HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Hibriten, Foard postpone season-opening games

HobbsDailyReport.com Two varsity basketball doubleheaders — one scheduled later this week and one set for early next week — won’t be played. The North Lincoln at Hibriten non-league games scheduled Friday in Lenoir have been moved to Nov. 29 because the Panthers have a home state football playoff game on Friday. School officials at Fred T. Foard have also announced …

STATE 3A FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Walton passes Catholic past West Caldwell

HobbsDailyReport.com CHARLOTTE – Quarterback Chris Walton found Michael Neel three times on scoring plays covering 116 yards as Charlotte Catholic High rolled past visiting West Caldwell 43-7 in a first-round state 3A football playoff game on Friday night. Walton threw TD passes of 35, 53 and 40 yards as the top-seeded Cougars (12-0) advanced to a second-round home game next …

GAME PREVIEWS, 3A PLAYOFFS: Hickory returns to postseason, goes to Weddington

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Previewing tonight’s first round 3A 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): 3A No. 12 HICKORY (6-5) at No. 5 WEDDINGTON (8-3), 7:30 p.m. The Red Tornadoes return to the state playoffs under first-year head coach Russell Stone, who …

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. …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Watauga rolls in Boone, collects ninth win

HobbsDailyReport.com BOONE – Watauga High scored on eight of its nine possessions on Friday night, closing the varsity football regular season with a 42-21 home win over West Caldwell to finish second in the Northwestern 3A-4A. The Pioneers (9-3, 5-2) were a game back of Alexander Central and one game up on three teams (Freedom, Hickory and St. Stephens) in …