North Carolina High School Basketball - Hickory winner over Freedom
December 8, 2021: Hickory, NC 28601 In Wednesday's non-league outing, the Hickory Red Tornadoes (Hickory, NC) basketball squad felled the visiting Freedom Patriots (Morganton, NC), by a margin of 74-54.
The Red Tornadoes (5-0) will now prepare for their outing against East Lincoln (Denver, NC). The Mustangs go into the 3A Conference 51 outing with a 5-0 record. In their last outing, East Lincoln thwarted Ashbrook (Gastonia, NC), 61-32, in a non-league outing.
The Patriots now own a 3-1 record. They play next when they travel to East Burke for a non-league outing on Friday, December 10. Freedom will encounter a Cavaliers squad coming off a 79-68 non-league loss to Draughn (Valdese, NC). The Cavaliers record now stands at 0-4.