West Rowan’s boys basketball team will play its 3A state championship game at 9 p.m. in the Dean E. Smith Center on Saturday.
The Falcons (29-0) will face the Winston-Salem Parkland Mustangs (21-9), the same team that beat them in the finals in 1999.
Parkland knocked off Greensboro Dudley 71-68 on a buzzer-beater Saturday night, despite 40 points and eight blocks by Dudley’s Eric “Helicopter” Hicks.
West Rowan’s boys basketball team will be joined in Chapel Hill by two more Western Regional champs from area conferences — the R.J. Reynolds boys and the Ledford girls.
Reynolds (25-5) nipped familiar rival West Forsyth 56-53 in the 4A West finals, avenging two earlier losses to the Titans. Coach Howard West’s Demons will seek their third straight state title, a feat that’s only been accomplished twice in 4A. Reynolds plays Fayetteville 71st (28-2) at 5 p.m. on Saturday.
Ledford (31-0) rolled over Bunker Hill 58-37 behind Leslie Hinkle’s 30 points to win the 2A regional. Ledford plays Tarboro (24-4) at 7 p.m. on Friday.
High Point Central (30-1) won the 3A girls West regional 80-67 over Parkwood, as freshman Teshymia Tillman scored 32 points. The Bison play Rockingham County (29-2) on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Salisbury’s Tom Sexton has been named boys swimming coach of the year for the 2A Central Carolina Conference and Hornet swimmer Ryan Starrett has been named boys swimmer of the year.
Joining Starrett on the all-CCC team were Ben Clark, Jay Henderlite, Matt Freeze, Daniel
Butner, Eric Kalstrup, Will Troxler and Barry Medinger.
Hornet girls making the all-conference team were Taylor Sexton, Jenny Oh, Lindsay
Starrett, Hannah Thompson and Chelsea DeSorbo.
- Hobson named top wrestler
Salisbury’s James Hobson has been named wrestler of the year for the CCC.
Hobson, who wrestled at 135 pounds, was joined on the all-conference team by teammates Josh Seastedt (187) and Joe Walker (215).
North Rowan’s David Coward (103) and Aaron Rimer (152) represented the Cavaliers on the
All-CCC squad.
The West Rowan High School boosters club will meet tonight at 7 at the school library. Salisbury High’s boosters will meet Tuesday night at 6:30 at the Lash Building.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. — Catawba split a baseball doubleheader with Carson-Newman on Sunday afternoon.
The Eagles (17-7, 2-1) won the first game 8-4 and the Indians came back to win the second game 13-11.
Spence Southard homered and had three RBIs for the Indians, staying hot with a 3-for-5 performance to lead the Indians (14-7, 1-2) in the nightcap.
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