NCHSAA 1A Second Round Matchups Set

Sports, Team FYN Sports

Photo courtesy of BT Douthit

 

Smoky Mountain Conference- Our SMC teams faired pretty well in the opening round of the NCHSAA State Playoffs. On the boys side of things- Hayesville, Swain, and Robbinsville are moving on to round two, and on the girls side- Murphy, Robbinsville, Cherokee and Swain all advanced to the next round.

BOYS

Hayesville-

No surprise here, the #1 overall seed took care of business at home vs Starmount with a 85-49 win. Up next for the Yellow Jackets will be #17 Corvian Community. Corvian finished the season 20-9 overall and second in their conference behind Carolina International.

Swain-

The Maroon Devils are moving on to round 2 on Thursday after a 100-78 blowout over Cherryville. Swain will be on the road for their next matchup at Thomasville. Thomasville is the #4 seed and finished their regular season 20-5. They did struggle a bit with their opening round matchup with Allghany (67-56 win), so we will see what happens Thursday.

Robbinsville-

The Black Knights got the luck of the draw and didn’t have much traveling to do in round one, as they went to Hiwassee Dam and pulled off the “upset” over the #8 seeded Eagles. Robbinsville will be back on the road on Thursday, headed to Concord to face the Carolina International Comets who are the #9 seed in the tournament.

Andrews-

The Wildcats had to travel to Mount Airy Tuesday night, and were unable to pull off the upset. The #11 seed Mount Airy Granite Bears defeated #22 Andrews by a score of 69-49.

Cherokee-

While the Lady Braves are moving on, the boys team is headed home after a 66-50 loss to the #5 seed South Stokes.

Murphy-

The Bulldogs were on the verge of pulling off an upset over #12 seed Bishop McGuinness, as they held a lead heading into the fourth quarter. The Villians were able to starve off the upset bid however, and will be headed to the second round after a 65-55 victory over the Bulldogs.

GIRLS

Cherokee-

The Lady Braves narrowly escaped the first round with a 65-62 win over Eastern Randolph. Things won’t get any easier for Cherokee, as the travel to #2 seed Mountain Heritage on Thursday for their second round bout.

Swain-

The Lady Devils pulled off a #19 over #14 seed upset, defeating Draughn 66-60. This was a game all of the SMC girls teams had their eye on, as Draughn has gone toe to toe with #2 seed Mountain Heritage a couple times this year, and even came away with a win over the second ranked team a couple weeks ago. Round 2 will send Swain on the road to #3 seed Uwharrie Charter on Thursday.

Murphy-

#1 vs #32 went just about how you’d expect it, as Murphy trampled Elkin 72-21. Murphy will face a familiar foe in Mitchell at home on Thursday for round 2.

Robbinsville-

Robbinsville dominated Thomas Jefferson in round 1, and will now travel to #4 seed North Rowan for round 2 action.

Hayesville-

The Lady Yellow Jackets were bounced by #5 seed North Rowan on the road in round 1, falling 59-14.

 

 

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