HobbsDailyReport.com MOUNT PLEASANT – Holding a lively East Lincoln High offense to fewer than 100 yards sparked Mount Pleasant’s 35-0 victory over the visiting Mustangs to open the state 2AA football playoffs on Friday night. The fourth-seeded Tigers (10-2) earned a second round home matchup next Friday against another set of Tigers, as No. 12 Fred T. Foard (9-3) stunned …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Final pairings, as released by North Carolina High School Athletic Association
HobbsDailyReport.com STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS GREATER HICKORY AREA CONFERENCES Pairings for next 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. …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Red Devils corral Mustangs, finish second in league
HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Newton-Conover High scored 32 first-half points on Friday night en route to a 39-21 home victory over East Lincoln that netted a second-place finish in South Fork 2A varsity football. The Red Devils (9-2, 6-1) finished a game behind Maiden in the conference race. Their only losses are two unbeaten teams, Hibriten by one point and Maiden …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: E. Lincoln nips W. Lincoln in OT, shares second place
HobbsDailyReport.com DENVER, N.C. – Going to overtime for the second straight game, East Lincoln High picked up an important South Fork 2A football victory over visiting West Lincoln 42-35 on Friday night. The Mustangs rallied from a 21-point deficit to eventually win in overtime on a 1-yard TD run by running back Chandler Jones and gain a share of second …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Blue Devils gut one out on night they dedicate stadium to Tom Brown
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN – Retired head coach Tom Brown always loved an action-filled, intense football battle – especially if Maiden High won – and the Blue Devils gave him an edge-of-the-seat game on the night they named their stadium after him. Locked in a back-and-forth battle they needed to win to set up a showdown for first place, …