HS FOOTBALL NOTES: Spartans’ new head coach enjoying young team

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Still two weeks away from debuting as head coach at his alma mater, South Caldwell High head football coach Marc Kirkpatrick is excited about guiding a “super young” team. In an e-mail to HobbsDailyReport.com on Saturday, the former Spartans quarterback said he got an opportunity to play a lot of players in Friday’s scrimmage against East …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Most varsity wins last 10 seasons

HobbsDailyReport.com MOST VARSITY FOOTBALL WINS BY GREATER HICKORY AREA SCHOOLS (Unofficial totals of varsity teams in Alexander, Burke, Catawba, Caldwell counties only) LAST 10 SEASONS (2007-2016) Hibriten 96 Newton-Conover 83 Freedom 80 Maiden 78 S. Caldwell 73 Coming soon: Top winners in past  five seasons.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Notes, tidbits from Friday (plus Aug. 18 schedule)

HobbsDailyReport.com Officially, scores are not kept from high school football scrimmages so there’s no true win or loss in them, but here are some highlights from Friday night’s action, plus other developments: Red Devils, Mountaineers tie: From reports by The Shelby Daily Star (www.shelbystar.com) at the Cleveland County Jamboree on Kings Mountain: Kings Mountain and Newton-Conover battled to a 7-all …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Maiden’s Farley injured, will miss Hokies’ 2017 season

HobbsDailyReport.com BLACKSBURG, Va. – The Martinsville (Va.) Bulletin and other media outlets that cover Virginia Tech football are reporting former Maiden High football star Caleb Farley will miss his freshman season with an injury (see link below). The story said Farley sustained a non-contact injury at the Hokies’ first practice this month. Farley was expected to play wide receiver for …