HIGH SCHOOLS: CarolinaPreps.com, NCPreps.com announce merger

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Two of the leading websites focused on coverage of high school football in North Carolina are merging. On Wednesday, Chris Hughes of CarolinaPreps.com announced his company is joining forces with NCPreps.com and publisher Deanna King, effective immediately. NCPreps.com began more than 30 years ago, developing from the work of Arnold Solomon, and King has been its …

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 FOOTBALL: Red Devils’ Johnson says he will play at Duke

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Brandon Johnson, a top receiver and defensive back last season for an eight-win team at Newton-Conover High, announced this week he will play college football at Duke. Johnson (5-foot-10, 175 pounds) revealed his decision in a video he posted on twitter on his mother’s birthday (https://twitter.com/i/status/1258164531626467332). He indicated he also received offers or considered, …