It’s just a question of who they will be playing. The games are scheduled, but, because of possible upsets in conference tournaments, the opponents could change.
But as it stands right now, the North Moore girls and Union Pines girls will be opening play tonight, while the North Moore boys and Union Pines boys will be playing on Tuesday evening. None of the four teams will have home games regardless of who they play.
To make sure about the opponent and location of the game it is probably advisable to call the schools for confirmation.
The Mustang girls (15-10), seeded fourth out of the Yadkin Valley Conference, are scheduled to play Maiden in an away game with a 7 p.m. start tonight. The North Moore boys, the sixth-seed from the conference, will take to the road to play East Surry on Tuesday (7 p.m.). Those games are first-round contests in the 1-A state tournament.
Both Union Pines teams finished the regular season with fourth-place seeds out of the Tri-County Conference. They will have road games in the first round of the 3-A state playoffs.
The girls (15-10) will play Piedmont, the third seed out of the South Piedmont Conference, at Piedmont tonight at 7 p.m. The boys (11-15) are scheduled to play Parkland on Tuesday at Parkland beginning at 7 p.m.
The following are the final regular-season high school basketball statistics for the three area high schools. UP stands for Union Pines High School; NM stands for North Moore High School; and PC stands for Pinecrest High School.
Girls
Scoring average: Lisa Jackson (UP) 17.2, Alicia Hill (NM) 16.5, Amber Wallace (PC) 15.1, Shana Brooks (UP) 13.6, Casey Wallace (NM) 8.2, Kelly Jo Fields (UP) 8.2, Nikki Dobbins (PC) 7.9, Tashocka Belk (UP) 7.5, Katrina Kelly (PC) 7.4.
Free-throw percentage: Brooks (UP) 61-88 69%, Jackson (UP) 62-90 69%, Wallace (PC) 44-66 67%, April Brown (PC) 15-23 65%.
Three-point goals: Nina Oxendine (UP) 40, Hill (NM) 36, Fields (UP) 35, Wallace (PC) 23, Jenna Hussey (NM) 19, Brooks (UP) 15.
Boys
Scoring average: Nathan Seawell (NM) 15.8, Derrick Brower (UP) 15.3, Brandon Dowd (NM) 12.5, Anthony Pratt (PC) 11.0, Phillip McCrimmon (PC) 10,5, Alex Martin (UP) 9.5, Timmy McCrimmon (UP) 9.4, Joey Frye (UP) 7.6.
Free-throw percentage: N. Sewell (NM) 75-89 84%, Spencer Collins (NM) 31-37 84%, Chris Hussey (NM) 26-33 79%, Antoine Rhone (PC) 22-32 69%, T. McCrimmon (UP) 51-78 65%.
Three-point goals: N. Sewell (NM) 40, Frye (UP) 33, McCrimmon (PC) 26, Webb Davis (NM) 20, Justin Dixon (PC) 18, Martin (UP) 15.
