Farley scores 20 as Evarts opens season with victory
Cayson Farley scored 20 points to lead Evarts to a 45-9 season-opening win Thursday over visiting Black Mountain in seventh- and eighth-grade basketball action.
Kash Gooden paced the Tigers with five points.
Rayce Bryant poured in 17 points as Evarts won 45-9 in fifth- and sixth-grade action.
Jace Lefevers led Black Mountain with five points.
Asher Cox scored six as Evarts won 6-4 in fourth-grade action.
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Evarts (45) — Cayson Farley 20, Braxton Anglian 7, Jacob Moore 4, Jake Wright 4, Rayce Bryant 4, Jesse Pendergrass 2, Cody Farmer 2, Aiden Napier 2.
Black Mountain (9) — Kash Gooden 5, Ryder Gooden 4.
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Evarts (45) — Rayce Bryant 17, Aiden Napier 8, Brady White 8, Jake Wright 8, Easton Wilson 2, Logan Price 2.
Black Mountain (9) — Jace Lefevers 5, Joe Cottrell 4.
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Evarts (6) — Asher Cox 4, Travis Smith 2.
Black Mountain (4) — Landon Madden 2, Carter Burkhart 2.
Comets open season with doubleheader sweep at Wallins
Cawood opened the middle school season Thursday with a pair of hard-fought wins at Wallins.
Kaydon Gray scored 22 points and Shawn Smith added 10 as the Comets won 41-40 in seventh- and eighth-grade action.
Leland Cope and Landon Blackwelder led the Purple Devils with 13 points each.
Gray also led Cawood in the fifth- and sixth-grade game with 28 points.
Cope scored 19 and Sam Carmical added 11 for Wallins.
Wallins won 12-3 in the fourth-grade game as Eli Blevins scored 10 for the Devils.
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Cawood (41) — Kaydon Gray 22, Shawn Smith 10, Isaiah Myers 2, Chance Smith 6, Ryan Housley 1.
Wallins (40) — Leland Cope 13, Mason Howard 6, Sam Carmical 2, Landon Blackwelder 13, Maddox Landa 2, Bryson Robbins 4.
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Cawood (42) — Kaydon Gray 28, Shawn Smith 4, Isaiah Myers 8, William Cook 2.
Wallins (39) — Leland Cope 19, Austin Griffey 2, Sam Carmical 11, Maddox Landa 5, Carter Collett 2.
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Wallins (12) — Eli Blevins 10, Billy Brock 2.
Cawood (3) — Gage Thomas 2, Jaxon Rhymer 1.
Cooper leads balanced JACES attack in win at Cumberland
A balanced offensive carried James A. Cawood to a season-opening 47-28 win Thursday at Cumberland in seventh- and eighth-grade basketball action.
Win Cooper scored 14 to lead the Trojans. Caleb Mitchell and Easton Engle added 12 and 11 points, respectively.
Hunter Fuson poured in 21 points for the Redskins.
JACES won 36-15 in fifth- and sixth-grade action as Tucker Daniels scored 15 for the Trojans.
Karson McBee led Cumberland with six points.
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James A. Cawood (47) — Easton Engle 11, Win Cooper 14, Caleb Mitchell 12, Trystan Miniard 6, Landon Coldiron 4.
Cumberland (28) — Hunter Fuson 21, Toby Lunsford 7, Bryson Saylor 1
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James A. Cawood (36) — Logan Mills 8, Brantley Burkhart 5, Brylee Southerland 4, Tucker Daniels 15, Tanner Daniels 2, Evan Coldiron 2.
Cumberland (15) — Karson McBee 6, Nate Carroll 2, J’vonte Stewart 5, Landon Curry 2
Slone, Johnson lead Mountain Lions to win over Harlan
Noah Slone and Dalton Johnson each scored 11 points and Hunter Johnson added 10 as Pineville coasted to a 61-14 win Thursday over visiting Harlan in seventh- and eighth-grade basketball.
Ryder Lemar led Harlan with five points.
Kyson Thompson scored 16 and Brennon Lambert added 10 as the Lions won 39-15 in fifth- and sixth-grade action.
Bryson Millis led Harlan with nine points.
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Pineville (61) — Noah Slone 11, Dalton Johnson 11, Hunter Johnson 10, Brody Fugate 8, Eli McDermott 5, Anderson Gentry 3, Bentley Fuson 3, Kyson Thompson 2, Brennon Lambert 2, Brady Forester 2, Tyson Jones 2, Christian Thompson 2
Harlan (14) — Ryder Lemar 5, Cooper Thomas 3, Brody Brock 3, Christian Aslinger 3.
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Pineville (39) — Kyson Thompson 16, Brennon Lambert 10, Waylon Maiden 7, Christian Thompson 6.
Harlan (15) — Bryson Millis 9, Kolbi Green 2, Brantley McArthur 2, Carson Yount 2.
