Midway improved to 4-0 with a 53-26 nonconference varsity football win at neighboring Hobbton on Friday night. Wyatt Holland completed 14 of 18 passes for 226 yards for the Raiders and Deantae Byrd had 22 carries for 192 yards. Holland ran eight yards for the first score of the game. Byrd had scoring runs of […]
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Hobbton moves to 3-0 with 34-6 win over East Columbus
Hobbton’s defense had its best performance of the season as the varsity football team improved to 3-0 for the first time in nine years on Monday with a 34-6 win over visiting East Columbus. “They (the defense) grew up tonight,” said Hobbton coach Joe Salas. “We’ve been playing all them young kids and we’ve been […]
Rogers leads Hobbton comeback in football season opener
Hobbton opened varsity football season on Thursday in thrilling fashion, rallying past visiting East Chapel Hill to win a 51-46 shootout. “They’re a tough bunch,” said Hobbton coach Joe Salas. “They worked their tails off and they never surrendered. We were confident all the way through and we knew we just needed one stop.” The […]
Fussell makes family-based move to Hobbton
Jason Fussell made a difficult decision but ultimately did what he felt was best for his family in going to Hobbton to be baseball coach. Since starting at Midway in 2004, Fussell has been baseball coach of the Raiders, accumulating 293 wins and an NCHSAA 2-A championship in 2014. He also has served stints as […]
Raiders hold off Hobbton in fog
On a foggy night in Spivey’s Corner, Midway edged visiting Sampson County rival Hobbton 44-38 in a non-conference varsity football shootout Tuesday. “We did what we had to do to pull it out there at the end,” said Midway coach Cory Barnes. “The kids played hard. We put some balls on the ground (fumbles), which […]
Sampson coaches provide previews, Salas takes over at Hobbton
The Sampson County public school football coaches convened for the annual Robert Hill luncheon at the Railroad Steakhouse in Roseboro on Friday before the Sampson Jamboree tonight at Dark Horse Stadium in Clinton. The coaches provided an outlook for their teams for the upcoming season. Doug Burley of Union is the only returning head coach […]
Western’s Prince is king of 3-A throws
GREENSBORO — Asher Prince of Western Harnett won the boys shot put and discus in the NCHSAA 3-A track and field meet at N.C. A&T’s Belk Track in Greensboro on Sunday. Prince had a heave of 53 feet, 9.25 inches in the shot put and an effort of 175-7 in the discus. He has signed […]
Midway baseball downs Hobbton
Midway’s varsity baseball team took an 11-3 nonconference win at Hobbton on Monday night as Colby Pope went 3-for-4 with three RBIs. Carson Calcutt was 2-for-3 and drove in a pair of runs as the Raiders improved to 11-4 overall going into an East Central 2-A Conference game at home against Spring Creek on Tuesday […]
Hobbton girls tie for 13th in state indoor track
Led by junior Lakelyn Bass, Hobbton tied for 13th in the NCHSAA 2-A/1-A indoor track meet at JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem on Friday. Bass was fourth in the long jump with an effort of 16 feet, 11 inches. She helped the 4×400 relay team, which also included sophomore India Alston, senior Janet Thompson and […]
Wildcats win track titles
Hobbton’s boys and girls won Carolina 1-A Conference track and field championships on Thursday at Lakewood. Lakelyn Bass scored 40 of the 120.5 points for the Wildcat girls as she won the high jump (4 feet, 10 inches), triple jump (33-8), long jump (17-7) and pole vault (9-6). The Hobbton girls won three relays and […]