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Bandys High’s Caroline Mirman takes a shot over Ellie Angier (15) and Anne Thomas (5) in Wednesday night’s first round game against Lake Norman Charter in the South Fork 2A girls’ tournament. The second-seeded Trojans, playing at home, rallied to win 53-43 and will play East Lincoln in a semifinal on Thursday night at Bandys./MICHELLE THOMPSON PHOTO
WEDNESDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT SUMMARIES
SOUTH FORK 2A
No. 6 EAST LINCOLN 46, No. 3 LINCOLNTON 36
E. Lincoln 7 16 8 15—46
Lincolnton 6 10 3 17—36
EAST LINCOLN 46—Brianna Tadlock 17, Rhoney 9, Ross 9, Cox 7, A. Robinette 3, T. Robinette 1.
LINCOLNTON 36—Emily Shain 10, Rhyne 8, Ross 7, Blackburn 7, Killian 2, Ross 2.
Notes: East Lincoln plays at No. 2 seed Bandys in a semifinal on Thursday at 6 p.m. … If East Lincoln beats Bandys, Lincolnton will play Bandys in a special playoff game for the league’s No. 2 state playoff bid at 4 p.m. on Friday at Maiden; if Bandys beats East Lincoln it gets the No. 2 state playoff bid …Tadlock added five rebounds, four assists and four streals and Katie Cox had 10 rebounds, two steals and one assist the Mustangs …The Wolves had beaten the Mustangs twice this season, 60-51 at East Lincoln and 35-27 at Lincolnton… Lincolnton had a two-game win streak snapped and had won five of its previous six games … The Wolves scored 40 or fewer points for the 12th time this season.
Records: E. Lincoln 8-16; Lincolnton 11-11.
Reported by: Jason Otley, E. Lincoln head coach.
No. 2 BANDYS 53, No. 7 LAKE NORMAN CHARTER 43
LN Charter 6 8 12 17—43
Bandys 15 7 5 26—53
LAKE NORMAN CHARTER 43—Sorvillo 6, Thomas 2, Kristy Siefert 14, Augier 2, Pierce 5, Peplinski 3, Jillian Villanti 11.
BANDYS 53—E. Dutka, Rummage 7, April De La Canal 12, Laci Paul 11, Mirman 3, McLean 2, Logan Dutka 18, Wilson, Culliver.
Notes: Bandys plays No. 6 East Lincoln in a semifinal on Thursday at 6 p.m. at Bandys … If the Trojans beat the Mustangs, they lock up the league’s No. 2 (automatic) state playoff bid; if East Lincoln wins, the Trojans must play Lincolnton in a special playoff game on Friday at 4 p.m. at Maiden to determine that No. 2 state bid … Lake Norman Charter led by three points with 3 ½ minutes to play, before De La Canal made three 3-pointers and Macy Rummage another to put Bandys ahead … The Trojans have won four straight games … Lake Norman Charter has lost three straight games and is 1-7 in its last eight …Bandys has won at least 15 games for the 10th time in 12 seasons.
Records: Lake Norman Charter 8-14; Bandys 15-7.
Reported by: Benny Lytton, Bandys SID.
No. 1 NEWTON-CONOVER 76, No. 8 WEST LINCOLN 25
W. Lincoln 5 5 8 6—26
N-C 15 27 23 11—76
WEST LINCOLN 26—Wyant 8, Chapman 6, Gilmore 4, Baucom 2, Bieberick 2, Willis 2, Watson 2.
NEWTON-CONOVER 76—Chyna Cornwell 32, Tamiya Artis 11, Walton 8, Peters 8, Loftin 4, Watkins 4, Woods 3, Sandel 2, Fox 2, Duncan 2.
Notes: Newton-Conover plays fourth-seeded Maiden in a semifinal on Thursday at 6 p.m. at Newton-Conover … Cornwell had 13 rebounds for the Red Devils … Newton-Conover won its 20th straight game …The Red Devils beat the Rebels twice in the regular season, 75-35 in Newton and 70-35 at West Lincoln …Newton-Conover has won 21 games for the first time since going 25-4 in 2011-2012 … The Rebels have five wins after going 6-68 in the previous three seasons.
Records: W. Lincoln 5-20; Newton-Conover 21-4.
Reported by: Sylvia White, Newton-Conover head coach.
No. 4 MAIDEN 66, No. 5 NORTH LINCOLN 61
N. Lincoln 14 19 15 13—61
Maiden 20 16 9 21—66
NORTH LINCOLN 61—Sylvia Burroughs 17, Aly Wadkovsky 15, Rachel Seagle 10, Ashlyn White 10, Ambrose 5, Reid 4, McLean, Beal, Gaddy, Klein.
MAIDEN 66—Gracie Arrowood 18, Maggie Sigmon 13, Maggie Andrews 12, Lainee Hentschel 12, Glover 9, Bohemier 2, Rice, Collins, Mingus.
Notes: Maiden battles top-seeded Newton-Conover in a semifinal on Thursday at 6 p.m. in Newton … North Lincoln lost its fifth straight game … The Blue Devils must win the conference tournament title to assure getting into the state playoffs … Maiden and North Lincoln split in the regular season with Maiden winning 53-36 at home and North Lincoln winning 47-39 at home … Maiden has been to the state playoffs each of the last five seasons and has won at least 10 games in each of those seasons.
Records: N. Lincoln 13-10; Maiden 9-16.
Reported by: Frank Snider, Maiden head coach.
NORTHWESTERN FOOTHILLS 2A
No. 3 BUNKER HILL 67, No. 6 DRAUGHN 57
Draughn 10 17 13 17—57
Bunker Hill 17 20 21 9—67
DRAUGHN 57—Jenna Davis 20, Hailey Kincaid 11, Abbey Parker 10, Shuping 8, Lowman 4, Suttels 4.
BUNKER HILL 67—Addie Wray 28, Maddie Stotts 17, Camyrn Bryant 12, Lineberger 6, White 4, Martins, Robison, Stoker, Miller, Isenhour, Hamlett.
Notes: Bunker Hill will play No. 2 Patton in a semifinal on Thursday at 4 p.m. at East Burke and the winner secures the league’s No. 2 2A automatic state playoff bid (the Bears and Panthers tied for second in the regular season and split their regular season games) … Bunker Hill has won five of its last six games … Draughn fell to 4-7 on the road this season … Bunker Hill beat Draughn twice in the regular season, 56-43 at Bunker Hill and 65-53 at Draughn … The Bears last won 18 or more games in 2008-2009 (25-6 under head coach Shane Compton) … Bunker Hill has doubled its win total for a year ago.
Records: Draughn 7-18; Bunker Hill 18-7.
Reported by: Randy Joines, Bunker Hill head coach.
