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SATURDAY’S THIRD ROUND SUMMARIES
WEST 3A
No. 3 HICKORY 61, No. 11 SOUTH IREDELL 47
S. Iredell 21 6 14 6—47
Hickory 14 19 13 15—61
SOUTH IREDELL 47 (incomplete scoring)—Alex Angle 17, Ty Everhart 11, Doroty 8, Dulan 2, Gaithers 2, Clark 5.
HICKORY 61—Jaquan Thurman 16, Cody Young 12, James Freeman 11, Torey James 10, Ables 7, Bell 5.
Notes: Hickory advances to Tuesday’s fourth round and will play at No. 2 Greensboro Smith (26-3), an 85-65 home winner Saturday over No. 7 Kings Mountain…Tuesday’s winner will face No. 4 Carson (26-2) or No. 1 Cox Mill (26-3) for the West 3A title in the West Regionals on March 3 in either Winston-Salem (Joel Coliseum) or Greensboro (UNC Greensboro), TBD by North Carolina High School Athletic Association)… The Red Tornadoes — in the postseason for the 17th straight season — have been to the West Regionals 10 times since the format began in 1980, which includes five straight bids from 1995-96 through 1999-2000… Hickory has won 51 of its last 60 games and 80 of its last 92.
Records: S. Iredell 19-8; Hickory 27-2.
WEST 2A
No. 3 EAST LINCOLN 79, No. 6 R-S CENTRAL 69
R-S Central 13 23 12 21—69
E. Lincoln 15 18 20 26—79
R-S CENTRAL 69—Watkins 3, Zyrion Wilkins 22, Jayden Waddell 19, Tyler Whiteside 11, Elijah Carson 10, Twitty 4.
EAST LINCOLN 79—Kabian McClendon 15, Parks 2, Sidney Dollar 17, John Bean 14, Horne 9, Coleson Leach 20, Zirkle 2.
Notes: East Lincoln reaches the fourth round and will travel to No. 2 Forest Hills (27-2) — a 64-48 winner Saturday over No. 7 West Stokes in Marshville — on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. with the winner advancing to play No. 4 Salisbury (26-3) or No. 1 Mountain Heritage (23-1) for the West 2A title in the West Regionals on March 3 in either Winston-Salem (Joel Coliseum) or Greensboro (UNC Greensboro), TBD by North Carolina High School Athletic Association)… Leach added three assists, Dollar had 12 rebounds, five assists and three steals, McClendn grabbed six rebounds and Bean had four assists and four steals for the Mustangs … East Lincoln have been as deep as the fourth round five times in 11 seasons.
Records: R-S Central 21-8; E. Lincoln 25-5.
WEST 1A
No. 2 LINCOLN CHARTER 95,
No. 10 COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF DAVIDSON 54
CSD 17 13 14 10—54
Lincoln Charter 32 20 27 16—95
COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF DAVIDSON 54 (incomplete scoring)—Sage Alexander 21, Brandon Ellington 18, Konrad Christian 11, Johnson 1, Bragg 2.
LINCOLN CHARTER 95—Kody Shubert 23, Jehlon Johnson 18, Jackson Gabriel 15, Kendrick Davis 14, Knox 8, England 8, Mayfield 3, Herrick 4, Holm 2, McCall, Robinson, Haudek, Barnes.
Notes: Lincoln Charter, defending state 1A champion, advances to Tuesday’s fourth round and plays No. 6 Starmount — a 56-55 winner Saturday at home over No. 3 Pine Lake Prep – in a 7 p.m. game at Lake Norman Charter … Tuesday’s winner will play No 5 North Stanly (24-5) or No. 1 Winston-Salem Prep (24-3) on March 3 in the West 1A title game in either Winston-Salem (Joel Coliseum) or Greensboro (UNC Greensboro), TBD by North Carolina High School Athletic Association)…Shubert added seven assists, Johnson had 11 rebounds and four blocks and Gabriel also posted seven rebounds, six assists and three steals for the Eagles … Lincoln Charter is four rounds deep into the bracket for the fourth consecutive season.
Records: CSD 23-7; Lincoln Charter 25-4.