STATE HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER: N-C faces First Flight in 2A title match Saturday

HobbsDailyReport.com STATE BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS Pairings for Saturday’s state high school boys’ soccer championships at N.C. State and results from Tuesday’s state semifinals in classes 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A. Teams from the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A are indicated by bold and all caps: 1A WEST Saturday’s state championship at N.C. State No. 2 Bishop …

HIGH SCHOOL STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Friday’s second round results, third round pairings

HobbsDailyReport.com STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS GREATER HICKORY AREA CONFERENCES Friday’s second round results and pairings for next Friday’s third round in the state high school football playoffs for teams from the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A. The third round games are at the higher seed’s home field with 7:30 p.m. kickoffs: Next Friday’s third round WEST …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFF SCOREBOARD: Friday’s area second round results (finals)

HobbsDailyReport.com FRIDAY’S SECOND ROUND FOOTBALL RESULTS 2A No. 4 S. Columbus 47, No. 12 Lincolnton 14, FINAL 2AA No. 2 Hibriten 35, No. 10 Patton 0, FINAL No. 4 Mount Pleasant 28, No. 12 Fred T. Foard 14, FINAL 3AA No. 1 Mount Tabor 21, No. 8 Watauga 14, FINAL 4A No. 7 Hickory Ridge 55, No. 2 S. Caldwell …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SUMMARIES: Friday’s games (as of midnight)

HobbsDailyReport.com FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES GIRLS ST. STEPHENS 61, BUNKER HILL 45 Bunker Hill        8      2    22   13—45 St. Stephens       16 14    17     14—61 BUNKER HILL 45—Addison Wray 18, Crystany White 11, Linebarger 5, Stotts 5, Long 4, Byant 2, Travis, Hamlett. ST. STEPHENS 61–Amiya Randles 21, Tori Tomlinson 16, Norris 6, Rhodes 6, McMahan 4, McHenry 3, Morgan 3, O’Mara 2, …

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Foard’s last football team (1982) to reach the second round

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON — Another memorable step in the history of Fred T. Foard High football could come tonight in Cabarrus County. This season’s Tigers — 9-3 and a West No. 12 seed in the state 2AA playoffs — face another set of Tigers at Mount Pleasant (10-2, seeded fourth) at 7:30 p.m. A victory would get Foard, …