b'Once is Good, Twice is Nice, but the Third time is the Charm T he boys basketball team finishedpolls, Cox Mill and Carmel Christian.BothMcCorkle 20 chipped in 14 and Nick the season with a 30-5 recordgames were close, but the Bengals fell short. Evtimov 19 had 13 points to propel the that propelled the team to itsBengals to their 3rd consecutive NCISAA record extending 11th NCISAA StateFollowing the loss to Carmel ChristianState Championships and their 4th in 5 Championship. The Bengals lost a coupleon January 10, the Bengals started toyears. Austin Inge 19, Banks Handy 19, of games in the 1st semester that turnedtake shape, overpowering conferenceand Cason Pierce 20 became the first three out to be valuable learning experiences.opponents on their way to an undefeatedboys basketball players to win 3 consecutive Ultimately, the team won their final 14conference record (10-0) in the first year ofstate championships.games of the season and defeated Christthe Piedmont-Triad Athletic Conference School in the 4A State Championship(PTAC). Six seniors from this years championship game for their 3rd consecutive NCISAAteam will graduate from GDS in June, and state championship. The Bengals ended the season with a3 of them plan to play basketball in college phenomenal performance in the NCISAAnext season. Mike Fowler 19 is committed The Bengals started the season 3-0State Tournament contested this year atto James Madison University, Nicholas before losing an overtime game toRavenscroft School in Raleigh, NC.TheEvtimov 19 is committed to Western Piedmont Classical. This was the firstBengals had a double-bye and then openedCarolina University and Austin Inge 19 is time the Bengals had lost a game priortheir play with a 55-42 win over Charlottecommitted to the Naval Academy.to Thanksgiving since 2011. TheyCountry Day School to make up for a went on to compete in the prestigiousloss earlier in the season. The BengalsCoach Freddy Johnsons 1049 career wins HAECO Invitational (Little 4), lookingadvanced to the semi-finals where theyare more than any other coach in North to defend their 7 consecutive titles in thedefeated Durham Academy by a score ofCarolina high school basketball history. tournament, but came up short in overtime64-43. That win set up a return to the stateHe has a record 11 boys basketball state vs. Northwest Guilford. Sophomores,championship-game vs. Christ School. Thechampionships in North Carolina.This is Cam Hayes 21 and Josh Taylor 21, wereBengals defense set the tone for the game asthe first time in history that the Greensboro named to the HAECO All-TournamentChrist School had trouble getting the ballDay boys basketball program has won 3 Team. The Bengals faced two opponentsinside to their post players. Cam Hayes ledconsecutive state championships. on the year that were ranked in nationalthe way offensively with 17 points. Carson 24 | Summer 2019'