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Hickory High’s boys closed out a share of the Northwestern 3A-4A basketball title with a 54-40 victory Friday night over visiting Fred T. Foard on Senior Night at Craft Gym.
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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.
Fred. T. Foard High is now two steps closer to advancing to the state dual-team wrestling championships.
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.
Fred T. Foard High used numbers en route to its second straight Northwestern 3A-4A wrestling tournament championship on Saturday.
Jordan Turner was the hero in Fred T. Foard High’s 45-43 basketball victory over visiting St. Stephens on Friday night.
In a sport that thrives on individual competition, reaching the state swimming regional is usually a bench mark.
Brooke Robinson scored a game-high 20 points, 16 over the final three quarters, lifting Fred T. Foard High to a 65-53 win over South Caldwell in Northwestern 3A-4A girls’ basketball on Friday night at South Caldwell.
Hickory High’s girls rebounded from a sluggish first quarter on Tuesday afternoon to defeat Fred T. Foard 75-52 in Northwestern 3A-4A basketball at Foard.
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):
When two of the top-ranked high school teams in the state face each other, no matter what the sport, you can expect a battle.
Murphy Post knew it wasn’t a thing of beauty, but it didn’t matter.
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
Berry Academy grabbed the boys’ basketball championship trophy at the Burke County Invitational on Thursday night, knocking off previously unbeaten Freedom 78-72 in Morganton.
The Hickory High boys have won 15 titles in the Catawba Valley Classic’s 24-year history.
Defending champion Newton-Conover High earned a trip to the Catawba Valley Classic title game again on Wednesday night, beating Alexander Central 44-33 in the semifinals.
Kadesha Gibbs and Laneica Williams combined for 36 points on Tuesday night, leading Newton-Conover High’s girls past Fred T. Foard 66-34 in the first round of the Catawba Valley Classic.
Alexander Central High’s boys held Maiden scoreless for nearly seven minutes in the second half on Tuesday en route to a 58-44 basketball victory in first round of the Catawba Valley Classic.
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