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LANDRUM–The Landrum boys and girls varsity teams continued their quest over the last few days to secure high seeds in the AA Region 1 conference tournaments. The boys team secured at least a tie for first place and the girl’s team finalized second with one game remaining for each in the regular season. 

Tuesday night, the Landrum boys (22-3, 9-0) continued their undefeated conference streak with a 71-58 victory on the road over the Blacksburg Wildcats (10-12,4-5). Junior Franklin Davis took another step toward AA Region 1 player of the year honors with a 20-point, 6-rebound, 6-assist, and 5-steal performance. He was followed by sophomore Bennett Edwards, who had 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists and Senior Marco Gonzalez with 12 points and 5 rebounds. 

Friday evening at home, the Cardinals pushed their win streak to 10 games, thanks to an 81-54 blowout of the Greenville Tech Charter Warriors (8-9, 4-5). The victory sets up a showdown for an undisputed regular season conference title at home in “the Cage,” against the Greer Middle College Blazers (14-10, 8-1) in their final regular season appearance. Despite another undefeated week, the Cardinals dropped a spot in the 2A state rankings to #7 overall. No box score was available at press time.

The Landrum Lady Cardinals (16-6, 7-2) suffered a 64-61 loss on the road to Region leader Blacksburg Lady Wildcats (8-12, 8-1). In the loss, freshman Kylie Fortner led the way with 17 points on 8 baskets. She was joined at the top of the scoring column by juniors Kaylee Cortez and Sydney Price with 13 each. Junior Savannah Brown also produced another exceptional stat line with 5 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, a steal, and 2 blocked shots. 

The Lady Cards bounced back with a 40-point win 60-20 over the Greenville Tech Charter Lady Warriors (7-10, 2-7) Friday night at home in the Cage. Cortez was the leading scorer with 15 followed by Fortner with 14, Price with 9, and Savannah Brown doing it again with 4 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 blocks, and a steal. 

The Landrum varsity teams wrap up their league and regular seasons with Greer Middle College at home Tuesday night with the girl’s varsity game starting at 6 p.m. and the boys at 7:30 p.m.