Warren Central spent the first month of the basketball season patiently waiting to assemble its full roster.
In the second month, it’s shown what that roster might be capable of.

Jaylon Winters scored 10 points, Caleb Lane had eight, and the Vikings used a late run to beat Vicksburg High 50-46 on Friday in the MHSAA Region 2-6A boys basketball opener for both teams.

Warren Central finished the game on a 9-3 run and beat the Gators for only the second time in 11 meetings since 2019. They’ll play again Jan. 14 at VHS.

Warren Central (4-8, 1-0 Region 2-6A) also won for the fourth time in six games overall this season. It lost its first seven while waiting for seven players to finish their commitment to the football team. The two losses since they’ve been back have been by a total of five points.

Vicksburg (8-8, 0-1), meanwhile, continued to run hot and cold. This season the Gators have lost three games in a row; won the next four; lost the next three; won three straight; and now have lost two in a row by a total of five points after falling to the Vikings.

Jaquez Jones led Vicksburg with 13 points against Warren Central. Jaquez Marshall and Jadarius Henderson scored eight each.

Porter’s Chapel 52, Franklin Academy 25
Jase Jung had 19 points, six steals and six rebounds to lead Porter’s Chapel Academy’s boys basketball team past Franklin Academy on Friday.

PCA only led by four points at the end of the first quarter, then outscored Franklin 25-5 in the second to take control of the game.

Korvin Finch had 11 points and six rebounds for PCA (2-2, 2-0 MAIS District 4-3A), and Auston Moore had four points and 10 rebounds.

It was the third game in a row that Finch has scored in double figures. He also scored 14 in the junior high game Friday as PCA beat Franklin 26-21.

PCA is off until Jan. 7, when it hosts Hillcrest Christian in another District 4-3A game.

Girls
Vicksburg 58, Warren Central 17
Zion Harvey scored 21 points and Cynia Johnson had 20 as Vicksburg High (10-4, 1-0 Region 2-6A) beat Warren Central (2-9, 0-1) in the girls’ half of Friday’s varsity doubleheader.

Carjessa Albert and Jada Erwin added six points each for the Missy Gators, and Jordan Grace had five. Vicksburg raced to a 35-9 lead at halftime and was not threatened as it won for the third time in four games.

Camara Evans led Warren Central with five points and Madison Ward scored four. The Lady Vikes lost their second game in a row.

Porter’s Chapel 24, Franklin Academy 19
Sophie Masterson finished with 13 points and eight rebounds to help the Porter’s Chapel Academy Lady Eagles (1-4, 1-1 MAIS District 4-3A) beat Franklin Academy for their first win of the season.

PCA outscored Franklin 9-2 in the third quarter to take a 20-16 lead, then hung on in the fourth quarter.

Kendall Smith added five points and eight rebounds for the Lady Eagles. Marley Bufkin scored four points and Lexi Whittington had five rebounds.

Ayden McCain had nine points for Franklin.

PCA also won the junior high game Friday, 12-10. Raedon Busby scored four points for PCA, Brooklyn DeRossette and Jaydin Chapin had three each, and Marley Busby had two.