STATE 2AA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Shelby at Hibriten, 7:30 p.m.

HobbsDailyReport.com Two good reads from The Shelby Star’s excellent coverage leading up to Friday night’s 7:30 p.m. state 2AA football semifinal, eighth-seeded Shelby (12-2) at No. 2 seed Hibriten (14-0). Shelby has won four straight state titles and needs a win in Lenoir to play for a state title for the fifth consecutive season. Hibriten, which dropped a classification in …

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Friday’s semifinal pairings

HobbsDailyReport.com STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SITES (Saturday, Dec. 9, all game times to be announced) 1A, 1AA: N.C. State 2A, 2AA: North Carolina 3A, 3AA: Duke 4A, 4AA: Wake Forest GREATER HICKORY AREA CONFERENCES Friday’s semifinals in the state high school football playoffs for teams from the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A. The …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Friday’s third round results, pairings for semifinals

HobbsDailyReport.com STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS GREATER HICKORY AREA CONFERENCES Friday’s third round results and pairings for next Friday’s semifinals in the state high school football playoffs for teams from the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A. The semifinals  are at the higher seed’s home field with 7:30 p.m. kickoffs: Next Friday’s state semifinals WEST 2AA No. 8 …

STATE 2AA FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS, ROUND 2: Hibriten beats Patton again, reaches third round

HobbsDailyReport.com LENOIR – Not much changed for Patton High on Friday night when it got a second shot at Hibriten this season. Facing Hibriten on the road for the second time in three weeks netted the same outcome this time as well, a 35-0 loss in the second round of the state 2AA playoffs. Hibriten also beat Patton 35-0 in …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Hibriten, Foard postpone season-opening games

HobbsDailyReport.com Two varsity basketball doubleheaders — one scheduled later this week and one set for early next week — won’t be played. The North Lincoln at Hibriten non-league games scheduled Friday in Lenoir have been moved to Nov. 29 because the Panthers have a home state football playoff game on Friday. School officials at Fred T. Foard have also announced …