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[Titanman27]

Basketball season is about to crank up! Being a McDowell fan, football can never end soon enough for most years!

MAC-

McDowell should be the favorite with big man Rylan Parkins returning along with some other nice pieces and a very good JV team. Reynolds will likely be their biggest challenger once again.

WMAC-

Last season this conference had quite a few teams battle at the top. East Henderson, North Henderson, and West Henderson should all challenge at the top.

Mountain Foothills 7-

Patton won the conference last year but lost some pieces. Hendersonville should be a contender as well as East Rutherford and Brevard.

Western Highlands-

Mountain Heritage has dominated in recent years but Mitchell tied for first last season. Draughn could also play a factor.

Smoky Mountain-

The conference had a lot of parity at the top last season. Cherokee, Swain, Robbinsville, and Murphy have a shot to make noise this season.

 

[ObserveAndReport]

Franklin should be back challenging at the top in the WMAC. Very young last year and added a transfer from Cherokee that averaged close to 20 a game there. Although East has to be the favorite after making the third round and bringing Brewer and his 25 a game back.

 

[Titanman27]

Games really start cranking tonight. I will use this thread for WNC scores

 

[Titanman27]

McDowell 78
RS Central 39

 

[KW23]

Franklin should be back challenging at the top in the WMAC. Very young last year and added a transfer from Cherokee that averaged close to 20 a game there. Although East has to be the favorite after making the third round and bringing Brewer and his 25 a game back.

Who transferred from Cherokee?

 

[recycled2]

Who transferred from Cherokee?

Jack -Jack Tesateskie (pardon the spelling, not sure if it is right)

 

[Titanman27]

Franklin should be back challenging at the top in the WMAC. Very young last year and added a transfer from Cherokee that averaged close to 20 a game there. Although East has to be the favorite after making the third round and bringing Brewer and his 25 a game back.

We (McDowell) play Franklin in a few weeks. Could be a good game.

 

[Braves59]

Braves and lady braves first game tonight hosting Franklin!

 

[Braves59]

Lady braves won 79 - 29
The Braves are beating Franklin 27 - 19 at halftime

 

[Titanman27]

Lady Titans 62
East Rutherford 15

McDowell 81
East Rutherford 54

 

[Braves59]

Franklin beat Cherokee by 8

 

[uk-te-na]

Franklin beat Cherokee by 8

Dang my boy got restless and we left with about six minutes left. Close game all the way through though.

 

[Titanman27]

McDowell finally got back on the court today with the girls winning in dominant fashion and the boys winning 63-44 at RS Central.

Rs Central boys beat Erwin last night by 4 so Erwin must be down still.

I was hoping McDowell could play Avery since Avery is decent but snow keeps changing the plans. McDowell plays at South Caldwell Thursday night in what should be a good litmus test.

 

[Titanman27]

In other WNC scores-

North Henderson 68
Owen 57

Enka 95
Mitchell 60

Roberson 58
West Henderson 50

 

[Braves59]

Braves lose a close one to smoky in OT
Lady braves cruise by 69 and probably will cruise til they play the #3 ranked team in the country on the 18th

 

[Titanman27]

Watauga had an impressive win over TC Roberson last night 65-35.


McDowell @ South Caldwell should be telling for both teams tonight

Reynolds @ Myers Park, Avery @ Watauga, and West Henderson @ Hendersonville will be interesting tomorrow night

 

[Titanman27]

While the Lady Titans won by 17, the boys had their first loss of the season 74-71. A very good, close game between 2 good teams. Guard play and turnovers are hurting the Titans with their young backcourt.

 

[Titanman27]

McDowell hasn't been playing well despite winning the last 2 until tonight. McDowell clamped down TC Roberson for a big 72-39 win in the first game of conference play. Titans move to 6-1 (1-0).

Lady Titans with another easy win. Only South Caldwell has given them a game at all and that was a 17 point win. I thought Alexander Central might but I have been impressed with the ladies this year.. looks to be a fun battle between them and Reynolds for first. Tough games coming up with Avery and likely East Burke to round out non conference play.

 

[Titanman27]

McDowell boys and girls play at WCU today in a holiday invitational against Franklin

 

[Titanman27]

Both teams pull out victories. Girls won by about 40 and boys pulled away late to win by 16.

McDowell boys and girls play at WCU today in a holiday invitational against Franklin

 

[Titanman27]

Christmas tournaments get ramped up tomorrow. McDowell hosts a 4 team tournament including East Burke, Avery and Smoky Mtn. McDowell plays Avery boys and girls tomorrow.

 

[Titanman27]

Both East Burke teams won, Lady Titans surged ahead of Avery in the 4th quarter after a tight game and won 52-40 setting up a big game tomorrow against East Burke.

 

[Titanman27]

McDowell boys blowout Avery 80-51.

McDowell vs East Burke doubleheader tomorrow! Girls game should be a dandy. East Burke could give McDowell a good game in boys too but less likely.

 

[FreedomAlum]

McDowell boys blowout Avery 80-51.

McDowell vs East Burke doubleheader tomorrow! Girls game should be a dandy. East Burke could give McDowell a good game in boys too but less likely.

East Burke boys have a couple of kids who play well, but I think McDowell will win by 20+. Having said that, I will be interested to see how Barger Shook, the Cav's center and a good athlete, measures up against your big guy.
The girl's game should be great.