HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN – Bunker Hill High’s softball team is going to the third round of the state playoffs for the first time since Reagan beat Mondale. Producing 14 hits while making no errors, pulling two double plays and outlasting a rain delay of nearly an hour, the Bears downed Maiden 11-2 on Friday night on the road to win a …
HIGH SCHOOL GOLF: Warriors’ Bumgarner named top player in Northwestern 3A-4A
HobbsDailyReport.com Noah Bumgarner, who led West Caldwell High to second place in Northwestern 3A-4A golf, has been named the conference’s player of the year in voting by league coaches. Bumgarner was one of three Warriors on the All-Northwestern 3A-4A team when league officials released those honors on Friday. Andy Bennett of St. Stephens was named conference Coach of the Year …
NCHSAA AWARDS: 2 Hickory teams have state’s best grade point averages
HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL – Hickory High fielded three athletic teams in 2017-18 with team grade points averages in the top three in the state. In a press release on Friday, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) reported the Red Tornadoes had the best GPA in falls sports in boys’ cross country (3.877) and in winter sports in boys’ …
COLLEGE BASEBALL: Brunswick knocks Catawba Valley into consolation bracket
HobbsDailyReport.com BURLINGTON — Fifth-seeded Brunswick Community College (BCC) dealt No. 4 seed Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) an 11-3 loss on Friday in an opening-round game of the Region X/Southeast District baseball tournament at Burlington Athletic Park. The loss sends the Red Hawks into a consolation bracket game on Saturday at 4 p.m. against either No. 8 seed Southeastern Community …
MEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE: LRU opens NCAAs at home Saturday againt Colorado Mesa
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s men — ranked No. 5 in NCAA Division II — open the NCAA Division II South Regional as its top seed and will play fourth-seeded Colorado Mesa in Hickory on Saturday at 2 p.m. The Bears (16-2) and Mavericks (17-2) played on Feb. 24 in Hickory with Colorado Mesa winning 13-12. Colorado Mesa is on …