HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: Foard’s Foor chases fourth consecutive state title

  Championships are set for Saturday using a single-elimination format at 3 high schools   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL – The state individual wrestling championships are scheduled Saturday at three high school gyms. The 1A and 4A championships will be at Winston-Salem Glenn, the 2A wrestlers go to Wheatmore and the 3A championships are set for Eastern Guilford. …

NCHSAA AWARDS: Foard’s Lombardi selected as state’s Female Coach of the Year

Meredith Lombardi, who guided Fred T. Foard High to a state volleyball title this season — the Tigers have won back-to-back crowns and eight in school history — has been selected the top female coach in the state by the North Caroina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA)./FRED T. FOARD PHOTO   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL – Meredith Lombardi, …

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Bears’ Knighton, Foard’s Essary lead All- Northwestern Foothills 2A

Setzer named Coach of the Year after guiding Bears to conference title   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com The top pitching aces in the Northwestern Foothills 2A this season won the top awards in all-conference voting by the league’s head baseball coaches. The coaches picked senior Casey Knighton of Bunker Hill as the Player of the Year and Fred T. Foard’s …

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Indians’ Peissel named Player of Year in Northwestern 3A-4A

McDowell pitchers share Pitcher of Year after Titans win league title   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com A junior pitcher who led St. Stephens High to the third round of the state 3A playoffs was named the Northwestern 3A-4A’s Player of the Year on Wednesday. The league’s head coaches voted Julien Peissel of St. Stephens as the conference’s top player, McDowell …