STATE GIRLS HS BASKETBALL ROUND 1: Bandys, Bunker Hill, E. Burke, Freedom, Hickory, N-C open at home

HobbsDailyReport.com STATE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS (First round games are Tuesday at highest seeds; second round, Thursday; third round, Saturday; fourth round, Tuesday, March 5; West Regionals, Saturday, March 9  at LRU and CVCC)   GREATER HICKORY AREA GAMES   2A #5 Newton-Conover (23-4) vs. #28 N. Wilkes (14-12), 6 p.m. #12 W. Wilkes (18-7) vs. #21 Patton …

GIRLS HOOP PLAYOFFS TIDBITS: Red Tornadoes’ 28th straight bid starts with Ashbrook

Can Freedom join Bandys by winning sixth state title?   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Tidbits about the high school girls’ basketball teams from the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A that are in the state playoffs, which begin Tuesday night at the higher seed(s): 2A No. 18 Madison (16-10) at No. 15 Bandys (16-8), 6 p.m.: Trojans …

STATE GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Some No. 2 seeds still up for grabs

Special playoff games could ultimately be needed in all 3 local leagues   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com As the area’s conference basketball tournaments begin on Monday night, there are two ties that have not been clearly broken regarding the state playoffs. At least one published report incorrectly says the Patton girls (Northwestern Foothills 2A) and Bandys girls (South Fork 2A) …