West Lincoln High Sports

  • CVAC 2A FOOTBALL PREVIEW: West Lincoln Rebels - WEST LINCOLN REBELS   Conference: Catawba Valley 2A Athletic Head coach: Darren Ponder (15-7-0, 2 years; same at W. Lincoln) Last season’s records: 5-3 overall; 4-2 South Fork 2A tied E. Lincoln for second place Last season’s results: at N. LINCOLN, L 6-10; at MAIDEN, L 20-21; NEWTON-CONOVER, W 27-19; at LINCOLNTON, W 21-0; BANDYS, W 27-7; E. LINCOLN, W ...
  • HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: West Lincoln head coach suspended - Assault on female fan among charges against Chad Wright after game against Newton-Conover   HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – West Lincoln High’s winless varsity boys’ basketball team will play its next game without its head coach. Chadwick Rock Wright, 48, won’t coach Friday night’s South Fork 2A game against visiting Lincolnton. He has been suspended by the school system after facing misdemeanor ...
  • HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Ponder ponders future, accepts job as West Lincoln head coach - By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – It’s hard to beat good timing, and new West Lincoln High head football coach Darren Ponder is excited about where things are for him. Ponder — defensive coordinator for the Rebels last season — was named head coach on Wednesday after that was approved by the Lincoln County Board of Education. He’ll now prepare ...
  • SOUTH FORK 2A: West Lincoln drills Knights, sets school record for wins - HobbsDailyReport.com HUNTERSVILLE – Quarterback Seth Willis accounted for four touchdowns on Friday night, leading visiting West Lincoln High past Lake Norman Charter 65-7 as the Rebels set a school record for single-season wins. Willis ran 2, 9 and 10 yards for scores and threw a 28-yard TD pass to Nathan Beam as West Lincoln improved to 9-2 overall and 5-2 ...
  • SOUTH FORK 2A: West Lincoln beats Maiden for first time in 33 years - Rebels’ running game too much for Blue Devils, now 0-2 in league HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN – West Lincoln High — trying to make this season a special one in football – earned an attention-grabbing victory on Friday night. Getting nearly 400 yards on offense and 376 on the ground, the visiting Rebels beat Maiden 31-18 for their first varsity football win ...
  • HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL; Hatcher-led West Lincoln stays unbeaten, sends Foard to 0-4 start - HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – West Lincoln High kept its record unblemished and continued a tough start for Fred T. Foard on Friday night. The Rebels scored 28 points in the second quarter and drilled the visiting Tigers 42-10 to go to 3-0 and drop the Tigers to 0-4. Jessie Hatcher had five receptions for 164 yards and two touchdowns for West ...
  • SOUTH FORK 2A FOOTBALL PREVIEW: West Lincoln Rebels - By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com WEST LINCOLN REBELS Conference: South Fork 2A. Head coach: Tom Sain (41-53, 8 years; 41-53 at W. Lincoln, 8 years). Last season’s records: 4-8 overall; 2-5 South Fork 2A, sixth place. Last season’s results: Draughn, W 43-6; Cherryville, W 52-20; at Foard, L 20-22; at E. Burke, L 26-32, OT; N. LINCOLN, W 56-49; MAIDEN, L ...
  • HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: An early batch of ‘Did you know?’ (you want to…) - Statistical information compiled by and published at HobbsDailyReport.com is copyrighted and not available for re-publication — print or online — without prior written consent. Copy and pastes of the link from this item are OK. HobbsDailyReport.com A few early tidbits — the things you get from the unique at-your-finger-tips/extensive record-keeping of Chris Hobbs, HobbsDailyReport.com’s  founder — while he’s hard at ...
  • YOUR FOOTBALL CAREER: Get your stats, prove to the kids you were a star - HobbsDailyReport.com DENVER, N.C. — If you’re a former high school football player in the Greater Hickory area – or are dating or married to one, are the mom, dad, aunt or uncle or granny/grandpa of one or that superstar is your dad, brother or cousin – HobbsDailyReport.com is now offering a unique opportunity for a personalized gift that will dip ...
  • OPENING PRACTICES: West Lincoln announces dates, starting times - HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – West Lincoln High has announced times for its first sports practices for the new school year. The Rebels will play in the new South Fork 2A with Bandys, East Lincoln, Lincolnton, Lincoln Charter, Maiden, Newton-Conover and North Lincoln. The first practices: JULY 31 Football, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Volleyball, 10 a.m. to noon Cross Country, 8 ...