Oaks Fall Short Against Top Team

They fought literally to the final buzzer, but the boys basketball team couldn’t top Cape Henry Collegiate, top-ranked in the area and number five in the nation, losing 80-65 Friday night.

In the first-ever matchup between two private schools ranked one and two in the area, the Dolphins with two players headed to Division I college basketball and a host of other recruits, had too much firepower.

 

Cape Henry jumped out to a 13-3 lead, but Norfolk Collegiate came back, narrowing the margin to 23-20 with six minutes left in the first half. Kyonze Chavis, who hit some bombs and also scored on a rim-shaking dunk, led the Oaks.

In the second half, Cape Henry stretched the lead. Collegiate threatened, getting only as close as 38-33 early in the half. But they battled right up until Adam Grant’s dunk at the buzzer.

Chavis led Norfolk Collegiate with a game-high 23 points. Grant, who had a strong first half, added 15, and Mark Madison, always tough from behind the three-point line, had 13. Bash Townes, who leads Collegiate averaging nearly 21 points per game, scored 11.

Norfolk Collegiate travels to Bishop Sullivan for a key TCIS game Tuesday night.

For more pictures and video, go to Oaks Boys Hoops.

#1 Cape Henry 80, #2 Norfolk Collegiate 65

NORFOLK COLLEGIATE (14-4): Madison 13, Grant 15, Anderson 2, Chavis 23, Townes 11, McNair 1.

CAPE HENRY (17-1): Langston 9, Evans 22, Clarke 19, Weathers 6, Grinde 4, James 5, Marrow 15.