HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Somerville rushes for 5 TDs as Freedom nips Hickory

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Tristan Somerville is a wide receiver but a dangerous runner for Freedom High this season. He scored five rushing touchdowns on Friday night, leading the visiting Patriots to a 35-30 victory over Hickory in a Northwestern 3A-4A football game. Freedom (5-1, 2-0) beat the Red Tornadoes (4-3, 1-1), who had won three straight games, for the sixth …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Maiden runs win streak over W. Lincoln to 20

HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – Maiden High ran its football win streak over West Lincoln to 20 games on Friday night with a 27-13 victory that featured running back Kentrell Williams’ fourth straight game with at least 100 yards rushing. Williams ran for 107 yards on 12 carries and scored twice, and quarterback Keygan Mayfield threw for 146 yards and had 197 …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Tigers pop Bears, pick up fifth victory of season

HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Fred T. Foard High has a chance to reach six or more wins in a season after beating visiting Bunker Hill 32-6 on Friday night in Northwestern Foothills 2A football. Scoring twice off turnovers when they were already ahead by 14 points, the Tigers (5-2, 1-1) beat the Bears (0-7, 0-2) to hand head coach Derrick Minor …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Brown, Bullock propel Indians past Titans

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Jamar Brown and Justin Bolick combined for nearly 290 yards of total offense and Teavius Henry had almost 120 in pass receptions to lead St. Stephens High’s football victory on Friday night. The Indians nipped visiting McDowell 19-17 in a Northwestern 3A-4A game, netting St. Stephens’ Wayne Hicks his 16th win as their head coach. Brown had …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Cribb cranks up, leads N. Lincoln to league win

HobbsDailyReport.com HUNTERSVILLE – Another big night by running back Clayton Cribb sparked visiting North Lincoln High to another football victory on Friday night, 55-7 over Lake Norman Charter. Cribb, a junior, ran for 173 yards and four touchdowns in a victory that improved North Lincoln to 2-4 overall and 1-1 in the South Fork 2A. A week earlier, Cribb ran …