Northwood rallied by South Brunswick in the second half Thursday night for a 53-46 victory in the NCHSAA 2-A boys basketball eastern regional semifinals. Ridge Smith led the Chargers with 22 points, while Jake Houck added 18.
Northwood (19-5) will meet either East Duplin (21-6) or Burlington Cummings (21-6) in Saturday's regional final at 5 p.m. back on the ECU campus.
D. Clay Best has served as the sports editor of The Herald since 1997 and has covered high school sports since 1992. He's gone through many neighborhoods of NFL-fandom including the Cowboys, Raiders and Patriots and is in limbo right now. If that's not enough to require therapy, he also has way too much brain space filled with useless info on the legendary '80s TV series "Miami Vice."
