Wayne County advances to 5A South State
By Staff
Nanih Waiya boys 100
Greenville St. Joe 67
Brent Blackwell scored 33 points and David Frey added 23 as the Warriors routed St. Joe. Nanih Waiya led 47-26 at intermission.
The Warriors also got 22 points from Derek Holdiness and 13 from Rasheed Armstrong.
Daki Ester led St. Joe with 25 points.
McAdams boys 91
Noxapater 33
The Tigers finished their year with a 58-point whipping. DeAngelo Carter's 14 points led Noxapater. Robert Lagrone added 11.
McAdams, 20-7, got 38 points from Antoyne Brooks and 22 from Fred Unger.
6-1A at Pelahatchie
Union girls 43
Edinburg 37
Union outscored Edinburg 12-6 in the second quarter to take the opening-round win.
The Lady Jackets, 17-11, got 12 points each from LaSaundra Harrison and Marley Smith and 11 from Curbie Buckley.
Edinburg, 2-19, got 12 points from Leslie Wilcher and 10 from Kristin Richmond.
Lake boys 72
Pelahatchie 49
The Hornets stung the hosts by 23 points to improve to 15-7. Lake led 38-23 at halftime.
Willie Hickmon led Lake with 28 points. Joseph Hunt added 14.
Pelahatchie got 11 points apiece from Jerry Richardson and Robert Hill.
Union boys 74
Sebastopol 53
The Yellowjackets advanced to a semifinal date with Lake with their 21-point victory. A 39-24 halftime lead propelled Union to the win.
Union, 14-10, got 28 points from Anthony Johnson and 22 from Derrick Harris.
Sebastopol, 5-19, got 18 points from Jordan Gilmer and 10 from Alton Clark.
Academy A Central State at UCS
Kemper girls 52
Tri-County 30
The Academy 3-A champion Lady Rams upped their mark to 21-10 with the 22-point first-round win.
Kemper led 20-12 after one quarter and outscored Tri-County 12-2 in the third period.
Leslie Beach had 16 points, Megan Whitaker added 12, and Eve Darnell eight for the Lady Rams.
Heidelberg girls 54
Rebul 37
The Lady Rebels reached the 20-win plateau by beating Rebul.
Heidelberg, 20-12, led 17-7 at the end of the first quarter.
The Lady Rebels got 18 points from Suzanne Lightsey, 12 from Katie Barnett, and 11 from Courtney Thomas.
Jamie Inabnet led Rebul with 16 points.
CM&I boys 80
Newton 29
NCA's Generals wound up their year at 8-15 with the 51-point opening round loss to defending Academy Overall champion CM&I.
NCA got 10 points from Bud Loper, seven from Wil Bean, and six from John Shellenback.
CM&I, 22-7, got 22 points from Landon Veal, 17 from Adrian Carpenter, 15 from Jason Terry, and 10 from Craig Sweet.
Heidelberg boys 62
Univ. Christian 49
The Academy 3-A champion Rebels improved to 24-6 with the win over the Flames.
Heidelberg took a 26-20 lead into halftime, then outscored UCS 19-10 in the third quarter to go up 45-30.
Heidelberg got 15 points from Lloyd Windham, 14 from Dusty Bass, 11 from Dan Edwards, and 10 from Blake Bass.
UCS got 17 points from Blake Welch.
Central Private girls 53
Lamar 30
The Lamar girls finished their season with a 2-28 mark after Tuesday's loss to Central Private.
Lizzie Williams led Lamar with five points.
Central Private led 30-10 at halftime. The Lady Rebels, 33-5, got 14 points from Sarah Landry and 10 from Stefanie Kirkwood.
Lamar 35
The Raiders ended their season with an 11-16 mark following Tuesday's loss to the Rebels.
Central Private, 26-12, led 16-0 at the end of the first quarter and took a 26-12 lead into halftime.
Bobby Westbrook led Central Private with 22 points. Lamar had nobody with over six points.
Leake girls 48
Kirk 25
Doyle Wolverton's 997th game as head coach of the Rebelettes was like many of the previous ones, an easy win.
Leake led 27-6 at halftime as the Rebelettes upped their record to 35-2. Kristin Caldwell scored 14 points and Greggina Tadlock added 13 to lead Leake. Anna Lisa Posey scored eight.
Leake's first game in next week's state tournament at Brookhaven Academy will be Wolverton's 1,000th as coach of the Rebelettes.
Kirk finished 18-13.
Kirk 32
The Leake boys improved to 29-5 with the easy win over the hosts. The Rebels led 40-17 at halftime.
Leake got 18 points from Joshua Chamblee, 13 from Daniel Jones and 12 from Allen Byrd.
Kirk ended its season at 7-21.
