North Carolina High School Basketball - West Wilkes can't hold off North Wilkes
January 15, 2014: Hays, NC 28635 The North Wilkes Vikings basketball team scored 60 points and held the visiting West Wilkes Blackhawks to 57 in the Vikings league triumph on Wednesday.
The Vikings now sport a 5-8 record. They put it on the line next when they host Starmount for a 2A/1A Conference 6 contest on Friday, January 17. North Wilkes will battle a Rams team coming off a 71-50 league win over Ashe County (West Jefferson, NC). The Rams record now stands at 6-6.
The Blackhawks (9-6) will now prepare for their contest against Alleghany (Sparta, NC). The Trojans enter the 2A/1A Conference 6 contest with a 10-3 record. In their last contest, Alleghany nudged Wilkes Central (Wilkesboro, NC), 53-48, in a league contest.