HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS: Bandys hires ex-Hickory head coach Helms

  HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA — Bandys High announced Monday it has hired former Hickory High head girls’ basketball coach Barbara Helms. She replaces Eric King, who recently resigned after one season. Helms is nearing 500 career wins — she also coached East Burke girls t0 start her prep varsity coaching career. Her son, Brandon, is Bandys’ varsity head basketball coach, and …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Spartans’ Ramsey, Red Tornadoes’ Lefevers top All-Northwestern 3A-4A

Hickory boys’ Daniel Willis win Coach of Year in first season at alma mater   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com A 6-foot-7 post player from South Caldwell High and 6-foot guard from Hickory won Northwestern 3A-4A Player of the Year honors in basketball on Wednesday. In voting by conference head coaches and released by league officials, the top boys’ player selected …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: N. Lincoln boys, N-C girls lead All-South Fork 2A

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com The South Fork 2A’s championship basketball teams swept top honors in voting for all-conference. The league released All-South Fork 2A teams on Wednesday, led by players of the year Cole Seagle of boys’ champ North Lincoln and Cassidy Geddes of girls’ champ Newton-Conover. Seagle, a 5-foot-8 senior guard who sparked North Lincoln to 12-2 league record, …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Freedom girls West 3A top seed in final brackets

Alex Central girls, not in preliminary, earn wild card bid in 3A   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) has released finalized brackets for the basketball playoffs, with Freedom’s girls seeded as No. 1 in the West 3A bracket. After a review until 3 p.m. on Sunday of preliminary brackets released …