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TUESDAY’S SUMMARIES
NORTHWESTERN FOOTHILLS 2A
EAST BURKE 81, BUNKER HILL 43
Bunker Hill 2 20 11 10—43
E. Burke 17 24 29 11—81
BUNKER HILL 43—Stotts 9, Lineberger 7, Hamlett 6, Miller 4, Wray 4, White 4, Redman 3, Stoker 3, Bryant 2.
EAST BURKE 81—Josie Hise 19, Brooke Arney 18, Arianna Hawkins 17, Ashlyn Stilwell 10, Hildebran 6, Cooke 5, Houston 4, Haas 2.
Notes: East Burke wins its seventh straight game and locks up no worse than a tie for Northwestern Foothills 2A title, up three games over second-place Draughn with three league games to go … The Cavs can also secure the league’s No. 1 state 2A playoff bid by winning Friday at home against Hibriten … Draughn is the only league team that could win out and share the conference regular-season title with the Cavs, who play at Draughn on Feb. 8 … Bunker Hill’s individual scoring totals 42.
Records: E. Burke 20-1, 9-0 Northwestern Foothills 2A; Bunker Hill7-14, 4-6 Northwestern Foothills 2A.
SOUTH FORK 2A
EAST LINCOLN 75, BANDYS 57
E. Lincoln 24 19 15 17—75
Bandys 17 12 14 14—57
EAST LINCOLN 75—Rhoney 3, Destiny Johnson 27, Brianna Tadlock 26, Painter 4, Begley 6, Cox 4, Robinette 2, McClain 3, B. Jacques, E. Jacques.
BANDYS 57—Leigh Thompson 10, McKenzie Deal 24, Paul 8, Laney 5, Britton 2, Wilson 2, McLean 6, Little.
Notes: Deal hit four 3-pointers for Bandys, which lost its sixth straight game … Johnson added five rebounds and five steals and Tadlock had five assists and three rebounds for East Lincoln … The Mustangs have won six straight over the Trojans – their longest win streak in the series dating back to 1970-71 (Bandys leads 46-27) — after having snapped a nine-game losing streak (and going 1-16 at one point) against them.
Records: E. Lincoln 13-8, 7-4 South Fork 2A; Bandys 9-11, 2-9 South Fork 2A.
NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A
FREEDOM 46, SOUTH CALDWELL 36
S. Caldwell 8 2 14 12—36
Freedom 10 11 7 18—46
SOUTH CALDWELL 36—Mackenzie Starnes 19, Propst 3, Evans 1, Austin 5, Pittman 4, Kale 2, Cotter, Hoggins, Heavner, Harrison, Everhart.
FREEDOM 46—Adair Garrison 13, Madison Bailey 10, Crooks 8, Davenport 8, Short 4, Williams 3, Tate, Cisneros, McGinnis.
Notes: Freedom wins its fifth straight game and for the ninth time in 10 games, picking up head coach Amber Reddick’s 298th career coaching victory (298-89, 13th season … Reddick could reach 300 as early as Tuesday, as the Patriots play Friday at Alexander Central and go to league-leading Watauga on Tuesday … South Caldwell is 4-6 in its last 10 games and 2-7 on the road this season.
Records: S. Caldwell 8-11, 4-6 Northwestern 3A-4A; Freedom 16-4, 10-1 Northwestern 3A-4A.
McDOWELL 56, ALEXANDER CENTRAL 36
Alex Central 5 9 8 14—36
McDowell 13 15 12 16—56
ALEXANDER CENTRAL 36—Rhyne 3, Hagy 8, Miller 7, Sydney Sharpe 12, Pennell 3, Payne 3, Robles, Chapman, Black, Bradbury.
McDOWELL 56—Lineberger 2, Hayley Creasman 12, Smith 2, Dezi Williams 16, McKinney 4, Miller 2, Candace Cooper 12, Carson 2, Brewer 4, Brooks, Banks, Zullo.
Notes: Alexander Central hit just two of its 14 3-point attempts while the Titans made seven of 20, led by Cooper making three and Williams and Cresman each hitting two … McDowell won the boards by five, led by Lily McKinney’s 10, and Rhylie Rhyne had nine for Alexander Central … Copper had five of the Titans’ 12 assists … Williams hit seven of 14 field goal attempts for the Titans, who shot 38.2 percent to the Cougars’ 30.4.. McDowell bench delivered 20 points and the Cougars bench scored six.
Records: Alexander Central 3-16, 1-9 Northwestern 3A-4A; McDowell 13-8, 7-4 Northwestern 3A-4A.