By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
A few things haven’t gone as planned for Alamance Christian School’s girls’ basketball team this season.
But the winning part has been in good shape.
Forced to tweak areas because of injuries, the adjustments have mostly worked out for the Warriors. Entering this week, they held a 13-4 record.
Season-ending injuries to a pair of starters – senior center Maci Vandeventer and to junior Aubrey Baity – were reasons for concern.
“We had to remake everything,” said coach Paul Burns, who’s in his 10th season. “That’s small-school stuff.”
ACS pushed its winning streak to four games with Friday’s 56-27 victory against visiting Vandalia Christian with 24 points from freshman Ava Cable-Burns and 20 points from senior Selah Johnson.
That was a major contrast from the first meeting between the teams when ACS trailed at halftime before ending up with a 22-point victory.
In the rematch, the Warriors feasted on fastbreak opportunities.
The two losses for ACS across the past two months came by one and five points.
Burns said it has been encouraging how the season has unfolded.
“Sometimes it takes awhile to figure it out,” he said.
Johnson tops the team’s scoring list with about 17 points per game. Cable-Burns provides about 10 points each outing.
Cable-Burns is the coach’s granddaughter. With her emergence, he has reconsidered his plans.
“I was thinking enough is enough,” he said regarding his coaching future. “So now I’m going to have to stay around.”
ACS last won a North Carolina Christian School Association state championship in 2019.
