The Lakewood Lady Leopards are headed to the conference championship.
Lakewood avenged an earlier varsity boys loss this week and handled the North Duplin Lady Rebels 67-50 in the semifinal round, earning a date with East Bladen Eagles in Thursday’s conference final. The Lady Rebels held the crown of conference tournament champs for the past two years, and fell short of their “three-peat.”
North Duplin struck first, but Jasmine Crumpler quickly responded for Lakewood. The Lady Rebels answered again before Trinity Bell evened things up, setting the tone for a competitive opening stretch…