HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER: Hibriten earns top West 2A seed for playoffs

E. Lincoln, S. Caldwell, Watauga also have home matches in first round   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL – The state boys’ high school soccer championship tournaments begin on Tuesday with seven teams from Greater Hickory area conferences in the mix. The pairings were posted to the website of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSA) after they …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Foard under quarantine, games with Hibriten are off

Hibriten picks up game on Friday at North Rowan   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – The high school football games scheduled this week between Hibriten and Fred T. Foard won’t be played. In an e-mail on Monday, Foard athletic director Samy Shreitah said the Tigers’ junior varsity game on Thursday in Lenoir and their varsity game on Friday at …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Shade sizzles as Red Devils topple Bandys

Maiden scores in final minute, nips West Lincoln by one point   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Newton-Conover High rode its defense and four rushing scores by running back Allan Shade to victory on Friday night, downing visiting Bandys 32-14 in a South Fork 2A football game at Gurley Stadium. Shade, a 6-foot, 220-pound senior, unofficially ran for 201 yards and …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: All-Northwestern Foothills 2A led by Bears’ Wray, Panthers’ Castle

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com The conference championship basketball teams in the Northwestern Foothills 2A also produced the league’s top players. In voting by conference head coaches, Addison Wray of Bunker Hill was selected girls’ player of the year and Caleb Castle of Patton won boys’ player of the year. Wray, a high-scoring senior who has signed to play softball at …