Boys Basketball: The Gravelly Hill Grizzlies completed a sweep of the Stanford Chargers on Thursday night. Gravelly won 33-24 at Chargers Gymnasium. Landon Dalehite, the younger brother of Cedar Ridge 2nd baseman Tori Dalehite, scored 16 points, his career-high. On Tuesday, Gravelly defeated the Chargers 40-31. Dalehite also had 16 points. Earlier this month, Gravelly defeated Northern Middle School 47-37 in Efland. Two days later, the Grizzlies knocked off Phillips 39-18 in Chapel Hill. Now that the Chargers are off for the holidays, they will return to action on January 9 against Southern in Efland.
Girls Basketball: Earlier this week, Stanford defeated Gravelly Hill for its second win of the season. Evelyn George led the Lady Chargers with 13 points. Stanford’s other win this season came against McDougle on December 5 in Hillsborough. Shannon Murphy had nine points for the Chargers in the victory. Phillips defeated Stanford in the season opener in Chapel Hill. The Chargers were led by Dyreshia Farrish, who registered eleven points. On December 10, Culbreth beat Stanford. Karleigh Johnson had eight points for the Chargers. Last week, Smith beat the Chargers. Murphy had 16 points for Stanford, a season-high for any Lady Charger this season. Stanford will resume its season on January 14 against Northern Roxboro in Hillsborough.
Wrestling: The Stanback Bulldogs are undefeated. Stanback started action in the Orange-Person Athletic Conference with a 72-33 victory over the Smith Cyclones. The Bulldogs routed Culbreth 84-24. On Wednesday, the Bulldogs improved to 3-0 with a 72-30 victory over Northern Roxboro in Hillsborough.
Against the Raiders, Pierce Prescod earned a win at 98 pounds via pinfall. At 106 pounds, Zoey Moreno remained undefeated with another pin. At 113, Leo Oguntoyinbo won by pinfall. Kaden Tatro wrestled at 145 pounds and won by pin. Bryan Tedder, competing at 152 pounds, claimed a victory by forfeit.
At 195 pounds, Carlos Vera de Lara won via pinfall.
Stanback has nine wrestlers who are undefeated so far this season. They are: Favio Jarmillo Esparza (78/90 pounds), Pierce Prescod (98), Moreno (106), Edwin Hernandez Huerta (132/138), Kaden Tatro (138/145), Marco Esparza (160/170), Marcos MacNeil (170), Carlos Vera de Lara (195/220), and Kellan McMullen (220/250).
There are four Bulldogs going into winter break with 2-1 records. They include Oguntoyinbo (113), Ryan Rakouskas (120), Tedder (145/152), and Joe O’Meila (182).
Stanback will have a tri-meet against Southern Roxboro and McDougle on January 8. It looks very likely that the Orange-Person Athletic Conference will come down to the January 10 match against Stanford, which has won 19 consecutive OPAC Championships.
On Wednesday, Stanford racked up another OPAC victory, defeating Gravelly Hill 84-24. Josh Merrill was among the Chargers who won their individual matches. Merrill is 4-0 on the season.
Stanford is also 4-0. They will travel to Smith Middle School in Chapel Hill on January 8.
This is the final Middle School Review of 2019. We would like to hear from all sports and all three middle schools in Hillsborough. This week, we reached out to coaches of all teams in winter sports at Stanford, Stanback and Gravelly Hill. The responses were better, but not quite as thorough as we would like.
So in 2020, please contact us with the results of your games. For basketball, we’re looking for the names of all scorers, how many points they scored and any other important statistics. And, of course, the final scores. For wrestling, who won their matches and how. And the final scores, too.
Email all results to hamlin37@hotmail.com.