HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: West All-Star roster includes trio from area leagues

West staff includes Wayne Hicks of St. Stephens, former Hibriten head coach Chuck Cannon   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com GREENSBORO — Three of the top players from the Greater Hickory area will finish their high school football careers in West All-Star uniforms. West head coach Doug Robertson of Greensboro Page — whose staff includes former St. Stephens head coach Wayne …

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: Freedom’s Garrison to play in East-West All-Star game

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com GREENSBORO — Freedom High’s Adair Garrison, who helped the Patriots win 93 games in a four-year varsity basketball career, has been selected to play in the East-West All-Star Game. Garrison, a 6-foot-1 center, averaged 12 points and nine rebounds last season when the Patriots were 11-1 in a season shortened by COVID-19. She averaged nine points …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Freedom under quarantine, game with S. Caldwell off (updated)

Hickory moves non-league road game to Saturday   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com South Caldwell High announced Tuesday morning it has an open date on Friday in varsity football after Freedom informed it the football program there is under quarantine. The Spartans (1-1, 1-0 Northwestern 3A-4A) were scheduled to play the Patriots (2-1, 2-1) in Morganton on Friday night. The junior …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Patton hires Freedom’s defensive coordinator as head coach

Mark Duncan has also been assistant at Crest, Richmond County during career   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON – Mark Duncan, defensive coordinator at Freedom High since 2017, will be Patton’s head football coach as the Panthers head into their 13th varsity season in February. A press release on Wednesday by the Burke County Public Schools said Duncan will leave …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Hickory assistant named head coach of Davie County girls

HobbsDailyReport.com MOCKSVILLE – Lindsey Adams, an assistant coach at Hickory High last season and former player at Patton and Freedom, has been named varsity girls’ basketball coach at Davie County. Adams, 22, played two seasons at Patton and two at Freedom. MORE COVERAGE (Salisbury Post): https://www.salisburypost.com/2020/06/09/high-school-basketball-adams-is-new-davie-girls-coach/