HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Patton cruises, will play Hibriten for conference title

MORGANTON – Patton High is preparing to play for a conference football championship for the first time in school history after popping visiting Bunker Hill 63-20 on Friday night. Quarterback Ty Causby and running backs Traevon Lytle and Jamir Epps sparked the Panthers (5-2, 5-0), who travel to Hibriten on Friday at 7:30 p.m. to face unbeaten Hibriten (10-0, 5-0) …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Davis sparks West Iredell’s victory over Bunker Hill

HobbsDailyReport.com CLAREMONT — Quarterback Dillan Davis came up big for West Iredell High on Friday night, leading the Warriors to a 36-28 road victory over Bunker Hill in Northwestern Foothills 2A football. Davis scored a go-ahead touchdown on a 6-yard run, putting the Warriors (5-4, 2-1) up for good at 22-21, as West Iredell reached five wins in a season …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Bunker Hill scores 44 points, snaps 10-game losing streak

HobbsDailyReport.com ICARD – A 75-yard scoring run on a keeper gave Bunker Hill High some breathing room on Friday night, and the visiting Bears went on to beat East Burke 44-26 to snap a 10-game football losing streak. The Bears (1-8, 1-3 Northwestern Foothills 2A) handed head coach David Haynie his second win in 20 games at Bunker Hill after …

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 …