Alexander Central Women Snap Losing Streak, Cougar Men Fall At Freedom

Alexander Central traveled to Morganton Friday night for the regular season finale against Freedom

Varsity Women

Alexander Central 51 Freedom 47

The Lady Cougars snapped a four game losing streak behind 27 points from Meredith Wike. The freshman went 10 f 11 from the free-throw line, 7 of 12 from the field (3-7 from three) and pulled down 11 rebounds. Sydney Hayes added 11 points and 9 boards.

The win pushes AC to 18-6 and 4-6 in Northwestern Conference play. Freedom drops to 12-11 and 3-7.

Varsity Men

Freedom 62 Alexander Central 46

The host team never trailed and clinched the regular season crown in the conference. Freedom was up 18-11 after the opening period and 35-19 at half.

Amore Connelly led Freedom with 27 points. Grayson Presnell and Carter Fortner topped the Cougar scoring with 12 each.

ACHS finishes second in the conference with a record of 16-7 and 7-3. Freedom at 19-4 and 9-1 will be the #1 seed in the league tournament that begins next week.

Junior Varsity