West coaching staff includes Indians’ Hicks, ex-Hibriten head coach Cannon By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com GREENSBORO – The West All-Star football team includes five players from Greater Hickory area conferences – two of them from North Lincoln High – for a July game against the East. West head coach Doug Robertson, whose staff includes St. Stephens head coach Wayne Hicks …
BREAKING NEWS: Bliss will be next varsity boys’ basketball coach at Bandys
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – Multiple sources are telling HobbsDailyReport.com to expect a return to classroom teaching and coaching varsity boys’ basketball for Rob Bliss, currently principal at South Caldwell High. The sources say Bliss, who came to South Caldwell in October after retiring after five years as principal at Maiden, will teach and coach at Bandys. That will …
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER: Hibriten’s Bridges to guide West All-Stars
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com GREENSBORO – The West girls’ all-star soccer team includes Hibriten High’s Shea Bridges as head coach and four players from Greater Hickory area conferences. Bridges selected forward Izzy Wood of Hickory, midfielder Lily Suyao of Watauga and midfielder Kasey Hahn and forward Ayden Yates, both from Lake Norman Charter. The West All-Stars face the East All-Stars …
HIGH SCHOOLS: NCHSAA will work on future athletic plans as situation develops
Officials say it’s too early to make concrete decisions; board approves some changes in spring football workouts By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) didn’t address down-the-road plans for dealing with the coronavirus on Wednesday, saying there’s too much uncertainty to put a full plan in place. After a two-day virtual …
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: NCHSAA declares N-C girls, Freedom boys among state co-champs
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL – A decision by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) on Wednesday netted the Newton-Conover girls and Freedom boys’ state co-championships in basketball. At a regularly-scheduled meeting of its board of directors, the board decided the East and West Regional winners would share a state title in each classification. The coronavirus outbreak …