HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Maiden will play, kickoff set for 8 p.m.

Correction: Friday’s Mount Pleasant-Maiden game was their fifth in the postseason in football… HobbsDailyReport.com regrets the error in the original story.   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN — Maiden High’s second round state 2A football playoff game at home against Mount Pleasant will be played on Friday night with kickoff moved to 8 p.m. In a morning e-mail, Maiden athletic …

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEBALL: Draughn, Foard among those reaching Round 3

N. Iredell, Watauga also still live for Thursday’s matches   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Thursday’s third round of the state volleyball playoffs will include four teams from Greater Hickory area leagues, highlighted by home matches for North Iredell (3A) and Watauga (4A). Draughn (15-9), a No. 9 seed in 1A, remains alive and goes to No. 1 Union Academy (24-2) …

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Maiden, Bandys battle for Catawba Valley 2A tournament title

Foard reaches Western Foothills 3A final against unbeaten N. Iredell   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Maiden High — sparked by Payton Miller’s 15 kills and 15 digs and 19 assists and 12 digs by Anna Lee Smith – defeated East Burke 3-0 on Tuesday night at West Lincoln to advance to the Catawba Valley 2A Athletic volleyball tournament title match. …

SHRINE BOWL: Maiden’s Culliver leads 4 area selections for North Carolina

All-Star game — set Dec. 17 in Spartanburg (S.C) — returns after 2 COVID-impacted years with no contest   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Maiden High receiver Chris Culliver highlights a list of four players from area football conferences selected for North Carolina’s Shrine Bowl team. The other three picks are: North Lincoln tight end Bryson Esser, Watauga …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Maiden romps at Bandys in second-highest scoring game of storied series

Game No. 70 features 52-27 score, 900-plus yards of total offense and more than 550 passing   Editor’s note: All historical references to the Bandys-Maiden series, which started in 1955, are from research by HobbbsDailyReport.com and – like all copy on our website – is copyrighted. They can’t be republished or broadcast (other than by WLON and WNNC in our …