Here are the Friday Night Finals from our area games, we went a hard-to-believe (1-5) tonight in Round Four of the playoffs…The only winning team we had locally was the Reidsville Rams…
From up in Hickory where we had our GreensboroSports Radio broadcast team, our final score was:
Hickory 82, Southern Guilford 55
Hickory(31-0)/SG(29-2)
Southern loses by 27 points and Smith loses by 26 points…
Southern Guilford saw Hickory post man John Holbrook go scoreless in the first half, and then the big 6’8 Holbrook broke out, and he scored 21 second half points for Hickory…
Hickory out-scored Southern Guilford, 31-11 in the fourth and final quarter…All Hickory in that fourth and final frame…
End of First Quarter:Hickory 16, SG 14…Halftime:Hickory 30, SG 28…End of Third Quarter:Hickory 51, SG 44…Final:Hickory 82, SG 55…
Hickory scoring:The Big Man, 6’8 John Holbrook with 21 points, and they all came in the second half…Jamien Little 14, Jordan Lineberger 12, Jordan Powell 10, Jay Powell 8, Izaiah Littlejohn 8, Zane Krezel 5, A’von Wilfong 2, Brett Rowland 2…
Southern Guilford scoring:Jy Dawkins 20 points, Jucqarie Love 14, Jamias Ferere 13, Josiah Hill 8…
Very good start by Southern Guilford, as the SG Storm stood toe-to-toe with the Hickory Red Toradoes, shortly after the start, SG prepped up and the Storm were in the in the lead, but at the end of the game, Hickory was making plans to face off with Central Cabarrus, for the NCHSAA 3-A Boys Championship….
Central Cabarrus boys 84, Smith 58
Central Cabarrus (31-0)/Smith(25-6)
Asheville Reynolds girls 63, Smith 60
Smith(27-3)/Asheville(27-1)
Reidsville boys 89, West Stokes 50
REIDS(27-0)/WS(22-8)
**********The Reidsville Rams, the only area winner from the Six teams we had going this evening…..
Cherokee girls 61, Bishop McGuinness 55
Cherokee(27-1)/Bishop(25-5)
Corvian Community School 63, Bishop McGuinness 58
Oh Snap did Grimsley really beat SEG in baseball last night? Is the Metro ready for Grimsley to dominate in another sport this year?
Smith Girls I know missed about 15 foul shots or more, to lose by 3. While ACR was driving to the basket or shooting 3’s. Smith seemed bothered and off their game. As far with the Boys and Girls teams in the Greensboro/Winston-Salem Area, they need to be more than athletic. They need to hit the weights room and get stronger, more physical. Learn how to handle and apply Full Court and Half Court Pressure. Be more consistent at the foul line and 3 pt line. And have your 1-3 spots handle the ball. Shot blocking under the rim. The Centers need to guard the basketball and clash the boards. These teams like Central Cabarrus, ACR Reynolds, Hickory, and other Teams from the Mountains to the Charlotte/Concord regions does this very well. Our teams will never make it out he Regionals semis if we don’t.
Smith girls had the game won in regulation. They were winning in the last minute with the ball. One of the guards drives the ball to the basket with three ACR girls down there. All she had to do was hold the ball and get fouled. But they played that way all year and it finally caught up to them. Very good year though.