Alexander Central Opens League Play With Victories Over St Stephens

Varsity Women

Alexander Central 61 St Stephens 29

Hickory: Alexander Central opened conference play Friday night with a rout over St Stephens. Up 22-6 after the first quarter, the Lady Cougars never trailed and improved to 13-1. Seven ACHS players scored paced by Meredith Wike’s 15 in only 20 minutes of play. Faith Burch added 10. AC forced 31 turnovers. Ella Barkley led the Lady Indians (2-13) with 12.

Varsity Men

Alexander Central 73 St Stephens 54

The teams were tied at halftime at 29. The third quarter belonged to the visitors from Taylorsville. AC outscored St Stephens 28-11. Koa Mikeal led the Cougars with 21 (7-17 from three). Noah VanBeurden added 17 and Kade Flowers had 14. The Indians (9-6, 0-1) got 20 points from Chatham Donley. Alexander Central is 9-5 and 1-0.

Junior Varsity

Girls

Alexander Central 61 St Stephens 19

Leighton Bingham- 33 pts

Boys

Alexander Central 39 St Stephens 36

Jonas Henson- 14 pts

Northwestern Conference Scoreboard (Varsity)

Women

McDowell: 75 South Caldwell: 47
Watauga: 61 Freedom: 39

Men

Freedom: 67 Watauga: 65

McDowell: 72 South Caldwell: 43