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 …
BREAKING NEWS: East Burke hires former Foard head football coach Minor
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com ICARD – East Burke High said Tuesday morning it has hired former Fred T. Foard head football coach Derrick Minor as its varsity football head coach. The decision was announced via a press release from Burke County Public Schools. School boards approve teaching contracts and coaches are assigned by school principals. Katie Moore is principal at …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Little leaving Freedom for job at Wilmington Laney
HobbsDailyReport.com WILMINGTON – Luke Little, head football coach at Freedom High the past two seasons, is the new leader at Wilmington Laney. Laney officials announced Friday on Twitter they’ve hired Little to replace Ashaad Yeoman, who coached six seasons at his alma mater (31-38 record). Little — a second generation head coach with stints at South Stanly and Whiteville before …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Saturday’s state championship schedule
HobbsDailyReport.com STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS SATURDAY’S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES 1A at Duke, 3 p.m No. 1 Robbinsville (14-0) vs. No. 4 Northampton County (11-3) 1AA at Duke, 7 p.m. No. 1 E. Surry (14-0) vs. No. 1 Tarboro (14-0) 2A at Wake Forest, 3 p.m. No. 2 Reidsville (14-1) vs. Elizabeth City Northeastern (12-3) 2AA at Wake Forest, 11 a.m. …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: North Lincoln leads All-South Fork 2A picks
HobbsDailyReport.com Nick Bazzle, head coach of North Lincoln High’s South Fork 2A championship football team, has been named the conference coach of the year. In voting of league head coaches released on Saturday by the conference, Bazzle won the award after guiding the Knights to an unbeaten league regular season at 7-0. North Lincoln finished 12-2 after falling 30-27 in …