STATE 2AA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Shelby at Hibriten, 7:30 p.m.

HobbsDailyReport.com Two good reads from The Shelby Star’s excellent coverage leading up to Friday night’s 7:30 p.m. state 2AA football semifinal, eighth-seeded Shelby (12-2) at No. 2 seed Hibriten (14-0). Shelby has won four straight state titles and needs a win in Lenoir to play for a state title for the fifth consecutive season. Hibriten, which dropped a classification in …

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Friday’s semifinal pairings

HobbsDailyReport.com STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SITES (Saturday, Dec. 9, all game times to be announced) 1A, 1AA: N.C. State 2A, 2AA: North Carolina 3A, 3AA: Duke 4A, 4AA: Wake Forest GREATER HICKORY AREA CONFERENCES Friday’s semifinals in the state high school football playoffs for teams from the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A. The …

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Thursday’s game summaries

HobbsDailyReport.com THURSDAY’S SUMMARY  HICKORY 73  PINE LAKE PREP 26 Pine Lake   8    7    9    2 – 26 Hickory      27  18  18  10 – 73 PINE LAKE PREP 26—Scheere 3, Cluff 3, Barnette 6, Small 6, Yumiren 4, Bushrod 2, Tenizio 2. HICKORY 73—Torey James 23, Jackson Bell 10, Jaquan Thurman 11, Young 8, Ables …

HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE: Friday’s athletic events

HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL WINTER SPORTS SCHEDULE A schedule of winter sports events for varsity sports teams in the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A, compiled from schedules of schools that responded to a request from HobbsDailyReport.com. The schedule includes all varsity basketball teams and all varsity wrestling teams, at this point, other than Maiden and North Lincoln …