From staff reports

Wednesday’s games …

MISENHEIMER — East Rowan’s girls never trailed and took a 40-28 non-conference win at Gray Stone.

The game was tied at 2-all and 4-all, but a corner 3-pointer by Lily Kluttz put the Mustangs ahead to stay, and Mary Church powered in a layup as she was fouled a few moments later.

Kluttz hit another 3-pointer to provide a 15-7 lead after a quarter.

East led 24-11 at the half and was able to do enough in the second half to maintain a lead and get the road victory.

Church, who played for Gray Stone as a freshman, scored eight. Kluttz finished with six. Kady Collins, who opened the scoring with a layup, also had six.

East (6-5) plays at Northwest Cabarrus on Friday.

Gray Stone is 5-5.

East Rowan       15      9     9     7    — 40

Gray Stone       7         4     5     12    — 28

EAST — Church 8, Collins 6, Kluttz 6, Wise 5, Oglesby 4, Stepp 4, Waddell 3, Miller 2, Smith 2.

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MOUNT PLEASANT — South Rowan’s girls went 0-for-December, but it’s a new month and a new year and they began 2024 on a positive note with a 44-28 win at Mount Pleasant.

It was the first victory for the Raiders (2-8) since they blew out South Stanly on Nov. 28. The Raiders were back at full strength for the first time in a while, and it showed.

The first quarter was a struggle, but South used an 18-point second quarter to take a 25-16 halftime lead.

South shut down Mount Pleasant (6-6) down the stretch. The Tigers scored only three points in the fourth quarter.

Kynlee Dextraze led South with 11 points. Day Pharr scored seven. There were a lot of 4s and 5s in the scorebook, as nine Raiders scored.

Maci Harwood scored 16 for Mount Pleasant.

South Rowan        7      18    8    11    — 44

Mount Pleasant   6       10   9      3    — 28

SOUTH — Dextraze 11, Pharr 7, Atwell 5, Menius 5, Fisher 4, Eagle 4, Morgan 4, Krieg 2, Alston 2.

MP — Harwood 16, Herring 8, Scott 3, Clutter 1.

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SALISBURY — Torese Evans and Mariana Zapata posted career highs as Salisbury’s girls crushed South Davidson 69-22 for a Central Carolina Conference win.

Zapata’s previous career best was nine points. She scored 13. Evans’ previous high was 11. She scored 12.

The usual leading scorers for Salisbury — MaKayla Noble and Jamyrah Cherry — also did their share in reduced minutes. Noble got 14, while Cherry had 13.

Salisbury (8-4, 3-0) led 18-0 right away and was ahead 25-1 after a quarter. The Hornets breezed from there.

South Davidson is 1-12 and 0-3 in the CCC.

Salisbury plays at East Davidson Friday.

South Davidson     1     11    8      2    — 22

Salisbury               25     14   19    11  — 69

SALISBURY — Noble 14, Zapata 13, Cherry 13, Evans 12, Arnold 5, Peeler 3, Pearson-Hasty 3, McCombs 2, Spruill 2, McNeely 2.

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KANNAPOLIS — Hickory Ridge was too strong for A.L. Brown and rolled 76-34 in a Greater Metro 4 Conference season opener.

Hickory Ridge (11-2, 1-0) led 20-5 after a quarter.

Amya Leathers scored 22 points. Sheree Gidney, a Catawba commit, scored 16.

Sadie Faulkner led the Wonders (8-3, 0-1) with nine points.

It’s a tough stretch for the Wonders. They’ll travel to Lake Norman on Friday.

Hickory Ridge    20   18    25    13    — 76

A.L.Brown           5     12   10       7     — 34

HICKORY RIDGE — Leathers 22, S. Gidney 16, M. Gidney 0, Ritter 9, C. Woodward 9, K. Woodward 5, Duley 4, Watkins 2.

A.L. BROWN — Faulkner 9, Grier 6, Bradley 5, Flood 5, Klutz 5, Robinson 2, David 1.

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CONCORD — Northwest Cabarrus beat Central Cabarrus 55-35 in a matchup of two of the South Piedmont Conference’s upper-tier teams.

Re’Ale Walton scored 22 for the Trojans (8-3, 4-1), while Mackenzie Ortscheid had 12, including the 3-pointer that provided a 29-20 halftime lead.

Kyra Lewis scored 15 for the Vikings (6-5, 3-1).

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North Rowan’s game at East Davidson was postponed.