Trio of Burke squads participate in Super Saturday scrimmages

Freedom girls basketball player Caylyn Taylor (left) drives past a Lincoln Charter defender during the Lady Patriots’ 22nd annual Super Saturday preseason scrimmage event on Nov. 7 in Morganton. Freedom lost to Pisgah in its morning contest before earning a 19-point win over the Lady Eagles in the afternoon. Fourteen total teams attended the event.
- JAMES LYNCH JR. / THE PAPER

East Burke’s Sarabeth Bradley eyes the basket during a scrimmage game against Hickory as part of Freedom’s Super Saturday event on Nov. 7 in Morganton. The Lady Cavaliers earned double-digit victories over both Watauga and the Lady Red Tornadoes.
- JAMES LYNCH JR. photos / THE PAPER

Draughn’s Mati Kincaid (right) dribbles around a Bandys defender during a scrimmage game as part of Freedom’s Super Saturday event on Nov. 7 in Morganton. The Lady Wildcats lost a close contest against St. Stephens in the morning before collecting a one-point overtime win over the Lady Trojans in the afternoon.
- JAMES LYNCH JR. / THE PAPER

Bandys head coach Lindsey Adams (left), who won a North Carolina High School Athletic Association state championship as a senior at Freedom in 2016, talks to her players on the bench during a scrimmage game against Draughn as part of Freedom’s Super Saturday event on Nov. 7 in Morganton.
- JAMES LYNCH JR. / THE PAPER
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Freedom girls basketball player Caylyn Taylor (left) drives past a Lincoln Charter defender during the Lady Patriots’ 22nd annual Super Saturday preseason scrimmage event on Nov. 7 in Morganton. Freedom lost to Pisgah in its morning contest before earning a 19-point win over the Lady Eagles in the afternoon. Fourteen total teams attended the event.
- JAMES LYNCH JR. / THE PAPER
Draughn’s Mati Kincaid (right) dribbles around a Bandys defender during a scrimmage game as part of Freedom’s Super Saturday event on Nov. 7 in Morganton. The Lady Wildcats lost a close contest against St. Stephens in the morning before collecting a one-point overtime win over the Lady Trojans in the afternoon.
- JAMES LYNCH JR. / THE PAPER
Bandys head coach Lindsey Adams (left), who won a North Carolina High School Athletic Association state championship as a senior at Freedom in 2016, talks to her players on the bench during a scrimmage game against Draughn as part of Freedom’s Super Saturday event on Nov. 7 in Morganton.
- JAMES LYNCH JR. / THE PAPER
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