HobbsDailyReport.com HUDSON – In a game that literally came down to the last play on Friday night, Hickory High nipped South Caldwell 27-23 by scoring in the final seven seconds of a Northwestern 3A-4A football game. Hickory quarterback Derrien Phillips threw a pass toward the end zone as the clock neared 0:00, and it was tipped by two South Caldwell …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Hickory outlasts West Caldwell in a 105-point game
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – They nearly wore out the scoreboard on Friday night at Hickory High’s Barger Stadium. Combining for more than 1,000 yards of total offense, the West Caldwell at Hickory game was back-and-forth all night before the Red Tornadoes won 66-49 on Homecoming Night at HHS. Hickory quarterback Derrien Phillips threw for more than 300 yards and ran for …
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS GOLF: McDonald repeats as medalist as Hickory wins league title
HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON – Anna McDonald capped the Northwestern 3A-4A girls’ golf season on Tuesday by completing a sweep of medalist honors and by winning the individual title and giving Hickory High a conference title. McDonald shot a nine-hole score of 34 at Silver Creek Plantation to end up as the medalist for all six league matches this season. Her 211 …
HIGH SCHOOL X-C: Indians’ Hefner, Trojans’ McAllister win Catawba County championships
HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – St. Stephens High’s boys and the Hickory girls won Catawba County Championships in cross country on Tuesday, the Indians by having the top two finishers on a 5K course at Murray’s Mill. St. Stephens had 29 points, finishing well ahead of second-place Bunker Hill, after Jayden Hefner won the boys’ race in 17 minutes, 39.85 seconds and …
GAME PREVIEWS: Unbeatens Newton-Conover, Hibriten battle in Lenoir
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Previewing tonight’s varsity football games (all statistical references are unofficial totals): NEWTON-CONOVER (3-0) at HIBRITEN (4-0), 7:30 p.m. A measuring stick game for both teams as they meet for the first time since 2008. The thought they’ll possibly see each other again in the state playoffs is a reasonable one because both are considered among the …