From staff reports
Tournament championship games in area conferences are set for tonight.
YVC: At East Montgomery, North Rowan’s boys will take on South Davidson at 7:30 p.m.
South Davidson’s girls will meet Chatham Central at 6 p.m.
The boys game is a rubber game between teams that split regular-season meetings, but the outcome won’t change state playoff seeds.
The YVC’s top girls seed will go to the winner of tonight’s championship game, as the teams split regular-season meetings and tied in the standings.
CCC: Both Salisbury teams have qualified for tournament championship games, although no playoff seeds are at stake tonight.
At West Davidson, Salisbury’s girls will play Thomasville at 6 p.m., while Salisbury’s boys will battle Lexington at 7:30.
Salisbury’s girls have secured the CCC’s top seed for the state playoffs, and so have the Lexington boys. Salisbury’s boys will be the CCC’s No. 2 seed.
SPC: At A.L. Brown, Concord’s boys will take on Robinson at 7:30.
Robinson’s top-seeded girls will tangle with Hickory Ridge at 6.
No seeds are at stake.
NPC: At Statesville, Carson’s girls play North Iredell at 6 p.m. The winner is the No. 1 seed for the state playoffs, while the loser is No. 2.
West Rowan’s boys play Statesville at 8 p.m. Seeds are already set. West will be No. 2 for the state playoffs.
CPC: At Reagan, Davie’s boys play for their first-ever tournament title tonight at 7:30 against Mount Tabor.
Win or lose, Davie is the CPC’s No. 2 seed for the state playoffs.
Mount Tabor and West Forsyth square off with the winner getting the league’s No. 1 seed for the playoffs and the loser settling for No. 2.
South Davidson’s boys beat Albemarle 59-49 Thursday to advance to the YVC title game against North Rowan.
SD’s Taylor Hatfield scored 26 points, 15 in the first quarter. The Wildcats carried a double-digit lead most of game. SD led 19-6 at the end of the first quarter and 37-21 at halftime.
SD handed North its only conference loss two weeks ago at home in a 71-62 win.
Madi Beeson sank a free throw with one second left for the winning point in South Davidson’s 53-50 win against West Montgomery in the YVC Tournament semifinals Thursday.
Holly Wall’s tip-in on Beeson’s second free throw completed the scoring. Wall scored 15 points while Larsen Sigmon added 13. SD will face Chatham Central today in the championship game.
Prep wrestling
Area wrestlers will participate in individual regionals this weekend.
North Rowan wrestlers will compete in the 1A East Regional in Monroe.
Salisbury wrestlers will compete in the 2A Midwest Regional at Piedmont.
NPC and SPC wrestlers will be competing in the 3A Midwest Regional at Ledford.
Davie wrestlers are in the 4A Midwest Regional at Kernersville Glenn.
Prep realignment
The latest NCHSAA realignment committee plan for 2013-17 has been presented.
This is still not the absolute final plan as schools have until March 1 to make written appeals that would be heard on March 15.
The current plan is for 3A Iredell schools North Iredell, South Iredell, Statesville and West Iredell to be placed in a split 3A/4A league with Alexander Central, Lake Norman and Mooresville.
A.L. Brown would be in a 4A league with Hopewell, Hough, Mallard Creek, North Mecklenburg, Robinson, West Charlotte and Vance.
Davie is in a 4A league including Mount Tabor, North Davidson, Parkland, Reagan, R.J. Reynolds and West Forsyth.
Carson, Central Cabarrus, Concord, Cox Mill, East Rowan, Hickory Ridge, Northwest Cabarrus, South Rowan and West Rowan would be in a 3A league consisting of Rowan and Cabarrus schools.
Salisbury and North Rowan would be in a 2A league with High Point Andrews, East Davidson, Lexington, Thomasville, Trinity, West Davidson and Wheatmore.
Central Davidson is moving up to 3A.
Middle schools
Erwin’s girls beat Knox 43-37 in a battle of unbeatens on Thursday.
Erwin (7-0) rallied from a 29-20 deficit late in the third quarter to defeat the Trojans. The visiting Eagles were led by Breya Philpot’s 20 points, 13 rebounds, eight steals and six blocked shots. Micah Furr added 11 points and eight rebounds. Furr scored nine of Erwin’s 17 fourth-quarter points. Destiny Jackson had six points and six steals, and Ashlyn Mills led the Eagles in assists with five.
Knox (6-1) had balanced scoring. Tyzarea Alexander led the way with nine points, followed by Chevy Blaire and Kilantra Mashore with eight apiece. Niah Spratt added seven points.
Knox’s boys beat Erwin 45-21 behind the double-figure scoring of Alonzo Sirleaf (15) and Paris Hillie (14). Knox (5-2) also got seven points from Chris Ingram.
Erwin (2-5) was paced by Datavian Davis and Lucas Morton with seven and six points, respectively.
Livingstone falls
The Livingstone men’s basketball team lost 87-80 to the Davis & Elkins College Senators on Thursday at New Trent Gym.
Greg Henry and Nasir Austin had double-doubles for the Blue Bears.
Henry led the Blue Bears with 23 points and 12 rebounds. Austin’s double-double, his second in two games, came with 19 points and 12 boards. Omar Ford-Bey also finished in double figures with 11 points.
The Blue Bears shot 33.8 percent from the floor and connected on only 4-of-22 attempts from beyond the three-point arc.
Livingstone will host its final home game of the season on Saturday when the St. Augustine’s College Falcons come to New Trent Gym for a 7:30 p.m. contest. Livingstone seniors Henry, Trone Jackson, Quintin Redfern, Cody Paul and Darrius Sellers will be honored between the women’s and men’s games.