Nation Ford's boys' basketball team improved to 4-1 in Region 4-AAA with a 63-46 win over York on Tuesday.
The Falcons were led by senior center Andrew Komornik, who scored 12 points as Nation Ford closed the game on a 25-8 run.
Tied at 38 in the third quarter, Falcons head coach Brian Turner called a timeout and talked things over with his team.
Senior J.J. McCullough came off the bench with nine big points for the Falcons, and junior AJ Jackson scored eight of his 10 points in the second half.
For the most part, the game was back-and-forth throughout, with neither team really getting in momentum until the end.
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NATION FORD 63, YORK 46
Nation Ford - Andrew Komornik 12, AJ Jackson 10, JJ McCullough 9, Carson Smith 8, Riley Hilton 7, Brandon Harris 7, Kevin Stewart 4, Chase Bollinger 4, Ben Fountain 2. York - Deshaw Andrews 11, Daurice Simpson 9, Reggie McClain 8, Luke Lancaster 6, Ty Currence 4, Kaiyon Schrouder 4, Tucker Griffin 2, Lamin Yanseneh 2.
Nation Ford | 14 | 16 | 14 | 19 | - | 63 |
York | 14 | 12 | 12 | 8 | - | 46 |
3 -pointers - Nation Ford 4 (Carson Smith 2, AJ Jackson 1, Brandon Harris 1), York 2 (Daurice Simpson 1, Deshaw Andrews 1). Team fouls - Nation Ford 7, York 17.
Records: Nation Ford 13-6, 4-1 Region 4-AAA; York 6-12, 2-3 Region 4-AAA.
NATION FORD 67, YORK 63 4OTs: Nation Ford's girls won a four-overtime thriller that had the Cougar Den in York rocking.
Led by senior Zharne Glover who scored 19 points, the Lady Falcons were finally able to pull away from York in the fourth overtime with 5-of-8 free throws.
"That was pretty exciting," said Nation Ford head coach Frank Snider. "We saw some heart from our girls."
Even York head coach Paula Blackwell was surprised.
"Our kids played great," she said.
York's Lilasha Dervin led all scorers with 26 points and hit six of her team's 3-pointers.
NATION FORD 67, YORK 63 4OTs
Nation Ford - Zharne Glover 19, Ellen Bright 14, Katie Bright 10, Taylor Yarborough 8, Kai McCorvey 5, Kendall Lucas 4, Alexis Brice 4, Paris Bankole 3. York - Lilasha Dervin 26, Carrie Lancaster 16, Kelondra Lytle 11, Ashanti Wilson 7, Brittany Cannon 2, Quanisha Howell 1.
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Nation Ford | 15 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 9 | - | 67 |
York | 9 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | - | 63 |
3 -pointers - Nation Ford 0, York 7 (Lilasha Dervin 6, Kelondra Lytle 1). Team fouls - Nation Ford 15, York 13. Fouled out - Kai McCorvey (NF).
Records: Nation Ford 10-8, 4-1 Region 4-AAA; York 6-12, 3-2 Region 4-AAA.
WRESTLING: The Rock Hill Bearcats wrapped up the Region 3-AAAA championship and at least two home playoff matches on Tuesday night with a 59-6 victory over visiting Northwestern.
The Bearcats started the match at 138 and reeled off 11 straight victories to open a 53-0 lead. The Trojans won the next two weight classes with decisions at 120 and 126 before Rock Hill's Robert Douglas closed out the win at 132 with a pin.
Parkland, a five-time defending state champ in North Carolina, beat Rock Hill 43-18. The Trojans were scheduled to wrestle Parkland but decided to forfeit.
The Bearcats, 22-6 and 5-0 in the region, travel to Clover on Friday night for the Region 3-AAAA Individual Tournament.
ROCK HILL 59 NORTHWESTERN 6
106: D. Faile (RH) pin. Q. Ghentt; 113: N. Steinberg (RH) dec. J. Bell 4-2; 120: W. Dye (N) dec. L. Walker 9-7; 126: B. Hughes (N) dec. A. Threatt 11-9; 132: R. Douglas (RH) pin. H. Allen; 138: B. Ashley (RH) pin. T. Barnette; 145: R. Haselrig (RH) pin. D. Leak; 152: R. Mills (RH) pin. E. Jud; 160: S. Swoope (RH) tech. fall J. Hamburg 19-2; 170: C. Childers (RH) dec. A. Kelly 3-1; 182: A. Walker (RH) pin. R. Hubbs; 195: J. Schavey (RH) dec. R. Walker 10-5; 220: C. Bell (RH) dec. J. Miller 9-4; 285: M. Jeter (RH) pin. J. Burns.
PAINT IT RED: South Pointe students are urged to come out and support the Stallions by wearing red on Friday night.
South Pointe hosts Fort Mill in varsity basketball and the night begins at 6:30 with the girls game, with the boys to follow. Tickets for students are $1 at the gate.
