HobbsDailyReport.com MOST VARSITY FOOTBALL WINS BY GREATER HICKORY AREA SCHOOLS (Unofficial totals of varsity teams in Alexander, Burke, Catawba, Caldwell counties only) LAST 10 SEASONS (2007-2016) Hibriten 96 Newton-Conover 83 Freedom 80 Maiden 78 S. Caldwell 73 Coming soon: Top winners in past five seasons.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Ex-Freedom coach ready for new season in mountains
HobbsDailyReport.com A good read from The Asheville Citizen Times — which does an excellent job of high school coverage in Western North Carolina — from a conversation with former Freedom High head football coach Brandon Allen, now head football coach at North Buncombe High. Allen left Waynesville Tuscola to become the new head football coach at Freedom, replacing Blair Hardin, …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Trio from Lenoir-Rhyne on preseason all-league
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – A trio of Lenoir-Rhyne University football players made the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) preseason all-leagues team announced Thursday by the conference. Sophomore defensive back Kyle Dugger of Fayetteville, Ga., was selected first-team. Senior defensive back Marcus Kincaid – who played high school football at Freedom High – and sophomore running back Nelson Brown of Salisbury, Md., were …
HIGH SCHOOLS: Freedom, E. Burke select new head coaches
HobbsDailyReport.com Freedom High has moved two of its graduates who are now coaching into new roles. Juan Pedro will coach the Patriots’ varsity boys’ soccer team this coming school year, and Rob Scott has added assistant athletic director duties, Freedom athletic director Casey Rogers said. Rogers confirmed the changes in an e-mail to HobbsDailyReport.com. The Patriots will also have a …
EAST-WEST ALL-STARS: Pats’ Rogers, HHS’ Helms on basketball staffs
HobbsDailyReport.com GREENSBORO – Next season’s East-West All-Star Games will include the two head basketball coaches in the newest version of the Northwestern 3A-4A with the most career victories. Freedom boys’ head coach Casey Rogers has been named the West boys head coach, and Hickory girls’ head coach Barbara Helms has been selected as the West girls’ assistant coach for games …