Wednesday, February 15, 2023

2023 HS Basketball Conference Tournament Summary

Western Highlands 1A/2A Conference Tournament

Girls First Round (2/13 @ Higher Seed)

#1 Mountain Heritage BYE

#4 Avery County 64, #5 Mitchell 40

#3 Draughn 56, #6 Owen 49

Aubrie Snyder 19, Ella Abernathy 12, Cozort 7, Powell 6, J Abernathy 6, Rector 4, Woody 2

#2 Rosman 88, #7 Madison 17


Boys First Round (2/13 @ Higher Seed)

#1 Mountain Heritage BYE

#5 Owen 63, #4 Mitchell 53

#3 Draughn 79, #6 Madison 66

Luke Rector 22, Zaydin Pritchard 18, Ethan Miller 12, Cooper 9, Abernathy 8, Woody 5, Elkins 5

#2 Avery County 82, #7 Rosman 43


Girls Semifinals (2/15 @ Owen)

#1 Mountain Heritage 69, #4 Avery County 34

#2 Rosman 61, #3 Draughn 51

Aubrie Snyder 17, Ella Abernathy 13, J Abernathy 8, Cozort 5, Cook 4, Rector 4


Boys Semifinals (2/15 @ Owen)

#1 Mountain Heritage 69, #5 Owen 35

#2 Avery County 70, #3 Draughn 58

D'Andre Moore 30, Rector 9, E Pritchard 7, Elkins 6, Abernathy 4, Cooper 2


Girls Championship (2/17 @ Owen)

#1 Mountain Heritage 54, #2 Rosman 48


Boys Championship (2/17 @ Owen)

#1 Mountain Heritage 69, #2 Avery County 50



Catawba Valley Athletic 2A Conference Tournament

Girls First Round (2/14 @ Higher Seed)

#1 East Burke 78, #8 Bunker Hill 26

Braelyn Stilwell 16, Kara Brinkley 14, Kassie Turner 12, Aubree Grigg 10, Lawing 8, Bostain 6, McDowell 4, Garro 3, McNeil 3, Coble 2

#4 West Lincoln 46, #5 Bandys 30

#3 Maiden 61, #6 Lincolnton 23

#2 Newton-Conover 64, #7 West Caldwell 30


Boys First Round (2/14 @ Higher Seed)

#1 West Caldwell 78, #8 East Burke 55

Caleb Hudson 14, Sylas Coleman 13, Ian Cox 12, Hollan Cline 10, Shook 3, Dellinger 2, Mast 1

#4 Lincolnton 66, #5 Bunker Hill 59

#3 Newton-Conover 78, #6 Bandys 71

#2 Maiden 79, #7 West Lincoln 67


Semifinals (2/15 @ CVCC)

Girls: #1 East Burke 55, #4 West Lincoln 31

Braelyn Stilwell 13, Kara Brinkley 12, Taylor Bostain 11, Grigg 6, Turner 6, McNeil 3, Lawing 2, Hill 2

Boys: #1 West Caldwell 57, #4 Lincolnton 42


Semifinals (2/16 @ CVCC)

Girls: #2 Newton-Conover 65, #3 Maiden 36

Boys: #3 Newton-Conover 59, #2 Maiden 42


Girls Championship (2/17 @ CVCC)

#2 Newton-Conover 58, #1 East Burke 45

Braelyn Stilwell 18, Aubree Grigg 15, Brinkley 6, Lawing 5, Turner 1

Boys Championship (2/17 @ CVCC)

#1 West Caldwell 54, #3 Newton-Conover 40





Sunday, February 12, 2023

TireMaxx Scoreboard (2/7-11/23)

East Burke Boys Indoor Track State Champions (48 pts)


KJ Byrd

Most Outstanding Performer

55 m. Hurdles (1st, 7.71; beat out Bunker Hill's Ayden Thompson by .02 seconds)

High Jump (1st, 6-6)

Pole Vault (2nd, 16-00)


Avery Fraley

Sportsmanship Award

High Jump (3rd, 6-2)

Long Jump (5th, 20-09.75)


Shot Put

Michael Hathcock (4th, 47-05.75)

Brady Bostain (7th, 45-04.50)

Kolby Byrd (21st, 37-11)


Ian Cox

High Jump (6th, 5-10)


Other Finishers

Meah Walsh (EB)

Girls 3200 Run (4th, 12:04.15)

Girls 1600 Run (6th, 5:35.74)


Lainey Profitt (D)

Girls Pole Vault (4th, 8-0; three feet off 1st place)


Anna Cape (D)

Girls Pole Vault (T-7th, 7-6)


Bella Williams

Girls High Jump (12th, 4-6)


BASKETBALL

Mountain Heritage @ Draughn

JV Boys: Mountain Heritage 58, Draughn 33 (Houston: 10)

V Girls: Mountain Heritage 51, Draughn 40 (Snyder: 12)

V Boys: Mountain Heritage 58, Draughn 39 (Z Pritchard: 12)


Draughn @ NCSSM

V Girls: Draughn 81, NCSSM 6 (Snyder: 15)

V Boys: Draughn 69, NCSSM 27 (E Pritchard: 13)


W Highlands Boys

M Heritage 12-0

Avery 8-4

Draughn 8-4

Mitchell 5-7

Madison 4-8

Owen 4-8

Rosman 1-11


W Highlands Girls

M Heritage 12-0

Rosman 10-2

Draughn 7-5

Avery 6-6

Mitchell 4-8

Owen 3-9

Madison 0-12


East Burke @ West Lincoln

JV Girls: East Burke 48, West Lincoln 27

JV Boys: East Burke 42, West Lincoln 33 (Hartmann: 11)

V Girls: East Burke 68, West Lincoln 42 (Bostain: 19)

V Boys: East Burke 81, West Lincoln 71 (Hudson: 34)


West Caldwell @ East Burke

JV Girls: East Burke 43, West Caldwell 11 (Fortenberry/Morrison: 13)

JV Boys: East Burke 47, West Caldwell 40 (Morrison: 16)

V Girls: East Burke 66, West Caldwell 19 (Grigg: 18)

V Boys: West Caldwell 90, East Burke 63 (Cox: 20)


CVAC Boys

West Caldwell 14-0

Maiden 12-2

N-Conover 8-6

Lincolnton 6-8

Bandys 5-9

Bunker Hill 5-9

West Lincoln 4-10

East Burke 2-12


CVAC Girls

East Burke 14-0

N-Conover 12-2

Maiden 8-6

West Lincoln 8-6

Bandys 6-8

Lincolnton 4-10

Bunker Hill 2-12

West Caldwell 2-12


SWIMMING

1A/2A State Championship @ Triangle Aquatic Center

Girls 200 Freestyle Relay: Draughn (10th, 1:51.64) (Abby Wood, Sarah Mull, Ally Auton, Rhyannon Reasoner)

Boys 100 Breaststroke: Trey Jensen (D) (17th, 1:07.60)

Girls 500 Freestyle: Rhyannon Reasoner (D) (20th, 5:59.05)

Girls 400 Freestyle Relay: Draughn (20th, 4:20.17) (Abby Wood, Sarah Mull, Ally Auton, Rhyannon Reasoner)

Girls 100 Backstroke: Rhyannon Reasoner (D) (21st, 1:08.41)

Girls 100 Freestyle: Abby Wood (D) (22nd, 1:02.21)

Boys 200 Freestyle Relay: Draughn (22nd, 1:43.83) (Brandon Sexton, Griffin Stephens, William Abernathy, Trey Jensen)


WRESTLING

1A Western Regionals @ Mitchell

Hampton Blackwell (170: 2 pinfalls)

Andres Garcia Lopez (120: major decision)

Landon Clark (138: decision)


2A Western Regionals @ West Lincoln

Grayson Phillips (126 2nd: 2 decisions, pinfall)

Connor Mobley (138: 2 decisions, pinfall)

Zeke Pierce (195: decision, major decision, pinfall)

Cody Bryant (113: 2 pinfalls)

Joshua Hess (285: 2 pinfalls)





Monday, February 6, 2023

Foothills Power 5 (2023 Wrestling)

T-1st Foard (38-1) 3A State Champions

West Charlotte 75-6 W

Ashe County 51-18 W

Enka 36-35 W

West Rowan 40-31 W

Union Pines 54-24 W


T-1st Newton-Conover (48-1) 2A State Champions

McMichael 69-9 W

East Davidson 72-9 W

Lincolnton 41-33 W

Bandys 36-33 W

Bunn 51-18 W


#3 Bandys (23-8) 2A regional runner-up

#4 West Lincoln (26-6) 2A Third Round

#5 Lincolnton (20-8) 2A Third Round





Saturday, February 4, 2023

TireMaxx Scoreboard (1/30-2/3/2023)

Basketball

Draughn @ Rosman

JV Girls: Draughn 52, Rosman 24 (Berry: 25)

V Girls: Rosman 74, Draughn 53 (E Abernathy: 13)

V Boys: Draughn 82, Rosman 38 (Moore: 24)


Ashe County @ Draughn

JV Girls: Draughn 37, Ashe County 32 (Davis: 21)

JV Boys: Draughn 62, Ashe County 47 (Jensen: 19)

V Girls: Ashe County 59, Draughn 54 (J Abernathy: 20)

V Boys: Draughn 76, Ashe County 72 (OT) (E Pritchard: 21)


Bunker Hill @ East Burke

JV Boys: Bunker Hill 44, East Burke 38 (Dixon: 13)

V Girls: East Burke 78, Bunker Hill 23 (Stilwell: 16)

V Boys: Bunker Hill 61, East Burke 57 (Shook: 11)


Lincolnton @ East Burke

JV Girls: East Burke 50, Lincolnton 9 (Fortenberry: 17)

JV Boys: Lincolnton 48, East Burke 33 (Morrison: 10)

V Girls: East Burke 65, Lincolnton 15 (Turner: 17)

V Boys: Lincolnton 52, East Burke 33 (Shook: 9)


East Burke girls 27, Heritage 12 (EB: Brittain 8) (H: Corpening 8)

East Burke girls 28, Heritage 27 (FAC Tournament) (EB: Brittain 13) (H: Kincaid 10)

West McDowell girls 50, East Burke 34 (FAC Tournament) (Brittain: 26)

East Burke boys 56, Heritage 22 (EB: Butcher 17)

East McDowell boys 57, East Burke 43 (FAC Tournament) (Brown: 15)


Wrestling

NCHSAA women's state Inv

Mackinzie Basinger (D) 235: 2-2, :54 pinfall over Thomasville's Abigail Sanchez


Draughn @ Patton tri

Freedom 47, Draughn 24

Patton 36, Draughn 24

Andres Garcia Lopez pinfall

Landon Clark pinfall

Hampton Blackwell pinfall


FAC Tournament

Isaiah Reid (EBMS) 85 champion

Ben Bolynn (EBMS) 128 champion

Bryson Seagle (HMS) 132 champion

Talon Bradshaw (EBMS) 184 champion

Connor Brinkley (HMS) 195 champion


Heritage 70, East Burke 36