By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – After 32 years of sharing in a way that made him beloved in the Bandys High community, Jim (Goody) Goodwin is retiring from teaching and coaching to move into a few new roles. Goodwin, who turns 55 on June 14, said Thursday he won’t be back at Bandys next school year and is — …
BREAKING NEWS: Eanes leaving Patton to become Bandys head football coach
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – Tom Eanes, who coached Patton High to 17 wins over the last two years that includes a school-record nine last season, is the new head football coach at Bandys. A teaching contract for Eanes, 62, was approved by the Catawba County Schools Board of Education at a meeting on Monday night. He will teach …
NEWTON-CONOVER FOOTBALL: Report says head-coaching job opened May 5
HobbsDailyReport.com Editor’s note: An update on the process as Newton-Conover High moves toward naming a head football coach to replace Matt Beam, who resigned May 2. When Beam resigned, school officials said assistant coach Darren Ponder would become interim head coach. Three days later, Ponder decided he would not move into that role, reporting on Thursday by Newton Observer News …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Bandys begins to trim field of candidates to become head coach
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – After receiving more than 30 applications for its open head football coaching position, Bandys High will begin to narrow the field of candidates next week. Brandon Harbinson, the Trojans’ athletic director, said in an e-mail response to an inquiry by HobbsDailyReport.com on Thursday: The school conducted interviews this week, as originally planned, and has …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Lowman resigns, will leave Bandys football program (updated at 11:10 a.m.)
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – Trent Lowman, a fixture in Bandys High football first as a player and then as an assistant coach and head coach, is leaving his alma mater. Bandys athletic director Brandon Harbinson — responding to an inquiry by HobbsDailyReport.com about 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday night — confirmed Lowman has resigned after five seasons as head …