HIGH SCHOOLS: This week’s athletic schedule (all other sports)

Hobbs Daily Report.com Here we go. High school athletics return on Monday afternoon – with the Greater Hickory area having one less league than a year ago – as statewide realignment and new conferences kick in. Last August, the last of four years began for the Southern District 7 Athletic 2A, Northwestern 3A-4A, South Mountain Athletic 2A-3A and the North …

HS FOOTBALL NOTES: Spartans’ new head coach enjoying young team

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Still two weeks away from debuting as head coach at his alma mater, South Caldwell High head football coach Marc Kirkpatrick is excited about guiding a “super young” team. In an e-mail to HobbsDailyReport.com on Saturday, the former Spartans quarterback said he got an opportunity to play a lot of players in Friday’s scrimmage against East …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Northwestern 3A-4A’s top returning passers

HobbsDailyReport.com Editor’s note: Compiled by HobbsDailyReport.com, in cooperation with The Lenoir News-Topic. The content is otherwise copyrighted and should not be published without the written consent of HobbsDailyReport.com (linking to the post is OK). LEADING RETURNING PASSERS NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A (ALL totals are UNOFFICIAL)  Player, school                                              …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: New 2017 leagues with enrollment figures

HobbsDailyReport.com THE NEW CONFERENCES FOR 2017 (With enrollment used in realignment) SOUTH FORK 2A N. Lincoln 986; Newton-Conover 916; E. Lincoln 913; W. Lincoln 902; Maiden 868; Bandys 862; Lincolnton 835; Lake Norman Charter 805. NORTHWESTERN FOOTHILLS 2A Hibriten 1,016; E. Burke 991; Fred T. Foard 991; Bunker Hill 968; Patton 960; W. Iredell 945; Draughn 713. NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A 4A, …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Notes, tidbits from Friday (plus Aug. 18 schedule)

HobbsDailyReport.com Officially, scores are not kept from high school football scrimmages so there’s no true win or loss in them, but here are some highlights from Friday night’s action, plus other developments: Red Devils, Mountaineers tie: From reports by The Shelby Daily Star (www.shelbystar.com) at the Cleveland County Jamboree on Kings Mountain: Kings Mountain and Newton-Conover battled to a 7-all …