From staff reports

GRANITE QUARRY —  Senior Night for East Rowan’s boys basketball team was filled with emotion but not many buckets.

North Stanly spoiled a lot of the excitement by routing the Mustangs, 52-28, in Thursday’s non-conference matchup.

It was 7-all early, but a pair of 3-pointers by Bryson Childress ignited a 12-0 North Stanly run to close the first quarter.

By halftime, it was all over, with the Comets cruising, 35-13.

Neither team scored much in the second half, with East very cold and North Stanly (12-8) being patient and subbing frequently.

Childress sat down early with four 3-pointers and 23 points. East senior Christian Bennett worked very hard trying to deny the North Stanly standout the ball, but Childress’ teammates came through with a bucket whenever he needed them.

Along with Bennett and standard starters Elton Hooper and Gabe Hinceman, the Mustangs (9-12) started Andrew Walker and Joseph Plemmons on Senior Night.

Gavin Sprinkle scored 10 for the Mustangs.

N. STANLY (52) — Childress 23, Lowder 8, Hunt 6, Clark 4, Hogan 3, Poole 2, Watkins 2,  Cord 2, Veasley 2.

E. ROWAN (28) — Sprinkle 10, Hinceman 5, Hooper 5, Bennett 5, Jefferson 2, Pinckney 1, Walker, Plemmons, Shuping, Padgett, Jordan.

N. Stanly   19    16   7    10   — 52

E. Rowan   7      6     6     9    —  28

South boys

LEXINGTON — South Rowan’s boys were pounded at Lexington, 83-36, in a Central Caroline Conference game played on Thursday.

South (4-18, 4-12) got 11 points from Logan Carter and six each from Elijah Gaskin and Jarron Hines.

Derrick Dearmon scored 21 for the Yellow Jackets (12-9, 12-4), while 6-foot-9 Alex Holt had 17.

  The Yellow Jackets led 23-11 after a quarter and put the game away with a 12-0 burst in the second quarter.

South girls

LEXINGTON — South Rowan’s girls beat Lexington by 30 in the first meeting, but the Yellow Jackets won the rematch at home on Thursday. Lexington beat the Raiders, 65-60.

“We fought hard in a very aggressive game,” South coach Stacy Ellis said. “Throughout all the drama and noise, we still had a chance to win at the end.”

Lexington held South standout Janiya Downs to 29 points. She had totaled 214 in her previous five outings.

Downs was limited by foul trouble as well as by a double-teaming defense. Downs had three fouls in the first half.

Lexington (12-9, 7-9) led at halftime, 36-31.

Mikenzie Harvin paced the Yellow Jackets with 22 points. Sophie Peoples added 16  points, while Danasia Bray had 10 points and 11 boards.

South (12-10, 11-5) got 12 points from Bethany Rymer. Madison McGuire made two 3-pointers and scored 11.

S. ROWAN (60) — Downs 29, Rymer 12, McGuire 11,  Butler 3, A. Chabala 2, Moore 2, Shell 1, Littlejohn.

LEXINGTON (65) — Harvin 22, Peoples 16, Bray 10, Owens 8, Jackson 5,  Rose 2, McIntosh 2.

S. Rowan     11   17  22   10   — 60

Lexington   13   23   20   9   —   65

CCC boys

Themus Fulks scored 43 points to lead CCC frontrunner North Davidson (17-4, 14-1) to a 94-73 win against Thomasville (9-9, 8-6)  on Thursday.

Landon Moore scored 16 for the Black Knights.

Malcolm Knight led the Bulldogs with 22, and Jordan Williams had 18.

CCC girls

North Davidson’s girls won easily against Thomasville on Thursday, 61-32.

  Emily Hege scored 22 for the Black Knights, while Ashley Davis had 16.

Shakira Little led the Bulldogs with seven points.

Mid. school girls

Erwin’s girls defeated Knox, 38-11.

Allie Martin and Kori Miller scored 12 points each for the Eagles.

Women’s basketball

Averett’s Amani Ajayi (East Rowan) had 15 points and 10 rebounds in a 64-56 win against Meredith on Wednesday.

Men’s basketball

William Peace took a 120-108 win over Pfeiffer  in USA South play at the Hermann Athletic Center in Raleigh on Wednesday evening.

Senior Kyle Riddley   posted a double-double for the Falcons, scoring a team-high 28 points to go along with 11 rebounds.

  WPU’s Tyson Sellars led all scorers with 36 points.

High school soccer

A.L. Brown’s Natalie Capone signed with Emory & Henry on Wednesday.

High school football

Davie County’s 330-pound lineman Ronald  “Ron Jon” Wilson signed with Gardner-Webb.