RESULTS: Gastonia, Shelby area high school Athletes of the Week (Jan. 23-27, 2023)

Here are the Gastonia and Shelby area’s top high school basketball players for the week of Jan. 23-27.

Our weekly top performers list and athlete of the week nominees are compiled from information provided to The Gaston Gazette and Shelby Star by coaches, athletic directors or team statisticians through emails, MaxPreps or mentioning @JoeLHughesII in game results and highlights posted to Twitter.

If a top performer’s name doesn’t appear on the list, encourage their coach to email submissions to jhughes@gastongazette.com or sports@gastongazette.com.

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Boys basketball

Ryan Thompson, Burns

Finished with 26.1% of the week’s vote, outpacing Ashbrook’s Jashaun Clark, Greyson Kines of South Point and Forestview’s Daris Byers. He averaged 17.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 3.5 steals and three assists in wins over Highland Tech and East Rutherford.

Girls basketball

Zion Duncan, Stuart Cramer

Duncan received 55.6% of the vote to claim player of the week honors. She finished with 22 points and 26 rebounds in a late January loss to Crest.

This article originally appeared on The Gaston Gazette: Gastonia, Shelby high school athlete of the week for Jan. 23-27, 2023