BREAKING NEWS: Lincolnton hires ex-head coach as defensive coordinator, AD

Tom Harper has previously been boss at E. Burke, Alex Central, Hickory and Fred T. Foard   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – Tom Harper — a former head football coach in Alexander, Burke and Catawba counties — is moving to Lincolnton High as defensive coordinator and athletic director. Lincolnton head football coach Joe Glass welcomed Harper, who has been …

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Poplin leaving Hickory to coach at A.L. Brown

He’s returning to his home county after 7 years with Red Tornadoes By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com KANNAPOLIS – Andy Poplin is leaving Hickory, returning to the county he grew up in to coach the varsity high school boys’ basketball team at A.L. Brown. Poplin — whose head-coaching career includes stints at Cabarrus County’s Mount Pleasant and also at Concord, his …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Reports say Huff leaving LRU, star WR picks Bears, Maiden star going to Western Carolina

HobbsDailyReport.com Local football moves, from tweets by Lenoir-Rhyne University broadcaster JuJuPhillips: — Lenoir-Rhyne University running back Zay Huff, a former Maiden High star, is transferring to Glenville State to play for former LRU head coach Mike Kellar. Phillips’ tweet says Huff will have two years of eligibility left. There’s no confirmation on either LRU or Glenville State football websites but …

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: Hickory honors Helms for 450th career win

Game-by-game results give coach 449 wins at East Burke and with Red Tornadoes   Editor’s note: Information in this story, including research on Barbara Helms’ records, is copyrighted and can’t be reproduced in print, via broadcast or any other means without a direct waiver of the copyright by HobbsDailyReport.com. To request that waiver, email chobbs001@att.net. By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY …