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THURSDAY’S CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT SUMMARIES
SOUTH FORK 2A
Semifinals at CVCC
No. 3 NEWTON-CONOVER 56, No. 2 MAIDEN 45
N-C 13 8 14 21—56
Maiden 14 4 15 12—45
NEWTON-CONOVER 56—Ivy Eller 20, Chyna Cornwell 17, Artis 4, Peters 6, Walton 9.
MAIDEN 45 (incomplete scoring)—Arrowood 1, Beard 9, Destiny Spring 10, Cree Bass 10, Zoe Huffman 11.
Notes: Newton-Conover faces No. 4 Lake Norman Charter for the conference tournament title at 6:30 p.m. Friday at CVCC … The Red Devils have won five straight games and eight of their last nine … Newton-Conover and Maiden have played four times this season, each winning twice … Maiden has lost three of its last four games and is 6-4 since Jan. 5, when it was 13-1 overall and 6-0 in the league and in first place.
Records: Newton-Conover 16-10; Maiden 19-5.
NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A
Semifinals at Freedom
No. 2 FREEDOM 60, No. 3 McDOWELL 44
McDowell 17 9 9 9—44
Freedom 9 5 19 27—60
McDOWELL 44—Dezi Williams 15, Miller 4, Buchanan 7, McKinney 2, Lineberger 2, Cooper 5, Creasman 4, Brewer 5, Banks, Carson.
FREEDOM 60—Madison Bailey 18, Blaikley Crooks 14, C.C. Davenport 13, Garrison 9, Williams 3, Short 3, Tate, McGinnis.
Notes: Freedom meets top-seeded Watauga at 6:30 p.m. on Friday at Freedom for the conference tournament title and the winner gets the league’s No. 1 3A playoff seed and the loser is the No. 2 seed … The Patriots and Pioneers split in the regular season, Watauga winning 52-44 in Boone and Freedom winning 61-59 in overtime in Morganton … Freedom has beaten McDowell three times this season, by six points, 10 points and 16 points… The Patriots have won 20 or more games in 10 straight seasons and they are 82-6 in their last 88 games.
Records: McDowell 16-10; Freedom 21-4.