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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Nitro's McClanahan leads South to hoops win
SOUTH CHARLESTON -- Brett McClanahan from Nitro scored 23 points and made six three-point shots Friday, leading the South to a 117-99 victory in the North-South All-Star basketball classic at the South Charleston Civic Center.
The South overcame a 53-51 halftime deficit.
Bryant Irwin from Bridgeport scored 27 for the North.
McClanahan, a 6-foot-4 guard was selected as the MVP of his team while 6-7 forward Bryant Irwin from Bridgeport was chosen for the North squad.
Damien Tunstalle, a 6-4 player from Woodrow Wilson, won the pregame slam dunk competition. Irwin was the runner-up and 6-3 Ansel Ponder of Bluefield took third place.
Wheeling Central guard Shane Phillips was the three-point shooting champion, going 8-for-10. Runners-up were Jesse Ward of Wirt County and Corey Willard of Wyoming East with both making 7 of 10.
Phillips squared off against Tyrone Goard from Capital in the free throw shooting contest. Phillips made 10 of 10 in the finals to win. Goard was 9-for-10 in the finals.
NORTH 99
Jesse Ward (Wirt Co.) 3, Craig Carey (Morgantown) 10, Dusty Mullins (Ravenswood) 3, Andy Morris (Parkersburg So.) 10, Bryant Irwin (Bridgeport) 27, Ryan Summers (Tyler Cons.) 8, Shane Phillips (Wheeling Cent.) 12, Pete Brogdon (Weir) 14, L.J. Gravelle (Tucker Co.) 6, Steve Collins (R.C. Byrd) 6.
SOUTH 117
Cory Willard (Wyoming E.) 8, Malik Witten (Capital) 14, Ansel Ponder (Bluefield) 8, Brett McClanahan (Nitro) 23, Travis Parkulo (Woodrow Wilson) 11, Adam Scott (Buffalo) 7, Damien Tunstalle (Woodrow Wilson) 16, Caleb Ashley (Winfield) 4, Kevin Baisden (Burch) 5, Tyrone Goard (Capital) 15, Andrew Gunnoe (Summers) 6, Josh Alston (Beckley Christian) 0.
Halftime: North 53-51. Three-point goals: North 10-34 (Ward 1-3, Carey 0-2, Mullins 1-4, Morris 2-4, Irwin 1-3, Summers 0-1, Phillips 2-3, Brogdon 3-10, Gravelle 0-2, Collins 0-2), South 12-43 (Willard 2-5, Witten 1-2, McClanahan 6-15, Parkulo 1-3, Scott 1-5, Tunstalle 0-2, Ashley 0-5, Baisden 1-2, Goard 0-1, Gunnoe 0-3). Attendance: 850.
Skills competitions
Free throw shooting
First round -- North: Summers 10-10, Phillips 10-10, Carey 8-10; shootoff: Phillips 5-5, Summers 4-5. South -- Goard 10-10, Ashley 9-10, Witten 7-10
Finals -- Phillips 10-10, Goard 9-10
Three-point shooting
1. Phillips 8-10; 2. (tie) Ward, Willard 7-10; 4. (tie) Parkulo, Summers 4-10; 6. McClanahan 3-10
Slam dunk contest
1. Tunstalle; 2. Irwin; 3. Ponder.
