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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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Hickory High has forfeited nine varsity football games – all eight of its wins and a tie from last season -- for inadvertently using an ineligible player.
The next rounds in the pursuit of state high school dual-team wrestling championships will take Fred T. Foard and Newton-Conover on the road.
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.
Erica Turner is leaving her role as assistant principal and athletic director at Newton-Conover High to become athletic director of the Alamance-Burlington Schools.
The Catawba Valley Athletic 2A high school wrestling tournament on Saturday turned out to be virtually a repeat of the league’s regular season.
Those 20th basketball wins just don’t come as easily as they once did for the Bandys High girls.
East Burke High head boys’ basketball coach Jon Hancock knows what he wants out of Clay Byrd.
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.
Record Sports Editor Chris Hobbs’ picks for Tuesday night’s top high school basketball games in the Greater Hickory area (girls’ games tip at about 6:15 p.m., boys’ games follow unless otherwise noted):
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
West Caldwell High’s boys appear to still be the team to beat in Catawba Valley Athletic 2A basketball.
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.
Newton-Conover High girls’ head coach Ike Williams said Tuesday night’s Catawba Valley Athletic 2A basketball game at East Burke really wasn’t about making a statement to start the new year.
Boys WEST CALDWELL 75, BANDYS 35
Girls BANDYS 56, WEST CALDWELL 49
Record Sports Editor Chris Hobbs’ picks for tonight’s top high school basketball games in the Greater Hickory area (girls’ games tip at about 6:15 p.m., boys’ games follow):
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