KERNERSVILLE — The Lady Villains are seeing double – double NCHSAA 1A girls basketball championship titles, that is. On March 11, for the second year in a row, the girls’ team at Bishop McGuinness High School in Kernersville won the state championship. The team (28-4), led by Coach Brian Robinson, bested Chatham Charter School by 30 points.
“Winning the state title in 2022 was an awesome experience,” Robinson said. “Going into 2023, we knew we had to do double the work just to get back to the same point because we had a target on our backs.”
He added, “To the girls’ credit, they didn’t let the distractions of trying to repeat get the best of them, and now they find themselves as back-to-back state champions.”
Previously, the Villains won nine straight state championship titles from 2006 to 2014. After their wins in 2022 and 2023, the team has an 11-0 record in NCHSAA championship appearances, all with Robinson at the helm. This year, sophomore Adelaide Jernigan earned the MVP award after scoring a game-high 21 points.
— Annie Ferguson
