North Carolina High School Basketball - Franklin Academy trounces Research Triangle
January 17, 2023: Wake Forest, NC 27587 The Franklin Academy Patriots (Wake Forest, NC) basketball crushed the visiting Research Triangle Raptors (Research Triangle Park, NC), 55-32 in Tuesday's league test.
The Patriots (8-11) will now prepare for their test against Falls Lake (Creedmoor, NC). The Firebirds go into the 1A/2A Conference 12 test with a 17-0 record. In their last test, Falls Lake walloped Raleigh Charter (Raleigh, NC), 61-20, in a league test.
The Raptors now own a 1-12 record. They play next when they travel to East Wake Academy for a 1A/2A Conference 12 test on Friday, January 20. Research Triangle will encounter a Eagles squad coming off a 48-24 league loss to NCSSM: Durham (Durham, NC). The Eagles record now stands at 4-7.