Hobbton hosted Lakewood for a seven-on-seven football scrimmage Tuesday. Wildcats coach Joe Salas has been pleased with what he’s seen from his team during summer workouts and seven-on-sevens. “They’re excited” Salas said. “Strong culture. Great leadership. We’ve got a bunch of returning players. The kids are excited. The coaches are excited. It’s summer time. We’re […]
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Bradshaw leads Hobbton to first win at Homecoming
Hobbton’s varsity football team picked up its first win of the season in a 63-6 rout over visiting Carolina 1-A Conference foe Union on Homecoming on Thursday night. “We’ve been such slow starters this year, that was a real focus was come out of the gates and be explosive and they did,” said Hobbton coach […]
Two Wildcats sign to play college football
Grayson Rogers and Dacorris Morrison, who led Hobbton to an 8-5 record as seniors in 2019, have signed to play college football. Rogers is heading to Charleston Southern while Morrison will be going to St. Augustine’s in Raleigh. Rogers played both ways at Hobbton but projects as a defensive back for the Buccaneers. As a […]
Midway tames Wildcats
Midway swept varsity basketball contests against visiting Sampson County rival Hobbton on Thursday night. Midway won a 58-13 rout over Hobbton in the girls game. “What I liked about I saw, no matter what was going on, not everybody was shooting well tonight and not all of the buckets were falling in, but everybody kept […]
Midway moves to 4-0 with 53-26 win at Hobbton
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 […]
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 […]