Scores News or anything about NW4A

This post is for anything pertaining to NW4A teams

 

To be honest, the conference is really down right now. Everybody saw how the NW4A (i.e Freedom and East Burke) fared last year in the playoffs, both Freedom and East Burke lost key parts to their team from last year but I think the coaches will get the best out of their players and be in the hunt for the conference title.

This may finally be the year that McDowell can win the conference. The Titans return a lot of people from last year but they're gonna have a difficult time replacing Stephen Whiteside at the point guard position. It's gonna be interesting to see if Kevin Johnson will be productive running the point. The word is that Justin Beam may be getting some time at the point. Speaking of Beam, he's our best shooter on the team, expect a lot of production from him this season reguardless of what position he plays.

 

East Burke 54
Hibriten 35

Football still going on so some key players from both teams didn't get to play.
East Burke had to play with 5 JV players on the team.

 

EB, I know what you are saying.

With all the success of the SCHS football team, South is going into Thursday's game with Hibriten without several key players. And

I know this board has typically focused on the girls side of the conference, but I think its going to be a exciting year for the guys. Remember, there was a 4-way tie for 4th place(last playoff spot) last year. It may not have been the most crisp basketball ever played but every game ment something to someone and everyone was scoreboard watching.

So, I purpose that I will keep everyone up with my little end of the conference as much as possible, if everyone else will do the same. Like I said the NW4A might not be pretty this year, but it should be fun to watch.

 

AC REYNOLDS 2-0

Hey the Rockets have started the season 2-0 with impressive wins both on the road. ACR defeated Asheville 93-66 on Tuesday, and handed Owen a 84-29 loss tonight (Thursday). The Rockets built a 50-6 halftime lead (yes that's right 50-6), tonight at Owen, and really cruised from there. Reynolds has done it with what I would say is DEFENSE. They press, and pressure the ball all night long, and cause lots of turnovers. They are a VERY deep team, and don't depend on any one player to carry them. Playing 11-13 players on a regular basis and ALL can score and play defense. Not a lot of size on the team, but with the new coach and a new attitude on this team, it's just nice to see the boys having fun and actually playing hard. I doubt they win the conference or anything of the sort, but at least this years version of the Rockets will go down fighting, unlike last year! :xyzthumbs

 

ACHS vs Wilkes Central

I do not have details, but an exciting game for the new coach at AC with them pulling out a one point win 58-57.

 

Good win for the Cougars.

The Spartans didn't fair as well. They lost at Hibriten by 20 or so. South Caldwell is obviously without the football players: Casey Justice, Joe Marchand, Louis Swaba, etc. South Caldwell didn't suit up a single senior last night and the lack of varsity on the court time showed.

The sophomores (which I think 6 of the 10 players were) got it together and played well, too bad the game wasn't in doubt at that point. But other good things for South is their JV team won by 30 without several of their players who were on varsity. South might just be loading up for a strong run over the next few years. And I think they are going exceed some expectations this year once they have everyone.

 

what was the score of the SC/Hib girls game?

 

reynolds,owen

From what I understand almost all the good basketball players from owen are absent due to the football playoffs. This could explain their dismall showing against the rockets.

 

Actually only 3 were missing, and I am sure that would have made somewhat of a difference, however I doubt it would have made a 55 point difference as only 2 of them were starters according to assistant coach at Owen. I know you hate to see Reynolds improve, but they have improved greatly this year, and I am still sure they won't win the conference, however they will not be at the bottom of the league this year, and I am extremely confident they will get a playoff birth this year.

Not to mention their 6-9 Center who is going to Wake Forest failed to even score in the first half, and YES he did play the whole game.