Six Catawba County and Lincoln County middle school teams will answer the call to see who will be crowned the champion of the inaugural Catawba County and Lincoln County Middle School Basketball Challenge this month.

The tournament is put on by Athlete’s Lab in Maiden and will be held at Murray Sports Complex in Conover. The facility is Athlete’s Lab’s new basketball gymnasium. Three teams from Catawba County (Mill Creek, Jacobs Fork and Maiden) and three from Lincoln County (North, East and West) will face off over the next three weeks to determine who will be in the finals on Aug. 28.

Each team is guaranteed five games in the challenge, which begins on Aug. 11. On Aug. 26, the top shooter from each team will face off in a 3-point challenge. On Aug. 28, the three top players from the se

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