HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: N. Lincoln has 2 West All-Stars, team also includes Cougars’ Montgomery

West coaching staff includes Indians’ Hicks, ex-Hibriten head coach Cannon   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com GREENSBORO – The West All-Star football team includes five players from Greater Hickory area conferences – two of them from North Lincoln High – for a July game against the East. West head coach Doug Robertson, whose staff includes St. Stephens head coach Wayne Hicks …

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 FOOTBALL: Freedom hires Shelby defensive coordinator, former Maiden player

HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON – Freedom High’s new head football coach played for one area power and has coached at another. In a press release on Wednesday, the Patriots announced they’ve hired former Maiden player Justin Hawn – defensive coordinator at Shelby since 2013 – as the 12th head football coach in school history. He replaces Luke Little, who left after two …

BREAKING NEWS: Bandys promotes defensive coordinator Barnes to head football coach

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – Bandys High has hired Jason Barnes, its defensive coordinator and a former Trojans football player, as its next head football coach. Barnes, a 1997 graduate of Bandys, replaces Tom Eanes. Eanes resigned after two years at Bandys and accepted a head coaching job at Pender County. Barnes played on Bandys’ 1996 football team that …