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 …

BREAKING NEWS: Eanes leaving Bandys, will be head football coach at Pender County

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – Tom Eanes is leaving Bandys High after two seasons as the Trojans’ head football coach. In a Thursday afternoon press release, school officials said Eanes has resigned effective March 13, and he will become head football coach at Pender County. Eanes left Patton as head coach after four seasons to become head coach at …