Senior Chyna Cornwell, who averages a double-double, will lead Newton-Conover High’s girls on Saturday as they battle Salisbury for a berth into the state 2A title game. The West Regional 2A title game tips at noon at Catawba Valley Community College./MICHELLE THOMPSON PHOTO (purchase her photos by emailing luvinlkn@gmail.com)
Salisbury 2-0 in regional championships against Newton-Conover
WHITE’S SCORESHEET
A look at how Newton-Conover’s girls fared in the postseason prior to this season with Sylvia White as their head coach:
Year Record Eliminated
88-89 20-6 R2, 60-62 Starmount
89-90 27-4 2A final, 52-58 Clinton
90-91 27-1 Sect. final, 74-77 OT, N. Stanly
91-92 29-1 2A champ, 77-54 Farm Cent
02-03 17-12 W. Reg R1, 34-40 Salisbury
03-04 19-10 R2, 56-73 Owen
18-19 25-5 R3, 56-77 E. Burke
SOURCE: HobbsDailyReport.com research and files
By CHRIS HOBBS
HobbsDailyReport.com
HICKORY – Newton-Conover High’s girls have a familiar roadblock ahead as they make their 10th appearance in a West Regional title game at noon on Saturday.
The third-seeded Red Devils (28-2) battle top-seeded Salisbury (28-1) in the 2A final at Catawba Valley Community College.
The winner advances to the state 2A championship game next Saturday against No. 3 Kinston (27-3) or No. 1 Farmville Central (24-3), who meet Saturday at East Carolina for the East title.
WHITE
Newton-Conover, 2-7 in its previous West Regional title game match-ups, faces Salisbury for a third time. The last two meetings – in 2010-11 and 2009-2010 – were won by the Hornets, 49-35 and 43-32, respectively, in title games.
MORE ON N-C GIRLS HISTORY
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Salisbury and Newton-Conover also played in a first-round West Regional game in 2002-03 with Salisbury winning 40-34.
The Red Devils won a West 2A title in 1989-90 then fell to Clinton in the state championship game. Their other West title was in 1991-92 when they went on to win a state 2A championship.
Saturday’s game at CVCC is the fourth West Regional game for Newton-Conover head coach Sylvia White, who is in her third tenure guiding the Red Devils.
She was the head coach in 1989-90, guided the 1991-92 team and was head coach in 2002-03 when Salisbury won a first-round West 2A Regional game.
