stanly    24   12  15 10 — 61

Prep girls

East Rowan’s girls couldn’t hold a fourth-quarter lead and fell to North Stanly, 38-25, on Thursday in New London.

“We’d been improving,” East coach Kevin Holland said. “But not tonight.”

East led 25-18 after three quarters but was outscored, 20-0, in the final eight minutes of the non-conference game.

Adalie Harrison led the Mustangs with eight points. Hollie Harrison scored five. Courtney Wagner had four, and Zynoria Winford, Lauren Coughenour, Caroline Houpe and Anna Shafer scored two apiece.

E. Rowan 11  8   6  0 — 25

N. Stanly  5  9  4  20 — 38

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North Rowan’s girls lost, 55-48, at Lexington.

  Sophie Peoples scored  24 points and Mikenzie Harvin added 12 for the Yellow Jackets (3-10).

Lexington held off a late surge by the Cavs (1-11) in the conference opener for both teams.

Lexington is scheduled to play Tuesday at Salisbury.

Jayvee girls

Carson’s jayvee girls basketball team won against Cox Mill, 34-20, on Thursday.

Victoria Post led the Cougars with 11 points, and Nancy Gamewell scored eight.

Taylor Conrad and Katie Jewell were defensive standouts.

  

8th-grade boys

North Rowan’s boys basketball team won against Southeast, 56-43.

Zay Davis scored 19 points. Kendrell Goodes had 10, Javon Smith had nine, and Nick Colson had six.

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North Rowan also won against Corriher-Lipe, 48-19.

Goodes scored 11. James Gladden had seven, and Jaharion Graham scored six.

  

8th-grade girls

Erwin’s girls won against Knox, 49-21 and finished a 14-0 regular season.

Colbie Perry scored 12 points and Lani Isley, Caleigh Perry and Jenna Robinson scored 10 each.

Ellen Yang scored six for Knox, while Lillie Rusher had five.

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North Rowan’s girls won against Corriher-Lipe, 55-22.

Natavia Taborn scored 19 points. Quentasia Hubbard had 10.  Makiya Savage and Latasha  Brown scored eight for the Mavericks, and Brashia Sifford had five.

Prep football

RALEIGH — After a state-title run, Greensboro Dudley headlined the 2016 Associated Press all-state prep football team for North Carolina.

Dudley had four players selected to the 29-player squad: quarterback Hendon Hooker, offensive linemen Bryson Speas and Dacquari Wilson, and defensive lineman Awstyn Williams. That was the most of any school after voting by 23 sports writers at newspapers across the state, with results released Thursday.

Dudley (15-1) won a Class 4-A championship last month with a 54-0 win against then-unbeaten Cape Fear.

Three schools — 2-AA champion Shelby, 4-AA champion Wake Forest and Charlotte Mallard Creek — had two all-state players each.

Shelby receiver Jayden Borders, Lincolnton receiver Sage Surratt and Wake Forest linebacker Darius Hodge each earned 21 votes to lead the balloting.

It was the second straight all-state selection for Borders and Surratt in a particularly strong year at the position. Borders had 81 catches for 1,726 yards and 22 touchdowns to help Shelby win a fourth straight state title, while Surratt had state-records of 129 catches and 2,104 yards to go with 28 TD catches.

The other players to repeat as all-state picks from 2015 were: Mallard Creek offensive lineman Eric Douglas, Shelby linebacker Dax Hollifield and Mt. Holly Mountain Island Charter defensive back Aapri Washington — who was previously chosen at athlete.

On offense, Greenville Conley’s Holton Ahlers tied Hooker for the quarterback spot with 10 votes. Running backs Zamir White of Scotland County and E.J. Harris of Greenville Rose joined them in the backfield.

Davidson Day’s Nolan Groulx and Clayton Cleveland’s Jacob Scott each earned six votes to tie for the final receiver spot behind Borders and Surratt, while Charlotte Vance’s Jeremiah Hall was voted in at tight end.

Waxhaw Marvin Ridge’s D’mitri Emmanuel and Mallard Creek’s T.J. Moore joined Speas, Douglas and Wilson on the offensive line.

Maiden dual-threat quarterback Caleb Farley was picked at athlete, designed to honor versatile players.