NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A: King’s late score lifts Indians past Red Tornadoes

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Xavian King ran for 130 yards and scored a game-winning touchdown with two minutes, 20 seconds to play on Friday night as St. Stephens High edged archrival Hickory 28-21 and beat the Red Tornadoes for the fourth time in five seasons. The visiting Indians (4-7, 3-4) won for the seventh time in a 32-game series that began …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Hickory’s Young repeats as Golden Helmet winner

HobbsDailyReport.com A record-breaking performance gained Hickory High junior running back Cody Young the Oldies 101.3 FM WNNC Coca-Cola Golden Helmet Award for Week 10 of the football season. He also won the award in Week 9 after rushing 13 times for nearly 200 yards and scoring five TDs as Hickory won 68-21 over West Caldwell on the road. Last Friday …

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS GOLF: Hickory’s McDonald in contention for state 3A title

HobbsDailyReport.com SOUTHERN PINES — Anna McDonald of Hickory High started the final round of the state 3A girls’ championships at Longleaf on Tuesday morning in contention for an individual title, shooting 73 in Monday’s opening round. McDonald started Tuesday’s second round three strokes back of Ana Tsiros and two strokes in front of Kayla Smith of Burlington Williams. Cox Mill …

NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A ROUNDUP: Hickory’s Young scores 7 TDs in 55-54 slugfest win over Spartans

Freedom’s Birchfield sets Burke County mark with 7 scores, all in first half HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – On a night of big plays and big point totals, Hickory High running back Cody Young ultimately couldn’t be matched. Young, making his sixth start of the season, broke the school record for single-game rushing yardage with 361 yards, tied the mark for single-game …

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Hickory wins in volleyball, will face Watauga for title

Bandys, N-C battle to weather-shortened 0-0 tie in soccer HobbsDailyReport.com Hickory High kept its chance of sharing a Northwestern 3A-4A volleyball title alive on Monday night by beating visiting Freedom 3-0. The Red Tornadoes prevailed 25-19, 25-13, 25-10 to move to 12-1 in the conference, staying one game back of Watauga. Hickory goes to Watauga on Wednesday for a 6 …