Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets were alive in the "HIVE" Wednesday night against Warren County Eagles.
Peyton Clapton hit game winning basket at the buzzer for the Roanoke Rapids JV boys in their 53-52 win over Warren County.
Roanoke Rapids Stats:
AJ Brown scored 11 points
Damon Mitchell scored 14 points
Isaiah Robinson scored 9 points
Jack Neville scored 8 points
Peyton Clapton scored 7 points
Jordan Daniels scored 4 points
Roanoke Rapids JV boys are 11-2 overall and 6-0 in Conference play.
The Roanoke Rapids Varsity girls beat Warren County 72-61 to take the sole lead of the 2A Northern Carolina Conference with four regular season games remaining.
Roanoke Rapids Stats:
Anna Vann scored 29 points
Michelle Stewart scored 8 points
Abbi Carpenter scored 6 points
Erica Whitmire scored 2 points
Alizae Neville scored 14 points
Taylor Medlin scored 11 points
Reauna Robinson scored 2 points
Roanoke Rapids Varsity girls are 12-6 overall and 9-1 in Conference play moving into 1st place ahead of Warren County 9-2.
Post game comments from Roanoke Rapids head coach Jim Whitmire, "The Lady Yellow Jackets have taken the top spot in the NCC 2A conference race. After a very rough start to the 2016-17 campaign, we have "righted the ship". There were multiple injuries, the cancellation of the JV season, rescheduled games and the late start due to the great run of the football team. But, all came together and we are first place for the first time in MANY years. This year's team has great senior leadership in Erica Whitmire, Alizae Neville, Deasia Thomas, Haley Farrow and, new comer, Kayla Hamlin. It has taken more time for this team to gel and to get the chemistry that makes all teams successful. We have had great guard play all year from Michelle Stewart and Anna Vann. Strong post play from our "twin towers" Abbi Carpenter and Taylor Medlin. And, the return of senior Alizae Neville from an early injury. And last, but not least, our defensive specialist Erica Whitmire. No team can win without outstanding bench play and we have that all the way through our roster. After a devastating loss to DSA, we had a very serious series of "meetings" with key players and a deep reaching team meeting. We decided it was time to come together and play to our full potential. I am so proud of how these girls responded and it translated to an 8-1 conference record. We came into last night's game tied for the first palce spot with Warren County. We jumped out to an early lead and went into the half 10 points up. Warren County came out of the half on fire and we found ourselves in a tied ball game early in the third quarter. We made the adjustments to the Warren County attack and never looked back. This was the most complete game this team has played all year. The Warren County team is the best we have seen all year and we took everything they threw at us. Anna Vann lead the way in scoring with 29 points, Zae Neville added 14, Taylor Medlin had 11, Michelle Stewart had 8, Abbi Carpenter with 6 and Erica Whitmire and Reuana Robinson each had 2. Rebounding was key in the victory with Abbi leading the way with 11. We continue to cut the turnovers down and the assists continue to incease. This makes this coach very happy. This part of the stats needs to continue to improve if we plan to be successful in the state playoffs. We finished this one with a 72-61 win. Our next game is Friday night at 6:00pm with Southern Vance coming to the Hive. Please come out and support us as we continue this incredible season."
Roanoke Rapids Varsity boys closed out the Warren County Sweep by beating Warren County 69-65.
Roanoke Rapids Stats:
Tyjarek Simmons scored 5 points
Quincy Vann scored 2 points
Semaj Smith scored 5 points
Paul Whitby scored 17 points
KJ Faulcon scored 9 points
T. Kearney scored 10 points
Dre Terryscored 14 points
Zach Vincent scored 7 points
Roanoke Rapids Varsity boys are 17-4 overall and 7-3 in Conference play.
Post game comments from Roanoke Rapids head coach Tyler Snyder, "We were down the entire game until the final minute. This was not our best performance but it showed each of them that they have each other's back. I challenged them to rebound at half time and the boys did a job of executing. I did offensive and defensive substitutions and when got the lead we finished."
A limited number of White t-shirts for Friday's (White Out shirt night) Southern Vance game can be purchased for $10 for shirt by contacting coach Tyler Snyder.
The Roanoke Rapids High school Remaining Basketball schedule:
Friday 2/3 Southern Vance Home 4:30
Tuesday 2/7 Franklinton Home 4:30
Wednesday 2/8 Bunn Away 4:30
Friday 2/10 Warren County Away 4:30