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Chyna Cornwell (54) was a dominant force inside on Friday night as top-seeded Newton-Conover tamed No. 2 seed Bandys 66-53 to win the South Fork 2A tournament title at Lincolnton. She scored 32 points and grabbed 28 rebounds as the Red Devils ran their win streak to 22 straight games./MICHELLE THOMPSON PHOTO
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FRIDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL
CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT SUMMARIES
SOUTH FORK 2A
(Championship at Lincolnton)
No. 1 NEWTON-CONOVER 66, No. 2 BANDYS 53
Bandys 18 6 17 12—53
N-C 13 16 20 17—66
BANDYS 53—E. Dutka 5, Macy Rummage 14, De La Canal 2, Laci Paul 12, Culliver 2, McLean 4, Wilson 1, Logan Dutka 13, Little.
NEWTON-CONOVER 66—Loftin 8, Walton 7, Artis 8, Peters 9, Fox 2, Chyna Cornwell 32.
Notes: Newton-Conover adds tournament title to its regular season title … The Red Devils have won 22 straight games … The Trojans had won five straight games … Newton-Conover has the top seed into the state 2A playoffs and Bandys owns the other automatic bid from the league … The Red Devils also beat the Trojans 68-33 in Newton and 71-59 at Bandys … The teams met in a league tournament title game for the 11th time with Newton-Conover up 6-5 in those games … The Red Devils have beaten the Trojans nine straight times after losing nine straight in the series since 1970-71 with Bandys leading the all-time series 73-50 after winning the first 26 games.
Records: Bandys 16-8; Newton-Conover 23-4.
ALL-SOUTH FORK 2A
Brianna Tadlock, E. Lincoln; Rachel Seagle, N. Lincoln; Ashlyn Rhyne, N. Lincoln; Emily Shain, Lincolnton; Macy Rummage, Bandys; Logan Dutka, Bandys; Chyna Cornwell, Newton-Conover; Jaleigha Peters, Newton-Conover; Tamiya Artis, Newton-Conover; Aaliah Walton, Newton-Conover; Gracie Arrowood, Maiden; Kristy Siefer, Lake Norman Charter.
Player of the Year: Chyna Cornwell, Newton-Conover
Coach of the Year: Sylvia White, Newton-Conover.
NORTHWESTERN FOOTHILLS 2A
(Championship at East Burke)
No. 1 EAST BURKE 61
No. 3 BUNKER HILL 56
Bunker Hill 10 20 13 13—56
E. Burke 15 16 11 19—61
BUNKER HILL 56—Addie Wray 25, Crystany White 19, Maddie Stotts 10, Miller 2, Lineberger, Stoker, Bryant, Robison, Isenhour, Hamlett.
EAST BURKE 61—Riley Haas 22, Ariana Hawkins 18, Brooke Arney 15, J. Haas 6.
Notes: East Burke adds conference tournament title to regular season championship … The Cavs have the league’s No. 1 state playoff bid and the Bears get the No. 2 bid … Wray scored 843 points in three tournament games for the Bears … East Burke has 11 straight games since a Jan. 9 loss at Mount Heritage (68-63) … The Bears had won two straight games and six of seven coming in … The Cavs are 11-1 at home this season … East Burke also beat Bunker Hill 54-44 on the road and 59-47 at home this season … The Cavs are going to the state playoffs for the 15th consecutive season and they have won 76 of their last 86 games … Bunker Hill was 15-61 in the three seasons prior to this one … Cavs head coach Crystal Bartlett, in her fourth season, has 96 career wins.
Records: Bunker Hill 19-8; E. Burke 21-5.
Reported by: Randy Joines, Bunker Hill head coach.
NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A
(Championship at Hickory)
No. 1 FREEDOM 56, No. 2 HICKORY 39
Hickory 8 9 12 10—39
Freedom 19 14 10 13–56
HICKORY 39—Shelby Darden 13, Soublet 8, James 2, Johnson 8, Paradine 4, Knox 4, Hill, Knowles, Byrd, Rumbaugh, Morrin, LaFevers.
FREEDOM 56—Madison Bailey 14, Adair Garrison 13, C.C. Davenport 11, Rhone 7, Moore 2, Crooks 9, Cisneros, Short, Tate, McGee.
Notes: Freedom’s win streak grows to 18 straight games … Blaikley Crooks was named tournament MVP … The Patriots have won four straight regular season and conference tournament titles … Hickory had a seven-game win streak snapped that began after a 44-33 loss at home to Freedom .. The Patriots also beat Hickory 56-37 in Morganton this season … Freedom has the top 3A state playoff seed from the conference and Hickory, after tying McDowell and Watauga for second place, has the other automatic 3A bid … Freedom has won at least 20 games in 11 straight seasons …Hickory is going to the postseason for the 28th year in a row … The Red Tornadoes are 30-19 in their last 49 games.
Records: Hickory 17-7; Freedom 26-1.
Reported by: Amber Reddick, Freedom head coach
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Brooke Burke, Watauga; Makenna Parkins, McDowell; Shelby Darden, Hickory; Co Co Knox, Hickory; Madison Bailey, Freedom; C.C. Davenport; Freedom; Blaikley Crooks Freedom. MVP: Crooks, Freedom.
