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By Brian Pitts
Enterprise Record

The Davie girls basketball team is making plenty of history in 2024-25.
• By taking care of Glenn and Reynolds last week, the War Eagles celebrated their first CPC championship in 22 years. Thanks to West Forsyth’s upset win over East Forsyth, Davie finished alone in first instead of sharing the crown with East.
• At 17-6, the War Eagles own the most victories in nine years.
• Their six-game winning streak is the longest in 10 years.
When the final horn sounded at Reynolds, the coronation was five years in the making for coach Lindsey Adams, whose Davie teams have been climbing steadily, going 3-9, 9-14, 13-13 and 16-12 last year. Now Dave is basking in glory for the first time since 2002-03.
When Adams made her way down the steps to the visitors locker room, total chaos broke out as she sprayed the players with a water bottle.
“I wanted the girls to enjoy it,” she said. “They deserve to celebrate that. But as a coach, I’m thinking: ‘OK, now how do I get them to focus on (this) week because we are so young?’ So where’s the line of celebrating but also making sure we have the maturity to be able to focus on: ‘Hey, it’s not over yet.’”
And then: “It didn’t really hit me that we are conference champions until I was in the car by myself. Then it was like: ‘Holy cow, we just won our first conference championship at a school that was 0-25 (in 2019-20).’”
To no one’s surprise, Glenn and Reynolds were both severely overmatched.
Davie 72, Glenn 39
West knocked off East 45-36, Davie took care of business in Kernersville and the War Eagles found themselves in sole possession of first place on Feb. 11.
While Avarie Martin poured in 19 points at Glenn, she was helped by Davie’s typical balance. Londyn McDowell and Gracie Shore had eight each, and Makenzie Gentry and Emmie Burris had seven apiece.
The Bobcats, who lost the first meeting 70-1, tumbled to 0-19.
Davie 72, Reynolds 27
Davie’s clinical dissection of Reynolds on Feb. 14 in Winston-Salem began immediately.
Martin and Bailey Aderhold banged 3-pointers. Martin got a steal in the backcourt and laid it in. Burris scored in the lane. Shore got a steal and fed Vivian Vaughters for two. Gentry snatched a defensive rebound and went coast to coast for two. Madison Daugherty swished a triple. When Shore converted a drive to the hole, it was 19-0 and Davie had drained 8 of 11 shots, at which point Reynolds (5-17) was 0 for 2.
Whew.
At halftime, when it was 47-12, Davie was shooting 57 percent (19-33), compared to Reynolds’ 22 percent (5-22). Davie racked up 47 first-half points despite going 5 of 14 from the line. The mercy rule running clock started with 6:32 remaining in the third, when the spread was 54-12.
“I told them we are playing for something,” Adams said. “I said: ‘I don’t care if it’s Reynolds or East Forsyth, you have to prepare for every opponent the same exact way. This is something that hasn’t been done in 22 years. How you play tonight will mark your name in Davie County history, and it’s up to you how you want to go get that.’”
Davie can beat you any which way. Martin had 14 points. Aderhold scored 11, hit three 3s and handed out three assists. McDowell scored 11. Burris compiled 10 points and seven rebounds. Daugherty had six points and four assists. Vaughters had six points and four rebounds. Gentry put together five points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals. Lexi Mickey had five points and three assists. Shore contributed two points, four assists and three steals.
“From No. 1 to the 10th girl, they could all go on multiple teams in our conference, or even the state, and be starters or a leading scorer or a leading rebounder or lead in steals,” Adams said. “We don’t know who it’s going to be any given night. When your number is called, be ready. It takes all 10 to pull out big wins and continue being successful.”
Notes: The CPC standings: Davie 12-2, East 11-3, Reagan 9-5, Mt. Tabor 8-6, Parkland 7-7, West 6-8, Reynolds 3-11, Glenn 0-14. … This is Davie’s first title since Karen Stephens’ 2002-03 team was powered by Sarah Williams (14.5 ppg), Dawn Singleton (12.2), Allison Schafer (9.5) and Heather McDaniel (7.3). … Davie has the most wins since the 2014-15 team went 18-7. … The six-game winning streak is the longest since an eight-gamer in 2014-15. That team was coached by Dave Ruemenapp and led by Madison Zaferatos, Ashlyn Hampton and Aubriana Peebles. … Davie’s deep reservoir is reflected in the top scoring averages: Martin 14.1, Shore 8, Aderhold 7.6, Gentry/Burris 6.8, Vaughters 5.7, McDowell 5.4, Daugherty 4.1. “Everybody on the team knows they can shoot at any time as long as it’s a good shot,” Adams said. With a laugh, she added: “If it’s a bad shot and it goes in, they know I’m not going to say anything.”
Davie 72, Glenn 39 – Avarie Martin 19, Londyn McDowell 8, Gracie Shore 8, Makenzie Gentry 7, Emmie Burris 7, Bailey Aderhold 6, Vivian Vaughters 5, Madison Daugherty 3, Lexi Mickey 2, Olivia Smith 2.
Davie 72, Reynolds 27 – Avarie Martin 14, Bailey Aderhold 11, Londyn McDowell 11, Emmie Burris 10, Madison Daugherty 6, Vivian Vaughters 6, Makenzie Gentry 5, Lexi Mickey 5, Gracie Shore 2, Olivia Smith 2.