BOYS BASKETBALL BOXES: No. 6 Newton-Conover stuns No. 3 Maiden

HobbsDailyReport.com TUESDAY’S FIRST ROUND CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT SUMMARIES SOUTH FORK 2A No. 6 NEWTON-CONOVER 40, No. 3 MAIDEN 37 N-C               17    7    8    6—40 Maiden       15    9   9    4—37 NEWTON-CONOVER 40 (incomplete scoring)—Carlton 4, Convington 2, Johnson 4, Kennedy 6, Smith 9, Martinez 4, McCathern 9. MAIDEN 37—Caleb McDaniel 10, Coulter 3, Boyles 5, Stinson 4, Mason High 15. Notes: Newton-Conover’s …

GIRLS BASKETBALL BOXES: Bunker Hill advances, faces No. 1 East Burke next

HobbsDailyReport.com TUESDAY’S FIRST ROUND CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT SUMMARIES NORTHWESTERN FOOTHILLS 2A No. 4 BUNKER HILL 60, NO. 5 HIBRITEN 46 Hibriten           7    16    13    10—46 Bunker Hill   12   25    18      5—60 HIBRITEN 46—Kendall Warren 16, Muniz 7, Gibson 7, Moore 6, Prestwood 4, Lee 3, Shiflett 2, Penley 1. BUNKER HILL 60—Crystany White 22, Sophia Long 12, Wray …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Tuesday’s first-round conference tourney results, updated pairings (complete)

HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS SOUTH FORK 2A GIRLS Ties broken: Newton-Conover, Lake Norman Charter for No. 3 … neither beat Lincolnton, N-C was 1-1 vs. Maiden and Lake Norman Charter was 0-2. Tuesday’s first round results No. 1 Lincolnton 50, No. 8 W. Lincoln 35 No. 4 Lake Norman Charter 69, No. 5 E. Lincoln 61 No. 2 …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Conference tournaments start Tuesday night

HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS (Official pairings, as released Saturday by conference officials)   SOUTH FORK 2A GIRLS Ties broken: Newton-Conover, Lake Norman Charter for No. 3 … neither beat Lincolnton, N-C was 1-1 vs. Maiden and Lake Norman Charter was 0-2. Tuesday’s first round games No. 8 W. Lincoln (3-20, 0-14) at No. 1 Lincolnton (17-6, 12-2), 6 …

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Pushed by coach, Bandys back to playing big games

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – Adam Dutka no longer has to reach back to his own playing days in college to feel the fire before games that is the norm for him in his third season as head boys’ basketball coach at Bandys High. As the fourth-seeded Trojans (14-9) prep to play fifth-seeded Lake Norman Charter (10-12) at Bandys …