By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON– A trip down memory lane with the 1988 Newton-Conover High varsity football team, the 11th of head coach Don Patrick’s 16 state playoff teams. That season, the Red Devils went 9-1 in the regular season and 12-2 overall, and it was the fourth team in a six-year stretch where Newton-Conover shared a Southern District 7 …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Friday’s first-round pairings
HobbsDailyReport.com STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS GREATER HICKORY AREA CONFERENCES Pairings for Friday’s first-round state high school football playoff games that involve teams from the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A. The games are at the higher seed’s home field with 7:30 p.m. kickoffs: WEST 2A No. 16 W. LINCOLN (4-7) at No. 1 Reidsville (11-0) No. 12 …
GAME PREVIEWS, 3AA PLAYOFFS: Cougars’ eyes on third home postseason win since 1978
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Previewing tonight’s first round 3AA state football playoff games involving teams from the Northwestern 3A-4A (all seeds are in the West bracket and all statistical references are unofficial totals): 3AA No. 13 CUTHBERTSON (4-7) at No. 4 ALEXANDER CENTRAL (10-1), 7:30 p.m. The 13th trip to the state playoffs for Alexander Central head coach Butch Carter …
GAME PREVIEWS, 3A PLAYOFFS: Hickory returns to postseason, goes to Weddington
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Previewing tonight’s first round 3A state football playoff games involving teams from the Northwestern 3A-4A (all seeds are in the West bracket and all statistical references are unofficial totals): 3A No. 12 HICKORY (6-5) at No. 5 WEDDINGTON (8-3), 7:30 p.m. The Red Tornadoes return to the state playoffs under first-year head coach Russell Stone, who …
GAME PREVIEWS, 2AA PLAYOFFS: Foard-Maiden in a rematch; Bandys faces unbeaten Hibriten
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Previewing tonight’s first round 2AA state football playoff games involving teams from the South Fork 2A and Northwestern Foothills 2A (all seeds are in the West bracket and all statistical references are unofficial totals): 2AA No. 12 FRED T. FOARD (8-3) at No. 5 MAIDEN (11-0), 7:30 p.m. It’s a rematch of a season-opener won 37-14 …