Saturday Games for NCHSAA Basketball Championships at LJVM Coliseum, in Winston-Salem: Saturday Games/Scores have been Updated and the West Will Win the Week

NCHSAA Basketball Championships at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Saturday, March 14
12:00 p.m.: 5A Women – North Lincoln(8-21) vs. Southeast Alamance(29-0)…Final:North Lincoln 59, Southeast Alamance 56…#23 Seed over #1 Seed, and North Lincoln finished their season, with a (9-21) overall record…They had to forfeit something like 17 games from one stretch of the season, but they did not let it stop them, from winning it ALL….Went back and counted them, and it was 17 forfeitures for the North Lincoln Knights…Talk about a team, that overcame the Noise surrounding them, and it was trying to bring them down…They got the job DONE…
2:30 p.m.: 5A Men – Hunter Huss(25-2) vs. Fike(23-5)…Final:Hunter Huss 103, Wilson Fike 69…Another running clock in this one, and Gastonia Huss created quite a fuss, from the time they got off the bus, until their trainer Gus, said No mus/mas….Sort of a wild game, with Fike leading 28-21, after One Quarter…By Halftime Huss was in front, but only led by 5 points, 44-39…Fourth Quarter was all Huss, as the Huskies won that period, 34-12…Sophomore Jaleel Smith led Huss in scoring, with 41 points…James Worthy and Eric “Sleepy” Floyd, both from down in Gastonia, but I think they both attended Gastonia Ashbrook, and played for the Green Wave…
5:00 p.m.: 7A Women – North Mecklenburg(28-2) vs. Southern School of Energy and Sustainability(27-3)…Final:North Mecklenburg 65, Southern Durham 38
7:30 p.m.: 7A Men – Mooresville(27-2) vs. Southern School of Energy and Sustainability(27-3)…Southern Durham 54, Mooresville 47

MORE on the North Lincoln girls season story, from back earlier in this season….From February 18:
from HSOT…..
Lincoln County Schools has confirmed that an ineligible player was the reason behind the recent mass forfeiture of wins.

Here is the statement from LCS:

“Lincoln County Schools has confirmed that a North Lincoln High School girls’ basketball student-athlete was determined to be ineligible under NCHSAA guidelines. As a result, 17 previously played games have been officially forfeited in accordance with state athletic regulations.

While this is a disappointing outcome, we respect the rules that govern interscholastic athletics and accept the decision.

Despite the forfeitures, the team has qualified for the state playoffs and will continue to compete with determination and pride.”

North Lincoln won its Thursday night game against Bandys and is now comfortably in position to qualify for the 5A playoffs with an RPI of 0.393900.

With days left until the N.C. High School Athletic Association playoff basketball brackets come out, North Lincoln’s girls went from being one of the favorites to win the 5A state title to on the outside looking in.

The Knights, who entered this week with an 18-4 overall record, now show a record of 2-21.