Mary Church (East Rowan)

Staff report

LYNCHBURG, Va. — The shots didn’t fall for Meredith freshman Mary Church (East Rowan) in the first few games of her college career, but she got back on track on Saturday.

Meredith (1-4) lost 78-62 at Lynchburg (5-1), but Church shot 8-for-16 and scored 20. She made two 3s and added two free throws. She had four rebounds.

Church had some shaky shooting percentages from the field in the early going this season, but she does enough other things to help her team that she’s still been getting 30 minutes per game and has started every game for the Avenging Angels.

Church was the Rowan County Player of the Year for the 2024-25 season and led East to the Christmas tourney championship.

Meredith put four in double figures against a strong Lynchburg team a

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