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Davie’s JV boys basketball team entered a CPC showdown with an 11-1 record, but Davie lost its edge when it ran into a buzzsaw in Clemmons on Jan. 8. Unbeaten West Forsyth slowed down the War Eagles, 66-55.
“West Forsyth is a really good team,” coach Brandon Thalasinos said. “They got us out of our game plan. We just fell out of rhythm.”
The War Eagles weren’t awful. They were in contention deep into the fourth quarter against a team that had steamrolled its first nine opponents by an average score of 77-35. This was the second-closest margin during the Titans’ 10-0 season.
The War Eagles trailed by nine at the end of the first quarter, by seven at halftime and by nine after the third. They closed the gap to four in the fourth before running out of steam.
“I’m super proud of them for fighting through,” Thalasinos said. “We knew this was going to be a big matchup and it was going to come down to who was firing on all cylinders that day – and we just weren’t. But we stayed in it. We kept fighting. We’re looking forward to playing them again.”
All 55 points came from five guys: Noah Dulin with 14, Draeton Nance 12, Aiden Horton 11, Ian Patton 8, William Martin 6. The setback dropped Davie to 11-2 overall and 3-1 in the CPC.
“We let them dictate the pace,” Thalasinos said. “We will go back to work, we will correct it and be ready for them when they come to us.”
Davie 55, Parkland 13
One day later in Winston-Salem, the War Eagles ripped apart lowly Parkland. The Mustangs were down 53-2 after three quarters and sank to 0-8.
Justin Haggler paced nine Davie scorers with 10 points.
W. Forsyth 65, Davie 55 – Noah Dulin 14, Draeton Nance 12, Aiden Horton 11, Ian Patton 8, William Martin 6, Justin Haggler 4.
Davie 55, Parkland 13 – Justin Haggler 10, Noah Dulin 9, Wyatt Harwood 7, William Martin 7, Aiden Horton 6, Carter Cornett 5, Draeton Nance 5, Edarius Oliver 4, Ian Patton 2.