BLAST FROM THE PAST: Brown found his calling in life very early

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN – Tom Brown has never been one to run a what-might-have-been checklist because he knows he found his life’s calling – coaching football – at a very young age. “It was an easy call for me to be a football coach,” Brown said this week. “And once I got involved, I never wanted to be …

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Nick Bazzle’s love for football never wavers

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com ELLENDALE – The second season away from high school football comes tonight for former Newton-Conover and Alexander Central head coach Nick Bazzle, and he says he’ll be fine. He still loves the game – he always will – but his life is different now and yet in so many ways it is still the same, which …