HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE: This week’s events

HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE   A schedule of high school events this week for schools in the Catawba Valley 2A Athletic, Western Foothills 3A and Northwestern 3A-4A plus Draughn and Patton. Game times are included, if available, and are subject to change. If game times are changed or home and away playing dates are traded or postponement makeup dates …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Friday’s third round scores, fourth round pairings

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS REVIEW COMPLETE BRACKETS: www.nchsaa.org (For teams in the West brackets) NEXT FRIDAY’S FOURTH ROUND PAIRINGS 1A No. 9 Murphy (9-4) at No. 4 Robbinsville (9-3), 7:30 p.m. No. 3 Mitchell County (11-2) at No. 2 Mount Airy (13-0< 7:30 p.m. 2A No. 4 Reidsville (12-0) at No. 1 Shelby (12-1), 7:30 p.m. No. 3 MAIDEN (13-0) …

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS: Hickory home, plays fourth round match Wednesday night

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY — Hickory High announced Tuesday its fourth-round boys’ state 3A playoff match at home against Central Academy will be played Wednesday night. The third-seeded Red Tornadoes (20-3-1) will battle No. 7 seed Central Academy of Monroe (16-6-3) at 6 p.m. Admission is $7 and overflow parking will be used in the front school lot. Gates open on Wednesday …

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS: Hickory plays for state 3A title on Friday night

HobbsDailyReport.com STATE BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFF PAIRINGS COMPLETE STATEWIDE BRACKETS: https://www.highschoolot.com/soccer/asset_gallery/15697717/ STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS (at WakeMed Soccer Park, Koka Booth Stadium) Friday 3A:  No. 21 Western Alamance (18-5-1) vs. No. 3 HICKORY (22-3-1),  7 p.m. Saturday 1A: No. 1 Voyager Academy (17-1-3) vs. No. 1 Christ The King (21-1-0), 11 a.m. 2A: No. 2 Greene Central (25-1-0) vs. No. 4 Shelby (22-1-2), …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne starts season at home Saturday

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY — The Lenoir-Rhyne University women begin the basketball season on Saturday, battling USC-Aiken at 4:30 p.m. in Shuford Gym. The Bears also play at home Sunday with a 1 p.m. tipoff against Lander. LRU’s first South Atlantic Conference (SAC) game is Nov. 17 at 5:30 p.m. against Wingate. Grahm Smith begins his second season as head coach at …