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THURSDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL
BASKETBALL SUMMARIES
GIRLS
FREEDOM 44, HICKORY 34
Freedom 6 21 6 11—44
Hickory 9 7 8 10—34
FREEDOM 44—Blaikley Crooks 14, Christena Rhone 11, Bailey 7, Garrison 6, Moore 3, Davenport 4, Short, Tate, Watkins, Cisneros, Johnson.
HICKORY 34—Makayla Hill 12, Soublert 4, James 4, Knox 8, Lefevers 4, Darden 2, Knowles, Byrd, Long, Huggins.
Notes: Freedom’s individual scoring totals 45 points …Freedom is on a 10-game win streak since its only loss of the season, 59-43 to Asheville Erwin on Dec. 28 in the Freedom Invitational title game … Hickory has lost back-to-back games for the first time season … The Patriots beat the Red Tornadoes 56-37 in Morganton on Jan. 4 … Hickory head coach Barbara Helms, in her 16th season at HHS, needs 13 more wins for 400 at the school… Helms already has 425 career wins in 19 years.
Records: Freedom 18-1, 9-0 Northwestern 3A-4A; Hickory 10-6, 5-4.
Reported by: Amber Reddick, Freedom head coach.
BOYS
FREEEDOM 76, HICKORY 60
Freedom 10 31 15 20—76
Hickory 11 16 19 14—60
FREEDOM 76—Fletcher Abee 32, Jakari Dula 19, Freeman 8, Logan 7, Birchfield 6, Johnson 2, Moore 2.
HICKORY 60—Nkosi Abernathy 20, Zendai Clark 12, Jaylin Harper 11, Young 8, Amos 5, Del Valle 3, McCorkle 1.
Notes: Freedom’s win streak extends to eight straight games since a loss to Greensboro Day in Winston-Salem on Jan. 5 … Hickory had won two consecutive games and six of seven … Freedom beat Hickory 65-57 in Morganton on Jan. 4… Freedom has won 18 games in four straight seasons and in 10 of 11 seasons …Patriots head coach Casey Rogers is three wins away from 275 for his career at his alma mater.
Records: Freedom 18-1, 9-0 Northwestern 3A-4A; Hickory 14-4, 7-2.
Reported by: Rob Scott, Freedom coaching staff.
