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: Gutsy Indians nip archrival Hickory for fifth win of year
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Playing the type of game again that their head coach says they must to win, St. Stephens High’s Indians came away Friday night with another meaningful victory. With running back Xavian King’s 61-yard scoring run in the final three minutes and his two-point conversion run the difference, the Indians turned back visiting archrival Hickory 22-16. St. Stephens …
BLAST FROM THE PAST: QBs often come up big in Hickory vs. St. Stephens battles
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – There are very few things, if any, that whet the appetite of St. Stephens High varsity football fans than beating archrival Hickory. It hasn’t happened often – they’ll play for the 31st time tonight at 7:30 p.m. out on Springs Road – and the Indians, in need of a victory to probably keep their …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Hickory hands Alexander Central first loss of season
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Putting together two scoring drives in the final three minutes, Hickory High continued its season-long rebound from its past football struggles and knocked off previously unbeaten Alexander Central 38-28 at Barger Stadium on Friday night. The Red Tornadoes — who had won four of 33 games in the previous three seasons – improved to 7-4 overall and …
GAME PREVIEWS: N-C, Maiden battle for first; Alex Central goes for 10-0 start
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Previewing tonight’s varsity football games (all statistical references are unofficial totals): SOUTH FORK 2A NEWTON-CONOVER (8-1, 5-0) at MAIDEN (9-0, 5-0), 7:30 p.m. Not many high school rivalry games rise to the level of the Red Devils versus the Blue Devils, a series that can boast: a) it once had a future NASCAR champion under center …