HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Thursday’s junior varsity schedule

HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL     Games scheduled by teams on Thursday in the Catawba Valley 2A, Western Foothills 3A, Northwestern 3A-4A and by Draughn and Patton. All games begin at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted: Ashe County at Wilkes Central E. Burke at Patton E. Lincoln at Hibriten Freedom at Crest, 5 p.m. Fred T. Foard at Maiden Hickory …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Friday’s varsity schedule

HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY FOOTBALL     Games scheduled by teams in the Catawba Valley 2A, Western Foothills 3A, Northwestern 3A-4A and by Draughn and Patton. All games begin at 7:30 p.m. Alexander Central at Hickory Bandys at St. Stephens Bunker Hill at Cramer Carson at Statesville Crest at Freedom Patton at E. Burke Hibriten at E. Lincoln Maiden at Fred T. …

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: Hickory picks former star Abernathy as head coach

She replaces Barbara Helms, who retired from teaching at HHS in April   Editor’s note: This article is copyrighted by HobbsDailyReport.com, and the record(s) of Hickory High girls’ varsity basketball have been developed by research and records kept by the website and can’t be reprinted or rebroadcast without crediting HobbsDailyReport.com or obtaining a waiver of that copyright. To inquire about …

BREAKING NEWS: N. Lincoln names London as new varsity girls’ basketball coach

Bandys graduate has taught, coached with Knights since 2016   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – Jacob London, a teacher and coach at North Lincoln High since 2016, is returning to coaching basketball by guiding the Knights’ varsity girls this season. On Tuesday, North Lincoln athletic director Dennis Frye confirmed London is replacing Brad Mangum, who left the Knights after …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Hickory’s Walker finds Tar Heels as the right fit

UNC now has 2 of Catawba County’s top stars for 2023 college season   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The future of North Carolina football now includes two top players from Catawba County. Two weeks after the Tar Heels landed Maiden High wide receiver Chris Culliver, they also got Hickory defensive end Rico Walker. Walker (6-foot-3, 233 pounds) announced …