> CHAPEL HILL– The North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s regional basketball tournaments will get underway this week as the state’s prep teams continue the road toward the state championships.
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> Sectional winners from the East will be going to Greenville for the 16th straight year, for the Eastern Regionals. The men’s games will be played at Minges Coliseum on the campus of East Carolina University,
while the women’s contests are set for J.H. Rose High School. In the west, teams will be going to Winston-Salem for the third consecutive time. Games will be played at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, both in the coliseum and the annex.
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> The Greater Winston-Salem Sports Commission and the Winston-Salem Convention and Visitors Bureau are the primary sponsors of the Western Regional tournament. University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina is the Eastern Regional primary sponsor.
Championship games for the Western Regional will be rearranged due to a Wake Forest University home game on Saturday at the Joel Coliseum. One final will be played there at 8 p.m. on Saturday with the other seven championships at the Annex.
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> The winners from the regional tournament games will advance to the state championship contests. The 92nd men’s championships and the 35th renewal of the women’s finals will be held at the Dean E. Smith Center on the University of North Carolina campus and Reynolds Coliseum at North Carolina State University, scheduled for March 11.
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> On Monday, March 6, a press conference for the state championships will be held at the Radisson Research Triangle Park. The head coaches of each of the competing teams and other school officials will on
hand to preview the upcoming games.
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NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2006 REGIONAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS
Eastern Regionals-Men
Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum, East Carolina University
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Class 1-A
Tuesday, February 28, 7 p.m.: Manteo (18-7) vs. Lejeune (18-7)
Tuesday, February 28, 8:30 p.m.: Wallace-Rose Hill (25-2) vs. Camden (21-9)
Saturday, March 4, 1 p.m.: championship
Class 2-A
Wednesday, March 1, 7 p.m.: Orange (21-8) vs. Bunn (21-7)
Wednesday, March 1, 8:30 p.m.: Burlington Cummings (26-1) vs. Pasquotank (21-5)
Saturday, March 4, 3 p.m.: championship
Class 3-A
Thursday, March 2, 7 p.m.: Rocky Mount (16-11) vs. Northeast Guilford (23-6)
Thursday, March 2, 8:30 p.m.: Hertford County (24-5) vs. Greensboro Dudley (24-4)
Saturday, March 4, 5 p.m.: championship
Class 4-A
Friday, March 3, 7 p.m.: Raleigh Wakefield (24-4) vs. Wilmington Hoggard (23-6)
Friday, March 3, 8:30 p.m.: Wilmington New Hanover (27-1) vs. Raleigh Sanderson (22-4)
Saturday, March 4, 7 p.m.: championship
Eastern Regionals–Women
J.H. Rose High School, Greenville
Class 1-A
Friday, March 3, 7 p.m.: Southeast Halifax (21-0) vs. Wallace-Rose Hill (18-10)
Friday, March 3, 8:30 p.m.: East Bladen (23-4) vs. Weldon (17-6)
Saturday, March 4, 7 p.m.: championship
Class 2-A
Tuesday, February 28, 7 p.m.: Whiteville (24-0) vs. Kill Devil Hills First Flight (23-6)
Tuesday, February 28, 8:30 p.m.: Eastern Guilford (22-5) vs. Farmville Central (21-3)
Saturday, March 4, 1 p.m.: championship
Class 3-A
Wednesday, March 1, 7 p.m.: Greensboro Dudley (25-2) vs. Western Harnett (25-2)
Wednesday, March 1, 8:30 p.m.: Wilson Beddingfield (26-0) vs. Nash Central (21-6)
Saturday, March 4, 3 p.m.: championship
Class 4-A
Thursday, March 2, 7 p.m.: Fayetteville Westover (24-2) vs. Northern Durham (21-3)
Thursday, March 2, 8:30 p.m.: Apex (26-1) vs. Fayetteville Seventy-First (26-3)
Saturday, March 4, 5 p.m.: championship
Western Regional– Men
Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Class 1-A
Thursday, March 2, 7 p.m.: North Stokes (27-2) vs.. Hiwassee Dam (27-2)
Thursday, March 2, 8:30 p.m.: Rosman (23-5) vs. Mount Airy (22-7)
Saturday, March 4, 8 p.m: championship at Annex
Class 2-A
Friday, March 3, 7 p.m: Marshville Forest Hills (26-1) vs. West Henderson (22-5)
Friday, March 3, 8:30 p.m.: Shelby (23-2) vs. West Caldwell (22-5)
Saturday, March 4, 8 p.m.: championship at Joel Coliseum
Class 3-A
Tuesday, February 28, 7 p.m.: Asheville T.C. Roberson (21-6) vs. Concord (23-5)
Tuesday, February 28, 8:30 p.m.: Gastonia Hunter Huss (18-9) vs. Monroe Parkwood (23-6)
Saturday, March 4, 2 p.m.: championship at Annex
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Class 4-A
Wednesday, March 1, 7 p.m.: East Mecklenburg (25-2) vs. Charlotte Zebulon Vance (20-8)
Wednesday, March 1, 8:30 p.m.: Gastonia Ashbrook (26-2) vs. North Mecklenburg (21-6)
Saturday, March 4, 5 p.m.: championship at Annex
Western Regional — Women
Lawrence Joel Annex
Class 1-A
Friday, March 3, 7 p.m.: Thomasville (24-3) vs. Robbinsville (19-8)
Friday, March 3, 8:30 p.m.: Hendersonville (18-7) vs. Kernersville Bishop McGuinness (28-0)
Saturday, March 4, 6:30 p.m.: championship at Annex
Class 2-A
Tuesday, February 28, 7 p.m.: Salisbury (25-2) vs. Burnsville Mountain Heritage (25-5)
Tuesday, February 28, 8:30 p.m.: Sylva Smoky Mountain (27-0) vs. East Davidson (18-11)
Saturday, March 4, 11 a.m.: championship at Annex
Class 3-A
Wednesday, March 1, 7 p.m.: Hickory (26-2) vs. Southwestern Randolph (22-8)
Wednesday, March 1, 8:30 p.m.: Winston-Salem Carver (25-2) vs. Newton Fred T. Foard (27-3)
Saturday, March 4, 12:30 p.m.: championship at Annex
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Class 4-A
Thursday, March 2, 7 p.m.: South Mecklenburg (24-3) vs. High Point Central (19-10)
Thursday, March 2, 8:30 p.m.: Charlotte Harding University (24-4) vs. Northwest Guilford (24-6)
Saturday, March 4, 3:30 p.m: championship at Annex
