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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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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.
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):
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.
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):
The numbers couldn’t have been any sourer, but the end result couldn’t have been any sweeter for the Hickory High girls.
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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