HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON – Clint Zimmerman on Monday got the endorsement of — and an opportunity from — the man he’s worked so closely with to maintain the tradition in boys’ basketball at Freedom High. The Burke County Schools announced in a press release that Casey Rogers, Freedom’s new principal, has selected Zimmerman to replace him as head coach of the …
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Rogers giving up coaching to become principal at Freedom
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON – Casey Rogers is a month away from a new path toward impacting the community he grew up in. Rogers — head boys’ varsity basketball coach at Freedom High and a former star player for his father at his alma mater — has resigned to that he can become principal at Freedom. He has been …
EAST-WEST ALL-STAR GAME: Freedom’s Abee, E. Lincoln’s Dollar picked to play for West
HobbsDailyReport.com GREENSBORO – The top boys’ basketball players at Freedom and East Lincoln will play in the East-West All-Star Game in July. Fletcher Abee, a 6-foot-3 guard from Freedom, and Sidney Dollar, a 6-5 wing from East Lincoln, are on the West roster recently announced. The game is July 15 at the Greensboro Coliseum with East Forsyth’s Mike Muse as …
NCHSAA AWARDS: Female athletes from Bandys, Freedom win Bradshaw regional scholarships
HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL – Danielle Brown of Bandys and Sierra Davenport of Freedom are among 16 regional winners of Willie Bradshaw Endowed Scholarships from the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA). They each will receive $750 in scholarship money and be eligible to for a $1,000 scholarship that goes to one male and one female athletic in the state. …
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Newton-Conover’s Cornwell, Freedom’s Abee named AP All-State
HobbsDailyReport.com Two players from the Greater Hickory area’s conferences were named all-state on Friday by the North Carolina Associated Press. Media members of AP that cover high school athletics voted on the teams, naming Chyna Cornwell of Newton-Conover to the girls’ unit and Fletcher Abee of Freedom to the boys’ team. Cornwell is a junior while Abee is a senior …