Area Sports

By Marlana Smith The Raiders were defeated by Cairo Bearcats in the third-place game on Friday, January 20, 2023 in the 34th Annual North Shelby Tournament. Cairo dominated North Shelby 76-27 with three starters out for the Raiders. Casey Shockley led the Raiders (6-9) with 10 points. Cole Browning claimed nine. The Raiders scored 25…

By Marlana Smith The Lady Raiders defeated Schuyler County on Friday, January 20, 2023, 52-35 to earn third place in the 34th Annual North Shelby Tournament. Natalie Thrasher led NS (14-3) with 16 points. Ceairra Kirby had 12, Ava Williams 11 and Caroline Linberger scored 10 points. “We obviously come into a tournament with the…

By Marlana Smith The North Shelby Raiders lost the fight against Canton, 49-45, on Friday, January 13, 2023. Senior Brendyn McDaniel scored his 1000th career point with a 3-pointer with 2:01 on the clock in the first quarter.    Beginning the game, McDaniel was only three points away from his 1000th. “Four years of great…

By Marlana Smith The North Shelby Lady Raiders earned a 60-54 win against the Canton Lady Tigers in a battle on Friday, January 13, 2023. Senior Ava Williams scored her 1000th career point at the free-throw line with 19.5 seconds left in the game. Williams led the Lady Raiders with 19 points. Beginning the game,…

The North Shelby Raiders lost to Green City on Friday, January 6, 2023, with a final score of 58-36. North Shelby (5-6) was led by Jade Daniel with 16 points. Brendyn McDaniel had 11. JD Rich tallied seven and Cole Browning had two. Only four Raiders scored in the game. McDaniel scored six of the…

The Lady Raiders held its first home game of the new year on Friday, January 6, 2023. NS (10-1) got the win against Green City, 44-12. Caroline Linberger led North Shelby with 16 points. Ava Williams tallied 14. NS put 24 points on the board in the first half. Williams claimed 10 of them. Marissa…

The Raiders won 57-51 after defeating Novinger on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. NS (5-4) was led by JD Rich with 23 points. Jade Daniel had 19 points. Rich was 9-for-9 from the charity line and Daniel went 5-for-5. North Shelby scored 16 points in the first quarter. Rich had eight of them. Casey Shockley hit…

The Lady Raiders traveled to Novinger on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. North Shelby (8-1) won 58-41. Hadlee Parsons led NS with 15 points. Ava Williams earned 10. Natalie Thrasher, Ceairra Kirby, Caroline Linberger, Marissa McEwen and Williams eached scored a bucket in the first quarter. Novinger scored seven points. Parsons tallied 10 of the 18…

By Marlana Smith The North Shelby Raiders lost to Atlanta 73-53. The Raiders were led by Jade Daniel with 20 points. JD Rich had 16. Atlanta outscored the Raiders 18-8 in the first period. Daniel scored five of the eight points in the quarter. The Hornets had four players hit double digits in the game.…

By Marlana Smith The North Shelby Lady Raiders earned a 55-52 win at Atlanta on Thursday, January 5, 2023. NS was led by Ava Williams with 23 points. Natalie Thrasher earned 12 and Caroline Linberger had 11. A slow first quarter for the Lady Raider’s allowed the Lady Hornets to have a 17-15 lead. Kyley…