HobbsDailyReport.com Hibriten High has swept the top awards in girls’ golf in the Northwestern Foothills 2A while East Burke swept them in girls’ tennis in the conference. In voting by league coaches, the Panthers’ Gracie Miller was selected the girls’ tennis player of the year and her coach, Larry Taylor, won the league’s coaching award. The Panthers won a Northwestern …
STATE 2AA FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Witherspoon-led Hibriten overpowers Bandys
HobbsDailyReport.com LENOIR – Hibriten High running back McKinley Witherspoon had a huge game against an old rival on Friday night – averaging 40 yards per rush – as the unbeaten Panthers hit another gear. Second-seeded Hibriten smacked visiting Bandys 56-7 as Witherspoon ran six times for 241 yards and five TDs and added a punt return TD in a first-round …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Final pairings, as released by North Carolina High School Athletic Association
HobbsDailyReport.com STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS GREATER HICKORY AREA CONFERENCES Pairings for next Friday’s first-round state high school football playoff games that involve teams from the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A. The games are at the higher seed’s home field with 7:30 p.m. kickoffs: WEST 2A No. 16 W. LINCOLN (4-7) at No. 1 Reidsville (11-0) No. …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Unbeaten Hibriten shuts out Patton, wins conference
HobbsDailyReport.com LENOIR – Hibriten High left little doubt it has the best football team in the Northwestern Foothills 2A, hammering visiting Patton 35-0 on Friday night in a showdown for the conference title. Running back McKinley Witherspoon boosted Hibriten’s early one-touchdown lead to 28-0 fewer than two minutes into the second half with three straight scores for the Panthers (11-0, …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Powerful Hibriten wins 10th game for 10th time
HobbsDailyReport.com STATESVILLE – Still playing in a high gear, Hibriten High remained unbeaten in varsity football on Friday night. The visiting Panthers crushed West Iredell 48-0 to stay in a tie for first place in the Northwestern Foothills 2A with Patton, setting up a battle with the Panthers for the league title on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. at Hibriten. …