Thursday, February 14, 2013 —
The Stanly teams playing in the Yadkin Valley Conference entered the final week of the regular season with home games on Tuesday night.
Albemarle was at home against Chatham Central, Gray Stone hosted North Moore and South Stanly took on South Davidson.
Boys
Albemarle 79
Chatham Central 50
The Albemarle boys’ basketball program had two things to celebrate in Tuesday’s home game with Chatham Central.
CC 15 13 12 10 50
A 14 18 25 22 79
CC – Zack Burke 17, LaQuinn Mordecai 10, Matt Clark 10, Teague 5, Jones 4, Kerr 2, Phillips 2.
A – Terrace Ellis 18, Bryan Blanton 13, Lee Autry 10,
South Stanly 57
South Davidson 53
Playing without senior Wes Smith due to an ankle injury, the Rebel Bulls held off a late South Davidson surge to earn a 57-53 win.
Michard Ricardson had 21 points to lead South.
SD 4 18 10 21 53
SS 15 6 25 11 57
SD – Trent Shore 12, Hazelwood 3, Ball 8, Andrew Collins 12, Gallimore 8, Stevenson 4, Hedrick 6.
SS – Michard Richardson 21, Juwan Johnson 14, Burris 6, B. Granados 6, T. Smith 5, Harris 2.
North Moore 72
Gray Stone 40
The Gray Stone boys’ season came to an end at home on Tuesday night with a 72-40 loss to visiting North Moore (13-9, 10-5 YVC).
Girls
Gray Stone 50
North Moore 43
The Gray Stone girls earned their first basketball win over North Moore in school history 50-43.
NM 11 12 11 9 43
GS 9 16 17 8 50
NM – Loutz 11, Little 11, Sheffield 7, Turner 7, Brower 3, Martin 2, Dunmyer 2
GS – Cat Harward 14, Erin Ansbro 12, Taylor 10, Sullivan 4, Deese 3, Efird 3, Giles 2, Burris
South Davidson 54
South Stanly 34
The South girls lost 54-34 to the Wildcats and need a win Friday at home against Albemarle to have a chance to qualify for the Yadkin Valley Conference postseason tournament.
SD 14 12 22 6 54
SS 11 14 3 6 34
Chatham Central 55
Albemarle 50
CC 19 14 14 8 55
A 17 8 15 10 50
A – Akela Branch 15, Tiffani Currie 13, Kyleigh McLenson 13, Bruton 5, Williams 3, Barrino 1.
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YVC Basketball Notebook
Albemarle, South Stanly boys win; Gray Stone girls post victory
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High School Soccer Playoffs
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Yadkin Valley Conference Baseball Tournament
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