Friday night’s High School Basketball had its share of upsets and near upsets for Rowan County teams.  At West Rowan, the Falcon boys were stunned by North Iredell 43-42.  The Raiders, who had entered the night one of three teams tied for last in the North Piedmont Conference, got connections on both ends of a one and one free throw opportuniy from Junior Austin St. John with 8.7 seconds remaining to go ahead, and then a missed baseline 12 footer by West’s Keshaun Sherrill enabled them to hold on.  The loss dropped West Rowan to 7-3 in the NPC, but they still maintain second place. West plays at Carson Monday and West Iredell Wednesday to wrap up the regular season. In the Girls game, it was no contest, as North Iredell easily won 64-33.  The West-Carson Boys game Monday will be broadcast over Newsradio 1490 and 1490wstp.com, beginning at approximately 7:45PM for the Boys game.

In other High School action:  (Boys) South Davidson 71 North Rowan 62 (Cavaliers still lead the YVC, but  could not clinch the title outright) (Girls) South Davidson 49 North Rowan 37; (Boys) Lexington 67 Salsibury61 (Tion McCain had 22 points for Salisbury, Hornets now 4-4 in CCC)  (Girls) Salisbury58 Lexington 56 (Buzzer beater layup by Salisbury’s Brielle Blair..Blair wound up with 27 points) Salsibury GIrls now 8-0 in the Central Carolina’s Conference, 20-2 overall..(Boys) East Rowan 57 South Rowan 40  (East now sole possession of third place in the NPC)  (Girls) East Rowan 58 South Rowan 46(Boys) Carson 54 West Iredell 47  (Girls) Carson 68 West Iredell 42 (Carson Girls now 20-1, 10-0 in the NPC.