By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Previewing tonight’s varsity football games (all statistical references are unofficial totals): SOUTH FORK 2A EAST LINCOLN (5-3, 4-0) at MAIDEN (8-0, 4-0), 7:30 p.m. It’s a big night in The Biggest Little Football Town In The World for at least two reasons — what will happen before the game and which team wins to be either …
PREP VOLLEYBALL STATE PLAYOFFS: Maiden, Foard, Hickory get home first-round matches
HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association has completed bracketing for the state girls’ volleyball playoffs that begin on Saturday. Below are teams from the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A that qualified for the postseason. Ten 2A teams advanced from the area, four made the 3A bracket and McDowell, which has a …
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Bandys boys reach 10 soccer wins for first time
HobbsDailyReport.com Sophomore Garrett Rhodes scored three goals on Wednesday night, leading Bandys High to a 4-1 boys’ soccer victory over West Lincoln on the road as the Trojans reached 10 wins for in a season for the first time in program history. Maculey Bolen, a sophomore, had the other goal for Bandys. The Trojans improved to 10-9-0 under head coach …
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS GOLF REGIONALS: Maiden wins West 1A/2A; Hickory makes state 3A field
HobbsDailyReport.com Maiden High’s girls golf team is headed to the state 1A/2A championship tournament next week after winning the West regional at Glen Oaks by 27 strokes. The Blue Devils, led by a round of 84 by Kayla Yang, finished at 289 to edge second-place Highland Tech (316) and third-place Hendersonville (323). Yang will be joined at Longleaf in Southern …
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Morgan leads Maiden to tourney title, wins Player of Year
HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN – Second-seeded Maiden High’s girls, led by Kylie Morgan’s 29 kills and four aces, captured a South Fork 2A volleyball tournament title on Wednesday night, beating top-seeded and visiting East Lincoln 3-1. The Blue Devils — whose 12-2 regular-season record included a win at East Lincoln and a home loss to the Mustangs – prevailed 18-25, 25-20, 26-24, …