High school basketball: Lot of eyes on South as games return on Friday ••• Salisbury’s Braylon Taylor and Carson’s Xavier Phillips. Brian Wilhite photo. Salisbury (6-4, 2-0) needs to beat East Davidson at home if it’s going to contend with Lexington in the CCC, but it may not be an easy one. East Davidson (3-9, […]
High school basketball: Lot of eyes on South as games return on Friday
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- Salisbury’s Braylon Taylor and Carson’s Xavier Phillips. Brian Wilhite photo.
Salisbury (6-4, 2-0) needs to beat East Davidson at home if it’s going to contend with Lexington in the CCC, but it may not be an easy one. East Davidson (3-9, 1-1) doesn’t have a good record but has won three of its last four games and clobbered North Rowan.
East Rowan’s girls have built a nice record and own a seven-game winning streak as they return to South Piedmont Conference play.
South’s last win against a Rowan County team was a double-overtime victory against East to close the 2016-17 season.
A.L. Brown (3-8, 0-0) will finally get Greater Metro Conference play started at Hickory Ridge (8-4, 1-0), but it’s hard to be optimistic about that matchup for the Wonders. The Wonders did get a win on Monday when they beat Valor Prep, 65-59.
The Mustangs (9-2, 2-2) should be able to handle South Rowan (4-7, 1-4) on Friday, although the Raiders played surprisingly well in the Christmas tournament and looked better than they have in a number of weeks.
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The big news off the court between Christmas and New Year’s Day was the coaching change for the South Rowan boys, who hope to start fresh under new coach Justin Pauley.
South has lost 56 straight games since an opening night win against West Iredell in 2022-23.
Three Rowan teams are still seeking their first win. Two of them will meet on Friday.
SALISBURY — High school basketball resumes on Friday.
Rowan top 10 girls scorers: Mary Church, East 16.1; Kynlee Dextraze, South 12.7; Torese Evans, Salisbury 12.5; Jamelia Allen, West 12.2; Allie Martin, Carson 11.4; Dasia Elder, North 10.0; Kady Collins, East 9.7; Rylee Hedrick, Carson 9.3; Sydney Smith, West 9.1; Sadie Featherstone, East 9.1
South has lost 53 straight Rowan County games. That stat brings quite a few losses to North Rowan and Salisbury into the equation, as well as the long string of setbacks against frequent SPC foes West Rowan, Carson and East Rowan.
South has lost 53 straight Rowan County games. That stat brings quite a few losses to North Rowan and Salisbury into the equation, as well as the long string of setbacks against frequent SPC foes West Rowan, Carson and East Rowan.
South has lost 53 straight Rowan County games. That stat brings quite a few losses to North Rowan and Salisbury into the equation, as well as the long string of setbacks against frequent SPC foes West Rowan, Carson and East Rowan.
Published 6:01 pm Thursday, January 2, 2025
Carson’s boys have an interesting home game Friday, as the Cougars (8-4) will host North Rowan (5-3) in a non-conference matchup. They didn’t meet in the Christmas tournament, where both teams lost to Salisbury, so this is a matchup a lot of people want to see.
