Prep-Basketball Tournaments Roundup: Mount Tabor girls rip Watauga; Reynolds falls

NCHSAA 4-A girls

Mount Tabor 73, Watauga 51: Shay Jones scored 20 points, had eight rebounds and nine assists to lead Mount Tabor past visiting Watauga last night in the opening round of the 4-A West Sectional 1 playoffs.

Gabby Oglesby added 13 points, and Jennifer Penley had 11 points, six rebounds and two blocks for Mount Tabor (24-1).

Mount Tabor will face Mallard Creek on Thursday night.

Christina Rees led Watauga (11-15) with 11 points.

Watauga 13 15 15 8 — 51

Mount Tabor 22 21 13 17 — 73

Watauga (11-15): Rees 11, Kincaid 7, Butler 6, Dunnigan 2, Tesh 9, Mayhew 9, Corbin 2, Miller 5.

Mount Tabor (24-1): Jones 20, Oglesby 13, Penley 11, Tate 9, Calicott 9, Lane 6, Crawford 5.

Concord Robinson 52, Reynolds 50: Kelsee Cheek scored 20 points and Tabby Koerner added 16 as visiting Concord Robinson edged Reynolds in the first round of the 4-A West Sectional 1 last night.

Reynolds trailed by 20 points early in the second quarter and chipped away at the lead. The Demons had a chance to tie the game with one second left, but missed two free throws.

Yaz Alston scored 16 points and Tori Hardy added 15 for Reynolds, which finished its season 16-10.

Robinson 23 8 14 7 — 52

Reynolds 10 15 11 14 — 50

Robinson (17-9): Cheek 20, Koerner 16, Kalan 9, Bernal 4, Jarvis 1, Peay 2

Reynolds (16-10): Alston 16, Hardy 15, Decreny-Jackson 6, Lovett 4, Naylor 3, Fleming 3, McPhatter 3

North Davidson 59, Person County 53: Ashlei Clodfelter scored 11 of her game-high 22 points in the first quarter and North Davidson defeated Person County in the first round of the 4-A West Sectional 2 playoffs last night.

North Davidson did not make a field goal in the fourth quarter but was 11 of 14 from the foul line.

North Davidson will play Huntersville Hopewell in the second round.

Ameeque Smith led Person County with 20 points.

Person County 7 16 13 17 — 53

North Davidson 19 13 16 11 — 59

Person (10-14): Smith 20, Burton 5, Whitfield 8, Taylor 8, Devaugn 6, Williams 2, Lunsford 4

N Davidson (16-10): A Clodfelter 22, Amos 9, Yokely 4, Honeycutt 2, C. Clodfelter 7, Allen 10, Payne 5

Huntersville Hopewell 54, HP Central 43: Shanee Boyd scored 16 points and had 10 rebounds to lead Huntersville Hopewell past High Point Central last night in the opening round of the 4-A West Sectional 2.

Tierra Burks added 13 points for Hopewell (16-8), which will face North Davidson on Thursday night.

Brittany Gwyn led Central (18-9) with 15 points.

Hopewell 13 4 16 21 — 54

HP Central 14 17 8 4 — 43

Hopewell (16-8): Early 7, Boyd 16, Meakin 8, Summerville 2, Burks 13, Ansbro 6, Spaulding 2.

HP Central (18-9): Gwyn 15, Hayes 5, Gibson 4, Bannister 6, Bryson 3, Cox 6, Jones 2, Harris 2.

NCHSAA 3-A girls

Southeast Guilford 49, Glenn 38: Paris Alston led all scorers with 15 points as Southeast Guilford defeated Glenn in the 3-A West Sectional 2 playoffs last night in Greensboro.

Amy Beasley hit a three-pointer to give Southeast a 34-32 lead with 3:34 remaining.

Kaela Bellefeuil led Glenn with 11 points.

Southeast Guilford will face Statesville in the second round.

Glenn 7 9 11 11 — 38

SE Guilford 13 10 9 17 — 49

Glenn (16-11): Tilley 2, Riffle 3, Dulaney 10, Sutton 7, Head 6, Kaela Bellefeuil 11

SE Guilford (20-6): Price 8, Anderson 2, Alston 15, McNeil 6, Beasley 11, Smith 7

NCHSAA 2-A girls

Ashe County 67, West Davidson 28: Kim McNeil scored 17 of her game-high 20 points in the first half to lead Ashe County to a first-round win in a 2-A West Sectional 1 game last night in West Jefferson.

Ashe raced out to a 44-12 lead by halftime and was never threatened.

Kristin Owens scored 14 points to lead West Davidson, which finished its season 10-14.

Ashe will be at home against Salisbury on Thursday night in the second round.

West Davidson 5 7 6 10 — 28

Ashe County 18 26 14 9 — 67

West Davidson (10-14): Owens 14, Eller 2, Myers 4, Elmore 3, Beverly 2, Cox 3

Ashe County (26-1): McNeil 20, Hanes 4, Johnson 4, Clay 9, Christensen 7, Yearick 9, Barker 3, Elliott 9, McVey 2

East Davidson 78, West Lincoln 49: Anna Freeman scored 22 points to lead undefeated East Davidson past West Lincoln in the first round of the 2-A West Sectional 2 in Thomasville last night.

Candace Fox added 14 points and Elizabeth Merritt finished with 11 and a team-high 10 rebounds for the Golden Eagles.

Beth Pittman poured in a game-high 23 points for West Lincoln and Kayda Caldwell chipped in with 14.

Freeman also grabbed eight rebounds, blocked six shots, had five assists, and three steals. Alyssa Cutshaw handed out seven assists to go with her seven points.

East will play North Surry at home on Thursday night in the second round.

West Lincoln 11 10 10 18 — 49

E. Davidson 25 16 25 12 — 78

West Lincoln (17-9): Pittman 23, Caldwell 14, Holt 4, Saine 2, Beaver 2, Perry 2, Gantt 2

East Davidson (28-0): Freeman 22, Fox 14, Merritt 11, Cutshaw 7, Beck 7, Grimsley 6, Hicks 4, Hallman 4, Swaim 2, Alexander 1

North Surry 54, Monroe 34: Emily Culler scored 17 points and Nicole Rumplasch added 11 points, five rebounds, and three blocked shots as North Surry beat Monroe in the first round of the 2-A West Section 2 playoffs last night in Toast.

North Surry advances to play defending 2-A state champion East Davidson on Thursday night in Thomasville.

Monroe 9 6 11 8 — 34

North Surry 20 12 10 12 — 54

Monroe (9-18): McCain 11, Carelock 4, Bivens 9, Lyons 3, Sowell 3, Griffin 2, Simmons 2

North Surry (21-4): Midkiff 5, Culler 17, Simpson 4, Bunker 2, Puckett 1, Hodges 2, Simmons 2, Ashmon 3, Campbell 3, Rumplasch 11, Payne 4

NCHSAA 1-A girls

Alleghany 41, Raleigh Charter 38: Kennedy Gambill scored 21 points to lead visiting Alleghany past Raleigh Charter last night in the opening round of the 1-A West Sectional 2.

Alleghany (14-12) will move on to play either Mount Airy or South Stanly on Thursday night.

Lindsay Creech led Raleigh Charter (10-17) with 12 points.

Alleghany 12 9 9 11 — 41

Raleigh Charter 13 6 9 10 — 38

Alleghany (14-12): K. Gambill 21, K. Gambill 8, Caudill 6, Lyons 2, Andrews 2, Grubb 1, Gentry 1.

Raleigh Charter (10-17): Creech 12, Narmus 10, Deters 9, Karsten 4, Barrow 3.

Thomasville 57, East Wilkes 42: Christina Carter scored 22 points, had eight steals and six assists to lead Thomasville past East Wilkes last night in the opening round of the 1-A West Sectional 1.

Christine Cole added 15 points, seven rebounds, and five assists for Thomasville (15-4).

Thomasville will now face Bishop McGuinness on Thursday night.

Jessie Elmore led East Wilkes (19-7) with 11 points.

East Wilkes 8 13 3 18 — 42

Thomasville 14 13 24 6 — 57

East Wilkes (19-7): Elmore 11, Hayes 10, Prevette 8, Royal 4, Grit 3, Sales 2, Litschke 2, Adams 2.

Thomasville (15-4): Carter 22, Cole 15, Alford 8, McCurdy 4, Rorie 2, Davis 6.

East Surry 61, Union Academy 21: Courtney Simmons led a balanced scoring attack with 13 points and also had five steals as East Surry beat Union Academy in the first round of the 1-A West Sectional 2 last night in Pilot Mountain.

East Surry rode its pressure defense to a 37-7 halftime lead and wasn't threatened for the rest of the game.

Kelsey Long added nine points, five steals and four assists for East Surry, which will play the winner of the River Mill-Chatham Central game in the second round on Thursday night.

Union Academy 3 4 8 6 — 21

East Surry 21 16 12 12 — 61

Union Academy (9-14): Jordan 2, McKnight 2, Helms 3, Kirkley 4, Erin Walters 10

East Surry (23-5): Merritt 6, Nichols 2, Benton 4, Shuff 2, Reid 3, Je. Bullington 4, Ju. Bullington 6, Honeycutt 4, Cole 5, Bryant 3, Long 9, Courtney Simmons 13

South Stokes 61, Albermarle 35: Jodie Lemons scored 16 of her game-high 20 points in the second half as South Stokes defeated Albermarle in the 1-A West Sectional 1 playoffs last night.

South Stokes will play the winner of North Moore and North Carolina Math and Science.

Page McConlogue led Albermarle with 12 points.

Albermarle 9 8 9 9 — 35

South Stokes 15 8 23 15 — 61

Albermarle (20-6): McConlogue 12, Jones 10, Freeman 4, Locklear 4, Cato 3, Lowder 2

S Stokes (12-14): Lemons 20, Mitchell 10, Joyner 9, McGee 7, Baker 6, Vernon 5, Berry 3, Shelton 1

Mount Airy 42, South Stanly 33: Maggie McKee scored 11 points, had eight rebounds and three steals to lead Mount Airy past South Stanly last night the 1-A West Sectional 2 playoffs.

Brittany Webster added 10 points for Mount Airy (20-7) which will face Alleghany on Thursday night.

Mount Airy 8 11 10 13 — 42

South Stanly 6 4 10 13 — 33

Mount Airy (20-7): J. Hiatt 4, T. Hiatt 7, Leonard 5, Webster 10, Case 5, McKee 11.

South Stanly (14-10): Clark 4, Shankle 2, C. Whitley 5, Carpenter 6, Coody 6, N. Whitley 2, Dunlap 1, Baldwin 7.

NCHSAA 3-A

Forsyth Country Day girls 62, Charlotte Christian 49: Hannah Allgood led three players in double figures with 20 points as the Forsyth Country Day coasted to a first-round win in the NCISAA 3-A playoffs last night in Lewisville.

Taylor Duggins added 13 points and Brey Dorsett chipped in 11 for FCD, which will play at Charlotte Country Day on Thursday night in the second round.

Charlotte Christian 7 13 9 20 — 49

FCD 20 17 14 11 — 62

Charlotte Christian (7-19): Clayton 12, Barnett 11, Kirk 7, Dennehy 7, Brotheron 5, Foskey 3, Smith 2, Dechard 2

FCD (19-7): Allgood 20, Duggins 13, Dorsett 11, Wood 8, Logan 5, Brown 4, Fulton 1

Forsyth Country Day boys 80, Cary Academy 56: Nick Sink scored 20 points and Tyler Lewis added 18 and Forsyth Country Day beat Cary Academy in the first round of the NCISAA 3-A playoffs last night in Lewisville.

Colby Lewis chipped in 14 points and Alex Schmidt finished with 10 for the Furies. Georges MaNgoue led FCD with 12 rebounds to go with eight points.

Cameron Walton led the Chargers with 16 points, Jon Lohr had 14, and Christian Council added 10.

The Furies will play Greensboro Day in the quarterfinals on Thursday night at Charlotte Day.

Cary Acad. 8 17 15 16 — 56

FCD 25 17 24 14 — 80

Cary (18-10): Council 10, Walton 16, Joyner 8, Kahn 4, Vandergraft 2, Stutesman 2, Lohr 14

FCD (22-8): Schmidt 10, C. Lewis 14, T. Lewis 18, Li 2, Sink 20, Gallisdorfer 2, MaNgoue 8

NCISAA 2-A

HP Westchester boys 72, Cape Fear Academy 49: Wes Hawkins scored 23 points as the High Point Westchester boys defeated visiting Cape Fear Academy last night in the first round.

Westchester took a 32-24 lead at halftime, but it outscored Cape Fear Academy 28-9 in the third quarter to pull away.

Deuce Bello added 19 points for Westchester, and Georg Wolff finished with 13 points, four assists and five steals.

Will Hyman and Alex Smith led Cape Fear Academy with 17 points each.

Westchester will play Concord First Assembly in Thursday's quarterfinals at 2:30 p.m. at Charlotte Providence Day.

Cape Fear 9 15 9 16 — 49

HP Westchester 21 11 28 12 — 72

Cape Fear Academy (12-13): White 2, Simmons 4, Sigler 6, Hill 3, Smith 17, Hyman 17

HP Westchester (27-2): Nwamu 6, S. Tucker 4, D. Tucker 2, Glosson 5, Wolff 13, Bello 19, Hawkins 23

N.C. Home Educators

Forsyth Home 82, Davidson Home 78: Leighton Foster led four players in double figures with 25 points as the Forsyth Home Educators won the Western Regional of the state playoffs against visiting Davidson Home last night.

Spencer Brown added 20 points, Nathan Miller had 15 points and 15 rebounds, and Wesley Richardson finished with 12 points for FHE, which will play against the Orange County Home Educators on Friday night in the semifinals in Raleigh.

DHE 19 17 22 20 — 78

FHE 13 26 24 19 — 82

Davidson Home (14-8): R.J. Knowles 26, Ryan Willis 14, Spencer Moore 11, Peters 10, Price 8, Dellinger 6, Woods 3

Forsyth Home (15-5): Foster 25, Spencer Brown 20, Miller 15, Richardson 12, Williamson 6, Riser 4