SHRINE BOWL: Maiden’s Culliver leads 4 area selections for North Carolina

All-Star game — set Dec. 17 in Spartanburg (S.C) — returns after 2 COVID-impacted years with no contest   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Maiden High receiver Chris Culliver highlights a list of four players from area football conferences selected for North Carolina’s Shrine Bowl team. The other three picks are: North Lincoln tight end Bryson Esser, Watauga …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Maiden romps at Bandys in second-highest scoring game of storied series

Game No. 70 features 52-27 score, 900-plus yards of total offense and more than 550 passing   Editor’s note: All historical references to the Bandys-Maiden series, which started in 1955, are from research by HobbbsDailyReport.com and – like all copy on our website – is copyrighted. They can’t be republished or broadcast (other than by WLON and WNNC in our …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STANDINGS: Draughn, E. Lincoln in West title games

HobbsDailyReport.com VARSITY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STANDINGS (through games of Friday, Nov. 25, fourth round state playoffs, schools in bold still playing) CATAWBA VALLEY 2A ATHLETIC                                                                                                               Conf.            All             PF          PA x-Maiden                                                                                      7-0               12-2            554     289 Bunker Hill                                                                                    6-1              11-2         …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Bandys, Lincolnton confirm each will be without 1 player ejected last week

Bandys head coach injured but on the job, will guide Trojans against Maiden   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – Bandys and Lincolnton will each have one high school varsity football player out on Friday due to ejections for fighting in last Thursday’s game at Bandys. Bandys athletic director Brandon Harbinson on Tuesday clarified the Trojans had one ejection while …