HobbsDailyReport.com Bryson Hammer limited Freedom to two hits over six innings on Monday afternoon, leading visiting Alexander Central High to a 10-0 victory that pulled the Cougars into a tie for second place in Northwestern 3A-4A baseball. Hammer walked four and struck out 10 as Alexander Central (8-1, 4-1) won its fifth straight game and knocked Freedom (6-2, 4-1) out …
HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS: Foard pounds Freedom in softball for 7th straight victory
HobbsDailyReport.com Fred T. Foard High ran its win streak to seven games in softball on Thursday, pounding visiting Freedom 15-1 in a non-conference game. The Tigers got three RBIs each from Emily Campbell and Morgan Lofton and they each had two hits while Adison Yoder went 3-for-3, scoring twice and driving in three runs for the Tigers. Morgan Smith allowed …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Freedom hires second generation head coach from Whiteville
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON – Freedom High hired a second generation coach to guide its football program on Tuesday, tabbing a veteran who says he never thought about doing anything else for a living other than coaching. “I guess it’s all I have ever known,” said Luke Little, who is leaving Whiteville after five seasons to become the 12th …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Freedom hires Whiteville’s Little as next head football coach
Editor’s note: HobbsDailyReport.com will update this story. HobbsDailyReport.com The press release from Burke County Public Schools (BCPS) on Tuesday announcing Luke Little will be the new head football coach at Freedom High: MORGANTON — Freedom High School Principal Felicia Simmons announces Luke Little is slated to be the Patriots’ new head football coach. Little has 17 years of teaching and coaching …
BOYS BASKETBALL: Top players in South Fork 2A, Northwestern 3A-4A lead All-District 10
HobbsDailyReport.com The top boys’ players in the South Fork 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A have been named first-team All-District 10 by the North Carolina Basketball Coaches Association (NCBCA). In voting by members of the NCBCA, South Fork 2A Player of the Year Sidney Dollar of East Lincoln and Northwestern 3A-4A Player of the Year Fletcher Abee of Freedom were picked for …