Area Sports Briefs: South girls win
Published 1:43 am Wednesday, January 25, 2017
From staff reports
Janiya Downs scored 24 points and pulled down 14 rebounds to lead South Rowan’s girls to a 62-42 South Piedmont Conference win against Cox Mill on Tuesday.
Riley Corriher scored 14 for the Raiders. Brooke Lowery had a career-high 11. Tazah “Z” Hardin had eight points, 11 rebounds and six steals. Whitley Arnott blocked four shots.
Maddie Rinkus scored 19 points for the Chargers, and Rachel Barker had 14.
South 62, Cox Mill 42
COX MILL (42)
Rinkus 19, Barker 14, Rddle 3, Gonzalez 3, Miller 1.
S. ROWAN (62)
Downs 24, Corriher 14, Lowery 11, Hardin 8, Arnott 3, Spratt 2, McClary, Cam. Carlton. Car. Carlton, Shell, Wagner, Rollins.
Cox Mill 8 12 12 10 — 42
S. Rowan 22 19 7 14 — 62
South boys
Cox Mill topped South Rowan’s boys, 63-40, in SPC play on Tuesday.
South trailed by 12 at halftime.
Wendell Moore Jr. scored 22 for the second-ranked Chargers. Francis Sio had 21.
For South, Bailey Graham and Garrett Harrington scored eight each. Dillon Kluttz scored seven, and Tyler Peacock had six.
Cox Mill 63, South Rowan 40
COX MILL (63)
Moore 22, Sio 21, Hall 8, Cloude 6, Bynum 4, Givens 2.
S. ROWAN (40)
Graham 8, Harrington 8, Kluttz 7, Peacock 6, Powers 4, Childers 3, Sellars 2, Shaver 2, Hubbard, Corriher, Jones.
Cox Mill 17 12 20 14 —63
S. Rowan 10 7 11 12 — 40
East girls
East Rowan’s girls lost at undefeated and top-ranked Hickory Ridge, 72-18, on Tuesday in SPC play.
Nia Daniel led the Bulls (17-0) with 13 points. Courtney Wagner, Caroline Houpe and Anna Shafer scored four each for the Mustangs (4-14, 1-11 SPC).
Hick. Ridge 72, E. Rowan 18
HICKORY RIDGE (72)
Daniel 13, R. Neal 12, D. Neal 11, Ja. Shears 10, , Smith 9, Sprinkle 6, Ji. Shears 3, Ruggiero 2, Jones 2, Wagner 4.
EAST ROWAN (18)
Wagner 4, Shafer 4, Houpe 4, A. Harrison 2, H. Harrison 2, Winford 2.
East Rowan 10 0 6 2 — 18
Hickory Ridge 25 24 16 7 — 72
East boys
East Rowan’s boys lost at Hickory Ridge, 61-44.
The Bulls pulled away from the Mustangs (3-15, 1-11 SPC) in the second half.
“We played good defense in the first half and we were in the game,” East coach Kurt Misenheimer said. “We just had trouble scoring in the first and third quarters.”
Paiton File led the Mustangs with 10 points. Lucas Morton and Ellis Taylor scored eight apiece.
Nick Ruggerio scored 15 to pace the Bulls.
Hick. Ridge 61, E. Rowan 44
EAST ROWAN (18)
File 10, Taylor 8, Morton 8, Sprinkle 6, Hinceman 6, Scruggs 5, Jefferson 1, Broaddus, Bennett.
HICKORY RIDGE (61)
Ruggerio 15, Cottingham 9, Wimbish 8, Cupples 8, Garner 6, Carlton 6, Bell 4, Thomas 2, Meertens 2, Kirby 1.
East Rowan 7 14 7 16 — 44
Hickory Ridge 15 14 15 17 — 61
Prep swimming
Salisbury swept the CCC Championships on Tuesday. The Rowan Championships are at the Hurley YMCA on Thursday.
Men’s basketball
Catawba is home tonight at 8 p.m. against SAC opponent Coker.
Livingstone is on the road at CIAA foe St. Augustine’s at 7:30 p.m.
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Claflin’s Tre Williams (Carson) had eight points, seven rebounds and three assists in a 71-70 loss to Fort Valley State.
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Davidson County Community College (19-1) is ranked No. 1 among Division II junior colleges.
College lacrosse
Lenoir-Rhyne was picked first in the SAC men’s lacrosse preseason poll. Catawba was picked seventh.
Queens was picked first in the SAC women’s lacrosse poll. Catawba was picked fifth.
SPC boys
Jacob Irby scored 17 points and Hamsah Nasirildeen and P.J. Hall scored 13 each in Concord’s 76-73 win against Central Cabarrus on Tuesday.
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Robinson pounded Northwest Cabarrus, 83-35, in SPC action. Javonte Misenheimer and Chris Caldwell scored 11 apiece.