North Carolina High School Basketball - Weldon can't hold off Northampton-West
January 19, 2010: Weldon, NC 27890 The Northampton-West Hurricanes basketball team scored 42 points and held the host Weldon Chargers to 39 in the Hurricanes league triumph on Tuesday.
The Hurricanes now sport a 4-8 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Gates County for a 1A Conference 3 contest on Friday, January 22. Northampton-West will meet a Red Barons team coming off a 52-40 league loss to North Edgecombe (Tarboro, NC). The Red Barons record now stands at 7-4.
The Chargers (0-5) will now prepare for their contest against Southeast Halifax (Halifax, NC). The Trojans enter the 1A Conference 3 contest with a 0-3 record. In their last contest, Southeast Halifax was nudged by North Edgecombe (Tarboro, NC), 50-44, in a league contest.