IWA hoops teams register wins - Smithfield Times

IWA Hoops teams record wins

Published 11:08 am Wednesday 14 December 2022

By James J Lidington

Isle of Wight Academy

VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL

Freshman Antonio Harrell had 20 points and teammates Jason Chapman and Jackson Cofer each had 10 as the Isle of Wight Academy varsity boys’ basketball team triumphed over visiting Gateway Christian Academy on Friday, December 9th 60-43.

Khalis Savage had 15 points for the Crusaders.

GCA couldn’t get closer than nine points to the Chargers on the scoreboard after the first quarter.

With the win, the IWA increased their season record to 2-4. Gateway fell to 2-5.

The Chargers lost to the StoneBridge School on December 6, 52-42.

With a long history of close games dating back to the Chargers’ tenure in the Metro Athletic Conference, IWA led the home team 38-34 and 6-26 to go into the Dec. 6 game. But a 20-3 run by StoneBridge at the same distance propelled the home team to victory.

Denbigh Baptist Christian School avenged a loss earlier this season to the Chargers with a 45-38 win over IWA on Thursday, December 8.

IWA led by one point, 24-23, with just two minutes left in the third quarter. But a 9-0 run in the next four minutes of play gave the Minutemen the ultimate lead.

Isle of Wight Academy opened their 2022-23 campaign with a 2-1 homestand, suffering losses to Atlantic Shores Christian School and Williamsburg Christian Academy and earning a win over Denbigh Baptist Christian.

IWA was without a double-digit scorer in an 89-32 loss to Shores on December 2.

The Seahawks had 21 of the first 23 points of the game and led 50-17 at halftime.

On November 28, Harrell had 20 points in only his second varsity start as IWA Denbigh outscored Baptist Christian 55-44.

Teammate Grayson Brock added 10 points for IWA.

Harrell announced his arrival in big style in his first varsity tilt, scoring 19 points in a 76-63 loss to Williamsburg Christian on November 21.

UNIVERSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL

The Lady Chargers basketball team won 3-0 on the week of December 4-10 and defeated StoneBridge 39-20 on December 6; Denbigh 33-12 on Thursday 8 December; and Gateway on Friday, December 9th at 37:13.

The IWA girls started the season 1-1 the week before. They opened their year with a 39-28 win over Denbigh on November 28 and a narrower 53-21 home loss to Shores on December 2.

The Lady Chargers (4-1) travel on Friday December 16 to play Portsmouth Christian School in a tournament.

WATER BIRD FESTIVAL AND DUCK CALL COMPETITION

The inaugural IWA Waterfowl Festival and Duck Calling Contest brought bird enthusiasts of all kinds to the campus on December 10th.

Vendors, live music and raffles were offered to those in attendance.

The following prizes won the highlight event, a duck call competition:

Rylee Carpenter – first place in junior division;
Andrew George – First Place in Adult Division; and
Zane Turner — Second place in the adult division.

INSIDE TRACK

Four IWA runners competed in the first indoor track meeting of the season.

Pierce Cutler and John Butler competed in the boys’ 1,600 meter race, with the former state railroad qualifiers setting a new personal best with a time of 4:57. Butler finished the opener with a time of 5:09.

Senior Hannah Edwards ran the girls 500 with a time of 1:18 for the state qualifier, setting a new personal record and finishing first in the event.

Senior Hannah McClain ran the girls’ 1,000 meters and finished in 3:41.

COMING UP

Friday December 16th