HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Bandys, Lincolnton confirm each will be without 1 player ejected last week

Bandys head coach injured but on the job, will guide Trojans against Maiden   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – Bandys and Lincolnton will each have one high school varsity football player out on Friday due to ejections for fighting in last Thursday’s game at Bandys. Bandys athletic director Brandon Harbinson on Tuesday clarified the Trojans had one ejection while …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Injured Bandys HC will guide team in battle with Maiden

HobbsDailyReport.com awaiting more info from Catawba, Lincoln County school systems   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA — We’ll also post updated or more complete information — if and when — it becomes available. Lincolnton played at Bandys in a high school varsity game on Thursday night — Lincolnton won 43-34 in a Catawba Valley 2A Athletic battle — and there …

BREAKING NEWS: Lincolnton hires former player to coach varsity boys’ basketball

  By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – Lincolnton High has hired one of its former players to coach its varsity boys’ basketball team. Jalen Littlejohn — who played for the Wolves and graduated in 2012 — was announced on Wednesday on social media as the new boys’ head coach. Littlejohn averaged 17.5 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 1.3 assists …

CVAC 2A FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Lincolnton Wolves

LINCOLNTON WOLVES   Conference: Catawba Valley 2A Athletic Head coach: David Byrd (0-0-0, first year) Assistant coaches: Brent Gates, RBs-QBs; Marty Holbrook, WBs-TEs-passing coordinator, JV head coach; Jaden Angle, LBs-DC; Mark Keifer, DBs-DC; Chris Carrigan, DL; Mack George, LBs; Clay Alguire, SEs-DBs; Noah Keener, OL-DL; Scott Cloninger, special teams Last season’s records: 1-5 overall; 1-5 South Fork 2A, tied Bandys …

HIGH SCHOOLS: Lincolnton names new head coaches in football, boys’ basketball

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – Lincolnton High on Tuesday night posted pictures of its new head varsity football coach and new boys’ varsity basketball coach. The posts on the school’s Facebook page had no specific details other than photos of David Byrd, the new head football coach, and Phillip Robinson, the new varsity boys’ basketball coach. The school did …