HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Freedom selected as site for West 3A Regional finals

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL — Freedom High was selected as the site of the West 3A Regional championship basketball games, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) announced Wednesday. The regional finals will be played at eight neutral floor sites throughout the state on Saturday, a change from last season. With COVID the primary factor, the NCHSAA …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Freedom-Crest JV, varsity games cancelled

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON — Freedom High announced on Monday it has cancelled its first junior varsity and varsity football games of the year due to COVID. Patriots athletic director Antonio Lyerly said Thursday’s  Crest at Freedom JV game won’t be played and Friday’s Freedom at Crest varsity game is also off. He said the moves were COVID-related, and …

BREAKING NEWS: Bunker Hill promotes defensive coordinator to head football coach

Albert Reid was 4-year football star at Freedom, also played at Western Carolina   Editor’s note: All records, stats, etc., included in graphics with this story and the story itself are copyrighted by HobbsDailyReport.com and can’t be used — partially or otherwise — in print or by broadcast media without crediting HobbsDailyReport.com upon usage. To request a waiver of that …

BREAKING NEWS: Former Freedom principal picked to guide Burke County Schools

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON — The Burke County Schools have named former Freedom High principal Mike Swan as the system’s new superintendent. The BCS Board of Education approved a contract offer to Swan a board meeting on Monday night, and the school system public information director provided a press release shortly thereafter. School board approvals of contracts are often …