By David Rogers. BOONE, N.C. — Where both middle school girls semifinal games were nail biters, the first boys semifinal pitting No.1 seed Hardin Park against No. 5 upstart Green Valley was a runaway. The HP Golden Eagles defeated the GV Eagles, 51-25, on Dec. 12 at Lentz Eggers Gym.
Hardin Park’s Miller Hankins was a force on both ends of the court, collecting rebounds as well as scoring a game-high 14 points on the night. Lucas Flores added 12 to complement the Hankins’ offensive production.
For Green Valley, Chauncey Garvin shot a game-high 9 points and Olson Critcher added 7 points to account for most of the Eagles’ offensive production. Given Hardin Park’s pressing defense, Green Valley was afforded very few scoring opportunities.
With the win, Hardin Park advances to the Dec. 15 championship tilt against Parkway. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m., at Lentz Eggers Gym.
SCORING
- HP Miller Hankins (14)
- HP Lucas Flores (12)
- GV Chauncey Garvin (9)
- GV Olson Critcher (7)
- HP Chase McInturff (5)
- HP Stacy Eggers (4)
- HP Brodie Leppard (4)
- GV Jaden McInnis (4)
- HP Nate Farrington (2)
- HP Brayson Gough (2)
- HP Marshall Klima (2)
- HP Sam Greene (2)
- HP Dawson Hunt (2)
- HP Jake Greene (2)
- GV Titus Hamby (2)
- GV Brayden Brown (2)
- GV Eli Lee (1)
