STATE BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Bandys boys, E. Burke girls fall in West Regional finals

HIGH SCHOOL STATE BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS THIS WEEK’S REGIONAL GAMES (All at Joel Coliseum, Wake Forest; tickets $15 regional games, $20 state championships; parking $10) MONDAY’S RESULTS West 3A girls, No. 1 Cramer 62, No. 3 N. LINCOLN 38 East 3A boys, No. 2 Southern SES (Durham) 76, No. 1 Swanboro 65 East 3A girls, No. 2 Western  Alamance 64, vs. …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Bandys gains from addition to coaching staff

Trojans add assistant Mike Helms, who spent 16-plus years as boss at 6 schools   Editor’s note: All stories at HobbsDailyReport.com are copyrighted and can’t be republished or rebroadcast — other than by WNNC and WLON, our reporting partners — without crediting HobbsDailyReport.com’s reporting and/or research or by requesting a waiver of that copyright. To inquire about a waiver, e-mail …

TRACK AND FIELD: Burke County has 4 state champs; Bandys boys finish third in 2A

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com GREENSBORO –The Greater Hickory area produced six state champions on Friday in 2A and 3A title meets in track and field. including two from Patton in a 2A meet where Bandys’ boys finished third. Madison Clay of Patton won a state 2A title in the girls’ 3,200 in a time of 11 minutes, 26.42 seconds while …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Cavs nip West Caldwell for Minor’s 50th career victory

Maiden beats Bandys; former Maiden player wins debut as Freedom coach   HobbsDailyReport.com Blane Fulbright ran for 125 yards and for two scores on 28 carries on Saturday afternoon, leading East Burke High’s 18-13 home win over West Caldwell that gave Cavs head coach Derrick Minor his 50th career victory. Minor — whose previous head-coaching jobs include at Princeton, Rockingham …