HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: 3 varsity games scheduled Saturday

E. Burke, E. Lincoln, Hickory start their seasons with home games   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com The two varsity football games scheduled Friday in the area were postponed and reset for Saturday. McDowell will visit Hickory for a 5 p.m. game to open the season for both Northwestern 3A-4A schools. For ticketing info visit:  https://hickoryhigh.hometownticketing.com/embed/all East Lincoln reset its non-league …

SOUTH FORK 2A FOOTBALL: Schools announce seating capacity during COVID (corrected)

Editor’s note: An earlier list posted incorrectly calculated 30 percent of the numbers listed but those numbers were the actual 30 percent that can get in and not stadium capacity. HobbsDailyReport.com apologizes for the error, now corrected. By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com The South Fork 2A on Friday released the number of fans each of the seven schools playing varsity football …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Legendary coach Tom Brown dies

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN — Legendary football coach Tom Brown, who came to the Greater Hickory area to play college football at then-Lenoir-Rhyne College and was later a high school head football coach at Maiden, Bunker Hill and East Burke, has died. Brown — who battled COVID-19 and other health concerns for several months — died at about 2:30 …