HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: St. Stephens sets BBQ chicken event to raise money for title rings

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – St. Stephens High has scheduled a barbecue chicken dinner at the school as a fundraiser toward the purchase of state championship rings for its dual-team wrestlers. The event is set for March 15, a Friday, with pick up available from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., plus orders of 10 or more meals can be delivered. The menu …

GIRLS HOOP PLAYOFFS TIDBITS: Red Tornadoes’ 28th straight bid starts with Ashbrook

Can Freedom join Bandys by winning sixth state title?   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Tidbits about the high school girls’ basketball teams from the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A that are in the state playoffs, which begin Tuesday night at the higher seed(s): 2A No. 18 Madison (16-10) at No. 15 Bandys (16-8), 6 p.m.: Trojans …

FINAL STATE BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS: N-C at Maiden, Patton at Draughn highlight first round

HobbsDailyReport.com FINAL BOYS STATE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS (First round games are Tuesday at highest seeds; second round, Thursday; third round, Saturday; fourth round, Tuesday, March 5; West Regionals, Saturday, March 9  at LRU and CVCC) GREATER HICKORY AREA GAMES (times TBA unless noted) 2A #1 E. Lincoln (25-2) vs. #32 N. Surry (9-14) #16 Bunker Hill (16-10) vs. …

FINAL STATE GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS: 6 area teams have home first-round games

HobbsDailyReport.com FINAL GIRLS STATE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS (First round games are Tuesday at highest seeds; second round, Thursday; third round, Saturday; fourth round, Tuesday, March 5; West Regionals, Saturday, March 9  at LRU and CVCC)   GREATER HICKORY AREA GAMES (times TBA unless noted) 2A #5 Newton-Conover (23-4) vs. #28 N. Wilkes (14-12), 6 p.m. #12 W. Wilkes …

STATE HOOP PAIRINGS: All finalized; boys’ first round includes N-C at Maiden, Patton at Draughn

HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL – The second set of state boys’ basketball playoff pairings on Saturday — which still have another 20 minutes to be reviewed before they could be finalized (as of 3:30 p.m.) – have two first-round rematches among Greater Hickory area schools. Changes to the first batch of pairings released, needed because some game scores were missing on …