HobbsDailyReport.com STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS GREATER HICKORY AREA CONFERENCES Pairings for Friday’s first-round state high school football playoff games that involve teams from the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A. The games are at the higher seed’s home field with 7:30 p.m. kickoffs: WEST 2A No. 16 W. LINCOLN (4-7) at No. 1 Reidsville (11-0) No. 12 …
GAME PREVIEWS, 3AA PLAYOFFS: Cougars’ eyes on third home postseason win since 1978
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Previewing tonight’s first round 3AA state football playoff games involving teams from the Northwestern 3A-4A (all seeds are in the West bracket and all statistical references are unofficial totals): 3AA No. 13 CUTHBERTSON (4-7) at No. 4 ALEXANDER CENTRAL (10-1), 7:30 p.m. The 13th trip to the state playoffs for Alexander Central head coach Butch Carter …
GAME PREVIEWS, 3A PLAYOFFS: Hickory returns to postseason, goes to Weddington
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Previewing tonight’s first round 3A state football playoff games involving teams from the Northwestern 3A-4A (all seeds are in the West bracket and all statistical references are unofficial totals): 3A No. 12 HICKORY (6-5) at No. 5 WEDDINGTON (8-3), 7:30 p.m. The Red Tornadoes return to the state playoffs under first-year head coach Russell Stone, who …
GAME PREVIEWS, 2AA PLAYOFFS: Foard-Maiden in a rematch; Bandys faces unbeaten Hibriten
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Previewing tonight’s first round 2AA state football playoff games involving teams from the South Fork 2A and Northwestern Foothills 2A (all seeds are in the West bracket and all statistical references are unofficial totals): 2AA No. 12 FRED T. FOARD (8-3) at No. 5 MAIDEN (11-0), 7:30 p.m. It’s a rematch of a season-opener won 37-14 …
GAME PREVIEWS, 2A PLAYOFFS: West Lincoln, Lincolnton chase road wins
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Previewing tonight’s first round 2A state football playoff games involving teams from the South Fork 2A (all seeds are in the West bracket and all statistical references are unofficial totals): 2A No. 16 WEST LINCOLN (4-7) at No. 1 REIDSVILLE (11-0), 7:30 p.m. The Rebels have never won a state football playoff game, and to pull …