BREAKING NEWS: Cranford, Morgan lead picks for Lenoir-Rhyne Hall of Fame

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s next Sports Hall of Fame class includes former star high school athletes from Newton-Conover and Hickory. The five new members — announced Tuesday by the school — are Christi Cranford, Jackie Gebhart, the late Bill Johnson, Cory Morgan and Jody Petty. The Hall Of Fame induction ceremony, part of LRU’s Homecoming Weekend, is scheduled Oct. …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: New West Caldwell head coach sidelined

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com West Caldwell High is learning the value of steady, experienced and dedicated assistant football coaches first-hand. The Warriors’ new head coach, Devore Holman, has been away due to some complications related to a knee injury and associate head coach Neil Ramsey is guiding the ship (a story about the game posted earlier has been updated). “Coach …

HIGH SCHOOLS: This week’s sports schedule (other than football)

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE (compiled by HobbsDailyReport.com) A list of high school events scheduled by schools in the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A that responded to a schedule request from HobbsDailyReport.com. Game times are listed, if available, and events rescheduled or moved to another date may not be included. For more information about a particular event, …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Varsity standings, scores and schedule

HobbsDailyReport. com HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL VARSITY STANDINGS (through Aug. 18 games) SOUTH FORK 2A                                                                   Conf.                All              PF                PA Bandys                                                   0-0                    1-0                  42              40 E. Lincoln                                             0-0                    0-1                    6                 7 LN Charter                                          0-0                      0-1                   8               26 Lincolnton                                          0-0                      0-1                    7               40 Maiden                                                0-0                      1-0                  37              14 Newton-Con.                                   0-0                       1-0     …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Cramer surprises Lincolnton, scoring 40 in opener

HobbsDailyReport.com In what arguably could be the biggest football win in Stuart Cramer High history, the Storm opened the season at home on Friday night by beating Lincolnton 40-7. Cramer opened the non-conference game with a score when Denorrian Lindsay returned a kickoff 84 yards for a touchdown. The Storm then held the Wolves to 185 yards of offense and …