Watauga High Athletics Director Tom Wright has announced that the WHS-Alexander Central basketball games scheduled for Friday night have been postponed because of inclement weather.

The games will be made up Saturday, beginnning with the JV girls at 2 pm. The varsity women play at 5 pm; the varsity men's game will follow. Our coverage begins at 4:30 pm on Oldies 100.7 FM.
The WHS women (10-10 overall; 5-4 Northwestern 3A/4A Conference) begin the night in third place with a half-game lead on Fred T. Foard (5-5 in league play) for that No.3 seed. The Tigers entertain South Caldwell tonight in Newton. The WHS men (14-6 overall; 7-2 NW3A/4A) begin the night in second place with a one-game lead on St. Stephens (6-3 in league play)  for the No.2 seed; Alexander Central (5-4 in league play), mired in a two-game losing streak, begins the night in fourth place.

 The WHS women have beaten Alexander Central seven consecutive times. The Cougars (7-12; 3-6) haven't beaten the Pioneers since the 2006-07 season, when they swept the season series. WHS defeated Alexander Central 67-44 in Taylorsville on January 15. Brooke Rhodes paced WHS with 18 points and a career-high 19 rebounds.

The Alexander Central men snapped a four-game losing streak against the Pioneers in their first meeting on January 15 in Taylorsville. The Pioneers got off to a great start, thanks to Damian Edwards who poured in a game-high 32 points. But WHS eventually cooled down and lost the game, 78-68. Only four players scored in that loss.

NORTHWESTERN 3A/4A SCOREBOARD

FRIDAY'S GAME'S

WOMEN:

HICKORY 82, ST. STEPHENS 28

SOUTH CALDWELL 48, FRED T. FOARD 36

MEN:

HICKORY 75, ST. STEPHENS 63

SOUTH CALDWELL 69. FRED T. FOARD 48