By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – A group that includes former West Lincoln High star football player Lanny Ford — an avid supporter of coverage of high school athletics for many years – has purchased the Lincoln Times-News. A story published in the LTN said the newspaper, owned and managed by the Leedy family since 1961, has been purchased by …
ALL-CVAC 2A FOOTBALL: Rebels’ Avery, Blue Devils’ Culliver lead selections
Bunker Hill kicker, Maiden head coach also bring home top league awards By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Dominating seasons – another title for Maiden and big year from its star wide receiver plus a record-setting year for West Lincoln’s top running back – led to two of the key 2022 Catawba Valley 2A Athletic high school football awards being shared. …
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Tuesday’s varsity results
HobbsDailyReport.com TUESDAY, DEC. 6 GIRLS Alexander Central 60, N. Iredell 41 Ashe County 59, Wilkes Central 26 E. Lincoln 66, S. Iredell 13 Fred T. Foard 62, Cherryville 17 Freedom 71, Draughn 42 Hibriten 70, Maiden 33 Hickory 50, Enka 33 Newton-Conover 58, Patton 13 St. Stephens 65, Avery County 56 Watauga 72, A.C. Reynolds 47 W. Lincoln 59, N. …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Maiden’s Wilson taking over as head coach at Tulsa
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Kevin Wilson, whose love of football began on football fields in Maiden, is again a head coach in college football. Wilson, 61, was announced Tuesday at the head coach at Tulsa University. He will leave a role as offensive coordinator at Ohio State to fill that position. He previously was a head coach at Indiana and …
THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE: Varsity basketball, wrestling, swimming through Saturday
HobbsDailyReport.com THIS WEEK’S VARSITY SCHEDULE Varsity events scheduled this week for area high school winter sports teams, compiled from schedules of those schools that responded to a request for a schedule. Girls’ basketball games generally begins in a range of 5:45 p.m. to 6:15 p.m., based on what time the junior varsity games are completed, and the varsity boys …