HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Freedom-Crest JV, varsity games cancelled

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON — Freedom High announced on Monday it has cancelled its first junior varsity and varsity football games of the year due to COVID. Patriots athletic director Antonio Lyerly said Thursday’s  Crest at Freedom JV game won’t be played and Friday’s Freedom at Crest varsity game is also off. He said the moves were COVID-related, and …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Freedom hires Shelby defensive coordinator, former Maiden player

HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON – Freedom High’s new head football coach played for one area power and has coached at another. In a press release on Wednesday, the Patriots announced they’ve hired former Maiden player Justin Hawn – defensive coordinator at Shelby since 2013 – as the 12th head football coach in school history. He replaces Luke Little, who left after two …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Little leaving Freedom for job at Wilmington Laney

HobbsDailyReport.com WILMINGTON – Luke Little, head football coach at Freedom High the past two seasons, is the new leader at Wilmington Laney. Laney officials announced Friday on Twitter they’ve hired Little to replace Ashaad Yeoman, who coached six seasons at his alma mater (31-38 record). Little — a second generation head coach with stints at South Stanly and Whiteville before …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Zimmerman promoted to head boys’ coach at Freedom

HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON – Clint Zimmerman on Monday got the endorsement of — and an opportunity from — the man he’s worked so closely with to maintain the tradition in boys’ basketball at Freedom High. The Burke County Schools announced in a press release that Casey Rogers, Freedom’s new principal, has selected Zimmerman to replace him as head coach of the …