Basketball

HP CENTRAL GIRLS 65,

NW GUILFORD 50

GREENSBORO – Cedrica Gibson pumped in 22 points and Megan Tate added 21 as third-seeded High Point Central pounded second-seeded Northwest Guilford 65-50 in the semifinals of the Piedmont Triad 4A Conference Tournament on Wednesday night at Northwest Guilford High School.

The Bison improved to 21-3 and advanced to Friday’s 7 p.m. title game against top-seeded Southwest Guilford, which defeated fourth-seeded Ragsdale in Wednesday’s late game. The girls title game will be played at High Point Central.

Sarah Cox tallied nine points for the Bison.Gretchen Bennett led the Vikings (17-7) with 16 points.

SW GUILFORD GIRLS 60, RAGSDALE 25

GREENSBORO – Top-seeded Southwest Guilford’s girls downed fourth-seeded Ragsdale 60-25 in the semifinals of the Piedmont Triad 4A Conference Tournament on Wednesday night at Northwest Guilford High School.

Shannon Buchanan led the Cowgirls (18-6) with 13 points and Zena Lovette had 10. Southwest takes on HP Central for the crown on Friday night at 7 at HP Central.

Trinity girls 48,

T.W. Andrews 41

WINSTON-SALEM – Logan Terry scored 16 points to lead three Trinity players in double figures as the third-seeded Bulldogs slipped past second-seeded T.W. Andrews for a 48-41 victory in the semifinals of the PAC 6 2A Tournament on Wednesday night.

Courtney Cox added 14 points for the Bulldogs (11-14), while Christy Campbell had 12. The Red Raider girls fell to 8-12.

Trinity advances to face the winner of the game between top-seeded Carver and fourth-seeded Randleman for the title on Friday at 6 p.m. at Carver High School.

NORTH FORSYTH GIRLS 37, LEDFORD 35

ASHEBORO – North Forsyth’s girls upset Ledford 37-35 in the semifinals of the Mid-Piedmont 3A Conference Tournament.

Chelsea Freeman paced the Panther girls with 15 points. Carman Pericozzi added 14 points and nine points for Ledford, which was outscored 9-4 in the fourth quarter.

Kayla Adams topped North with 13 points.

SALISBURY GIRLS 59,

CENTRAL DAVIDSON 42

East DAVIDSON GIRLS 49, THOMASVILLE 35

THOMASVILLE – Salisbury and East Davidson took control in the first half and posted semifinal wins in the girls portion of the Central Carolina 2A Conference Tournament on Wednesday at Thomasville High. They will meet in the finals on Friday at 6 p.m.

East downed Thomasville 49-35. The Golden Eagles trailed 11-9 at the end of the first half but went up 27-17 at the half.

Chelsea Turner led East with 16 points, followed by Candace Fox with 15 and Haley Grimsley with 14. Christian Carter paced Thomasville with nine. Jonesha Davis had eight.

Salisbury earned its way to the finals by handling Central Davidson, 59-42, Shenqua Pfifer and Olivia Rakin each scored 134 for the Hornets, who led 27-19 at the half. Chandler Young led Central Davidson with 13.

The tournament continues tonight with boys semifinals. Thomasville faces visiting Lexington at 6 p.m., with Salisbury taking on East Davidson at 7:30 p.m.

BISHOP MCGUINNESS, SURRY CENTRAL

DOBSON – Megan Buckland scored all 21 of her points in the first three quarters as Bishop McGuinness’ girls rolled past Surry Central for a 56-31 Northwest 1A/2A Conference victory on Wednesday night. Surry Central’s boys posted a 57-49 victory.

Gabby Mortis added eight points for the Villain girls (16-6, 12-4), while Erin Fitzgerald finished with seven. Surry Central’s girls fell to 5-16, 3-13.

Aaron Toomey led the Villain boys (15-9, 9-6) with 19 points.

Tournament updates

HIGH POINT – The Triad Athletic Conference Tournament begins tonight, with High Point Christian Academy hosting a varsity doubleheader starting at 5:30. The Cougar girls play Elon School, while the boys take on Carolina Friends.

Westchester Country Day’s girls visit Caldwell today at 5 and the boys play host to Burlington Christian at 5:30. Westchester plays host to the TAC semifinals and finals Friday and Saturday.

The Central Carolina Conference boys tournament opens today at Thomasville with No. 1 Lexington against the host Bulldogs at 6 p.m. and No. 2 Salisbury vs. No. 3 East Davidson. The girls and boys finals will take place Friday at Thomasville.

For the PAC 6 tourney, Trinity’s boys will play Carver at 6 and the T.W. Andrews boys meet Atkins at 7:30 tonight, with Carver serving as the host squad. Whichever team advances farthest between Trinity and Andrews will determine the league’s No. 1 seed for the 2A playoffs after the teams tied at 9-1 in the regular season. The league title games will be Friday at 6 and 7:30 at Carver.

For the Piedmont Triad 4A, boys tournament action tonight at Northwest Guilford sees No. 2 High Point Central taking on the third-seeded host squad at 6 and No. 1 Ragsdale meeting No. 4 Southwest Guilford at 7:30. The girls and boys title games will be Friday at 7 and 8:30 at High Point Central.

The Northwest Conference has added degree of difficulty since it must decide seeds for 1A and 2A teams. Today at East Surry, the 1A tournament semifinals feature the No. 1 Mount Airy girls vs. a play-in winner at 4, the No. 1 Winston-Salem Prep boys vs. a play-in winner at 5:30, the No. 2 Bishop McGuinness girls vs. No. 3 East Surry at 7 and the No. 2 Bishop boys vs. No. 3 Mount Airy at 8:30. Surry Central serves as host of the 2A games. The 1A championships will be at 5:30 (girls) and 7 at East Surry on Friday.

INDOOR TRACK

State championships

CHAPEL HILL – N.C. High School Athletic Association state championships in two classifications of indoor track will be decided on Saturday after inclement weather postponed last week’s meets.

The 24th annual indoor track event, with competition classified as 4A and then 1A/2A/3A together for the fourth consecutive year, will take place at the Eddie Smith Indoor Arena on the UNC campus. The 1A/2A/3A meet will get underway at 10 Saturday morning with field events and running finals, and the 4A championships are scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m.