STATE BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: E. Lincoln boys, Freedom girls reach West Regionals

HobbsDailyReport.com East Lincoln High wiped out a 10-point halftime deficit on Tuesday night, rallying to topple visiting East Rutherford 74-65 and reach the West 2A boys’ basketball title game. The top-seeded Mustangs (29-2) will play second-seeded and defending state 2A champion Forest Hills (28-2) on Saturday at Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) or Lenoir-Rhyne University (LRU). The game site and …

SOUTH FORK 2A BASKETBALL: Red Devils’ Cornwell is just scary good

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Thoughts and observations from the South Fork 2A basketball tournament championship games on Friday night at Lincolnton, and the season so far: Just scary good If Newton-Conover High head coach Sylvia White is correct – and she knows her basketball – this is just simply scary for players hoping to defend the Red Devils’ Chyna Cornwell. …

WEDNESDAY’S HS BOYS BASKETBALL SUMMARIES: Mustangs win as Bean sets new mark with 9 3-pointers

HobbsDailyReport.com WEDNESDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SUMMARIES   BOYS   SOUTH FORK 2A EAST LINCOLN 89, LINCOLNTON 57 Lincolnton                        10    22      14      11–57 E. Lincoln                         20    22     25      22—89 LINCOLNTON 57—Grooms 6, Kris Robinson 30, Derr 9, Gash 2, Davis 4, Motz 2, Queen 4. EAST LINCOLN 89—Sidney Dollar 24, Myles Adams 10, John Bean 27, Justin Kuthan 14, …

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 …

THURSDAY’S HS BASKETBALL SUMMARIES: Unbeaten E. Lincoln boys cash in on Dollar’s 34 career-high points

HobbsDailyReport.com THURSDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SUMMARIES BOYS EAST LINCOLN 77, SOUTH IREDELL 71 E. Lincoln                19     24     15      19—77 S. Iredell                 19     26     16       10—71 EAST LINCOLN 77—Sidney Dollar 34, Adams, Bean 7, Allden Horne 12, Justin Kuthan 21, Zirkle 3, Nichols, Staples, Jones. SOUTH IREDELL 71—Edds 4, Everhart 9, Greg Liechty 23, Dulin 8, Dowdy 4, Barnette 8, Pellegrino, …