South Rowan's Ella Morgan (20), Danica Krieg (11) and Meghan Eagle converge on Carson's Allie Martin. Brian Wilhite photo.

By Mike London

Salisbury Post

Fourth in a series of previews on local teams …

LANDIS — South Rowan’s girls haven’t had a strong basketball run since the 2017-18 season when coach John Davis, Janiya Downs, Riley Corriher and Tazah Hardin led the Raiders to an 18-9 record.

South went 13-13 the following season after Davis stepped down, even with the legendary Downs pouring in 32.3 points per game as a senior.

Since Downs graduated, it’s been mostly an uphill fight for the Raiders. South was 7-10 heading down the stretch last season, but dropped its last six games to finish 7-16 and 4-12 in the South Piedmont Conference.

South coach Alex Allen Downs, who is enterin

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