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Newton-Conover High’s girls won a draw on Saturday morning with Bandys for the top seed in the Catawba Valley Athletic 2A basketball tournament that begins on Monday night.
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Six high school wrestling teams from the Greater Hickory area are headed to the state dual-team championships on Tuesday, with two of them wrestling at home.
Those 20th basketball wins just don’t come as easily as they once did for the Bandys High girls.
Record Sports Editor Chris Hobbs’ picks for Friday night’s top high school basketball games in the Greater Hickory area (girls’ games tip at about 6:15 p.m., boys’ games follow):
As a senior, Newton-Conover High center Kadesha Gibbs is certainly well in tune with the mood of every girls’ basketball battle the Red Devils have against rival Bandys.
Newton-Conover left Bandys on Tuesday night with a 40-17 high school wrestling victory in a closely-contested Catawba Valley Athletic 2A match.
After a tough start, the first quarter could hardly have turned out better for the visiting Bandys High girls or worse for East Burke on Friday night.
BOYS EAST BURKE 68, BANDYS 39
GIRLS BANDYS 79, EAST BURKE 45
GIRLS BANDYS 63, SOUTH IREDELL 36
BOYS SOUTH IREDELL 62, BANDYS 53
BOYS FRED T. FOARD 68, HIBRITEN 54
FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES GIRLS
St. Stephens High’s swimmers dethroned defending champion Hickory on Tuesday night, sweeping boys’ and girls’ titles in the second annual Catawba County Championship meets at the Hickory YMCA.
Boys WEST CALDWELL 75, BANDYS 35
Girls BANDYS 56, WEST CALDWELL 49
The Catawba County girls’ and boys’ high school swimming championship meets are scheduled Tuesday at the Hickory YMCA.
The night new Bandys High head boys’ basketball coach Mark Story hoped was coming arrived on Thursday night.
From the opening tip Thursday night, Bandys High girls' head coach Beth Queen called on her team to attack.
THURSDAY’S RESULTS
GIRLS CATAWBA VALLEY ATHLETIC 2A
BOYS CATAWBA VALLEY ATHLETIC 2A
WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS BASKETBALL Girls Bandys 61, Fred T. Foard 49
A first draft for statewide athletic alignments would double the number of leagues for high schools in the Greater Hickory area.
The Thanksgiving break can either help a team or hurt a team, and Tuesday night was a great example of both at Bandys High.
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