By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – A group that includes former West Lincoln High star football player Lanny Ford — an avid supporter of coverage of high school athletics for many years – has purchased the Lincoln Times-News. A story published in the LTN said the newspaper, owned and managed by the Leedy family since 1961, has been purchased by …
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Our sincere apology as we battle COVID-19
HobbsDailyReport.com We apologize for a delay that began on Dec. 14 when HobbsDailyReport.com content coordinator and editor Chris Hobbs tested positive for COVID-19. We have been hospitalized twice — once in Catawba County and also at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center — and are under quarantee at home under care of doctors who anticipate as much as another month or …
ALEXANDER CENTRAL: Moves to online ticket purchases, releases other athletic details
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com TAYLORSVILLE — Alexander Central High is moving to a card and mobile payment ticketing policy for all of its athletic events with no cash accepted at the gate. Fans can purchase tickets online with a credit card at https://gofan.co/app/school/NC45. The school has announced released its policies so that fans can review them before the start of …
HIGH SCHOOLS: Should athletes be able to profit from their name, image?
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Nice read by former colleague Langston Wertz Jr. on whether or not an NCAA decision to allow student-athletes to earn money from use of their image and social media might/should/will trickle down to the high school level. It’s an interesting — and tough — question. Is the day coming that a local football star will insist …
HIGH SCHOOLS: Report says McMasters leaving West Caldwell
Lenoir News-Topic: Warriors have named new AD, assigned head football coach to guide girls’ hoops team By CHRIS HOBBS Hobbs Daily Report.com LENOIR – The landscape of West Caldwell High will change dramatically with the departure of athletic director and girls’ varsity basketball head coach Stephen McMasters. McMasters, a former Warriors athlete, has announced his is leaving to work …