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Published: Mar 16, 2008 12:30 AM
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Kinston puts end to title drought

Vikings claim boys 3-A championship

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Kinston's role players came through when they were needed Saturday and ended a 43-year championship drought.

Donovan Ingram had 21 points, including four free throws down the stretch, as the Vikings held off Trinity 60-58 to win the N.C. High School Athletic Association 3-A boys basketball championship Saturday in Chapel Hill.

Reggie Bullock added 13 points for Kinston (28-4), which won its third 3-A title and sixth overall, and first since winning back-to-back titles in 1964 and 1965.

Josh Pittman hit seven 3-pointers to score 23 points for the Bulldogs (30-2), who fought back from a 13-point, first-quarter deficit.

ALSO SATURDAY

WEST BLADEN 65, CANTON PISGAH 50: Tournament MVP Matt McCall scored 20 points and dished out six assists as West Bladen won its first state championship in any sport, beating Canton Pisgah in Raleigh for the 2-A title.

Canton Pisgah (25-8) did not hit a field goal in eight tries in the first quarter and was 0-for-15 before Jarrod Conard made a 3-pointer with 2:55 left in the second quarter. By then, West Bladen (30-2) led 23-8 and pushed it to 30-12 at halftime as Pisgah went 1-for-23.

Austin Moore led Pisgah with 15 points.

WINSTON-SALEM PREP 73, PAMLICO COUNTY 42: Reginald Johnson scored 25 points and set a state record with 23 rebounds as Winston-Salem Prep beat Pamlico County for its first 1-A title at UNC.

Marcus Wright added 21 points for the Phoenix (29-6). Maurice King led Pamlico (20-7) with 15.

Johnson, a 6-foot-9 senior who has committed to Miami, broke the record of 21 rebounds held by Rosman's Chris Thomas (1988) and Thomasville's Brandon Setzer (2003).

GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS

FAYETTEVILLE WESTOVER 58, WEST CHARLOTTE 53: Tournament MVP Tequila Jones and Tiara Gause combined to score 17 of the Wolverines' last 20 points as Fayetteville Westover won its first 4-A state championship in Raleigh.

Jones scored nine of her 20 points down the stretch, and Gause had seven of her 12 in the final 2:51 as Westover (30-2) rallied from seven points down.

Christal Caldwell scored 22 for West Charlotte (29-3), which saw an 18-game winning streak end.

CONCORD 77, WILSON BEDDINGFIELD 62: MVP Nyshia Hammonds scored 20 points as Concord won the 3-A title in Chapel Hill.

Freshmen Jatzmin Johnson and Jhemelia Edwards had 16 and 13 points, respectively, and T.T. Belcher added 12 for Concord (31-2), which led by 19 in the first half.

Jean Best scored 21, and Monique Spry had 17 for the Bruins (30-2), who won the title in 2006.

EAST DAVIDSON 62, GRAHAM 59: Junior center Anna Freeman scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and junior guard Alyssa Cutshaw scored five points down the stretch to send East Davidson to the 2-A title in Raleigh.

The Golden Eagles (27-4) trailed 52-46 with 5:22 left before Stacy Hicks hit a 3-pointer and Freeman, the game MVP, tied it at 52 with a three-point play. Cutshaw's 3-pointer with 1:03 left gave East Davidson the lead.

KiKi Allen led Graham (30-2) with 14 points.

KERNERSVILLE MCGUINNESS 56, PENDER COUNTY 43: Erinn Thompson had 14 points and 19 rebounds as Kernersville McGuinness won its third straight 1-A title at UNC.

Maggie Ronan added 16 points for the Villains (27-6).

Janetta Robinson scored 18 points for Pender (30-2), which shot 25 percent from the field and 8-of-19 at the free-throw line.

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