HobbsDailyReport.com WINSTON-SALEM – Top-seeded Mount Tabor eliminated No. 8 Watauga in the second round of the state 3AA high school football playoffs on Friday night, winning 21-14. Watauga finished head coach Ryan Habich’s fifth season in Boone at 10-3. Mount Tabor (11-2) gained a third-round home game next Friday against No. 12 Sun Valley (10-3), a 49-14 winner at home …
STATE 3AA FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Watauga’s defense sparks victory over Asheville
HobbsDailyReport.com BOONE – Watauga High’s defense stepped up Friday night, limiting visiting Asheville to only field goals, as the Pioneers won 21-9 in a first-round state 3AA football playoff game. Eight-seeded Watauga (10-2), reaching 10 wins for the first time since 2007, earned a second-round game next Friday at top-seeded Mount Tabor (10-2). Mount Tabor advanced Friday at home, winning …
GAME PREVIEWS, 3AA PLAYOFFS: Cougars’ eyes on third home postseason win since 1978
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Previewing tonight’s first round 3AA state football playoff games involving teams from the Northwestern 3A-4A (all seeds are in the West bracket and all statistical references are unofficial totals): 3AA No. 13 CUTHBERTSON (4-7) at No. 4 ALEXANDER CENTRAL (10-1), 7:30 p.m. The 13th trip to the state playoffs for Alexander Central head coach Butch Carter …
HIGH SCHOOLS: Watauga leads award winners in fall Northwestern 3A-4A sports
HobbsDailyReport.com Watauga High, after winning conference titles in four fall sports in the Northwestern 3A-4A, won two top athlete awards in the league and has three Coach of the Year award winners. In voting my conference coaches, the Pioneers’ Rebekah Farthing (volleyball, offense), Sophia Ritter (girls cross country) and Price St. Clair (boys cross country) won conference Player of the …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Final pairings, as released by North Carolina High School Athletic Association
HobbsDailyReport.com STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS GREATER HICKORY AREA CONFERENCES Pairings for next Friday’s first-round state high school football playoff games that involve teams from the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A. The games are at the higher seed’s home field with 7:30 p.m. kickoffs: WEST 2A No. 16 W. LINCOLN (4-7) at No. 1 Reidsville (11-0) No. …