HIGH SCHOOLS: Thursday’s Scoreboard (non-football)

HobbsDailyReport.com THURSDAY’S RESULTS Thursday’s results of varsity athletic events – other than football (posted separately) – for schools in the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A as compiled by HobbsDailyReport.com from schedules received. Some schools did not respond to a request for schedules or have not listed them on their websites and are not included. Those not …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Thursday’s JV football results

HobbsDailyReport.com THURDAY’S JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL RESULTS Alexander Central 50, N. Lincoln 26 Bandys 24, Bunker Hill 20 Freedom 48, Patton 36 Hibriten 28, S. Caldwell 14 Lincolnton 22, E. Gaston 20 McDowell 35, Mitchell County 14 Newton-Conover 44, E. Burke 0 St. Stephens 24, Maiden 16 Statesville 40, W. Iredell 7 Watauga 48, Wilkes Central 24 W. Caldwell 34, Ashe …

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Vols extend Barnes’ contract through 2023-24

HobbsDailyReport.com KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Hickory native Rick Barnes received a contract extension Thursday as men’s basketball coach at Tennessee. Barnes, a former Hickory High and Lenoir-Rhyne University athlete, won Coach of the Year last season in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) by guiding the Vols to a 26-9 record. They were picked to finish 13th among 14 teams in the preseason. …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Snider returning to coaching Maiden girls

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN – Frank Snider, who has already been head coach in nearly 700 games at Maiden High, is returning to coaching Blue Devils varsity basketball for the fourth time. School officials have announced Snider — whose last coaching stint at Maiden was as varsity head football coach from 2012-15 – will replace David Williams as varsity …