WNNC OLDIES 101.3 FM GOLDEN HELMET WINNER: Shamar Baker, Newton-Conover

HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Newton-Conover High’s Shamar Baker is a repeat winner of the WNNC Oldies 101.3 FM Coca-Cola Golden Helmet Award winner, giving a Red Devils player the award for a third straight week. Baker, a 6-foot, 180-pound junior quarterback led Newton-Conover’s 58-8 home win over West Lincoln last Friday night with five touchdowns in a South Fork 2A game. …

HIGH SCHOOLS: Watauga, East Burke name new head coaches

HobbsDailyReport.com BOONE – Jerry Moretz will coach the Watauga High softball team for a second time. The school announced Tuesday it has asked Moretz to replace Shelby Drummonds, who resigned last summer to accept a job in Alaska after one season with the Pioneers. Moretz coached Watauga’s varsity softball team from 1996-2000 and has spent time with the team as …

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS: Hickory, Watauga have 2 left in tourney singles

HobbsDailyReport.com TAYLORSVILLE – Hickory and Watauga each have two players left and Watauga has two doubles teams left after two rounds of the Northwestern 3A-4A’s high school girls’ tennis tournament for the league’s 3A teams. In singles, Destyne Wimbush and Dawson Clifford of Hickory advanced by winning twice on Tuesday and Lucy Gray and Magali Turner of Watauga also won …

HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE: Tuesday’s athletic events

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE (compiled by HobbsDailyReport.com) A list of high school events scheduled by schools in the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A that responded to a schedule request from HobbsDailyReport.com. Game times are listed, if available, and events rescheduled or moved to another date may not be included. For more information about a particular event, …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Spartans down Titans for Kirkpatrick’s first win

HobbsDailyReport.com MARION – The first victory as a head football coach for South Caldwell High’s Marc Kirkpatrick may well carry his Spartans into the state playoffs. Using their ground game to generate 450 yards of total offense, the visiting Spartans beat McDowell 46-27 on Friday night in a key Northwestern 3A-4A game – key because the league gets one 4A …