North Carolina High School Basketball - Hoggard can't hold off E.A. Laney
January 26, 2018: Wilmington, NC 28405 The E.A. Laney Buccaneers basketball team scored 42 points and held the visiting Hoggard Vikings to 41 in the Buccaneers league triumph on Friday.
The Buccaneers now sport a 17-2 record. They put it on the line next when they host Topsail for a Mideastern 3A/4A contest on Monday, January 29. E.A. Laney will battle a Pirates team coming off a 53-39 league loss to West Brunswick (Shallotte, NC). The Pirates record now stands at 11-7.
The Vikings (17-3) will now prepare for their contest against Ashley (Wilmington, NC). The Screaming Eagle enter the Mideastern 3A/4A contest with a 5-15 record. In their last contest, Ashley was nudged by West Brunswick (Shallotte, NC), 38-35, in a league contest.