HOLIDAY BASKETBALL: Freedom Christmas Invitational starts on Wednesday

Draughn, East Burke join Patriots in tournament field HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON – Burke County rivals Draughn, East Burke and Freedom are headed into the Freedom Christmas Invitational next week, three days of basketball with all of the games at Freedom High. The three-day tournaments open with eight games on Wednesday, the first game tipping at 10 a.m. (East Burke versus R-S …

HOLIDAY BASKETBALL: Bunker Hill girls, Maiden boys No. 1 seeds at Classic

Tournaments at Catawba Valley Community College start on Dec. 27 HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Bunker Hill’s girls and Maiden’s boys will go into the Dick’s Sporting Goods Classic next week as the top seeds for three days of basketball battles at Catawba Valley Community College’s Tarlton Complex. The Bunker Hill girls are off to an 8-3 start after winning just nine …

HOLIDAY BASKETBALL: Chick-Fil-A Classic starts Thursday at Hibriten

HobbsDailyReport.com LENOIR – Pairings for the four-team Chick-Fil-A Holiday Classic, scheduled Thursday and on Dec. 28 at Hibriten High, have been released. The tournament fields are girls’ and boys’ teams from Hibriten, Piedmont Community Charter, West Caldwell and Wilkes Central. There are four games on Thursday, the first at 3:30 p.m. with West Caldwell’s girls facing Piedmont Community Charter. The …

HOLIDAY BASKETBALL: N. Gaston girls, E. Lincoln boys top seeds for East Lincoln Winter Jam

Tournaments will tip off on Thursday with all games at East Lincoln HobbsDailyReport.com DENVER, N.C. – North Gaston High’s girls and East Lincoln’s boys are top seeds for the East Lincoln Winter Jam tournaments that tip off on Thursday at East Lincoln. North Gaston’s girls — who last season won the People’s Bank Holiday Clash — start the Jam on …

HOLIDAY BASKETBALL: Bandys girls, boys have first-round byes at People’s Bank Holiday Classic

Three-day tournaments open Dec. 27 at North Lincoln LINCOLNTON – Both Bandys High basketball teams are top-seeded and will have opening-round byes in the People’s Bank Holiday Classic scheduled Thursday through Dec. 29 at North Lincoln High. The Bandys girls, 4-1 through Dec. 20, will play a semifinal on Dec. 28 against North Lincoln or East Gaston at 5 p.m. …