money NCHSAA high school basketball playoffs Round 2 results: One Wilmington-area team remains
With the regular season and conference tournaments wrapped up, the NCHSAA state basketball playoffs tipped off Tuesday.
Just one Wilmington-area team advanced to the third round as New Hanover battled back to defeat Wake Forest Thursday night.
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Wilmington-area NCHSAA State Playoff Schedule
Third-Round games are scheduled for Saturday, February 25
Class 2A boys
No. 6 Trask at No. 3 Hertford County, 7 p.m.
Class 4A boys
No. 24 Broughton at No. 1 New Hanover, 3:30 p.m.
Second-round games are scheduled for Thursday, February 23
Class 2A boys
No. 6 Heide Trask 74, No. 22 Washington 71
Class 4A boys
No. 1 New Hanover 63, No. 16 Wake Forest 43
No. 6 Jordan 56. No. 11 Laney 54
No. 5 Holly Springs 73, No. 12 Hoggard 43
Class 4A Girls
No. 15 Chapel Hill 47, No. 2 Hoggard 41
First-Round Games were played Tuesday, February 21
Class 2A boys
No. 27 Wallace-Rose Hill 69, No. 6 Trask 79
Class 3A boys
No. 28 North Brunswick 70, No. 5 Southern Durham 72
Class 4A boys
No. 1 New Hanover 54, No. 32 Athens Drive 39
No 11. Laney 66, No. 22 Wakefield 64
No. 12 Hoggard 63, No. 21 Leesville Road 58 (Overtime)
No. 6 Jordan 62, No. 27 Ashley 48
Class 1A girls
No. 1 Falls Lake 73, No. 32 Pender 47
Class 3A girls
No. 4 Cape Fear 79, No. 29 West Brunswick 49
Class 4A girls
No. 1 Hillside 61, No. 32 New Hanover 13
No. 2 Hoggard 51, No. 31 Pine Forest 12
No. 7 D.H. Conley 59, No. 27 Laney 30,
No. 20 Holly Springs 64, No. 13 Topsail 40
No. 14 Southern Alamance 48, No. 19 Ashley 29
Third-round games are scheduled for Saturday.
New Hanover ready to erase last season's early exit
The Wildcats (23-2, 16-0) completed another perfect conference record this winter, recently defeating Hoggard in the Mideastern Conference Championship 53-52. New Hanover will have high hopes this postseason after falling 61-56 to Panther Creek in last winter's 4A East second round.
However, as coach Kirk Angel has stated all season, the Wildcats don't have the typical makeup of a championship team.
Starting three sophomores and lacking significant size, New Hanover is a scrappy team that dominates possession and typically doesn't score a lot of points.
All or nothing for Hoggard girls
There's been little competition for coach Boubacar Aw's team the past two years as the Vikings have gone 50-6, including 28-0 in conference play. Much like the boys team at New Hanover, the Vikings (25-2, 14-0 MEC) are eagerly searching for a deep postseason run this winter.
On a roster filled with talent and size, Hoggard can shoot the 3-pointer just as well as it can defend. Seniors Anya Massey, Laney Scoggins and Anna-Hollis Pitt have proven to be among the Mideastern Conference's best players, and each is in full form entering the postseason.
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The Titans (22-4, 11-0) have been the runaway favorite in the Waccamaw Conference this season.
Led by junior Myron Mckoy, Trask has a host of experience and talent that could lead to significant results in the 2A bracket.
The Titans' 16-game winning streak dates back to early January, and they'll hope to keep it going this postseason.
Ashley boys team eying upset
Coming in near the bottom of this year's 4A East playoff rankings, the Screaming Eagles (12-3, 7-7 MEC) aren't on many teams' radars. However, the team has displayed tough fight in the Mideastern Conference this season, losing to Hoggard and New Hanover by less than 10 points.
Led by Coen Locklear and Quinn Bentley, the Screaming Eagles might not have a state title in them this season, but don't be surprised if they pull an early-round upset.
This article originally appeared on Wilmington StarNews: State basketball playoffs: Schedules, storylines for Wilmington area
