By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com East Burke High announced on Sunday it is moving its varsity football game against Newton-Conover scheduled for Oct. 1 to Saturday, Oct. 2, with a noon kickoff. The move came as the Cavs continue to deal with COVID and against their schedule. They have played two games, winning 14-6 at Patton on Aug. 20 and falling …
NORTHWESTERN FOOTHILLS 2A: Fulbright runs for 291 yards as E. Burke takes league lead
Elder throws for 230 yards, leading Bunker Hill’s romp past Draughn By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com East Burke High, which last won a conference varsity football title in in 2007, is off to a 3-0 start and atop the Northwestern Foothills 2A standings. The Cavs got a 291-yard night from running back Blane Fulbright, who carried 35 times, and powered …
NFL: Former East Burke star Shatley returns to Jags on 1-year deal
HobbsDailyReport.com Tyler Shatley re-signs with Jaguars
COMMENTARY: Football was a small part of Coach Brown’s contributions
We shared a special relationship over the past 45 years By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Tom Brown has been gone, almost to the hour, for three days as I sit down to write on a quiet Sunday night about a man whose impact and life story can’t really be put into words. Last Thursday — the day the Lord called …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Legendary coach Tom Brown dies
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN — Legendary football coach Tom Brown, who came to the Greater Hickory area to play college football at then-Lenoir-Rhyne College and was later a high school head football coach at Maiden, Bunker Hill and East Burke, has died. Brown — who battled COVID-19 and other health concerns for several months — died at about 2:30 …