HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Alex Central opens soccer season with 9-0 victory

HobbsDailyReport.com Oscar Lopez scored four goals and Obed Renteria had three on Monday night, leading Alexander Central High past East Wilkes 9-0 in a season-opening boys’ soccer match. Lance Garland and Kyle Sink each added a goal for the Cougars (1-0). Garland, Lopez, Gavin White, Alex Romero and Silent Lee each had an assist for Alexander Central. The Cougars’ next …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Ex-Mustangs star C. Surratt suspended for first 4 games at UNC

HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL – Former East Lincoln High quarterback Chazz Surratt is among 13 football players at North Carolina who will miss games this season following a secondary NCAA violation of selling school-issued Nike Jordan shoes. Surratt, a sophomore, is one of nine UNC players whose suspension will be for four games. Since Surratt will miss the first four games …

EAST-WEST ALL-STARS: Mustangs’ Dragoon named head coach for West girls’ soccer

HobbsDailyReport.com GREENSBORO – Jason Dragoon of East Lincoln High will coach the West girls’ soccer team in the next East-West All-Star Games. Over the weekend, the North Carolina Coaches Association (NCCA) announced head coaches for the annual all-star games and for the Carolinas All-Star Basketball Classic that pits the top seniors in North Carolina against the top seniors from South …

HS FOOTBALL 2018: E. Lincoln leads with 13 straight non-losing seasons

HobbsDailyReport.com HobbsDailyReport.com will periodically post statistics and other items as fans begin to prepare for the high school football season in the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A, compiled from our vast record-keeping that began in the late 1970s. Much of the information will be things you can only get at our FREE website, because no other …

HIGH SCHOOLS: Report says Lincolnton boys’ hoops, E. Lincoln boys’ soccer have new head coaches

HobbsDailyReport.com Lincolnton High has a new boys’ varsity basketball head coach, and East Lincoln has a new boys’ varsity soccer head coach, a report by The Gaston Gazette (http://www.gastongazette.com/) says. The newspaper report said John Cloninger will lead Lincolnton’s boys, and Billy Howell will guide the Mustangs in soccer. Cloninger is a 1984 graduate of Lincolnton who spent 16 seasons …