HIGH SCHOOLS: Hickory naming football field, baseball complex after Elder, Craft

The football field at Frank Barger Stadium, home of Hickory High’s Red Tornadoes, will be named David Elder Field. The ceremony for that is scheduled on Oct. 8./HICKORY PUBLIC SCHOOLS PHOTO Ceremony for football is Oct. 8, when school will celebrate the 25th anniversary of 1996’s unbeaten state title team   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY –The football field and …

WESTERN FOOTHILLS 3A FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Hickory Red Tornadoes

HICKORY RED TORNADOES   Conference: Western Foothills 3A Head coach: Joe Glass (53-52-0, 9 years; 0-0-0 at Hickory, first year) Last season’s records: 0-7 overall; 0-6 Northwestern 3A-4A, seventh place Assistant coaches: Jody Weatherman, DC; D.J. Holloway, DL; Ronnie Hopper, DBs; Ronald Elay, DBs; Josh Coffey, OL; Mike Natoli, RBs-OC; Kyle Riddle, QBs; Tore Leach, WR Last season’s results: McDOWELL, …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Hickory’s Everhart back at South Caldwell for senior season

He threw for nearly 1,000 yards as a junior but will play TE for Spartans   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HUDSON – Nick Everhart, who would have been the second-leading returning passer in the Western Foothills 3A after averaging nearly 100 yards per game for Hickory High last season, will now be playing at South Caldwell. Everhart was a student-athlete …