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Jeff Davis
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Just by a hair . . .
Chatham Central's Brooke
Strickland tries to pass the ball away as South Davidson's Maddi
Beeson, 21, attempts to get the ball, too. The referee in the
background was keeping a close eye on the play and called Strickland
out of bounds when her back hit the floor.
Chatham Central rolls past
South Stanly in Norwood
By
Don Beane
NORWOOD –
Chatham Central made the long trek to
Norwood on Tuesday night to battle 1A Yadkin Valley Conference
foe South Stanly.
And after starting slow the Bears
heated up in the 2nd quarter and never looked back in
routing the host Rebel Bulls 78-48.
Chatham Central improves to 7-5 in
league play with the big conference win while also upping its
overall mark to 9-9 overall.
“Anytime you can win on the road is big
and South Stanly is a tough place to play,” said CC coach Bill
Slaughter after the game. “We started out a little slow but picked
things up in the 2nd quarter. Conner (Fewell) gave us a
big lift off the bench in that period.”
Fewell had six points in the frame on
the way to nine in the opening half and 13 for the game.
Josh Edwards, LaQuinn Mordecai and
Jared Jones each chipped in four points in the 2nd
quarter as Chatham Central outscored South Stanly 19-8 in the period
to erase a 17-16 deficit after one quarter into a 35-25 lead at the
intermission.
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Burke cans career-high 31 as
Central belts Lee Christian
By Don Beane
BEAR
CREEK – Zack Burke pumped in a
career-high 31 points here on Monday night to send Chatham Central
to a 77-46 thrashing of visiting Lee Christian Academy.
Burke tallied 11 points alone in the
opening period as the Bears raced to a 23-14 lead and never looked
back in taking the win which improved the locals to 10-10 on the
season.
“Zack had a great game offensively and
was very aggressive with the basketball,” said CC coach Bill
Slaughter after the game. “Overall we had 10 different players score
which was good to see.”
LaQuinn Mordecai also scored six of his
10 points in the contest in the 1st quarter to help
offset seven points from the Crusaders James Tweed.
Chatham Central all but put Lee
Christian away in the 2nd quarter with a 15-6 run which
sent the locals well in front 38-20 at the intermission.
Burke had six points in the period for
the Bears while Jackson Goodwin added five points including a trey.
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Lady Bears mash Crusaders 57-12 on
Monday night
Don Beane
BEAR CREEK –
The Chatham Central girls basketball team
used a balanced scoring attack here on Monday night in Bear Creek to
completely dominate visiting Lee Christian Academy 57-12 in area
non-conference hoops action.
A total of 10 players out of 11 dressed
for the Lady Bears scored on Monday evening as the locals strolled
to the easy win in upping its record to 15-6 overall while also
erasing a nightmare effort over at Denton versus South Davidson on
Friday night.
“Defensively we played really well and
that was the difference in the game,” said CC coach Gerald Binkley.
“We were able to create some turnovers which led to easy baskets.”
Binkley was also pleased that everyone
contributed to the win.
“It’s good to see everyone get in and
to get to play a lot of minutes,” added Binkley. “Having 10 people
reach the scoring column is a good thing.”
Brooke
Strickland led the Bears on Monday night with 10 points while
Kirsten Cole and Mackayla Brown had eight points apiece, Monique
Cotton seven points, and Jordan Culberson six points.
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Edwards back "home" with
Miami Dolphins
By
Don Beane
MIAMI, FL –
There were a lot of surprised people
around the NFL when former Jordan-Matthews standout and Duke
University graduate George Edwards was released by the Buffalo Bills
as Defensive Coordinator.
Edwards and the Bills had exceeded
expectations in his 2nd year at the position.
But the opportunity for Buffalo coach
Chan Gailey to reunite with long time coaching friend Dave Wannstedt
proved too much for Edwards to overcome.
On Monday afternoon Edwards landed on his
feet back after being hired by new Miami coach Joe Philbin as the
Dolphins linebackers coach.
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Bear pin Jets in first ever county mat meeting
By Don Beane
BEAR CREEK –
In the 1st ever meeting
between the county-rivals on the wrestling mat heavily favored
Chatham Central rolled past Jordan-Matthews 54-22.
It was a big win for the Bears while the
Jets, in its initial year of the program, also turned some heads
with a surprising effort.
Chatham Central was led by James Dagget
(106), Jimmy Lavandowski (126), Jared Matthewson (132), Dalton
Robinson (138), Rodney Vanderwalker (145), Carson Joyce (182) and
Casey Canterbury (285) who all took victories via the fall for the
Bears.
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