By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN – Retired head coach Tom Brown always loved an action-filled, intense football battle – especially if Maiden High won – and the Blue Devils gave him an edge-of-the-seat game on the night they named their stadium after him. Locked in a back-and-forth battle they needed to win to set up a showdown for first place, …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Watauga rebounds, crunches McDowell in Boone
HobbsDailyReport.com BOONE – Watauga High had more than 500 yards of total offense on Friday night, bouncing back from a loss to overwhelm visiting McDowell 61-17 in Northwestern 3A-4A football. Running back Bryce Satterfield ran for 241 yards and scored four rushing touchdowns to lead the Pioneers (7-2, 3-2), who a week before fell 26-21 at St. Stephens. The win …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Cougars roll, clinch at least share of league title
HobbsDailyReport.com TAYLORSVILLE – It took Alexander Central High a bit more than nine minutes to score on Friday night then the floodgates opened en route to a 59-21 football victory over visiting St. Stephens. After quarterback Gunnar Anderson opened the scoring on a 4-yard TD run with two minutes, 56 seconds left in the first quarter, the Cougars scored four …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Wilfong, McClain step up as N-C pummels North Lincoln
HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – In a display of the depth of their depth, Newton-Conover High’s Red Devils kept moving forward on Friday night in a 49-6 home South Fork 2A football victory over North Lincoln. Playing without leading rusher Tylor Stinson — who sat out after violating a team rule — the Red Devils (8-1, 5-0) still posted nearly 450 yards …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Hickory scores on final play, nips South Caldwell
HobbsDailyReport.com HUDSON – In a game that literally came down to the last play on Friday night, Hickory High nipped South Caldwell 27-23 by scoring in the final seven seconds of a Northwestern 3A-4A football game. Hickory quarterback Derrien Phillips threw a pass toward the end zone as the clock neared 0:00, and it was tipped by two South Caldwell …