BLAST FROM THE PAST: Foard’s last football team (1982) to reach the second round

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON — Another memorable step in the history of Fred T. Foard High football could come tonight in Cabarrus County. This season’s Tigers — 9-3 and a West No. 12 seed in the state 2AA playoffs — face another set of Tigers at Mount Pleasant (10-2, seeded fourth) at 7:30 p.m. A victory would get Foard, …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Northwestern 3A-4A’s leading returning rushers

HobbsDailyReport.com Editor’s note: Compiled by HobbsDailyReport.com, in cooperation with The Lenoir News-Topic. The content is otherwise copyrighted and should not be published without the written consent of HobbsDailyReport.com (linking to the post is OK). LEADING RETURNING RUSHERS NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A (ALL totals are UNOFFICIAL) RUSHING (500 or more yards) Player, school                                               …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Northwestern Foothills 2A’s leading returning rushers

HobbsDailyReport.com Editor’s note: Compiled by HobbsDailyReport.com, in cooperation with The Lenoir News-Topic. The content is otherwise copyrighted and should not be published without the written consent of HobbsDailyReport.com (linking to the post is OK). LEADING RETURNING RUSHERS NORTHWESTERN FOOTHILLS 2A (ALL totals are UNOFFICIAL) RUSHING (500 or more yards) Player, school                                        Att-Yards                   PG               TDs …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Maiden’s Farley injured, will miss Hokies’ 2017 season

HobbsDailyReport.com BLACKSBURG, Va. – The Martinsville (Va.) Bulletin and other media outlets that cover Virginia Tech football are reporting former Maiden High football star Caleb Farley will miss his freshman season with an injury (see link below). The story said Farley sustained a non-contact injury at the Hokies’ first practice this month. Farley was expected to play wide receiver for …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Most varsity wins last 15 seasons

HobbsDailyReport.com MOST VARSITY FOOTBALL WINS BY GREATER HICKORY AREA SCHOOLS (Unofficial totals of varsity teams in Alexander, Burke, Catawba, Caldwell counties only) Editor’s note: No teams are highlighted… those in color provide a link to that school’s athletic page on the site, and some of those pages are being built and are not yet ready to be linked. LAST 15 …