HobbsDailyReport.com The Northwestern Foothills 2A has released its 2020 varsity and junior varsity football schedules. There are eight schools in the conference, same as last season, and none will play non-league games this season because the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) is limiting teams to seven games due to COVID-19. The first games are Feb. 26, and the …
HIGH SCHOOLS: E. Lincoln, Patton, Watauga win Wells Fargo Conference Cups
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL – East Lincoln, Patton and Watauga have won 2019-2002 Wells Fargo Conference Cup Championships from the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA). The Cup is annually presented to schools that have the top athletic programs in a conference and each league determined its method of earning points. Wachovia, and now Wells Fargo, has …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Patton hires Freedom’s defensive coordinator as head coach
Mark Duncan has also been assistant at Crest, Richmond County during career By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON – Mark Duncan, defensive coordinator at Freedom High since 2017, will be Patton’s head football coach as the Panthers head into their 13th varsity season in February. A press release on Wednesday by the Burke County Public Schools said Duncan will leave …
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Biddix excited about return to Draughn baseball
Former Wildcats star who played at Montreat College is new head coach By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com VALDESE – Being in position to teach baseball on the same fields where he learned the game has new Draughn High head coach Mason Biddix excited. Biddix, a former Draughn three-sport athlete, was announced on Wednesday as the Wildcats’ next varsity baseball head …
NORTHWESTERN FOOTHILLS 2A FOOTBALL: Media poll tabs Hibriten as favorite to repeat as champion
Foard RB Corey Siemer gets the nod as preseason’s top player in the conference By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hibriten High is heavily favored to repeat as varsity football champion in the Northwestern Foothills 2A based on a preseason poll of media that covers the conference. The poll was coordinated by Justin Epley of the Morganton News Herald, and he …