North Carolina High School Basketball - Highlands overwhelms Nantahala
February 8, 2019: Topton, NC 28781 Fans at Friday's league challenge between the Highlands Highlanders (Highlands, NC) and the host Nantahala Hawks (Topton, NC), saw Highlands's basketball squad wallop Nantahala by a tally of 68-17.
With the victory, Highlands improves its record to 9-12 on the campaign. The Highlanders travel to Cherokee (Cherokee, NC) to play the Braves in a non-league challenge on Monday, February 11. The Braves come into the challenge with a record of 18-4. Cherokee won 72-49 in their recent league challenge against Andrews (Andrews, NC)
Next up, the Hawks play the Hiwassee Dam Eagles (Murphy, NC) in a Little Smoky Mountain 1A challenge, on Friday, February 15. Nantahala will attempt to improve on its 4-19 season record.