HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – As a young boy, Justin McCombs always enjoyed watching the examples and lessons his father, Eric, provided about how to get things done. In about a month — in-a-follow-in-dad’s footsteps story — the younger McCombs is going down the same path. McCombs, 28 and a former wide receiver at Bandys High and at Lenoir-Rhyne University, has accepted …
ST. STEPHENS SPORTS: Indians prep for football camp; baseball camp complete
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – St. Stephens High’s Little Indian Football Camp begins July 31 at the school and continues through Aug. 3. The camp is designed to give football players in the St. Stephens community an opportunity to meet and become familiar with the area’s coaches at the middle school and at St. Stephens. It focuses on the fundamentals of offense, …
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FOOTBALL CAMPS: Bandys coaching staff works with local players for 3 days
HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA — The final day of a youth football camp at Bandys High, coordinated by head coach Trent Lowman, is Thursday. The three-day camp is for rising third- through ninth-graders with the instruction provided by Lowman and his coaching staff including the fundamentals of how to play each position in football. Thursday’s final session is scheduled from 5:30 p.m. …