By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com East Burke, as West No. 2 seed in the 2A girls’ bracket, will be at home on Tuesday night when the state basketball playoffs begin. The Cavs (26-1) get a visit from No. 31 West Davidson (10-12) at a time to be announced and are chasing their 16th straight win. Other area teams with first-round home …
PREP BASKETBALL: Conference tourney results, pairings
HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS CATAWBA VALLEY 2A ATHLETIC GIRLS Monday’s first round at higher seeds No. 1 E. Burke 80, No. 8 W. Lincoln 15 No. 4 Bandys 70, No. 5 Lincolnton 50 No. 3 Newton-Conover 68, No.6 Bunker Hill 37 No. 2 Maiden 65, No. 7 W. Caldwell 30 Tuesday’s semifinals at higher seeds No. 1 …
PREP BASKETBALL: All conference tourney finals now Friday
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com After inclement weather forced some scheduling changes, all three area high school basketball conference tournament championships will now be played Friday. Title games scheduled for Thursday night in the Catawba Valley 2A Athletic and Western Foothills 3A were moved after it snowed on Thursday morning. The CVAC 2A finals are Friday at East Burke while the …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Friday, Sept. 6 varsity schedule
HobbsDailyReport.com VARSITY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (Friday, Sept. 6 games all at 7:30 p.m.) Alexander Central at N. Iredell Ashe County at W. W. Wilkes Bunker Hill at Randleman Draughn at E. Burke E. Lincoln at Lincolnton E. Rutherford at Newton-Conover Freedom at Forestview Maiden at Watauga N. Surry at S. Caldwell Statesville at S. Iredell W. Caldwell at Hibriten W. Lincoln …
FOLLOW LOCAL SPORTS WITH US!: Our 49th overall… 9th at this website
HobbsDailyReport.com WELCOME to another year of local sports coverage — highlighted by teams in high school varsity sports in the Catawba Valley 2A Athletic, Western Foothills 3A and Northwestern 4A — plus Draughn and Patton in Burke County. I have been slowed by some significant health problems since early in 2023 but recovering well… and regaining some speed, etc. But …