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Kenan Parrish has reported an offer from Appalachian State University after taking a visit to Boone. Parrish is a 7-foot tall senior center at Northwood High School who helped lead the Chargers to the 3A state championship game. Northwood finished the season with a 28-3 overall record after falling to undefeated Central Cabarrus in the title game.
That Northwood boys basketball has now appeared in two of the last three NCHSAA 3A basketball championships speaks to the level of play the Chargers have reached in recent years. That the Chargers are once again left disappointed by another title game loss speaks to their aspirations and desire to earn the ultimate validation for their recent stretch of elite play.
RALEIGH – The venerable old arena, vibrating with the voltage of a rock concert only 30 minutes earlier, was quiet now, save for the humming of vacuum cleaners tidying up
Now winners of 62 of its last 63 games, Central Cabarrus completed an undefeated season and brought home the second state championship in program history with a 65-51 victory over Northwood on Saturday at Reynolds Coliseum in the N.C. High School Athletic Association 3A championship game. The title is the Vikings' first since winning it all in 2020.
RALEIGH – With its most glaring deficiency solidly exposed in the first two minutes of the game, it was important the Central Cabarrus boys basketball team counter with its cache