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Byline: Cliff Mehrtens
Mar. 8--Practice might not always be fun, but look where it's landed the Newton Foard High girls' basketball team. "We work on defense more than anything," coach Wendy Price said. Fred T. Foard (29-3) has used its polished defense to reach the N.C. 3A championship game against Wilson Beddingfield, at 5 p.m. Saturday at Chapel Hill's Smith Center. The Tigers are on a 13-game winning streak, and beat rival Hickory 63-56 in the Western Regional final. Experience helps. "This group includes five seniors, and four of them have started together in high school and AAU ball in the summer," Price said. "They know each other as well as they know…