HobbsDailyReport.com Eight high school wrestling teams from the Greater Hickory area have qualified for state dual-team tournaments that begin Tuesday night, highlighted by Newton-Conover facing unbeaten Fred T. Foard in the opening round of the West 2A bracket. On Monday, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) released brackets for four classification championship tournaments. The pairings were predetermined – …
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: South Fork 2A regular-season champ W. Lincoln adds tourney title
HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN – The same 1-2 battle that defined the South Fork 2A’s first regular season in wrestling repeated itself on Saturday in the conference tournament at Maiden. Regular-season champion West Lincoln won the tournament, scoring 234 ½ points, in a virtual head-to-head battle with Newton-Conover. The Red Devils, who has 197 ½ points on Saturday, finished second in the …
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HobbsDailyReport.com We’ve added something new to HobbsDailyReport.com that we hope to have as often as possible for your enjoyment as part of the best coverage of local sports in the Greater Hickory area – game videos. Live action videos are limited to no more than three minutes of a game and can’t be posted while a game is ongoing per …
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: West Lincoln overpowers Newton-Conover
HobbsDailyReport.com TUESDAY’S SUMMARY SOUTH FORK 2A WEST LINCOLN 42, NEWTON-CONOVER 28 106: Mitch Glover (N-C) d. Langston Hoffman 4-2 113: Luke Stewart (WL) d. Cole Yoder 8-5 120: Spenser Harris (N-C) p. Ricky Reynolds 2:55 126: Jayden Kimsey (N-C) d. Chance Norman 7-4 132: Xander Pendergrass (WL) p. Xaeden Vixaysak 1:48 138: Keaton Norman (WL) d. Luke Canrobert 18-0 145: …
SOUTH FORK 2A BOYS SOCCER: State champ Red Devils sweep top conference awards
HobbsDailyReport.com Newton-Conover High has swept all three major awards in South Fork 2A boys soccer. In voting by league coaches, the Red Devils – who won a state 2A title by beating First Flight last Saturday in Raleigh – produced the conference’s top two players and its top coach. Francisco Tapia of Newton-Conover won Offensive Player of the Year and …