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BARBARA HELMS’ COACHING CAREER
The number of wins Barbara Helms has against each opponent through Tuesday night, as head coach at East Burke in 1996-97 through 1998-99 and at Hickory starting in 2003-04:
Opponent Wins
St. Stephens 44
Alexander Central 40
Newton-Conover 40
Fred T. Foard 37
Hibirten 31
South Caldwell 27
Statesville 25
Watauga 21
West Caldwell 21
Bunker Hill 15
Patton 14
Maiden 13
Bandys 11
Kings Mountain 11
East Burke 8
Freedom 8
Hunter Huss 7
R-S Central 7
Crest 7
Burns 5
McDowell 5
Char. Christian 3
Ashbrook 3
Two wins over: Charlotte Catholic, Davie County, Asheville Erwin, Charlotte Latin, W-S Reagan, Hickory Ridge, South Point, Enka, Asheville, Forestview.
One win over: Australian National, Draughn, Eastern Randolph, High Point Andrews, Lincolnton, N. Bumcombe, N. Gaston, Northern Guilford, N. Surry, Parkwood, Pine Lake Prep, Canton Pisgah, Asheville Roberson, S. Rowan, SW Randolph, Sun Valley, Weddington, W. Henderson, Chapel Hill, N. Iredell, Waynesville Tuscola, Avery County.
No wins (1 loss): W-S Carver, Harding, Providence, Concord Robinson, Rockingham County, South Central.
No wins (2 losses): Mitchell County, Greensboro Page.
No wins (4 losses): Hickory.
SOURCE: HobbsDailyReport.com research and files.
By CHRIS HOBBS
HobbsDailyReport.com
HELMS
HICKORY – Hickory High girls’ varsity basketball head coach Barbara Helms is closing in on 450 career victories.
Helms — in her 17th season at HHS — has 446 career wins – 408 of them with the Red Tornadoes – heading into Friday night’s home game against South Caldwell (approximate tip-off at 6:30 p.m.).
Her other wins came during three seasons as head coach at East Burke, where those teams went 38-37 from 1996-97 through 1998-99.
Helms’ record at HHS is 408-69, and her overall record is 446-106, based on research by HobbsDailyReport.com of all 552 of her games as a varsity head coach.
A Wake Forest graduate who starred in basketball, Helms also guided the women’s team at Lenoir-Rhyne University during her coaching career.
The next three games for HHS after tonight’s game against the Spartans will be on Feb. 7 at Watauga, Feb. 11 at home against Alexander Central and Feb. 14 at home against St. Stephens to close the Northwestern 3A-4A regular season schedule.