By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Charlotte Catholic and Greensboro Grimsley captured state varsity football championships on Friday night. Catholic, the West No. 4 seed, edged East No. 3 Havelock 14-7 for a state 3A title at N.C. State. Grimsley, the West 4A champ, won a battle of top seeds, winning 28-8 over Cardinal Gibbons at North Carolina. Catholic finished 9-1 with …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Spartans’ Kirkpatrick already has retirement plans
Spending time with mom and dad, playing golf and grilling out top list By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HUDSON — Marc Kirkpatrick hopes he’ll handle the decision he made last Thursday — to no longer be South Caldwell High’s head football coach — very well when the next season rolls around. “I guess I’ll play golf and try to get …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Friday’s third round scores, state title game pairings
HobbsDailyReport.com STATEWIDE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS (Results from first three rounds, state championship pairings) STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE (Games at UNC and N.C. State) 1A (Saturday at N.C. State, noon) No. 5 Northside-Pinetown (8-2) vs. No. 4 Murphy (9-1) 1AA (Saturday at UNC, noon) No. 1 Tarboro (8-0) vs. No. 2 E. Surry (9-1) 2A (Friday at UNC, 5 p.m.) No. 1 …
BREAKING NEWS: Hickory head football coach Stone resigns (updated)
He guided Red Tornadoes to 15 wins in four seasons, has 277 victories in 40-year career By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Russell Stone will not return for a fifth season as head football coach at Hickory High. Stone’s Red Tornadoes team went 0-7 in a COVID-shortened spring season, bringing his record at HHS to 15-27. The coaching change …
ALL-NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A: Indians’ McLauchlin named top player, Spartans’ Kirkpatrick earns Coach of the Year
Cougars’ Craig shares Player of Year with South Caldwell’s Raynor By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Four seniors and a junior led voting for the top awards in Northwestern 3A-4A football for spring varsity football. Conference head coaches voted for: — Zak McLauchlin, a 5-foot-7, 160-pound senior running back for St. Stephens who led the league is rushing, as Offensive Player …