New Salem boys, girls post road victories

New Salem Baptist Academy of Marble Hill swept a basketball doubleheader against host Pathway Christian Academy in Blytheville, Ark., Tuesday night.

New Salem's boys romped 77-52 to improve to 2-0, while the girls won their season opener 50-38.

In the boys game, Boone Gaines led New Salem with 23 points. Valy Wolf had 18 points and 22 rebounds; Josiah Davault had 14 points and 21 rebounds; and Brett Jones added 13 points.

New Salem's girls got 15 points from Sarah Green. Also scoring in double figures were Laura Poole (12), Holly Jordan (11) and MacKenzie Jones (10). Jordan grabbed 15 rebounds.

Boys NEW SALEM BAPTIST 77, PATHWAY CHRISTIAN 52

New Salem 18 18 22 19 -- 77

Pathway 17 10 13 12 -- 52

NEW SALEM BAPTIST (77) -- Valy Wolf 18, Josiah Davault 14, Dillon Gaines 7, Boone Gaines 23, Brett Jones 13, Joshua Freeman 2. FG 32, FT 11-24, F 10 (3-pointers: D. Gaines 1. Fouled out: none)

PATHWAY CHRISTIAN (52) -- Robert Truelove 5, Bart Likes 8, Blake Jones 15, Daniel Ganus 5, Jason Lemke 19 . FG 22, FT 7-11, F 15 (3-pointers: Truelove 1. Fouled out: Jones)

Girls

NEW SALEM BAPTIST 50, PATHWAY CHRISTIAN 38

New Salem 14 4 17 15 -- 50

Pathway 6 13 7 12 -- 38

NEW SALEM BAPTIST (50) -- MacKenzie Jones 10, Holly Jordan 11, Sarah Green 15, Kelsey Barlow 2, Laura Poole 12. FG 24, FT 2-6, F 15 (3-pointers: none. Fouled out: Celsey Cook 1)

PATHWAY CHRISTIAN (38) -- Danielle Davis 2, Lisa Sutton 13, Candice Culp 23. FG 13, FT 9-14, F 10 (3-pointers: Sutton 1, Culp 2. Fouled out: none)

OTHER EVENTS

• Jackson swept host Central in a pair of junior high girls basketball games. Jackson won 31-26 in the A game. Abby Kiefner scored 10 points for the Tigers. Jackson's B team won 35-5.

--From staff reports