By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com When WNNC Oldies 101.3 FM first asked me to write about some of my memories of the Bandys versus Maiden high school football series – which started three years before I was born – I cautioned that after 43 years of covering the series, the years sometimes run together. That said, here are some things that …
GAME PREVIEWS: Bandys, Maiden battle at Maiden in Game No. 65 of series
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Previewing tonight’s varsity football games (all statistical references are unofficial totals): SOUTH FORK 2A BANDYS (2-2) at MAIDEN (4-0), 7:30 p.m. It’s game No. 65 in a storied series that includes Maiden going 25-0-3 in the first 28 games and the teams playing twice in both 1962 and 1963. Maiden leads the all-time series 48-13-3, which …
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Red Tornadoes deal West Caldwell shutout loss
HobbsDailyReport.com Brayden Rowland scored twice and Nick Sadowski had a goal and two assists on Wednesday night to lead Hickory High’s boys past visiting West Caldwell 6-0 in a Northwestern 3A-4A soccer match. Five players scored for Hickory and three had at least an assist with Alex Gonzales with two assists. Hickory (5-6-1, 3-1-0 Northwestern 3A-4A) won for the third …
MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Carson-Newman hands Lenoir-Rhyne season’s first loss
HobbsDailyReport.com JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman dealt Lenoir-Rhyne University’s fifth-ranked men their first soccer loss on Wednesday night, 1-0. Tobias Solem Karlsen scored the only goal of the match at the 31:59 mark of the first half. It was his fourth goal of the season and left the Bears 4-1 overall and 1-1 in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC). Carson-Newman …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Lenoir-Rhyne ties ninth-ranked Carson-Newman
HobbsDailyReport.com JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Lenoir-Rhyne University battled ninth-ranked Carson-Newman to a 2-2 double overtime tie in women’s soccer on Wednesday night. Abbie Brown and Rachel Fischer scored goals for the Bears (3-2-1, 0-0-1), who were playing their first South Atlantic Conference match of the season. Fisher, a freshman defender, forced overtime with her goal at the 86:36 mark of …