HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Friday’s varsity results (all finals)

HobbsDailyReport.com FRIDAY’S VARSITY FOOTBALL RESULTS Alexander Central 40, N. Lincoln 36, final Bandys 33, Bunker Hill 7, final Cherryville 29, Draughn 28, final Fred T. Foard 22, W. Lincoln 20, final Freedom 31, Patton 14, final Hibriten 48, S. Caldwell 0, final Hickory 28, Hunter Huss 27, final Lake Norman Charter 36, Highland Tech 7, final Lincolnton 51, E. Gaston …

GAME PREVIEWS: Bears, Trojans meet for first time as non-conference opponents

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Previewing tonight’s varsity football games: BUNKER HILL (0-3) at BANDYS (1-1), 7:30 p.m. The Trojans go for their 12th home win over the Bears in the last 13 meetings at Butler Stadium in Game No. 60 of a series between neighboring schools that, until this year, played in the same conference. They were inaugural members when …

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Brown found his calling in life very early

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN – Tom Brown has never been one to run a what-might-have-been checklist because he knows he found his life’s calling – coaching football – at a very young age. “It was an easy call for me to be a football coach,” Brown said this week. “And once I got involved, I never wanted to be …

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: N. Lincoln snaps Maiden’s league volleyball win streak at 32

HobbsDailyReport.com North Lincoln High won the first two sets and then rallied to take a fifth and deciding set on Thursday night at home, nipping Maiden 3-2 in South Fork 2A girls’ volleyball and stopping the Blue Devils’ league win streak at 32 matches. The Knights won 25-15 and 25-19 before Maiden — which had won its final 2014 Southern …

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Hickory trips Statesville in volleyball, evens record

HobbsDailyReport.com Allison Gambill had 11 kills and eight digs on Wednesday night as Hickory High evened its girls’ volleyball record by beating visiting Statesville. The Red Tornadoes won 25-20, 25-14, 25-16, and they are 3-3 overall heading into a Northwestern 3A-4A home match on Thursday night at 6 p.m. against West Caldwell. Morgan Anderson had three aces and 18 assists …