HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Keller resigns after 8 seasons of this tenure as head coach

He also coached at Patterson School, Patton after star career as player at West Caldwell   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com LENOIR – Chad Keller has resigned as head varsity boys’ basketball coach at Hibriten High. He coached the Panthers twice – over the last eight seasons and also for three years starting in 1995-96. Keller’s head-coaching career also includes four …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne assistant new head coach at Hillside (S.C.)

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Zach Corliss, an assistant coach at Lenoir-Rhyne University, is leaving the Bears to become head varsity boys’ basketball coach at Hillside High in Simpsonville. The high school’s decision was announced on Wednesday. LRU head coach Everick Sullivan was a prep basketball star at Hillside in the 1980s. LRU does not traditionally release any personnel moves, be …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Lincolnton boys’ head coach resigns

Cloninger leaving after 3 seasons guiding the Wolves   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON — Lincolnton High varsity boys’ basketball coach John Cloninger won’t return next season. In a story first reported by The Lincoln Times-News, Cloninger said he’s exiting basketball after three seasons as head coach of the Wolves. He will return his focus to his local dentist practice. …

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Barry steps down as Watauga’s varsity head coach

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com BOONE — After two seasons of being head coach of both varsity basketball teams at Watauga High, Laura Barry will coach only the varsity girls’ team next season. Mike Kelly of WATA in Boone broke the story on Friday (listen to this report via clicking the link below). Barry has coached the Watauga girls for five …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: All-Northwestern Foothills 2A led by Bears’ Wray, Panthers’ Castle

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com The conference championship basketball teams in the Northwestern Foothills 2A also produced the league’s top players. In voting by conference head coaches, Addison Wray of Bunker Hill was selected girls’ player of the year and Caleb Castle of Patton won boys’ player of the year. Wray, a high-scoring senior who has signed to play softball at …