Rico Walker of Hickory was the top receiver among last season’s players in the Northwestern 3A-4A who are expected to return. He averaged an unofficial 56.8 yards per game, second in the league to McDowell’s Riley Moore. Walker and the Red Tornadoes move to a new conference — the Western Foothills 3A — this season./HICKORY PUBLIC SCHOOLS PHOTO
COMING THURSDAY: Receiving leaders for the Northwestern Foothills 2A in 2020
NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A
2020 FOOTBALL LEADERS
Top 10s in the Northwestern 3A-4A for the 2020 spring football season, as compiled by HobbsDailyReport.com. All totals are unofficial and players who were underclassmen are indicated by bold.
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RECEIVING
Recp.-Yards PG TDs
Riley Moore, McDowell 20-402 67.0 3
Rico Walker, Hickory 16-398 56.8 5
Zak McLauchlin, St. Stephens 21-394 56.2 4
J.B. Robbins, S. Caldwell 11-265 44.1 4
Isaiah Kirby, S. Caldwell 26-259 43.0 1
Desmond Caldwell, Freedom 22-226 37.6 3
Dante Baker, Hickory 20-235 33.5 2
Damien Dula, Freedom 24-194 32.3 2
Orlando Leon, Watauga 12-226 32.2 5
Will Connor, S. Caldwell 9-112 18.6 0
SPECIAL NOTE OF THANKS
Compiling conference leaders, which HobbsDailyReport.com’s Chris Hobbs started in 1995, is a cooperative effort that includes gathering statistics from individual schools and other media who contribute in return for receiving the finished product.
Media contributing to the Northwestern3A-4A stats: The Morganton News Herald (Sports Editor Paul Schenkel), Valdese Sports Network (Jason Baker), The Lenoir News-Topic (Sports Editor John Josey) and The McDowell News (Sports Editor Marty Queen). Some of the statistical information on Watauga came from information posted on the Watauga Democrat’s website.
