Friday’s live HS basketball scores in North Carolina, dual-team wrestling pairings

Steve Lyttle

January 27, 2023 at 6:00 AM·7 min read

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Prep basketball preview, schedule

A look at some of this weekend’s top boys’ and girls’ basketball games in the area this weekend. Records are as of Thursday.

Saturday

(Boys) North Mecklenburg (17-1) at Milton (16-4), 6 p.m. – This game is part of the annual Longhorn Steakhouse Showcase at Milton, Ga. Last year, North Mecklenburg lost to North Gwinnett (Ga.) by two points in this event. This year, the Vikings face a host Milton team that is ranked No. 13 overall in Georgia by Maxpreps and is a 7A power. The Eagles’ Josh Dixon scored 37 points in a game last week.

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The schedule

all matchups are girls-boys doubleheaders, unless otherwise noted; most girls’ games begin around 6 p.m., with boys’ games following

Thursday

Sandhills 3A-4A

Southern Lee at Lee County

Mountain Foothills 2A

R-S Central at Polk County

Yadkin Valley 1A-2A

North Stanly at Union Academy

Nonconference

Bradford Prep at Pine Lake Prep

Greater Cabarrus Stallions at Carolina Christian (boys)

North Hills Christian at Hickory Christian

North Rowan at High Point Wesleyan (boys)

Friday

Queen City 3A-4A

Hough at West Mecklenburg

North Mecklenburg at Mallard Creek

West Charlotte at Hopewell

South Meck 4A

Berry Academy at Harding

Myers Park at Ardrey KellPalisades at Olympic

Southwestern 4A

East Mecklenburg at Butler

Independence at Garinger

Rocky River at Charlotte Catholic

CISAA

Charlotte Christian at Charlotte Country Day

Charlotte Latin at Providence Day

Covenant Day at Cannon School

Greater Metro 4 4A

Cox Mill at A.L. Brown

Lake Norman at West Cabarrus

South Iredell at Hickory Ridge

Southern Carolina 4A

Cuthbertson at Porter Ridge

Marvin Ridge at Sun Valley

Weddington at Piedmont

Northwestern 3A-4A

Alexander Central at Ashe County

Hibriten at Freedom

South Caldwell at Watauga

Sandhills 3A-4A

Richmond Senior at Hoke County

Southern Lee at Pinecrest

Union Pines at Scotland County

Big South 3A

Forestview at Ashbrook

North Gaston at Kings Mountain

South Point at Hunter Huss

Stuart Cramer at Crest

South Piedmont 3A

Central Cabarrus at South Rowan

Concord at Jesse Carson

Lake Norman Charter at East Rowan

Northwest Cabarrus at West Rowan

Western Foothills 3A

East Lincoln at West Iredell

Fred T. Foard at Statesville

Hickory at St. Stephens

North Iredell at North Lincoln

Rocky River 2A-3A

Central Academy at Anson County

Forest Hills at West Stanly

Monroe at Parkwood

Foothills Athletic Association

Davidson Day at Hickory Christian

Statesville Christian at University Christian

Metrolina Athletic Conference

Concord Academy at Metrolina Christian

Northside Christian at Hickory Grove Christian

SouthLake Christian at Gaston Day

Westminster Catawba at Gaston Christian

Southern Piedmont Athletic Assn.

Lake Norman Christian at Covenant Classical (boys)

United Faith Christian at Victory Christian

Catawba Valley 2A

Bandys at Lincolnton

East Burke at Newton-Conover

Maiden at West Caldwell

West Lincoln at Bunker Hill

Mountain Foothills 2A

Chase at Hendersonville

East Rutherford at Patton

Catawba Shores 1A-2A

Langtree Charter at Pine Lake Prep

Lincoln Charter at Christ the King

Mountain Island Charter at Community School of Davidson

Central Carolina 1A-2A

North Rowan at East Davidson

South Davidson at Salisbury

West Davidson at Thomasville

Southern Piedmont 1A-2A

Cherryville at Bessemer City

Highland Tech at Shelby

Thomas Jefferson Academy at East Gaston

Western Highlands 1A-2A

C.D. Owen at Rosman

Draughn at Madison County

Mountain Heritage at Avery County

Yadkin Valley 1A-2A

Gray Stone Day at Union Academy

Mount Pleasant at Albemarle

South Stanly at North Stanly (boys)

Metro 8 1A

Cabarrus Charter vs. Queens Grant Charter, at Indian Trail Carolina Courts

Corvian Community at Carolina International

Piedmont Community Charter at Sugar Creek Charter

Nonconference

Apprentice Academy at Jackson Day (boys, 6)

Combine Academy-National at Skill Factory (VA) (boys)

Forsyth Home Educators at Greater Cabarrus Stallions

Saturday

Nonconference

Charlotte Catholic vs. Camden (SC), at Keenan (SC) High, in Big Hoops Shootout

Elevation Prep at Oak Hill Academy (VA)-Red, (boys, 5)

High Point Andrews at South Mecklenburg (boys, 5)

Providence Day at Winston-Salem Christian (girls, 2)

Reagan at Watauga (girls, noon; boys, 1:15)

South Charlotte Thunder at Surry Homeschool (girls, 4; boys, 5:30)

Longhorn Classic (boys)

(at Milton, GA)

North Gwinnett (GA) vs. Drew Charter (GA), noon

Goose Creek (SC) vs. King’s Ridge (GA), 1:30

Sandy Ridge (GA) vs. Gray Collegiate (SC), 3

Grayson (GA) vs. Osborne (GA), 4:30

North Mecklenburg vs. Milton (GA), 6

Calvary Christian (FL) vs. McEachern (GA), 7:30

Sunday

No games scheduled

Dual-Team Wrestling

Saturday’s rounds 1-2

Class 4A

West

(at Northwest Guilford)

Olympic (10-12) vs. Northwest Guilford (27-0)

Watauga (10-8) vs. Charlotte Catholic (10-4)