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Panthers looks to add wrestling titles
Some 47 area wrestlers have qualified to compete in the state individual wrestling tournament beginning today at 5:30 p.m. and continuing through Saturday’s 5 p.m. championship finals at the Greensboro Coliseum.
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Hillside girls pound Seventy-First in second round
Hillside continued its playoff roll into the state 4-A quarterfinals, pressuring Fayetteville Seventy-First’s offense into 38 turnovers and getting an easy 58-32 second-round win Wednesday at home.
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Warriors eliminate Tigers from playoffs
Chapel Hill lost just twice this season — both times to Oxford Webb, both times with a lot on the line.
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Northwood girls roll past Granville Central
When Northwood senior forward Shelby Wolfe saw her team get a steal with 4:55 to play in the third period Wednesday night, she reversed direction and headed downcourt as fast as she could, collecting a pass in stride and lobbing the ball in for a layup.
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Tuesday night's high school basketball playoff roundup
GIRLS PLAYOFF ROUNDUP CAROLINA FRIENDS 57, CALDWELL 32—No. 2 seeded Carolina Friends School rode 24 points and 11 rebounds from star Zoe Vernon to ease past visiting No. 15 Caldwell Academy Tuesday in the first round of the NCISAA 2-A Tournament. Carolina Friends advances to the state 2-A independent schools’ quarterfinals Thursday for a 1 p.m...
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PREP NOTEBOOK: Basketball playoffs, wrestling preview
A look at the progress of area teams and individual wrestlers in the state playoffs.
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No. 1 Chapel Hill boys and girls sweep; they'll host playoff...
Tigers, Ingram, hope to avenge season's only loss as they host Oxford Webb and future Tar Heel Isaiah Hicks tonight.
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Riverside s PAC-6 co-player of the year, Maddie McCallie (4), launches a jump shot in Monday s first-round NCHSAA 4-A playoff victory. (Special to The Herald-Sun/Mark Dolejs)
Riverside girls roll into second round
Riverside exploded for an 18-point run in the first half while swarming the visiting Trojans of Fayetteville Pine Forest on defense for a 49-40 win Monday night in the Mideast regional of the state 4-A girls’ basketball playoffs.
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Southern girls advance; Jordan, Carrboro boys fall in playof...
Marvin Flowers' 29 points are not enough to keep Jordan season alive as Falcons fall in Fayetteville. Jade Bracey and Unique Mayo score 18 each to lead Lady Spartans.
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Hillside point guard DeShon Self (10) takes it to the basketball against Purnell Swett post player Tyrell McDonald in Monday s Hornets playoff victory. (The Herald-Sun/Bernard Thomas)
Hillside 'steals' win
Hillside’s swarming defense too much for visiting Purnell Swett on Monday night, as the Hornets turn 14 first-quarter turnovers into what would become a 65-54 rout in the opening round of the state 4-A boys’ basketball playoffs.
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Hillside s Mylea McKennith battles Jordan s Rachel McGirt (left) for a rebound Monday, February 20, 2012, at Hillside High School. Hillside s Daesha Marshall (rear) came off the bench to score eight points and grab some key rebounds Monday night as power forwards Morgan McGee and Jordyn Smith got in foul trouble. McGee and Smith both fouled out late, but well after the outcome had been decided. (The Herald-Sun/Bernard Thomas).
Hillside girls top Jordan in playoff opener
PAC-6 co-player of the year Morgan McGee leads all scorers with 19 points and adds 12 rebounds to lead Hillside past visiting Jordan 65-43 in the opening round of the state 4-A playoffs.
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Outlaw’s free throws power Rockets
One way or another, one of the key players for Northern or Person would be able to start focusing on the upcoming AAU season or get to work on off-season training after the first round of the state 4-A playoffs.
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Hillside s Trevion Thompson (14) fires up a jump shot as Roxboro Person s Tyrone Outlaw Jr. (44) and Person teammates Jerry Smith (35) and Terrick Scoggins (25) look on. (The Herald-Sun/Bernard Thomas).
Prep playoffs start Monday
PAC-6 Tournament champions from Hillside High School kick off the 2012 NCHSAA 4-A basketball playoffs tonight with a 4-A Mideast Region home doubleheader.
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State High School Basketball Pairings
BOYS’ BASKETBALL NCHSAA Tournament Pairings NOTES — Games are hosted by higher seed and will be played Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Game time is 7 p.m. unless there is a doubleheader, which will tip off at 6:30 and 8 p.m. ... Records are regular-season used for seeding and do not include conference tournament results. Seeds are indicated. ...
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Carolina Friends claims TAC Tournament title
Zoe Vernon fired in 20 points and Jamilah Watson added 18 to lead Carolina Friends School to a 59-26 victory over Caldwell Academy in the championship game of the Triad Athletic Conference Tournament on Saturday.
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Walls too tough for regional competition
They call him Kenneth “Running Hard” Walls, and the way the South Granville 220-pounder flexed his arms around the head of Darren Maracin of Randleman on Saturday it wouldn’t be hard to imagine him being powerful enough to run through a few walls.
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Orange wrestlers take 5th regional title
State 3-A dual-team champion Orange High School on Saturday captured its fifth consecutive Mideast Region team title at Morehead High School, finishing ahead of second-place Cameron Union Pines 237-165.5.
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Hillside, Northwood open playoffs with home doubleheaders
Using a seeding format similar to the NCAA Tournament for the first time, a total of 22 area boys’ and girls’ basketball teams got a taste of playoff bracket madness on Saturday.
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Knights, Falcons each claim pair of regional champions
Success was measured by top-four finishes on Saturday at the Mideast 4-A wrestling regionals at Cary High School. Those who finished there earned spots in the state championship tournament next week in Greensboro.
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Hillside s Trevion Thompson (14) fires up a jump shot as Roxboro Person s Tyrone Outlaw Jr. (44) and Person teammates Jerry Smith (35) and Terrick Scoggins (25) look on. (The Herald-Sun/Bernard Thomas).
Hillside wins PAC-6 titles
Darian Allen's stickback with 3.4 seconds left is title game winning shot, as last-gasp 3 by Tyrone Outlaw misses. Lady Hornets ride balanced attack to stop Southern in girls' tournament final.
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