EAST-WEST FOOTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne signee shines but East All-Stars win

HobbsDailyReport.com GREENSBORO – The East won 20-17 — driving 80 yards for a go-ahead score and delivering two sacks when the West had the ball last — but a Lenoir-Rhyne University signee had a big game for the West on Wednesday night in the East-West All-Star football game. Before a crowd of 5,137 at Greensboro Grimsley High’s Jamieson Stadium, wide …

EAST-WEST FOOTBALL SUMMARY: East All-Stars 20, West All-Stars 17

HobbsDailyReport.com EAST-WEST ALL-STAR FOOTBALL GAME (Wednesday at Greensboro Grimsley High) East 0 7 6 7—20 West 0 3 7 7—17 Scoring summary Second quarter E—Jonte McMullen (Northside-Jacksonville) 1 run (Noel Ruiz, Wilson Fike, kick), 8:32 W—FG 25 Andrew Wall (A.C. Reynolds), 0:29 Third quarter W—Cinsere Allison (A.L. Brown) 50 blocked FG return (Wall, A.C. Reynolds, kick). 6:10 E—Jo Leake (W. …

OPENING PRACTICES: West Lincoln announces dates, starting times

HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – West Lincoln High has announced times for its first sports practices for the new school year. The Rebels will play in the new South Fork 2A with Bandys, East Lincoln, Lincolnton, Lincoln Charter, Maiden, Newton-Conover and North Lincoln. The first practices: JULY 31 Football, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Volleyball, 10 a.m. to noon Cross Country, 8 …

EAST-WEST FOOTBALL: West team includes Hibriten star, West Caldwell coach

HobbsDailyReport.com GREENSBORO – Whatever happens for the West All-Star football team on Wednesday night could easily have players and coaches from Greater Hickory area conferences at the center of the outcome. The state’s top 2016 seniors play at Greensboro Grimsley High at 8 p.m., and there are 10 area players or coaches on the West roster, plus a Lenoir-Rhyne University …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Ex-Bandys star following in dad’s footsteps

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 …