HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON – Holding Freedom to minus rushing yardage, visiting Watauga hammered the Patriots 42-0 in Northwestern 3A-4A high school football on Friday night to again reach eight wins under head coach Ryan Habich. The Pioneers (8-2, 4-2) were dominant as they beat the Patriots (6-4, 3-3) for only the fifth time since 1981 and far outdistanced their previous win …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: T. Dula clears 300 again as W. Caldwell nips Freedom
HobbsDailyReport.com LENOIR – West Caldwell High wiped out a three-touchdown deficit on Friday night, beating visiting Freedom 44-42 with the game’s final score with 18 seconds left. The Warriors were behind by three scores twice – at 22-0 and 29-7 – but rallied to improve to 6-3 overall and 3-2 in the Northwestern 3A-4A. They’re tied with Watauga, Freedom and …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Freedom trips South Caldwell, takes over second place
HobbsDailyReport.com HUDSON – Jayden Birchfield threw scoring passes to Christian Fox twice and also hit Tristian Somerville for a touchdown on Friday night as Freedom High downed South Caldwell 28-3 in Northwestern 3A-4A football. Birchfield, who came into the game with more than 1,400 passing yards, first hit Fox on 16-yard scoring throw after the Spartans (1-7, 1-3) had taken …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Report says Emmons has offer from Louisville
HobbsDailyReport.com HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A published reports say former Freedom High star running back B.J. Emmons has received a scholarship offer from Louisville before playing a down at Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College. Emmons has transferred from Alabama, with whom he signed after a record-setting career at Freedom. He will be eligible to play at an NCAA Division I school after …
HS FOOTBALL NOTES: Spartans’ new head coach enjoying young team
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Still two weeks away from debuting as head coach at his alma mater, South Caldwell High head football coach Marc Kirkpatrick is excited about guiding a “super young” team. In an e-mail to HobbsDailyReport.com on Saturday, the former Spartans quarterback said he got an opportunity to play a lot of players in Friday’s scrimmage against East …