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The Avery County (Newland, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Hendersonville (NC) by a score of 72-58.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Hendersonville	13	11	22	26	72
Avery County	12	17	11	18	58

Final score provided by J. Gage.

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Game Stats

Avery County (25-26)

Hendersonville

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	72	26	70	37	39
0	Jaron Ward (Jr)	15	6	21	29	29
1	Jaylon Wynn (Jr)	13	5	17	29	29
3	Mateo Archer (Jr)	20	8	12	67	75
4	J. Godfrey-Suber (Jr)	8	3	4	75	88
5	Jordan Buford (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
11	Kanye Smith (Jr)	3	1	2	50	50
12	Jordan Wynn (Jr)	9	1	8	13	13
20	H. Williams Jr (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
22	S. Jacobs (Jr)	2	1	2	50	50
23	K. Hemphill (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0

Avery County

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	58	22	47	47	49
0	Jaxton Boone (Sr)	1	0	2	0	0
1	Landon Liner (Sr)	16	7	12	58	58
3	B. Kirkpatrick (Jr)	5	2	6	33	42
4	Oak Markland (Sr)	15	6	12	50	54
11	Zane Cheuvront (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
21	JJ Washington (So)	4	2	2	100	100
22	Hank Johnson (Sr)	17	5	11	45	45
32	Max Milliron (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0

Hendersonville

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	72	3	10	30	17	32	53	23	60	38
0	Jaron Ward (Jr)	15				3	4	75	6	21	29
1	Jaylon Wynn (Jr)	13	0	3	0	3	8	38	5	14	36
3	Mateo Archer (Jr)	20	2	3	67	2	6	33	6	9	67
4	J. Godfrey-Suber (Jr)	8	1	1	100	1	2	50	2	3	67
5	Jordan Buford (Jr)	2							1	2	50
11	Kanye Smith (Jr)	3	0	1	0	1	2	50	1	1	100
12	Jordan Wynn (Jr)	9	0	1	0	7	10	70	1	7	14
20	H. Williams Jr (Fr)	0	0	1	0
22	S. Jacobs (Jr)	2							1	2	50
23	K. Hemphill (Jr)	0							0	1	0

Avery County

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	58	2	14	14	12	20	60	20	33	61
0	Jaxton Boone (Sr)	1	0	2	0	1	2	50	0	0	0
1	Landon Liner (Sr)	16	0	1	0	2	5	40	7	11	64
3	B. Kirkpatrick (Jr)	5	1	3	33	0	0	0	1	3	33
4	Oak Markland (Sr)	15	1	4	25	2	4	50	5	8	63
11	Zane Cheuvront (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	JJ Washington (So)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100
22	Hank Johnson (Sr)	17	0	3	0	7	9	78	5	8	63
32	Max Milliron (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Hendersonville

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	72	17	19	36	20	20	3	10	16
0	Jaron Ward (Jr)	15	10	3	13			1		1
1	Jaylon Wynn (Jr)	13	4	2	6	6	8	1	1	2
2	J. Featherstone (Sr)			1	1					1
3	Mateo Archer (Jr)	20		1	1	3	5		2	2
4	J. Godfrey-Suber (Jr)	8		5	5	3	4	1	3	3
5	Jordan Buford (Jr)	2	1	3	4	5	1		1	2
11	Kanye Smith (Jr)	3		2	2	1			1
12	Jordan Wynn (Jr)	9	2	1	3	2	2		2	3
20	H. Williams Jr (Fr)	0								1
22	S. Jacobs (Jr)	2		1	1					1

Avery County

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	58	8	26	34	9	8	13	26	20
0	Jaxton Boone (Sr)	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	3	0
1	Landon Liner (Sr)	16	2	6	8	0	4	5	3	3
2	Hunt Buchanan (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	B. Kirkpatrick (Jr)	5	1	10	11	0	0	7	0	4
4	Oak Markland (Sr)	15	3	2	5	0	1	0	5	4
21	JJ Washington (So)	4	0	0	0	4	2	0	4	2
22	Hank Johnson (Sr)	17	1	5	6	2	1	1	7	3
32	Max Milliron (Jr)	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2
50	Nic Daniels (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2

Hendersonville

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	2.00	2.00	1.25	0.19	1	26
0	Jaron Ward (Jr)				1.00		1
1	Jaylon Wynn (Jr)	6.00	8.00	4.00	0.50		11
3	Mateo Archer (Jr)	1.50	2.50	2.50		1	3
4	J. Godfrey-Suber (Jr)	1.00	1.33	1.33	0.33		5
5	Jordan Buford (Jr)	5.00	1.00	0.50			2
11	Kanye Smith (Jr)	1.00					1
12	Jordan Wynn (Jr)	1.00	1.00	0.67			3

Avery County

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.35	0.31	0.40	0.65	10
0	Jaxton Boone (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3
1	Landon Liner (Sr)	0.00	1.33	1.33	1.67	4
3	B. Kirkpatrick (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.75	1
4	Oak Markland (Sr)	0.00	0.20	0.25	0.00	1
21	JJ Washington (So)	1.00	0.50	1.00	0.00	1
22	Hank Johnson (Sr)	0.29	0.14	0.33	0.33	0

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - Hendersonville defeats Avery County

February 13, 2026: Newland, NC 28657

The Hendersonville Bearcats (Hendersonville, NC) basketball knocked off the host Avery County Vikings (Newland, NC), 72-58 in Friday's league test.

Next, the Bearcats encounter the Mountain Heritage Cougars (Burnsville, NC) in a Western Highlands 2A/3A test, on Monday, February 16. Hendersonville will attempt to improve on its 16-5 season record. The Cougars come into the test with a 15-6 record after their 60-57 league win over Madison (Marshall, NC).

The Vikings (10-10) will now prepare for their test against Polk County (Columbus, NC). The Wolverines come into the Western Highlands 2A/3A test with a 3-20 record. In their last battle, Polk County was outscored by Mitchell (Bakersville, NC), 66-52, in a league battle.

Players of the Game

Hendersonville (25-26)

Congratulations to #1 Jaylon Wynn for being selected the Hendersonville Basketball Player of the Game.

Avery County (25-26)

Congratulations to #1 Landon Liner for being selected the Avery County Basketball Player of the Game.

HHS @ Avery County Basketball Game Info

Fri., Feb. 13, 2026 @ 7:30p

The Avery County (Newland, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Hendersonville (NC) by a score of 72-58.

Rankings & Records

Hendersonville (25-26)

NC	Class
170	14

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
21-6	11-1	10-2	10-3	1-1	.778	.917	1,840	1,489

Avery County (25-26)

NC	Class
397	21

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
12-12	5-8	8-6	4-6	.500	.385	1,440	1,460

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Hendersonville	16.0	16.6	18.6	16.4	16.0	68.1
Avery County	13.3	15.3	16.8	16.1	-	60.0

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Head-to-Head

Hendersonville won on 1/9/2026

1/9 @ 8p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Avery County 12 9 13 16 50
Hendersonville 19 22 7 19 67

The Avery County (Newland, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against Hendersonville (NC) by a score of 67-50.
Box score
Hendersonville won on 2/13/2026

2/13 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Hendersonville 13 11 22 26 72
Avery County 12 17 11 18 58

The Hendersonville (NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against Avery County (Newland, NC) by a score of 72-58.
Box score

1/9 @ 8p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Avery County	12	9	13	16	50
Hendersonville	19	22	7	19	67

Team Stat Comparison

Hendersonville		Avery County
68.2	Points Per Game	60.0
31.7	Rebounds Per Game	32.2
13.6	Assists Per Game	12.8
15.1	Steals Per Game	7.2
1.9	Blocks Per Game	5.7

Team Leaders

Hendersonville		Avery County	National Avg.
#3 Mateo Archer16.1	Points Per Game	#22 Hank Johnson20.5	4.8
#0 Jaron Ward5.6	Rebounds Per Game	#1 Landon Liner8.3	2.5
#1 Jaylon Wynn3.2	Assists Per Game	#22 Hank Johnson2.7	1.0
#1 Jaylon Wynn3.3	Steals Per Game	#21 JJ Washington1.2	0.8
#22 Sebastian Jacobs0.4	Blocks Per Game	#3 Blaine Kirkpatrick3.7	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Hendersonville	12-2		Avery County	5-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/25/25	North Henderson	Hendersonville	(L) 72-70	11/19/25	North Henderson	Avery County	(L) 74-52
12/2/25	Hendersonville	North Henderson	(W) 76-72
12/12/25	Hendersonville	Mitchell	(W) 81-66	1/16/26	Mitchell	Avery County	(W) 71-47
1/20/26	Mitchell	Hendersonville	(W) 59-38	2/10/26	Avery County	Mitchell	(L) 54-32
12/18/25	Madison	Hendersonville	(W) 81-53	12/12/25	Madison	Avery County	(L) 55-49
1/29/26	Hendersonville	Madison	(W) 75-67	1/20/26	Avery County	Madison	(W) 51-38
2/20/26	Madison	Hendersonville	(W) 77-70
1/6/26	Owen	Hendersonville	(W) 69-65	12/16/25	Avery County	Owen	(L) 60-48
2/12/26	Hendersonville	Owen	(W) 70-46	1/22/26	Owen	Avery County	(W) 53-51
2/19/26	Owen	Hendersonville	(W) 57-48	2/18/26	Owen	Avery County	(L) 72-65
1/13/26	Hendersonville	Mountain Heritage	(L) 60-55	1/7/26	Mountain Heritage	Avery County	(L) 53-49
2/16/26	Mountain Heritage	Hendersonville	(W) 70-44	2/9/26	Avery County	Mountain Heritage	(L) 57-42
1/16/26	Hendersonville	Polk County	(W) 80-57	1/13/26	Polk County	Avery County	(W) 81-53
2/10/26	Polk County	Hendersonville	(W) 77-50	2/16/26	Avery County	Polk County	(W) 71-64

Record Breakdown

Hendersonville (25-26)		Avery County (25-26)
21-6	Overall	12-12
13-1	League	5-8
6-2	Non-League	6-3
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
12-2	Common Opponent	5-7
10-2	Home	8-6
10-3	Away	4-6
1-1	Neutral	0-0
1-1	Playoff	1-1
21-5	In-State	12-12
0-1	Out-of-State	0-0