Following the snowstorm of this past week that cancelled games and practices, Surry Central's Girls and Boys Basketball teams finish out their respective regular seasons Monday at West Stokes; and the games couldn't be more meaningful for both squads. Both teams can claim shares of their conference regular season championships with a win over the Wildcats.
The Lady Eagles, 16-5 overall and 8-1 in the Western Piedmont Athletic Conference, have already secured one of the three conference State Playoff spots as well as a first-round bye into the semi-finals of next week's WPAC Conference Tournament in King. A win against the Lady Wildcats on Monday will give the Lady Eagles a share of the WPAC Regular Season Championship with North Surry. Since the Lady Eagles split their two games with the Greyhounds, a tie in the standings would force a coin flip to determine the conference tournament's number 1 seed. The Greyhounds, who have also clinched a State tournament bid, finished their regular season at 16-6 overall and 9-1 in the WPAC; and a loss by the Lady Eagles at West Stokes would give the Greyhounds the regular season crown. South Stokes at 5-4 in conference play has locked up 3rd place in the regular season standings and currently holds the conference's 3rd State tournament bid. However if West Stokes, Forbush or Carver wins the conference tournament, the Lady Sauras would be bumped in favor of the tournament winner. The Lady Eagles will open WPAC Tournament play either Wednesday (if a 1-seed vs. West Stokes/Forbush winner) or Thursday (if a 2-seed vs. South Stokes/Carver winner) at West Stokes. If Surry Central and North Surry end the regular season in a tie, the better finisher in the tournament will be the number 1 WPAC seed in the NCHSAA 2A Tournament which begins February 24.
The story for Surry Central's boys (13-9 overall, 6-3 WPAC) is much simpler, or much more complicated; depending on the outcome of Monday's game at West Stokes (7-2 WPAC). The Golden Eagles could finish either 1st, 3rd, or 4th in the conference depending on the outcome of their game with the Wildcats and Monday's game in Walnut Cove between Carver (6-3) and South Stokes (5-4). Both Surry Central and West Stokes control their own destiny in gaining the conference's number 1 seed. If Surry Central wins, they'll earn a share of the conference title with the Wildcats and possibly Carver (if they win at South Stokes) at 7-3. They would earn the conference's number 1 seed in the WPAC Tournament and State tournament because of having the best record in games played between the three teams (3-1). They would also earn a bye to the WPAC Tournament semis on Wednesday night.
But if West Stokes wins, the Wildcats would win the league title outright with an 8-2 mark; and things would become much less comfortable for Surry Central. A Golden Eagle loss Monday would mean that SC would need a Carver win at South Stokes to finish in the all-important 3rd spot in the conference. A Golden Eagle loss coupled with a South Stokes win Monday would create a 3-way tie for 2nd between Surry Central, South Stokes, and Carver at 6-4. This scenario would put SC in the 4th conference spot and on the outside-looking-in because of their record in games played between these three teams (1-3), meaning the Golden Eagles would have to win the WPAC Tournament to advance to the State Tournament. A loss Monday would also mean that Surry Central would open WPAC Tournament play on Tuesday at home against either North Surry or Forbush.
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