STATE BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Saturday’s third round results, Tuesday’s fourth round pairings

HobbsDailyReport.com STATE HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS (Third round, Saturday; fourth round, Tuesday; West Regionals finals next Saturday at LRU and CVCC) Note: For all 1A and East N.C. results and pairings, visit the brackets at wwwnchsaa.org: GREATER HICKORY AREA GAMES West 2A Saturday’s third round results No. 1 E. Lincoln 81, No. 8 Wheatmore 63 Tuesday’s fourth round …

BOYS HOOPS PLAYOFF ROUNDUP: E. Lincoln, Freedom only area teams still alive

Mustangs face Wheatmore next; Patriots will battle A.L. Brown   HobbsDailyReport.com East Lincoln High’s boys keep moving forward with a gallop. The top-seeded Mustangs earned another home state 2A playoff basketball game by eliminating No. 17 Lexington 78-51 on Thursday night. East Lincoln is at home again on Saturday night (7 p.m.), playing No. 8 Wheatmore (21-7) after it advanced …

GIRLS HOOPS PLAYOFF ROUNDUP: E. Burke, N-C wins set up Saturday showdown

Freedom also advances, will be at home against Asheville next   HobbsDailyReport.com East Burke High used a big third quarter on Thursday night to beat Bunker Hill for the fourth time this season, winning 50-40 in a second round state 2A basketball playoff game in Icard. Brooke Arney scored 20 points and Ariana Hawkins added 14 as the fourth-seeded Cavs …

STATE BOYS HOOP PLAYOFFS: Thursday’s second round results, pairings for Saturday’s third round

HobbsDailyReport.com STATE HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS (Second round, Thursday; third round, Saturday; fourth round, Tuesday, March 5; West Regionals, Saturday, March 9  at LRU and CVCC) Note: For all 1A and East N.C. results and pairings, visit the brackets at wwwnchsaa.org: GREATER HICKORY AREA GAMES West 2A Thursday’s second round results No. 1 E. Lincoln 87, No. 17 …

STATE GIRLS HOOPS PLAYOFFS: Thursday’s second round results, Saturday’s third round pairings

HobbsDailyReport.com STATE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS (Third round, Saturday; fourth round, Tuesday, March 5; West Regionals, Saturday, March 9  at LRU and CVCC) Note: For all 1A and East 2A, 3A and 4A results and pairings, visit brackets at www.nchsaa.org: GREATER HICKORY AREA GAMES Thursday’s second round results 2A No. 5 Newton-Conover 62, No. 12 W. Wilkes 54 …