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Not hearing anyone mention Watauga girls in 4a threads. They’ve played a tough schedule and seem to be hitting their stride. They still have one of the best players in the state in Sear, but McDowell’s team defense may be to much…would like to see!
Watauga is fifth in RPI among 4A west girl's squads and can't be overlooked. But Alexander is currently right behind them in sixth and there's no guarantee that the Lady Pioneers even wins the conference over them. You have to take them seriously because they made a run all the way to the regional finals last year, but then Katie Sears basically kept them in the game with a monster performance. Frankly, Freedom should have beaten them in Morganton last year and only lost in overtime. Watauga plays a tough schedule, but at this point I think the Lady Titans might be in a better position to make a run come playoff time.
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You won't see Parkins make many thundering dunks. But he has incredible hands and post moves for his size. His nickname is baby joker since he's like a mini Nikola Jokic. His opponents came up with it from what I have been told.

McDowell girls don't have a ton of height, Joyner is 6'0 and our other post has a torn ACL.

How would you compare McDowell to Reynolds?
I'm not really sure if I can give a good answer to this question as I've only seen each team once. My impression is that McDowell is a better team, but that a lot of that comes from shooting. I would probably say that the Titans take seven out of ten against the Rockets if you played that often and I wouldn't be at all surprised if you swept them in the regular season.
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First draft of realignment

Nine-team conferences just don't work with ten-game regular seasons in football. But with the playoffs going from six to five rounds in 2025, maybe there is hope for an 11-game regular season.
It’s doable, but not ideal. Thomasville was in a ten team conference with eleven games. So only two non-conference games also.
Thomasville was not originally in that conference, but the other schools lobbied for them to be admitted, so knew what they were getting into.

Hickory Ridge HFC vacancy

Big hire for a guy who will definitely move HR forward. He turned NW around in 1 year and I think if he stayed had a serious contender for a deep 3a run. I believe the idea of opening a new school, with new fields and new everything was to hard to say no to.

Hopewell was a tough job. Even if you are very good you still have all the other Charlotte schools to compete with and lose athletes to.

Harrisburg will support Coach G and kids will want to stay.
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Boys basketball 24/25

1/7 Lake Norman vs West Cabarrus @ 7:30

1/10 Mooresville will be home against South Iredell. Game time 7:30. Question is will bad weather interfere with the games going on. I guess it will depend on the timing of this system. Last heard we could be in for wintery mix of snow and ice. Time will tell.
Just found out the Mooresville n South Iredell game got moved up for the 9th due potential bad weather coming in. Also Lake Norman vs Hickory Ridge on 9th as well. Lake Norman plays West Cabarrus this evening as of 1/7.

Upcoming Boys Season

I , like most hardwood fans, check the rankings once or twice a week, both Max Preps and the RPI rankings from the NCHSAA....Last week Asheboro was ranked seventh in the RPI ( Ridiculously Provocatively Insane poll ) . After losing to 2-A Randleman and a 1-A squad, Eastern Randolph, that was .500 ( 3-3 ) before beating Asheboro by sixteen last Friday , the Blue Comets have moved up to sixth in the NCHSAA, or RPI rankings. They have slipped from fourth in the Max Preps rankings from last week to twelfth this week, still way too high. If Asheboro keeps losing to 1-A and 2-A teams, they'll be ranked first in North Carolina.

I wouldn't start looking at RPI until at least halfway through conference schedule. Just like in football, the more games you play the more accurate it will become.
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