HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Bunker Hill at Maiden JV game now set for Wednesday

HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN – The Bunker Hill at Maiden junior varsity high school football game scheduled for Thursday night will be played instead on Wednesday night. Bunker Hill athletic director Damon Creamer said via email the schools have decided to play at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday night at Maiden. He indicated a decision of the varsity game – Maiden at Bunker …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: E. Burke at Freedom ‘Fat Friday’ game now Thursday

HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON – The annual Fat Friday high school football game pitting Burke County rivals East Burke and Freedom head-to-head will actually be played on Thursday night this season. In an email early Tuesday saying potential bad weather is expected on Friday, Freedom athletic director Casey Rogers said the varsity game will now be played Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Foard answers challenge with late TD, nips Bandys (updated)

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – Building a football program often comes in baby steps, but Fred T. Foard High went well beyond that on Friday night to get its first win of the season. The visiting Tigers rallied late, scoring on a long touchdown pass in the final 2 ½ minutes, to nip Bandys 23-17. It was Foard’s third …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Indians topple Bears, pick up season’s first win

HobbsDailyReport.com CLAREMONT – The top returning receiver in the Northwestern 3A-4A helped St. Stephens High pick up its first football win of the season on Friday night. Teavius Henry, who caught 63 passes for 847 yards a season ago, had a receiving TD to open the scoring for the Indians in their 35-7 victory at Bunker Hill. St. Stephens (1-1) …