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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.
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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
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.
THURSDAY’S RESULTS
Former Maiden High football star Ryan Crawford was among five on Wednesday named to join the Davidson College Hall of Fame on Feb. 4.
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.
Three players reached double figures on Monday night, leading visiting Catawba Valley Community College to a 67-54 women’s basketball victory over the Milligan College junior varsity.
Maiden High’s search for its next head football coach is already under way.
Maiden High senior quarterback Matt Johnson leads an All-Catawba Valley Athletic 2A football team that has 16 repeat picks.
Lenoir-Rhyne University’s men play their home basketball opener on Monday night against Mount Olive at 7 p.m.
Hickory High won three of the top four awards in Northwestern 3A-4A boys’ soccer this season.
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