Roanoke Valley Third Round NCHSAA Basketball State Play-offs Saturday February 25th results reported to RRspin Sports.
The Southeast Halifax Men's Basketball team are the only Roanoke Valley team still alive the State Basketball Championship!
2A Girls
#8 seed Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets (21-6) lost to #1 seed Bertie County Falcons (27-1) 41-56.
Roanoke Rapids Stats:
Anna Vann scored 31 points
Michelle Stewart scored 1 point
Taylor Medlin scored 6 points
Alizae Neville scored 3 points
2A Boys
#15 seed Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets (21-7) lost to #6 seed Hertford County Bears (19-8) 56-71.
Roanoke Rapids Stats:
Tyjarek Simmons scored 14 points
Semaj Smith scored 5 points
Dre Terry scored 8 points
Tyraybiya Kearney scored 8 points
Zach Vincent scored 2 points
Tyler Acree scored 2 points
Paul Whitby scored 7 points
Quincy Vann scored 9 points
Faulcon scored 1 point
Post game comments by head coach Tyler Snyder, "Very proud of the guys. When you get to be one of the final 16 left in the state, you know you are going to face really good teams. No reason for anyone to hang their heads. They had a great season and so much to be proud of. I would take them to battle any day of the week."
1A Girls
#7 seed Weldon Chargers (18-2) lost to #2 seed Roxboro Community Bulldogs (28-3) 49-61.
Post game game comments from head coach Grady Williams, "we gave it a great fight, but we fell short, we lost 61-49, I would like to thank everyone for their support behind our very young team great season."
#9 seed Northampton County Jaguars (19=3) lost to #1 seed Plymouth Vikings (22-1) 45-59.
1A Boys
#4 seed Southeast Halifax (22-5) beat #5 seed Spring Creek (22-6) 71-54 to advance to fourth round in th 1A NCHSAA State Championship play-offs.
#4 seed Southeast Halifax (23-5) will host #9 seed Riverside (23-3) Tuesday February 28th in the Elite Eight fourth round of the 1A NCHSAA State Men's Basketball Championship play-offs.