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Alexander Central High’s boys made their intentions known on Friday night – they’ll be one of the teams to beat as the Northwestern 3A-4A basketball tournament starts next week.
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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.
When St. Stephens High wrestles at home, a single light shines down on the mat, drawing everyone’s attention to the Indians’ wrestlers.
Lenoir-Rhyne University has a home conference basketball doubleheader on Saturday.
Hickory High’s boys won again on Tuesday night, running their basketball win streak to 11 games and setting up a big game on Friday night against archrival St. Stephens.
GIRLS BANDYS 63, SOUTH IREDELL 36
BOYS SOUTH IREDELL 62, BANDYS 53
BOYS FRED T. FOARD 68, HIBRITEN 54
FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES GIRLS
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):
The 2011 Red Devil Holiday Classic wrestling tournament came down to two familiar foes.
Six players scored in double figures as Lenoir-Rhyne University defeated St. Andrews 88-33 in women’s basketball at St. Andrews on Thursday.
GIRLS CATAWBA VALLEY ATHLETIC 2A
BOYS CATAWBA VALLEY ATHLETIC 2A
MONDAY’S RESULTS BASKETBALL Girls Alexander Central 72, W. Iredell 26
A first draft for statewide athletic alignments would double the number of leagues for high schools in the Greater Hickory area.
Senior running back Corey Roberts rushed for a season-high 211 yards and scored three touchdowns on 27 carries on Friday night, leading visiting Alexander Central over Hibriten, 48-19.
Tae Caldwell ran 16 times for 199 yards and two touchdowns on Thursday night, leading Hibriten High to an undefeated junior varsity football season.
Three seniors scored goals -- Lucas Hernandez two and Gabe Crider and Jacob Harkins one each – to lead Newton-Conover High to a victory that clinched at least a share of the Catawba Valley Athletic 2A boys’ soccer title.
Freedom High’s 55-13 dismantling of visiting Chase on Senior Night may serve as merely the epitaph on what could have been a promising postseason.
Hickory High overcame injuries to their key running backs and a plague of penalties on Friday night to beat Hibriten 34-28 in a Northwestern 3A-4A game at Hibriten.
WATAUGA (5-3, 3-0) at SOUTH CALDWELL (7-1, 4-0), 7:30 p.m.: Forgive anyone who was around in the late 1970s, when South Caldwell opened, if they feel a bit of déjà vu in Hudson tonight.
75TH ANNUAL SHRINE BOWL ROSTERS (Dec. 17 game at Wofford College, Spartanburg, S.C.)
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