CRAWDADS: Drill Drive, move within game of .500 record

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY CRAWDADS   Wednesday’s result at L.P. Frans Stadium: Hickory 11, Greenville (S.C.) 0 Current record: 8-9, fourth place in South Atlantic South, two games behind second-place Rome (Ga.) and Winston-Salem and four games behind division leader  Bowling Green, Ky. Next game: Thursday, home vs. Greenville (S.C.), 7 p.m. This series: Tuesday through Sunday vs. Greenville (S.C.); games times …

WESTERN FOOTHILLS 3A: Only top 4 teams will play in baseball, softball tournaments

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Only the top four teams will advance to the Western Foothills 3A baseball and softball tournaments, conference officials said Thursday. Both tournaments are scheduled next Wednesday and Friday and all games will be played at the highest seed. The softball games will be at 6:30 p.m. for softball and 7 p.m for baseball. Opening round games …

NCHSAA: Board adds state girls’ wrestling championships

Five Quarter rule adopted, will give more playing opportunities in basketball   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) announced Wednesday it will add girls’ wrestling championships in 2023-2024. In the first NCHSAA board meeting since a memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed with the State Board of Education, the organization’s board …

HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD: Tuesday, Wednesday varsity results

HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD WEDNEDAY’S RESULTS BASEBALL Catawba Valley 2A Athletic Bunker Hill 6, Newton-Conover 2 Lincolnton 5, Maiden 0 Western Foothills 3A N Lincoln 2, Fred T. Foard 1 Others Avery County at W. Caldwell Burns 8, Bandys 3 Bunker Hill at E. Lincoln, cancelled Cherryville 9, E. Lincoln 3 Hickory at Maiden, cancelled Providence 2, Alexander Central 1 …