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By Brian Pitts
Enterprise Record

The Davie varsity girls basketball team, which entered the week in first place with a half-game lead over Reagan, is trying hard to awaken the championship echoes that have been asleep for too long.
At 11-5 overall, the War Eagles have their finest 16-game record in 10 years. And they are 6-1 in the CPC for the first time in 23 years.
It’s safe to say there’s never been a game in Davie history like the one that was played Jan. 15. The score – Davie 70, Glenn 1 – looks like a misprint.
Unfortunately for the visiting Bobcats, it was a typical day at the office. It was their 11th defeat by 40-plus points. Through 12 games, their average margin of defeat was 62-10. Their lone point against Davie was a banked-in free throw in the third quarter.
Avarie Martin (16 points), Gracie Shore (15) and Olivia Smith (12) cracked double figures as Davie ran its series winning streak to seven. Glenn tumbled to 0-12.
Davie 65, Reynolds 21
Lindsey Adams is not the type of coach who’s ever going to feel complete, but she was pretty darn pleased with a first half that saw Davie carve out a 36-5 lead over the visiting Demons on Jan. 17.
“I think that’s the first halftime talk where I’ve actually come in with mostly positives,” Adams said. “I was kind of shocked we held them to five points in the first half. That’s not because they’re that bad; we’ve really been dialing in on our man defense, and I was really pleased. We moved the ball around and played for each other.”
Bailey Aderhold accounted for nine of Davie’s 15 first-quarter points and finished with 18. The junior wing hit three 3s, handed out three assists and made three steals.
“Bailey is hot. She is on fire,” Adams said. “She has been stepping it up a lot this year. She’s now one of our captains. She’s just really been buying into what we need from her and leading the team in charges. Now her outside shot is falling, her offense is flowing and she’s getting to the hole and getting assists. She’s just playing really good basketball right now.”
Martin overcame a cold start to match Aderhold with 18. Madison Daugherty had seven and Emmie Burris had six points, five rebounds and three assists as Davie simply outclassed the Demons (4-9).
“I saw Avarie get discouraged after her third or fourth miss,” Adams said. “I said: ‘Go to the hole. If your outside shot is not falling, don’t worry about it.’ She can so in many ways and some teams forget she’s been a post player her whole life. I can put her inside when they put a guard on her, and that’s what happened tonight.”
Notes: Davie is 6-1 in the CPC, followed by Reagan at 5-1 and East Forsyth at 5-2. … Last year Reynolds swept Davie, and Davie had dropped five of six in the series. … Davie’s 11-5 mark is the best since the 2014-15 team under Dave Ruemenapp started 11-5. That year Davie was led by Madison Zaferatos (13.6 ppg), Ashlyn Hampton (9.8) and Aubriana Peebles (8). … Davie is 6-1 in the league for the first time since the 2001-02 squad held an identical record. That club was coached by Carol Cozart and led by Sarah Williams (13.6), Brittany Walker (10.8) and Dawn Singleton (10.3).
Davie 70, Glenn 1 – Avarie Martin 16, Gracie Shore 15, Olivia Smith 12, Emmie Burris 9, Bailey Aderhold 6, Lexi Mickey 5, Londyn McDowell 5, Makenzie Gentry 2.
Davie 65, Reynolds 21 – Avarie Martin 18, Bailey Aderhold 18, Madison Daugherty 7, Emmie Burris 6, Gracie Shore 6, Olivia Smith 5, Lexi Mickey 4, Makenzie Gentry 1.