HobbsDailyReport.com STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF FIRST ROUND RESULTS WEST 2A No. 16 W. LINCOLN (4-7) at No. 1 Reidsville (11-0)…. Reidsville 51, W. Lincoln 0, FINAL; next: No. 9 E. Montgomery at No. 1 Reidsville No. 12 LINCOLNTON (5-6) at No. 5 Graham (3-8) … Lincolnton 39, Graham 19, FINAL; next: No. 12 Lincolnton at No. 4 S. Columbus WEST 2AA …
BLAST FROM THE PAST: A look back at Newton-Conover’s 12-win team in 1988
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 …