Area Sports Briefs: Hairston named to All-America team
Published 12:00 am Tuesday, April 7, 2020
From staff reports
Davidson County Community College sophomore Jamarius Hairston (Carson) was named a first team All-America for D-II junior colleges on Monday.
The region player of the year, Hairston averaged 20.2 points per game and led the Storm to a 31-1 record and a No. 3 national ranking. He added averages of 5.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.8 steals. He shot 49.4 percent from the field, 40.2 percent on 3-pointers and 81.9 percent from the foul line.
Head coach Matt Ridge said Hairston has received more scholarship offers (8) than any player he’s coached at DCCC.
High school basketball
Davie County announced that it will have a new head girls basketball coach next season.
It’s been a rough stretch for the Davie girls, including 0-25 in the 2019-20 season.
The most recent winning season for the program was in 2015-16.
High school football
North Rowan is “close” to an announcement on a new head football coach.
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West Rowan junior lineman Zeek Biggers (6-6, 335) has received an offer from Temple, his seventh D-I offer. Biggers also has offers from N.C. State, East Carolina and Georgia Tech, among others.
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Davie quarterback Nate Hampton (6-6, 230) recently picked up Ivy League offers from Yale and Dartmouth. He has offers from at least 25 schools, including ACC and SEC schools.
High school wrestling
South Rowan sophomore Jacob Cox (2A state champion at 113 pounds) was named to High School Overtime’s All-West team.
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West Rowan (21-5) was ranked 25th in the West Region in the High School Overtime poll.
High school boys tennis
Salisbury was 14th and Davie County was 20th in the High School Overtime rankings for the West Region.
High school softball
High School Overtime’s Top 25 for the West Region (all classifications)
- West Stanly 3-0
- North Stokes 1-0
- Central Cabarrus 5-0
- North Davidson 5-0
- South Caldwell 4-1
- Eastern Alamance 6-1
- Eastern Randolph 3-0
- West Rowan 2-1
- Mooresville 3-0
- Parkwood 4-0
- Crest 6-0
- Alexander Central 6-0
- Forbush 6-0
- Western Alamance 6-0
- Providence Grove 5-1
- Rockingham County 4-1
- Hickory Ridge 4-0
- East Forsyth 6-0
- Mount Pleasant 5-0
- Central Davidson 5-0
- Providence 2-1
- Marvin Ridge 2-1
- South Stanly 3-1
- A.L. Brown 2-1
- Southern Alamance 3-2
High school boys soccer
The East-West boys soccer team includes Daniel Anani (Ledford), Aldair Anica-Hernandez (R.J. Reynolds), Andrew Brown (West Davidson), Mason Paschold (West Forsyth) and Carson Trott (Concord).
NCHSAA
In its most recent statement, the NCHSAA didn’t close the door on the spring sports season.
Athletics remain suspended until at least May 18, but spring sports and the basketball state championships have not been canceled.
Not yet.
“The NCHSAA Board of Directors and staff will use the next few weeks to weigh our future decisions based on the new directions given by Governor Cooper, other government leaders, and organizations charged with public health and safety during this unprecedented time,” the NCHSAA commissioner Que Tucker said. “Such decisions will include the possible resumption of spring sports competition and the possibility of holding the state basketball championships. While we remain hopeful that we will be able to resume competition, particularly for our senior student-athletes, we also recognize the need to protect the health and safety of our students, coaches and the communities we serve.”
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Here’s the full list of the NCHSAA “Heart of a Champion” award winners:
- Jayden Adams from Knightdale, nominated by Alex VonHoene.
- James Alexander from R-S Central, nominated by Tim Phillips.
- Jose Luis Alamanza from High Point Central, nominated by Daniel Villa.
- Maxwell Blackledge from West Rowan, nominated by Todd Bell.
- Reanna Braswell from Princeton, nominated by Don Andrews.
- Brooke Byrd from Watauga, nominated by Dustin Kerley.
- Alexandra Chapman from Person, nominated by Jeremy Clayton.
- Maci Cooper from Jesse Carson, nominated by Rebecca Shopf.
- Hinton Cox from Princeton, nominated by Don Andrews.
- Jacob Craver from Starmount, nominated by Scott Johnson.
- Lilly Ensley from Pisgah, nominated by Heidi Morgan.
- Emma Freed from Starmount, nominated by Nicole Pardue.
- Dylan Gray from Cape Hatteras, nominated by Clayton Tiderman.
- Keaton Hincher from North Wilkes, nominated by Michael Greene.
- Liyah Jones from Mallard Creek, nominated by Amy Foster.
- Brendan Lawson from Swansboro, nominated by Helen Gross.
- Hanna Malik from Athens Drive, nominated by Allyson Stephenson.
- Elizabeth Martin from North Wilkes, nominated by Michael Greene.
- Colby McHargue from West Iredell, nominated by Mickey Jordan.
- Lanie Ouzts from Bartlett Yancey, nominated by Lynn Massey.
- Olivia Perez from High Point Central, nominated by Daniel Villa.
- Consonna Pitts from Knightdale, nominated by Alex Von Hoene.
- Madalyn Radford from Greene Central, nominated by David Bryant.
- Nicole Rhyne from West Iredell, nominated by Mickey Jordan.
- Anna Beth Scalise from Marvin Ridge, nominated by Melissa Pierce.
- Aniya Simmons from Pamlico County, nominated by April Rose.
- Joshua Smith from Bartlett Yancey, nominated by Lynn Massey.
- Sydney Spear from John A. Holmes, nominated by Wes Mattera.
- Christian Spurlock from Ledford, nominated by Donald Palmer.
- Perry Tingen from Greene Central, nominated by David Bryant.
- Tylyia Triggs from Neuse Charter, nominated by Melody McGee.
- Jacob Watson from Watauga, nominated by Dustin Kerley.
- Kennedy Grace White from Starmount, nominated by Nicole Pardue.
- Ryan White from John A. Holmes, nominated by Wes Mattera.
- Kayla Yang from Clinton, nominated by Brad Spell.
