HIGH SCHOOLS: Joines retiring as girls’ basketball, softball coach at Bunker Hill

  By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CLAREMONT – Randy Joines, whose second long run as an impactful teacher and coach endeared him to Bunker Hill High, is retiring. Joines, the Bears’ head girls’ varsity basketball coach since 2010 and their softball coach since 2014, announced Friday this school year is his last. He spent 20 years at North Wilkes High in …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Alexander Central clips Eagles, off to 2-0 start

HobbsDailyReport.com NORTH WILKESBORO – Tevin Clark and Gunnar Anderson each scored twice on Friday night as Alexander Central High continued to manhandle Wilkes Central in football. Clark had scoring runs of 6 and 4 yards in the opening quarter and Anderson ran 8 and 2 yards for second-quarter scores in a 28-6 win by the Cougars (2-0). Alexander Central extended …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Watauga’s Friday scrimmage now in Boone

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCRIMMAGE SCHEDULE (As of Thursday) Note: Start times are those originally provided… generally not a bad idea to arrive a half-hour before the listed start time as other factors (weather, etc.) could mean an early/earlier start. FRIDAY Alexander Central, Maiden, Hickory, W. Lincoln at Lenoir-Rhyne University, 6 p.m. (Admission $5) Bandys at W. Iredell, JVs at 5:30 …