Good morning, it’s time to preview Day Four of this year’s N.C. High School Athletic Association’s regional championships, which features the 2A classification. This is the second year of a “final four” format, and the winners of today’s regional finals will play in the state championships on Saturday.

HighSchoolOT will have you covered all week at the Lawrence Joel Memorial Coliseum.

Let’s get to today’s schedule, a quick by-the-numbers preview of each team, plus a list of the best players that will take the floor for these 2A regional finals.

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Today’s schedule — Wednesday, March 12

2 PM — 2A East Girls: (12) Southeast Alamance (27-3) vs. (2) Seaforth (28-2)
4 PM — 2A East Boys: (4) West Bladen (27-1) vs. (3) Northwood (29-2)
6 PM — 2A West Girls: (2) East Burke (30-1) vs. (1) North Wilkes (29-1)
8 PM — 2A West Boys: (15) Bandys (22-7) vs. (1) Reidsville (29-0)

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Each 2A Regional Finalist — By The Numbers

Southeast Alamance girls (27-3)

• 2 — two of the Stallions’ only losses this year have come to Seaforth, but they did win one
• 47 — number of wins Southeast Alamance has in two years of existence with just 11 losses
• 0 — number of seniors on the roster

Seaforth girls (28-2)

• 19 — in the four years since Seaforth opened, the Hawks’ fewest wins in a season is 19
• 16 — losses in Seaforth’s existence, posting a 102-16 record
• 3 — this is Seaforth’s third time in the East regional final in its four-year existence

West Bladen boys (27-1)

• 17 — years since the Knights made it to the championship game
• 34.4 — points allowed per game by West Bladen this year, only Farmville Central hit 60 points (all three times they played)
• 1 — West Bladen won just one game in the shortened 2021 season

Northwood boys (29-2)

• 177 — career wins for coach Matt Brown, who started in 2017-18
• 4 — Northwood’s fourth trip to the regional final in the last six years
• 18 — straight wins for the Chargers entering Thursday

East Burke girls (30-1)

• 4 — the Cavaliers’ only loss this year was by four points to 4A regional finalist McDowell
• 18 — the closest margin of victory for East Burke in these playoffs
• 755 — career assists for Braelyn Stilwell (the full record book only goes to fourth place, which is 813)

North Wilkes girls (29-1)

• 36.3 — the Vkings are giving up this many points per game
• 9 — this year’s seniors won just nine games, going 9-15, when they were freshmen
• 22 — straight wins entering Thursday

Bandys boys (22-7)

• 15 — as the 15-seed, Bandys is the only true Cinderella in all classes this year
• 1982 — the last time the Trojans earned a spot in the state championship, winning it all
• 5 — five of their seven losses came to conference opponents, finishing third

Reidsville boys (29-0)

• 52 — straight wins for the defending 2A champs
• 3 — players averaging more than 15.3 points per game, with two more than 20
• 880 — career assists for Dionte Neal, who might break or already have the NCHSAA record (no record listed in career assists!)

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Top 10 Boys Players

1. Dionte Neal, Reidsville — don’t be surprised if he wins the Gatorade POTY this year or next
2. Kendre Harrison — an absolute game-changer on both ends
3. Johnniyus Sharpe — call him the microwave because he can heat things up quickly
4. Chase Williams, West Bladen — get ready to learn some post moves from The Citadel recruit
5. Cam Fowler, Northwood — gets to his spots and incredibly efficient scoring guard
6. Hezekiah Adams, West Bladen — controls the pace and has great on-ball defense
7. Landon Vaughan, Bandys — the big man has dunked and blocked the Trojans into the spotlight
8. Jackson Pait, West Bladen — flamethrower from 3-point land
9. Chad Graves, Northwood — going to have to performances that match his 6-foot-9 size
10. Kristian Scales, Reidsville — in the four games Harrison missed, Scales stepped up big

Top 10 Girls Players

1. Gabby White, Seaforth — the UVA recruit is one smooth operator
2. Braelyn Stilwell, East Burke — she’s not as flashy as other point guards, but she’s always making the right play
3. Shaniya Paylor, Southeast Alamance — a fireball of energy at the point
4. Ralee Bare, North Wilkes — few 5-foot-10 players can run the point like she can
5. Kara Brinkley, East Burke — let me find out they got the perfect Pippen to Stilwell’s Jordan
6. Shalyn Bare, North Wilkes — the sophomore is a double-double machine
7. Katie Leonard, Seaforth — shooting 40 percent (48-of-119) from 3 this year
8. Peyton Collins, Seaforth — the perfect “glue guy” and third option
9. R’reana Johnson, Southeast Alamance — the freshman has a bright future ahead
10. Clara LaChapelle, Southeast Alamance — the Stallions’ best rebounder