HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Cards honor Lowman as state’s football coach of the year

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com PILOT MOUNTAIN — East Surry High honored its head football coach — former Bandys athlete, assistant coach and head coach Trent Lowman — after he was named the state’s football coach of the year. Lowman, playing for his dad (Randy), was a star quarterback at Bandys. After a tenure as an assistant coach at Lenoir-Rhyne University, …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Murphy (1A), Tarboro (1AA) collect state title trophies

Ex-Bandys head coach Trent Lowman gets E. Surry to title game for third straight year   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Murphy and Tarboro won state varsity high school football championships on Saturday. Murphy, the West No. 4 seed, nipped East No. 5 Northside-Pinetown 14-7 at N.C. State to finish 10-1 and win a state title for the 10th time. Nine …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Ex-Bandys head coach guides team to state 1AA title game

East Surry wins West 1AA crown in Trent Lowman’s first season there   HobbsDailyReport.com STARMOUNT – The 73rd football game of Trent Lowman’s head-coaching career will be for all the marbles. Lowman, in his first season at East Surry High after five years as head coach at Bandys, his alma mater, collected a West 1AA championship on Friday night with …

CLARIFICATION: Lowman was Bandys starter in 1999, 2000 seasons

CLARIFICATION Stories posted last week about Trent Lowman’s decision to resign as head football coach at Bandys High and become head football coach at East Surry gave incorrect years for Lowman’s time as a varsity starting quarterback at his alma mater. The correct timeframe: After playing a bit on the 1997 varsity team at Bandys (he had one rush for …