By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Charlotte Catholic and Greensboro Grimsley captured state varsity football championships on Friday night. Catholic, the West No. 4 seed, edged East No. 3 Havelock 14-7 for a state 3A title at N.C. State. Grimsley, the West 4A champ, won a battle of top seeds, winning 28-8 over Cardinal Gibbons at North Carolina. Catholic finished 9-1 with …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: State title game scores, pairings
HobbsDailyReport.com STATEWIDE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS (State championship results; results from first three rounds) STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS, SCHEDULE (Games at UNC and N.C. State) 1A (Saturday at N.C. State, noon) No. 5 Northside-Pinetown (8-2) vs. No. 4 Murphy (9-1) 1AA (Saturday at UNC, noon) No. 1 Tarboro (8-0) vs. No. 2 E. Surry (9-1) 2A (Saturday at UNC, 5 p.m.) No. …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Salisbury (2AA), Mount Tabor (3AA) win state titles (summaries)
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Salisbury and Mount Tabor won state varsity football championships on Thursday night. Salisbury, the No. 7 seed from the West, defeated East No. 2 seed St. Pauls 42-14 at N.C. State for a 2AA title. The Hornets finished a COVID-shortened season at 9-2, and St. Pauls finished 8-1. Salisbury won 52-12 at Maiden in the first …
HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY: North Lincoln sweeps state 2A titles
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com KERNERSVILLE – North Lincoln High swept state 2A championships in cross country on Friday, led by Angie Allen capturing the girls’ individual title. The Knights boys had 40 points and the Knights girls finished with 42. The boys edged Winston-Salem Atkins (79) and the girls were in front of …
STATE 2A VOLLEYBALL: Foard rolls over McMichael, repeats with 8th state title in school history
HobbsDailyReport.com Fred T. Foard High won its second straight state 2A volleyball championship on Saturday morning, defeating McMichael 25-14, 25-11, 25-12 at Green Level High in Cary. The Tigers (19-0) lost only one set all season, repeating also as Northwestern Foothills 2A champions under head coach Meredith Lombardi, and Foard is 8-for-8, winning a state title every time it has …