HIGH SCHOOLS: Hickory naming football field, baseball complex after Elder, Craft

The football field at Frank Barger Stadium, home of Hickory High’s Red Tornadoes, will be named David Elder Field. The ceremony for that is scheduled on Oct. 8./HICKORY PUBLIC SCHOOLS PHOTO Ceremony for football is Oct. 8, when school will celebrate the 25th anniversary of 1996’s unbeaten state title team   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY –The football field and …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Friday’s scheduled games (as of Thursday night)

HobbsDailyReport.com STANDINGS: https://hobbsdailyreport.com/high-school-football/high-school-football-fridays-scores-current-standings/ FRIDAY’S VARSITY FOOTBALL GAMES Catawba Valley 2A Athletic Bunker Hill at Lincolnton, 7:30 p.m. Maiden at E. Burke, ppd., Tuesday, Sept. 28 (7 p.m.) Newton-Conover at W. Caldwell, 7:30 p.m. W. Lincoln at Bandys, 7:30 p.m. Western Foothills 3A E. Lincoln at Hickory, 7 p.m. Fred T. Foard at N. Iredell, 7 p.m. N. Lincoln at Statesville, …

HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD: Thursday’s results

HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD THURSDAY’S RESULTS JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL Catawba Valley 2A Athletic E.  Burke at Maiden Lincolnton at  Bunker Hill, ppd., no date W. Caldwell at Newton-Conover, ppd., no date W. Lincoln 40, Bandys 8 Western Foothills 3A E. Lincoln 33, Hickory 26 Fred T. Foard 27, N. Iredell 18 Statesville at N. Lincoln Northwestern 3A-4A Hibriten at S. Caldwell …

HIGH SCHOOLS: East Lincoln begins raising funds for expanded press box

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com DENVER, N.C. — East Lincoln High has announced the beginning of fundraising to increase capacity and make its football press box into more of a working press box. Because of limited spacing and a larger than normal support crew, the current press box often does not have enough seating to accommodate the number of media attending …