COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Hickory’s Walker finds Tar Heels as the right fit

UNC now has 2 of Catawba County’s top stars for 2023 college season   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The future of North Carolina football now includes two top players from Catawba County. Two weeks after the Tar Heels landed Maiden High wide receiver Chris Culliver, they also got Hickory defensive end Rico Walker. Walker (6-foot-3, 233 pounds) announced …

BREAKING NEWS: Former Maiden star Farley opting out of final year at Virginia Tech

HobbsDailyReport.com Former Maiden High football star Caleb Farley, a defensive back at Virginia Tech who is a projected first round NFL Draft pick in 2021, has announced a decision to skip his final season of college football and begin working toward that draft. https://www.si.com/college/virginiatech/football/virginia-tech-defensive-back-caleb-farley-opts-out-of-college-football-season-will-prepare-for-nfl-draft Here is former Virginia Tech CB Caleb Farley’a announcement that he is opting out of the …

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Wolfpack hires Foard graduate as men’s basketball assistant

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com RALEIGH – A Fred T. Foard High graduate joined the N.C. State men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach on Wednesday. Mike Summey is at N.C. State, his alma mater, after five seasons as an assistant coach at Bowling Green. As a senior at N.C. State, Summey was head student manager under head coach Les Robinson. …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Maiden’s Farley picks off 2 passes as Hokies beat Florida State

HobbsDailyReport.com TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Former Maiden High star Caleb Farley intercepted two passes, a spark for the Virginia Tech defense, as he made his college football debut on Monday night against Florida State. Farley, a 6-foot-2, 202-pound redshirt freshman, also had a sack and two tackles in a 24-3 Hokies victory on the road that was televised live by ESPN. …