HobbsDailyReport.com GREENSBORO – Sparked by the longest scoring pass in East-West All-Star Game history and a dominating defense, the East beat the West 20-8 on Wednesday night. The East held the West to no first downs, 36 rushing yards on 19 carries and 155 yards on offense. The game was played in 90-degree weather at Greensboro Grimsley High’s Jamieson Stadium. …
EAST-WEST GIRLS BASKETBALL: Wake Forest signee leads East to 3-point victory
Freedom’s Madison Bailey, only area player for West, scores 3 points HobbsDailyReport.com GREENSBORO – Led by Wake Forest signee Alexandria Scruggs, a 6-foot forward from Fayettevlle E.E. Smith, the East All-Stars nipped the West 81-78 on Monday night in girls’ basketball at the Greensboro Coliseum. Scruggs was named MVP of the annual seniors-only game sponsored by the North Carolina …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Former Hickory head coach Larry Wittenberg dies
Receiving is from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, funeral on Wednesday at 11 a.m. By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Larry A. Wittenberg, who succeeded a legendary head football coach at Hickory High in the mid-1980s by guiding teams that shared three league titles in his seven seasons, has died. Wittenberg, 79, passed on Saturday at his residence, and Bass-Smith …
FOOTBALL CAMP: ‘Little Indian’ at St. Stephens scheduled for July 29-31
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – St. Stephens High’s annual “Little Indian Football Camp” is scheduled July 29-31 at the high school. The camp is for rising first through eighth-graders under the direction of St. Stephens head football coach Wayne Hicks. Daily camp times will be from 6:30-8 p.m. on the Indians’ football field. Registration is at 5:30 p.m. at the field on …
EAST-WEST BASKETBALL: Freedom’s Bailey, Abee will play for West on Monday night
West replaces 6 of 10 on girls’ original roster for battle with East HobbsDailyReport.com GREENSBORO – Freedom High will have two players, one in each game, as the East-West All-Star basketball games are played Monday night at the Greensboro Coliseum. The Patriots’ Madison Bailey was one of six additions on a 10-player West roster for a 6:30 p.m. start …