SOUTH FORK 2A FOOTBALL: Maiden’s Mayfield, head coach Bryne lead all-conference

HobbsDailyReport.com Maiden High, this season’s varsity football champion in the South Fork 2A, leads the all-conference team with nine picks and also has the top offensive player and coach in the league. In voting by conference head coaches, the Blue Devils had nine of the 44 players selected All-South Fork 2A and produced the conference’s Offensive Player of the Year …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Ex-Maiden star Huff wins 2 awards for game against Catawba

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Former Maiden High star Xzavion Huff won a football award on Monday for Lenoir-Rhyne University and another from the South Atlantic Conference (SAC). Huff, a freshman, was named LRU’s Ronnie Lott Heavy Hitter for last Saturday’s season finale at Catawba while also garnering the SAC Football Special Teams Player of the Week. He returned a …

STATE 2AA FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Foard stuns previously unbeaten Maiden, advances

HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN – Derrick Minor won’t be the only one with a super sweet memory when he one day recalls the 12th time he walked off a high school football field as a winning head coach for Fred T. Foard. That came Friday night, in the opening round of the state 2AA playoffs, when Minor’s Tigers focused very little on …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Mayfield delivers again as Maiden (11-0) wins conference title

HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – Another big pass play in the final quarter by quarterback Keygan Mayfield got Maiden High to its season-long goal on Friday night. Mayfield, a week after throwing a game-winning score in the final 26 seconds to beat Newton-Conover, connected for a 75-yarder to Montrell Stinson on Friday night to push the Blue Devils past host Lincolnton 28-21. …

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS DUAL-TEAM PLAYOFFS: Lake Norman Charter 5, Maiden 3

HobbsDailyReport.com STATE DUAL-TEAM GIRLS TENNIS SUMMARY Monday’s third round 2A LAKE NORMAN CHARTER 5, MAIDEN 3 Singles: Zoe Huffman (M) d. Zoe Panizza 6-3, 6-1; Lauren Bush (LNC) d. Gracie Arrowood 6-3, 6-1; Annie Thomas (LNC) d. Easton Finger 6-4, 6-3; Nithya Sampath (LNC) d. Madi Shull 6-4, 7-5; Alicia Bush LNC) d. Ally Donovan 7-6 (5), 6-2; Hannah Sherrill …