Wheatmore lost against Ledford back in December of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Wheatmore Warriors were dealt an 84-47 defeat at the hands of the Ledford Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 482nd, while the Panthers are ranked 159th).
Despite the loss, Wheatmore still got an impressive performance from Parker Kines, who posted 11 points and three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Avery Ivey, who earned six points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Ledford to victory, but perhaps none more so than Adam Grier, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 13 assists. Grier has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Isaiah Peele, who went 8 of 10 on his way to 19 points.
Wheatmore's loss dropped their record down to 6-8. As for Ledford, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-1.
Wheatmore didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 62-52 win against Southwestern Randolph on the 9th. As for Ledford, they will head out to challenge Asheboro at 7:30 p.m. on January 17th. Ledford is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 66.5 points per game this season.
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