Polk County athletes will kick off a busy weekend Friday as the Wolverine varsity basketball and wrestling squads will take part in holiday events.
The Carolina Clash Duals wrestling tourney will begin Friday at 10 a.m. at Tryon International Equestrian Center. The field is slated to include 23 teams from six states, and action will continue Saturday beginning at 10 a.m.
Polk County is seeded fifth in the field and will begin action Friday in a pool with Wewahitcka (Fla.), High Point Academy (S.C.), Tuscola, Madison and Gaffney (S.C.). Gaffney is the fourth seed and highest seed in the pool.
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The Wolverines are also slated to wrestle Jesse Carson and Smoky Mountain in pool crossover matches.
The top four seeds in the tournament are Laney, Greenbrier East (W.Va.), Pisgah and Gaffney.
Once the seven rounds of pool matches are complete, teams will advance to the placement rounds based on their finish in pool play.
There will also be a high school girls individual tournament on Saturday and a junior varsity individual tournament on Friday. On Sunday, the Carolina Winter Nationals youth tournament will be held.
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The Polk County varsity girls and boys basketball teams will compete in the North Henderson Knights Christmas Tournament, a three-day event to be held at North Henderson High School and Apple Valley Middle School.
Polk County’s girls will kick off the action on Friday at 9 a.m., facing the host Knights. The Polk boys will begin tourney play at noon, facing Berea, S.C.
Teams will continue play on Saturday, with times to be determined based on Friday’s results, before concluding play on Monday. Also in the tournament:
Girls: Travelers Rest (S.C.), Owen, Mountain Heritage, Berea (S.C.), West Henderson, Erwin.
Boys: Mountain Heritage, West Henderson, North Henderson, Pickens (S.C.), Loveland (Ohio) and Erwin.
All eight Friday games will be played at North Henderson. Games are expected to be streamed live on NFHS Network.
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