HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Friday’s third round scores, fourth round pairings

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS REVIEW COMPLETE BRACKETS: www.nchsaa.org (For teams in the West brackets) NEXT FRIDAY’S FOURTH ROUND PAIRINGS 1A No. 9 Murphy (9-4) at No. 4 Robbinsville (9-3), 7:30 p.m. No. 3 Mitchell County (11-2) at No. 2 Mount Airy (13-0< 7:30 p.m. 2A No. 4 Reidsville (12-0) at No. 1 Shelby (12-1), 7:30 p.m. No. 3 MAIDEN (13-0) …

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS: Hickory home, plays fourth round match Wednesday night

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY — Hickory High announced Tuesday its fourth-round boys’ state 3A playoff match at home against Central Academy will be played Wednesday night. The third-seeded Red Tornadoes (20-3-1) will battle No. 7 seed Central Academy of Monroe (16-6-3) at 6 p.m. Admission is $7 and overflow parking will be used in the front school lot. Gates open on Wednesday …

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS: Hickory plays for state 3A title on Friday night

HobbsDailyReport.com STATE BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFF PAIRINGS COMPLETE STATEWIDE BRACKETS: https://www.highschoolot.com/soccer/asset_gallery/15697717/ STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS (at WakeMed Soccer Park, Koka Booth Stadium) Friday 3A:  No. 21 Western Alamance (18-5-1) vs. No. 3 HICKORY (22-3-1),  7 p.m. Saturday 1A: No. 1 Voyager Academy (17-1-3) vs. No. 1 Christ The King (21-1-0), 11 a.m. 2A: No. 2 Greene Central (25-1-0) vs. No. 4 Shelby (22-1-2), …

ALL-WESTERN FOOTHILLS 3A: Foard leads selections in girls’ tennis, volleyball

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Fred T. Foard gained four top awards in the Western Foothills 3A, including league players of the year in girls’ tennis and volleyball. After voting by conference head coaches by sport, the All-Western Foothills 3A teams were announced over the weekend, highlighted by state 3A singles champion Alexis Woglemuth of Foard being named tennis player of …