FOUR STRAIGHT WINS Key Emerges As Weapon For Boys Shannon Dillard had 27 points and 22 rebounds over two games. By Brian Pitts - Don’t look now, but the Davie varsity boys basketball team is hotter than it’s been in five years. Last week Davie hammered East Rowan 72-48 and drove smoothly to a 64-51 win over West Iredell. The home wins pushed Davie to 6-3, and a four-game winning streak is the longest since 2004-05, when Cliff “Pete” Burns, Josh Aiken, Foo Smith and Michael Mashore were Davie’s core. “We’ve got a lot of work to do, but we’re playing really good ball right now,” eighth-year coach Mike Absher said. “We’re sharing the ball very well. We’re getting three or four guys in double figures every game, and that makes us pretty hard to defend at times.” The most encouraging development last week was guard Michael Key, who has defied long odds to become, well, a key element. To say he entered the year unheralded would be an understatement. He was on the JV two years ago, but he didn’t stick around long. He attended a different school last year but transferred back to Davie, hoping to take advantage of one last shot as a senior. Davie 72, East Rowan 48 No. 3 scorer Jamal Mayfield was whistled for two early fouls and had to take a seat. This is why coaches ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise, P.O. Box 4639, Salisbury, N.C. 28145.

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