HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: N-C nips Bandys, advances to 2A dual-team final

Red Devils, already owning 3 titles, get eighth shot to win it all   HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – Newton-Conover High emerged from a mini-Catawba Valley 2A Athletic tournament on Wednesday, winning the West 2A dual-team wrestling championship. The third and fourth rounds at Lincolnton pitted No. 11 Bandys against No. 10 West Lincoln, and the top-seeded Red Devils against No. 12 …

HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: N-C, Foard gain top West seeds for state dual-teams

Bandys defends 2A championship while Foard won last year’s 3A tournament   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com The state high school dual-team championship begins Saturday with eight area teams in the field, and that includes the start of defense of state titles in 2A by Bandys and 3A by Fred T. Foard. The Catawba Valley 2A Athletic has four teams in …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Hickory 35, Newton-Conover 28

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY 35, NEWTON-CONOVER 28 (Friday at Barger Stadium, Hickory) N-C                 7      7      8      6—28 Hickory       15   14      0      6—35 SCORING SUMMAR\Y First quarter H—Ty Hill 21 pass from Brady Stober (Dashawn Medley pass from Turner Wood), 9:34 H—Tayshaw Wright 54 pass from Stober (Josh Tyree kick), 5:16 N-C—Aiden Luangkhot 10 run (Dax Shannon kick), …

HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: Bandys, Foard bring home state tournament titles

Catawba County has 6 individual state champions   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com GREENBORO – Catawba County’s best high school wrestlers left no doubt on Saturday about where the most dominant teams reside. In what virtually became a three-team battle of conference foes (Catawba Valley 2A Athletic), Bandys won a state individual tournament championship by finishing in front of Bunker Hill …

SOUTH FORK 2A: Conference closer to launching its website, provide event streaming

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com The South Fork 2A is making progress on a launch of its own website and an opportunity for fans to pay to watch live streaming of some athletic events. In a Facebook post, the South Fork 2A’s Butch Parker said details about events that will be streamed this season will be available next week at sfcnetwork.tv. …