STATE GIRLS SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP PAIRINGS: Lake Norman Charter plays for 2A title on Saturday at 5 p.m.

HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER STATE PLAYOFFS Pairings for Saturday’s state championships at N.C. State and all results from the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state girls soccer playoffs for teams from the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A: COMPLETE STATEWIDE BRACKETS: www.nchsaa.org STATE CHAMPIONSHIP PAIRINGS Saturday at N.C. State 1A: No. 1 Franklin Academy (23-0-0) …

BREAKING NEWS: Anderson resigns at Maiden, will coach South Caldwell boys next season (updated)

Assistant coach Justin Brittain will be interim head coach for the Blue Devils   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN – Danny Anderson’s pursuit of eventually reaching 800 career high school basketball wins will come back in Caldwell County. Anderson — head boys’ varsity basketball coach at Maiden for the last four seasons and former head coach (two tenures) at West …

SOUTH FORK 2A: East Lincoln wins Wells Fargo Cup, North Lincoln ends up second

HobbsDailyReport.com Sparked by winning a boys’ tennis title and finishing second in softball and girls’ soccer, East Lincoln High has won the South Fork 2A’s Wells Fargo Cup. The award, presented by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association in each league in the state on an annual basis, measures overall athletic success in each conference. East Lincoln gained 45 …

WEST 4A SOFTBALL TITLE SERIES: Mooresville rolls in Game 1; S. Caldwell must win at home Wednesday to stay alive

Game 2 in Hudson starts at 6:30 p.m. HobbsDailyReport.com MOORESVILLE – Held to a first-inning run on Tuesday night and falling 10-1 at Mooresville has the South Caldwell High softball team’s season on the line Wednesday night in Hudson. Third-seeded Mooresville beat the Spartans in Mooresville in the opening game of a best-of-3 series for the West 4A title. Game …

WEST 2A BASEBALL TITLE SERIES: Knights nip Rebels, move win away from playing for state championship

North Lincoln visits West Lincoln on Thursday for Game 2 of series HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – North Lincoln — winning for the ninth straight time on Tuesday night — is a victory away from playing for the state 2A baseball championship. The second-seeded Knights got off to a quick start at home, scoring twice in the first inning, and nipped 13th-seeded …