HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING: Burke County stars lead All-Northwestern Foothills 2A

HobbsDailyReport.com The top swimmers in the Northwestern Foothills 2A for this season are both from Burke County. Conference officials released the all-conference team for girls and boys on Saturday, with Kadira McClure of Patton winning female swimmer of the year and East Burke’s Brett Walker taking home the boys’ award. Patton edged East Burke for a league title in girls …

FRIDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Freedom sweeps Patton

HobbsDailyReport.com FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES GIRLS FREEDOM 51, PATTON 30 Patton                3    7    9   11—30 Freedom         15  12   17    7—51 PATTON 30—Claire Hawkins 11, Fisher 6, Nelson 2, Hemphill 2, Lovelace 5, Brown 2, Duckworth 2, Clark, LeCroy, Castle. FREEDOM 51—Blaikley Crooks 16, Garrison 9, Moore 8, Tate 2, Williams 3, Bailey 5, Davenport 6, Weaver 2, McGinnis, Short, Lowe, Cisneros, Armentrout. …

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL VIDEO: Patton at Bandys boys

HobbsDailyReport.com Patton at Bandys boys action, with a monster dunk by the Trojans’ Ja’Tay Culliver about 5 minutes in. Bandys won 82-70./VIDEO BY MYRA HOBBS of HobbsDailyReport.com. Chris Hobbs happening now…. more details at hobbsdailyreport.com Posted by Myra Maghirang Hobbs on Friday, December 1, 2017    

STATE 2AA FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS, ROUND 2: Hibriten beats Patton again, reaches third round

HobbsDailyReport.com LENOIR – Not much changed for Patton High on Friday night when it got a second shot at Hibriten this season. Facing Hibriten on the road for the second time in three weeks netted the same outcome this time as well, a 35-0 loss in the second round of the state 2AA playoffs. Hibriten also beat Patton 35-0 in …

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER STATE PLAYOFFS: Red Devils oust Patton, earn bid for state 2A title

HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – There’s one more step for Newton-Conover High’s boys’ soccer team to take to be the best in North Carolina among 2A teams. The Red Devils — after two straight seasons of being eliminated in the fourth round — broke through on Tuesday night to reach the state 2A final again by beating visiting Patton 3-2 to advance …