HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Hibriten rolls in first round, will face South Point again

No. 16 seed East Lincoln upsets Canton Pisgah, earns rematch with league foe North Lincoln HobbsDailyReport.com LENOIR — Hibriten High won its 28th straight game handily on Friday night, opening defense of its state 2AA football title with a 63-0 home romp over East Henderson. The second-seeded Panthers (12-0) will face No. 10 South Point (9-3) in the second round …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Trojans’ Howard makes good on boast to his mom

On trips home from youth practice, he always said he would be Bandys’ all-time rushing leader By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – Ethan Howard can relate to what a young boy – or boys – watching him make football history on Friday night at Bandys High’s Butler Stadium might be thinking. Howard, a 5-foot-10, 240-pound senior running back, ran for …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Which area team has won 20 of its 24 home postseason games?

Maiden chases 51st all-time playoff win with visit to East Rutherford HobbsDailyReport.com Notes and tidbits about Greater Hickory teams that begin the state football playoffs with first-round games on Friday at 7:30 p.m.: WEST 2A MAIDEN (8-3, No. 10 seed) Opponent: at No. 7 E. Rutherford (8-3) Previous state playoff games against this opponent: 2011 2A first round – Maiden …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Area schedule… will second round be Foard at Bandys?

HobbsDailyReport.com STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS (First round games are Friday, all at 7:30 p.m.) FIRST ROUND GAMES FOR AREA TEAMS West 2A No. 10 MAIDEN (8-3) at No. 7 E. Rutherford (9-2) No. 13 PATTON (6-5) at No. 4 Wheatmore (10-1) West 2AA No. 9 Smoky Mountain (8-3) at No. 8 N. LINCOLN (8-3) No. 11 FRED T. FOARD (6-5) …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Bandys, Freedom, Hibriten, N. Lincoln, Watauga home in first round

  HobbsDailyReport.com STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS (First round games are Friday) FIRST ROUND GAMES FOR AREA TEAMS West 2A No. 10 MAIDEN (8-3) at No. 7 E. Rutherford (9-2) No. 13 PATTON (6-5) at No. 4 Wheatmore (10-1) West 2AA No. 9 Smoky Mountain (8-3) at No. 8 N. LINCOLN (8-3) No. 11 FRED T. FOARD (6-5) at No. 6 …