Falcon's Nest - Winter Is Coming
Varsity Girls and Boys Swimming wins meet at home.
Middle School & Varsity Swim
O’Neal WIN over Marlins of Moore
O’Neal WIN over Village Christian Academy
O’Neal WIN over Grace Christian
Women’s
O’Neal WIN over Marlins of Moore
O’Neal WIN over Village Christian Academy
O’Neal WIN over Grace Christian
Both Men’s and Women’s teams win against all three competitors. The team had state qualifying times from Alexis Coates, Molly Kuzma, Andrew Lewis, Trygve O’Grady, Tim Richardson, Natalie Williams, Michaela Stone, Hayley Sager, and great swims from from new swimmers Morgan Lewis, Holli Harp, and Xander Furs.
Middle School Girls Basketball
vs. Crain’s Creek Tuesday-November 19
The O'Neal School 25 Crain’s Creek 39
Our Lady Falcons hosted Crain’s Creek for a non-conference matchup on November 19th. After a back and forth scoring affair for most of the game, Crain’s Creek pulled away late in the fourth quarter for a double digit win. Despite coming up short on the scoreboard, our Lady Falcons played with incredible intensity against a very physical opponent in a hard fought game. All players who dressed for the game saw game action. Ashanti Fox led all scorers with 17 points while Hannah Saye added 8 points.
The Lady Falcons return to action after the Thanksgiving break.
Middle School Boys Basketball
The MS Boys Basketball team enjoyed a successful week. The most impressive attribute our team demonstrates is – we work hard at doing the little things well. Our focus on fundamental development is taking hold with all players on the team. We are seeing significant improvements from all the boys. They are building in all the areas of the game and that is resulting in wins on the court. After a rigorous pre-season, we are seeing their work pay dividends in the games we compete in.
We are impressed with their poise, their decision making and their commitment to play for one another. In both of our games this week, we demonstrated all the things that are necessary to build high performing student-athletes and teams. In our game during the early part of the week, we adapted to playing a public school (4 times our size in population), Crain’s Creek Middle School. In a close encounter, our practice preparation helped us create crucial turnovers, make significant stops and execute offensively. Our conference game of the week, vs. perennial SEMSAC title contenders Village Christian Academy, was a real measuring stick for how far we have come as a program. We raced out to a comprehensive lead eventually earned an important victory.
Both our wins this week are a result of the efforts of all 18 of our student-athletes. We are proud of our entire squad. We will keep expecting a lot from the boys, we will raise the standards as we work towards our team’s goals for the season. In the end, the teams that enjoy the ultimate success, are the teams that consistently focus on developing winning habits – that’s O’Neal – Go Falcons!
Varsity Girls Basketball
Score: Game vs. Wayne Country Day School (Win 69-36) Friday, November 15th
Friday night featured a match-up of two top four finishing teams in the NCISAA state tournament last year with O’Neal hosting Wayne Country Day. A quick start had both teams scrapping for points and showing the physical styles of play that brought them both success last year. Behind strong offensive rebounding and timely stops, the Falcons pulled ahead 16-9 at the end of the first quarter. Utilizing their up-tempo style of play, matched with an aggressive 1-3-1 zone the Falcons extended the lead to 35-18 by halftime. Wayne Country Day fought back in the 3rd tallying 14 points, but the Falcons held tough growing their lead to 54-32. In the end, the well-rounded Falcons were too much for Wayne Country Day, as they busted the game open in the fourth quarter holding WCDS to 4 points and a final score of 69-36. The Falcons were led by senior Hadiya Balser’s monster double-double of 22 points and 16 rebounds to go with her 4 assists and 4 steals. Joining Balser in double figures were her sister, Aaliyah Balser, with 16 points and 5 rebounds, and fellow sophomore Caelan McHarney who tallied 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists.
The victory moves the Falcons to 3-0 on the season.
Varsity Boys Basketball
O'Neal 20 - Wayne Country Day 61
O'Neal 52 - Lee Christian Academy 35
The Falcons took on Wayne Country Day School on Friday evening (11/22) and met an opponent that is one of the best in the state and came out with a loss 61-20. It was a struggle from the beginning against a team loaded with upperclassmen and lots of talent. The Falcons fought hard and learned a lot from the experience and will be a much better team down the stretch.
Tuesday (11/19) night the Falcons went to Sanford and took down the Lee Christian Falcons by a score of 52-35. O'Neal locked down Lee Christian in the first quarter and allowing them to only score 3 points and that coming with under 30 seconds left in the quarter. We continued to do a great job defensively throughout the game and held Lee Christian to 35 total points. The Falcons continue to grow as a team and the foundation is being laid.
O'Neal travels to Statesville Christian Academy on Friday (11/22) and then returns home to tangle with Davidson Day School on Monday evening in the Hannah Center.
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