FREEDOM INVITATIONAL: Draughn boys (9-1) win in OT, reach semifinals

HobbsDailyReport.com FREEDOM CHRISTMAS INVITATIONAL (Wednesday through Friday at Freedom High) GIRLS Wednesday’s results Game 1: E. Burke 75, R-S Central 40 Game 2: Asheville Erwin 58, McDowell 53 Game 3: Asheville Christian 40, Draughn 34 Game 4: Freedom 60, A.C. Reynolds 21 Thursday Game 5: R-S Central (4-6) vs. McDowell (4-3), 10 a.m. Game 6: Draughn (5-5) vs. A.C. Reynolds …

HIGH SCHOOL HOLIDAY BASKETBALL RESULTS, PAIRINGS: DSGC opens Thursday with 8 games at CVCC

HobbsDailyReport.com Note: All records (if available) as each tournament starts are through games of Saturday, Dec. 22. DICK’S SPORTING GOODS CLASSIC (Thursday-Saturday, all games at Tarlton Complex, Catawba Valley Community College) Admission: $ 10 daily GIRLS Thursday Game 1: No. 7 Alexander Central (0-7) vs. No. 2 St. Stephens (2-5), 10 a.m. Game 2: No. 6 S. Caldwell (0-4) vs. …

HOLIDAY BASKETBALL: N. Iredell girls, Lake Norman boys top seeds for Hall of Fame tournament

HobbsDailyReport.com OLIN – North Iredell High’s girls and the Lake Norman boys are the top seeds for the Iredell County Sports Hall of Fame Holiday Classic, which opens play Thursday at North Iredell. North Iredell’s girls received a first-round bye in a field of seven teams and won’t play until Friday in a semifinal at 6 p.m. against the winner …

FRIDAY’S HS BASKETBALL SUMMARIES: Freedom sweeps East Burke

HobbsDailyReport.com FRIDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SUMMARIES GIRLS FREEDOM 59, EAST BURKE 32 E. Burke                      6       5      10     11—32 Freedom                    14    14      17      14—59 EAST BURKE 32—Ariana Hawkins 10, Hise 6, Cooke 3, Arney 7, Hildebran 6, Ruff, Chrisco, Ramsey, Smith, Haas. FREEDOM 59—Blaikley Crooks 17, Madison Bailey 15, Adair Garrison 14, Short 2, Watkins 2, McGee 2, Rhone 2, Cisneros …

HOLIDAY BASKETBALL: Freedom Christmas Invitational starts on Wednesday

Draughn, East Burke join Patriots in tournament field HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON – Burke County rivals Draughn, East Burke and Freedom are headed into the Freedom Christmas Invitational next week, three days of basketball with all of the games at Freedom High. The three-day tournaments open with eight games on Wednesday, the first game tipping at 10 a.m. (East Burke versus R-S …