He will consider retirement from teaching late in next school year By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Fred T. Foard High is looking for a new head coach for its varsity boys’ basketball team. Foard athletic director Samy Shreitah said Friday the position is open after Andy Hodges – head coach the last six seasons – decided to resign …
NCHSAA: Tells member schools dead period will end June 1
HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL – The dead period in which high school coaches can’t work with athletes will end on June 1, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) told members schools by e-mail on Tuesday. The directive noted the decision was made after consulting with superintendents across the state. It said setting a date to resume workouts was necessary …
EAST-WEST BASKETBALL: 6 area players on West rosters; Warriors’ Mangum guides West girls
N-C’s Cornwell, 2 Freedom stars lead West girls in July game in Greensboro By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com GREENSBORO – The West All-Star girls’ basketball game will have a familiar look for Greater Hickory fans in a battle against the East on July 20. The West head coach, Brad Mangum of West Caldwell, filled four of his 10 roster spots with …
HIGH SCHOOLS: Patterson to coach Hibriten varsity girls, Christas moves to swimming
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com LENOIR – Hibriten High is making a change in head coaches in varsity girls’ basketball and in boys’ swimming. In a press release on Thursday morning, Panthers athletic director Derek Reeves announced: — George Christas, the Panthers’ varsity girls’ basketball head coach the last three seasons, will coach the swimming team. — Maury Patterson, a former …
HIGH SCHOOLS: Gov. Cooper says school year over; spring sports for 2020 done
Newton-Conover girls, Freedom boys won’t play their state title basketball games HobbsDailyReport.com RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper announced early Friday afternoon schools in North Carolina will not re-open, extending the current closing past the previously set May 15 review date. Cooper had earlier closed all schools in the state due to the coronavirus pandemic, just before the state basketball title …