District hoop tourneys set — almost
Published 8:29 pm Wednesday, February 9, 2011
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King’s Fork’s Jaylen White scored a team-high 21 points in KF’s 72-61 win over visiting Lakeland Tuesday night. The Bulldogs and Cavaliers will meet in a rematch in the quarterfinals of the Southeastern District Tournament Monday at 7:45 p.m. at King’s Fork. The No. 2-seed Bulldogs won both regular-season contests versus Lakeland.
The Southeastern District Girls Basketball Tournament is set and ready to go, but the boys tourney still has two games to go before the bracket is finalized.
On the boys’ side, the top seven squads are set in their spots for the quarterfinals which were originally slated for Friday evening. The issue comes down to the last team to make the dance.
Western Branch, Grassfield and Hickory finished with 5-13 district marks for a three-way tie for the No. 8 seed.
Western Branch meets Grassfield at King’s Fork Thursday at 7 p.m. The winner between the Bruins and Grizzlies gets Hickory Friday at 7 p.m. at King’s Fork.
With two tiebreaker games needed and the chance of snow Wednesday night or Thursday morning complicating matters more, all four quarterfinal games have been pushed to Monday.
The Western Branch/Grassfield/Hickory survivor matches up versus No. 1 Nansemond River (18-4, 15-3) Monday at 7:45 p.m. at Nansemond River.
No. 2 King’s Fork (17-5, 14-4) hosts No. 7 Lakeland (7-14, 6-12) Monday at 7:45 p.m. in a quick rematch of the regular season finale between the city rivals, a 72-61 King’s Fork win.
No. 1 Western Branch and No. 2 Nansemond River will host quarterfinal doubleheaders to open the girls tournament Tuesday evening.
Nansemond River (16-5, 15-3) gets No. 7 Oscar Smith on Tuesday in the second game of its doubleheader at 7:45 p.m.
No. 5 King’s Fork (12-10, 11-7) faces No. 4 Indian River in the opening game at Western Branch Tuesday at 6 p.m.