HobbsDailyReport.com Hickory High, which won a Northwestern 3A-4A boys’ soccer championship by three games over the next closest competitors, won three of the conference’s top awards in voting by league head coaches. The Red Tornadoes’ Santiago Betancourt was selected the conference’s Player of the Year, teammate Brayden Rowland won Offensive Player of the Year, and head coach Brian Jillings shared …
STATE 3A FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Litton accounts for 8 TDs as Weddington rips Hickory
HobbsDailyReport.com MATTHEWS – Quarterback Whitner Litton had a hand in eight scores on Friday night that led fifth-seeded Weddington High past No. 12 Hickory 55-24 in an opening round game of the state 3A football playoffs. Litton threw for more than 300 yards and six scores and ran for two others as the Warriors (9-3) advanced to face No 4 …
GAME PREVIEWS, 3A PLAYOFFS: Hickory returns to postseason, goes to Weddington
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Previewing tonight’s first round 3A state football playoff games involving teams from the Northwestern 3A-4A (all seeds are in the West bracket and all statistical references are unofficial totals): 3A No. 12 HICKORY (6-5) at No. 5 WEDDINGTON (8-3), 7:30 p.m. The Red Tornadoes return to the state playoffs under first-year head coach Russell Stone, who …
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS: Newton-Conover wins, advances to fourth round
HobbsDailyReport.com STATE BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS Third round results and pairings for Saturday’s fourth round of the state West 2A, West 3A and West 4A boys’ soccer playoffs, with match times (if available) and with teams from the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A indicated by bold and all caps. The lower-seeded team visits the higher-seeded team. For …
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS: N-C wins, faces Owen next; HHS advances to play Statesville
HobbsDailyReport.com STATE BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS Second round results and pairings for Wednesday’s third round of the state West 2A, West 3A and West 4A boys’ soccer playoffs, with match times (if available) and with teams from the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A indicated by bold and all caps. The lower-seeded team visits the higher-seeded team. For …