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FRIDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL
CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT SUMMARIES
NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A
(Championship at Hickory)
No. 2 HICKORY 88, No. 1 FREEDOM 84
Freedom 14 14 25 31—84
Hickory 14 20 16 38—88
FREEDOM 84—Fletcher Abee 27, Jakari Dula 19, Michael Logan 11, James Freeman 15, Birchfield 8, Moore 2, Davis 2.
HICKORY 88—Cody Young 28, Will DeValle 12, McKorkle 7, Izard 1, Davis Amos 15, Harper 5, Clark 7, Nkosi Abernathy 13.
Notes: Hickory runs its win streak to eight straight games and ends a 15-game winning streak by Freedom …Freedom has the top 3A seed from the league and Hickory has the No. 2 3A seed, with state playoff seeds and pairings for Tuesday’s first round due out on Saturday … The Red Tornadoes are 11-1 at home this season … Freedom beat Hickory twice in the regular season, 65-57 in Morganton and 76-60 at Hickory … Hickory has won at least 20 games in five straight seasons and in 11 of the last 12 seasons … Freedom is playoff-bound for the 13th consecutive season, all under head coach Casey Rogers …Andy Poplin, in his sixth season at Hickory, has a record of 135-33.
Records: Freedom 25-2; Hickory 22-4.
Reported by: Rob Scott, Freedom coaching staff.
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Jem Lowrance, Alexander Central; Jaiden Bond, Watauga; Jakari Dula, Freedom; Fletcher Abee, Freedom; Cody Young, Hickory; Davis Amos, Hickory; Jaylen Harper, Hickory. MVP: Cody Young, Hickory.
Justin Kuthan (22) helped East Lincoln roll to a South Fork 2A tournament title on Friday night at Lincolnton, scoring 18 points in the top-seeded Mustangs’ 79-34 victory over third-seeded Newton-Conover./MICHELLE THOMPSON PHOTO
SOUTH FORK 2A
(Championship at Lincolnton High)
No. 1 EAST LINCOLN 79, No. 3 NEWTON-CONOVER 34
N-C 14 7 10 3—34
E. Lincoln 22 23 21 13—79
NEWTON-CONOVER 34—Davis 2, Covington 5, Johnson, Kennedy 7, Haynes, Martinez 8, McCathern 8, Guerry 4, Noell, Chapman, Danner.
EAST LINCOLN 79—Sidney Dollar 18, Myles Adams 15, John Bean 11, Justin Kuthan 18, Horne 6, Zirkle, Staples 2, Nichols 7, Jones 2, D. Bean, Craig.
Notes: East Lincoln adds conference tournament title to its regular season league title and is the No. 1 seed from the conference for 2A state playoffs … Newton-Conover awaits word on Saturday re if it gains an at-large postseason bid … Dollar also had eight rebounds and four steals, Kuthan added seven rebounds and John Bean had five assists for the Mustangs … East Lincoln has won 17 of its last 18 games with an average win margin of 27.4 points … The Mustangs’senior class (John Bean, Dollar, Allden Horne, Ben Zirkle) is 70-17 in three seasons … East Lincoln also beat Newton-Conover 72-48 at East Lincoln and 80-50 in Newton this season …Newton-Conover had a record of 17-58 over three years prior to this season, head coach Matt Wilkinson’s fourth guiding the Red Devils.
Reported by: Chip Ashley, E. Lincoln coaching staff.
ALL-SOUTH FORK 2A
Kris Robinson, Lincolnton; Justin Kuthan, E. Lincoln; John Bean, E. Lincoln; Sidney Dollar, E. Lincoln; Mason High, Maiden; Caleb Stinson, Maiden; Montrell Stinson, Maiden; Matthew Martinez, Newton-Conover; Charlie Stybroski, Bandys; Jack Carter, N. Lincoln; Ian Marino, Lake Norman Charter; Donovan Atwell, Lake Norman Charter.
Player of The Year: Kris Robinson, Lincolnton
Coach of the Year: Danny Anderson, Maiden.