HobbsDailyReport.com VALE – With two running backs combining for more than 300 rushing yards and four scores, West Lincoln High downed Lake Norman Charter 46-26 on Friday night, giving the Rebels at successful Senior Night. Nakathon Phanshook ran 24 times for 175 yards and Brendon Ikard added 16 carries and 150 yards as the Rebels (4-7, 2-5) closed their first …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: East Burke nips Draughn, both finish 2-9
HobbsDailyReport.com VALDESE – Senior Grant Fulbright led visiting East Burke High’s fourth straight varsity football victory over rival Draughn on Friday night as both teams finished with two wins for the season. The Cavs won 21-12 as Fulbright, a quarterback, ran for a TD and kicked a field goal as the Cavs (2-9, 1-5) ended up sharing fifth place in …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Unbeaten Hibriten shuts out Patton, wins conference
HobbsDailyReport.com LENOIR – Hibriten High left little doubt it has the best football team in the Northwestern Foothills 2A, hammering visiting Patton 35-0 on Friday night in a showdown for the conference title. Running back McKinley Witherspoon boosted Hibriten’s early one-touchdown lead to 28-0 fewer than two minutes into the second half with three straight scores for the Panthers (11-0, …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Birchfield sets records as Freedom beats McDowell
HobbsDailyReport.com MARION – Getting big games from two underclassmen and playing through two lightning-caused delays, Freedom High closed the football regular season by beating McDowell 41-14 on Friday night to finish in a three-way tie for third place. The visiting Patriots rode the passing of sophomore Jayden Birchfield — who threw for five scores and ran for another — and …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Friday’s varsity scoreboard
HobbsDailyReport.com FRIDAY’S VARSITY FOOTBALL RESULTS South Fork 2A Bandys 53, N. Lincoln 50, final Maiden 28, Lincolnton 21, final Newton-Conover 39, E. Lincoln 21, final W. Lincoln 46, Lake Norman Charter 26, final Northwestern Foothills 2A E. Burke 21, Draughn 12, final Fred T. Foard 42, W. Iredell 20, final Hibriten 35, Patton 0, final Northwestern 3A-4A Alexander Central 57, …