HIGH SCHOOLS: Tigers nip Mustangs, share baseball lead with St. Stephens

St. Stephens wins at North Lincoln, shares conference softball lead   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Fred T. Foard High grabbed a share of the Western Foothills 3A baseball lead on Tuesday night, knocking off previously unbeaten East Lincoln 4-2 at Fred T. Foard. The Tigers (6-1, 4-0) have won three straight games and share the early conference lead with undefeated …

HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD: Monday’s varsity results

HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD MONDAY’S RESULTS BASEBALL Western Foothills 3A Fred T. Foard 17, Statesville 0, 5 inn. Others Avery County at W. Caldwell, ppd., March 28 Bandys 19, W. Iredell 1, 5 inn. Cherryville 12, Maiden 1 Draughn 8, McDowell 4 N. Iredell 8, W. Lincoln 0 Polk County 10, Patton 6 SOFTBALL Alexander Central 8, Mooresville 6 Patton …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Varsity summaries from Monday, Tuesday

HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SUMMARIES GAMES OF TUESDAY. NOV. 23 GIRLS NEWTON-CONOVER 50, PATTON 25 Patton    3    5       9     8—25 N-C          9    9    18    14—50 PATTON 25—Powell 7, Canaway 5, Lail 5, Duckworth 3, Pinkerton 3, Teetens 1, Wojcik 1, Witherspoon, Cha. NEWTON-CONOVER 50—Cassidy Geddes 26, Watkins 8, Fox 7, L. Sain 5, Krause 2, Swagger 2, Sara Sain, …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Postseason bids since 1972 for area leagues

Compiled by HobbsDailyReport.com SOURCE: North Carolina High School Athletic Association STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF BIDS SINCE 1972 (includes 2021 postseason bids; last bid if not in 2021 field) Maiden 41 Lincolnton 34 Statesville 32 Newton-Conover 30 Freedom 28 Hickory 27 E. Lincoln 25 Hibriten 24 Bandys 23 (2019) Alexander Central 20 (Spring 2021) Bunker Hill 19 Watauga 19 Ashe County 18 …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Coaches by wins as first round begins

Editor’s note: Totals are unofficial and the list is compiled and by copyrighted by HobbsDailyReport.com. Any use, in whole or part — by print media or radio/TV broadcasts — must be credited to HobbsDailyReport.com’s research. To request a waiver of that copyright, email chobbs001@att.net: By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CAREER WINS ENTERING FRIDAY’S FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF FOOTBALL GAMES   Nick Bazzle, …