6-A West Reginonal Champions, the Northern Guilford Nighthawks, after their closely contested 62-59 win over the Alexander Central Cougars…Aliyah Settle led the ‘Hawks with 22 points, while Leena McField added in 18, Anaya Pearley posted 11 points, and Georgia Lewis hit for 11…Allias Womack chipped in the other 2 points for NG…
Now Northern will face Terry Sanford, the East Winner, next week at the LJVM Coliseum, in Winston-Salem…What a game on Wednesday night for the NG Nighthawks…After a quarter, it was AC Central 14-10 over NG…Alexander Central led 28-26 at the half…Northern moved back in front, 50-47 after three quarters…And in the end, the Northern Guilford Nighthawks were your winners…
NG Scoring:Aliyah Settle 22 points with 3 rebounds and 3 steals…Leena McField goes again for 18 points with 6 rebounds and 7 huge assists…Anaya Pearley with those 11 points, and 7 rebounds…Georgia Lewis with 9 points and 7 revbounds…
Alexander Central Scoring:Meredity Wike 19 points, Malayah Adams 14 points, Faith Burch 10, Ava Head 5, Kendall Rector 5, Addie Jack 3, Hannah Chapman 3…
First Quarter:AC 14, NG 10…Halftime:NG 16, AC 14…Third Quarter:NG 24, AC 19…Fourth Quarter:NG 12, AC 12…
Aliyah Settle got real hot for NG in the Third and Fourth Quarters, and only had 3 points at halftime, but finished the game with 22 points(She hit a stretch where she scored 12 of the 15 NG points in the Second Half)…Excellent assist work by Leena McField, finding her teammates open all night long, and her teammates converted the baskets…Super-charged defensive work by sophomore Sarah Moore in the second half…Moore was a big factor in this victory, and didn’t have any points to show for her efforts, but she got that defensive job done….Early game scoring by Anaya Pearley helped keep NG in the ballgame and then Settle took over in the second half…Some big made threes by NG’s Georgia Lewis, and a key two-point bucket from Allias Womack…
We will see what happens next week, but I for one can’t wait to see what Northern Guilford does vs. Terry Sanford in the 6-A Women’s State Championship Game…Terry Sanford, 62-51 winners over Fayetteville 71st…
Tonight’s Game playing back now on GreensboroSports Radio…Check out that Replay now, on GreensboroSports Radio…
Northern Guilford press conference after win over Alexander Central…Left to Right, we have Aliyah Settle, Coach Josh Evans, Leena McField, and Anaya Pearley…
MORE from Wednesday games….
West Charlotte boys 74, West Forsyth 70…Overtime
Kings Mountain boys 68, Charlotte Catholic 61
Mallard Creek girls 59, Ardrey Kell 44
Western Guilford HS and Southeast Guilford HS have posted openings for Varsity Women’s Basketball Head Coach positions