Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets basketball teams flew 
into Warren County gym Monday sweeping the first 
round on the Warren County Christmas tournament 
and are headed to the championship games Tuesday.

The Roanoke Rapids JV Boys won by 2 points, 57-55 
over Southern Vance. 

The leading scorers for Roanoke Rapids were: Dre 
Terry with 23 points, James Mallory with 13 points, 
Quincy Vann with 5 points and Ty Simmons with 4 
points.

Roanoke Rapids JV boys will match-up against Warren 
County in the 3:30 PM Championship game Tuesday. 
Warren County outlasted Roanoke Rapids two weeks 
ago winning 52-47 in overtime. 

Head coach Jimmie Monroe comments on the game:  
“It was a great game,close at the end, back and forth. 
We played hard and pulled it out in the end.”


The Roanoke Rapids Varsity girls continued the Jacket 
winning streak Girls beating Southern Vance in their 
game 66-50.

Leading scorers for Roanoke Rapids were:  Alizae 
Neville with 21 points and Brianna Allen with 14 points.

Roanoke Rapids varsity girls will match-up Tuesday at 
5 PM in the Championship against winner of the 
Heritage/Warren County game.

Head coach Jim Whitmire comments on the game:  
“We came out "flat" in the first half. The second half 
was a completely different circumstance. We turned 
up the defensive intensity and finally had some quality 
shots fall. This is the second 60 plus point total for a 
game. We are still averaging 50 plus per game. We 
are growing up as a team and the girls continue to 
play as a team. This was the first game that we 
FINISHED. The intensity was high until the last 2 minutes 
I am proud of the total effort and am convinced, we 
have some big wins ahead. "We started as a team, play 
as a team, and will finish as a team". 


The Roanoke Rapids Varsity boys finished the day off 
with a Jackets sweep beating Southern Vance 70-61. 

Leading scorers for Roanoke Rapids were:  Marcus 
Jones with 14 points and Cameron Yarboro with 12 
points.

Roanoke Rapids varsity boys will match-up Tuesday 
at 7 PM in the Championship game against Warren 
County game.

Head coach Tyler Snyder comments on the game: “We 
were up 15 points at half and down by 1 point with just 
over 3 minutes to play. Clutch free throws by Caleb Pratt 
4-4 and Semaj Smith 3-4.  We shared the ball very well 
and clamped down defensively when we needed too.”