The Southeast Halifax Men's Basketball team are the only Roanoke Valley team still alive the State Basketball Championship!

2A Girls

#8 seed Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets (21-6) lost to #1 seed Bertie County Falcons (27-1) 41-56.

Roanoke Rapids Stats:

Anna Vann scored 31 points

Michelle Stewart scored 1 point

Taylor Medlin scored 6 points

Alizae Neville scored 3 points

2A Boys

#15 seed Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets (21-7) lost to #6 seed Hertford County Bears (19-8) 56-71.

Roanoke Rapids Stats:

Tyjarek Simmons scored 14 points

Semaj Smith scored 5 points

Dre Terry scored 8 points

Tyraybiya Kearney scored 8 points

Zach Vincent scored 2 points

Tyler Acree scored 2 points

Paul Whitby scored 7 points

Quincy Vann scored 9 points

Faulcon scored 1 point

Post game comments by head coach Tyler Snyder, "Very proud of the guys. When you get to be one of the final 16 left in the state, you know you are going to face really good teams. No reason for anyone to hang their heads. They had a great season and so much to be proud of. I would take them to battle any day of the week."

1A Girls

#7 seed Weldon Chargers (18-2) lost to #2 seed Roxboro Community Bulldogs (28-3) 49-61.

Post game game comments from head coach Grady Williams, "we gave it a great fight, but we fell short, we lost 61-49, I would like to thank everyone for their support behind our very young team great season."

#9 seed Northampton County Jaguars (19=3) lost to #1 seed Plymouth Vikings (22-1) 45-59.

1A Boys

#4 seed Southeast Halifax (22-5) beat #5 seed Spring Creek (22-6) 71-54 to advance to fourth round in th 1A NCHSAA State Championship play-offs.

#4 seed Southeast Halifax (23-5) will host #9 seed Riverside (23-3) Tuesday February 28th in the Elite Eight fourth round of the 1A NCHSAA State Men's Basketball Championship play-offs.