Chuckey-Doak sweeps Happy Valley in conference play
Published 1:13 pm Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Larry N. Souders/Star Correspondent The Warriors’ Austin Nickles (21) nails the 10-footer over Chuckey-Doak’s Ryland Grindstaff (2) in the lane early in the first quarter.
Larry N. Souders/Star Correspondent The Warriors’ Ron Paul Parker (12) buries the 3-pointer from the corner over the onrushing Austin Stines (3) from Chuckey-Doak midway through the first quarter.
Larry N. Souders/Star Correspondent Chuckey-Doak’s Austin Stines (3) intercepts the baseball pass intended for the Warriors’ Ron Paul Parker (12).
Larry N. Souders/Star Correspondent The Warriors’ Austin Nickles (21) kisses the turnaround jumper off the glass in the paint from inside the foul line.
Larry N. Souders/Star Correspondent The Warriors’ Lane Parker (1) takes the outlet pass along the baseline and is fouled by a Chuckey-Doak defender as he goes to the hoop.
Larry N. Souders/Star Correspondent The Warriors’ Austin Nickles (21) floats the fingertip roller in for two along the baseline midway through the second quarter.
Larry N. Souders/Star Correspondent The Warriors’ Artee Bahn (22) drops in the runner from just outside the paint over two Chuckey-Doak defenders.
Larry N. Souders/Star Correspondent The Warriors’ Austin Nickles (21) nails the putback jumper off a long rebound.
Larry N. Souders/Star Correspondent The Lady Warriors’ Kaden Anderson (22) steps around Chuckey-Doak’s Kennedy Brown (1) and hits the two-pointer early in the third quarter.
Larry N. Souders/Star Correspondent The Lady Warriors’ Shenisu Gardner (33) hits the layup on a breakaway early in the third quarter.
Larry N. Souders/Star Correspondent The Lady Warriors’ Shenisu Gardner (33) splits Chuckey-Doak defenders Tralyn (32) and Tavyn Southerland (22) and hits the putback jumper in the lane.
Larry N. Souders/Star Correspondent The Lady Warriors’ Kaden Anderson (22) hits the jumper as she’s fouled from behind by Chuckey-Doak’s Kennedy Brown (1) late in the third quarter.
Larry N. Souders/Star Correspondent The Lady Warriors’ Ashlyn Sommers (31) is fouled by Chuckey-Doak’s Jessie Dayton (5) as she goes back to the hoop, surrounded by four Lady Black Knights.
Larry N. Souders/Star Correspondent The Lady Warriors’ Ashlyn Sommers (31) disrupts Chuckey-Doak’s Sarah Yates’ (30) pass to teammate Jayden Myers (12), forcing her to throw the ball out of bounds because of tight defense.
Larry N. Souders/Star Correspondent The Lady Warriors’ Aubree Whitehead (21) picks Jessie Dayton’s (5) pocket at the top of the key and races to the other end of the floor for a layup.
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STAR CORRESPONDENT
For one half, the Happy Valley Warriors kept pace with Chuckey-Doak on Tuesday at Bayless Gymnasium, trailing by just six at the half. The third quarter was a disaster for HV (2-18, 1-7 conference), as the Black Knights went on a 14-2 run to take a 52-34 lead going into the fourth period, and the Knights prevailed 62-55 in boys conference basketball action.
In girls action, the Lady Warriors (6-14, 0-6) were a turnover machine and shot poorly as C-D took a 55-28 victory.
Post Austin Nickles scored a team-high 16 points, with 14 of those coming in the first half as he helped the Warriors stay within shouting distance of the Knights. HV led 12-11 after one quarter, but C-D outscored HV 18-11 in the second period to take a 29-23 halftime advantage.
“I was proud of the effort, but our inability to score the ball at times really puts us behind the eight ball, honestly,” Warriors head coach Shane Williams said. “We played good in spurts, but Chuckey-Doak played better than us for more of the game than we did.”
The Knights (6-14, 1-5 conference) outscored HV 23-11, including opening with a 14-2 run, and that led to an 18-point C-D advantage. The Warriors battled gamely in the fourth quarter, actually cutting the C-D lead to 59-51 with 1:32 remaining in regulation. HV made it 61-55 with 47 ticks left on the clock, but that was as close as the Warriors would get.
Artie Bahn scored 12 points for HV, with Ron Paul Parker adding 11. For C-D, Gavin Crum’s 19 points were tops, with Dominique Atchison adding 15 and Ryland Grindstaff pitching in with 12.
GIRLS
Chuckey-Doak 55, Happy Valley 28
This one was noncompetitive from the start, as the Lady Knights opened with a 13-5 first-period advantage that swelled to 32-10 by halftime. The Lady Warriors were 11-for-40 overall from the floor (27.5%) and shot 2-for-10 (20%) from distance, committing 22 turnovers.
Senior Cayden Anderson scored a team-high 13 points, with Shaniece Gardner adding eight points. For Chuckey-Doak (10-11, 7-1), Kennedy Brown and Tralyn Southerland each scored a game-high 18 points.
BOYS
Chuckey-Doak 62, Happy Valley 55
Chuckey-Doak (62)
Lippard 6, Atchison 15, Palozzo 2, Crum 19, Grindstaff 12, Malone 1, Henderson 3, Murray 4.
Happy Valley (55)
L. Parker 9, R. Parker 11, Nickles 16, Bahn 12, Goulds 4, Young 3.
Quarter scores
Chuckey-Doak 11 18 23 10 – 62
Happy Valley 12 11 11 21 – 55
3-point goals: C-D 6 (Atchison 3, Crum 3), HV 3 (Bahn 2, R. Parker 1).
GIRLS
Chuckey-Doak 55, Happy Valley 28
Chuckey-Doak (55)
Brown 18, Atchison 1, Myers 5, Karriker 6, Ta. Southerland 4, Seidl 1, Tr. Southerland 18, Fox 2.
Happy Valley (28)
Moore 2, Anderson 13, Zeoli 3, Gardner 8, Sommers 2.
Quarter scores
Chuckey-Doak 13 19 16 7 – 55
Happy Valley 5 5 9 9 – 28
3-point goals: C-D 7 (Tr. Southerland 4, Brown 2, Myers 1), HV 2 (Anderson 1, Zeoli 1).
