HobbsDailyReport.com Dayente Calhoun took three of his 11 carries for touchdowns on Wednesday night to lead Alexander Central High to a 48-16 home victory over North Iredell in junior varsity football. Calhoun ran for 126 yards and the Cougars gained 342 on the ground in a game moved up one day because of a forecast for bad weather. Alexander Central’s …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Mauney sparks E. Rutherford’s win over Spartans
HobbsDailyReport.com FOREST CITY – Demetrius Mauney had 192 rushing yards and three touchdown runs by halftime on Wednesday night, leading East Rutherford High past visiting South Caldwell 47-7 in a non-conference football game. Mauney scored on runs of 21, 15 and 88 yards to open the scoring for the Cavs (3-0), who have outscored opponents 129-23 to start the season. …
CRAWDADS: Tied for first with West Virginia after shutout loss in Charleston, S.C.
HobbsDailyReport.com CHARLESTON, S.C. – Dermis Garcia’s home run was just one of three hits for Charleston (S.C.) on Wednesday night, and it was enough to push the RiverDogs past the visiting Hickory Crawdads 2-0. Garcia hit a two-run shot in the sixth inning — his seventh of the season — as Charleston won before a crowd of 3,411 in a …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Bears open on Thursday night against West Alabama
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The expectations placed on Lenoir-Rhyne University’s football team from the outside aren’t a lot, but head coach Mike Kellar isn’t focused on anything but what the Bears need to do as the season kicks off on Thursday night. Kellar’s second season at LRU starts with a 7 p.m. kickoff against West Alabama at Moretz Stadium. It’s the …
MEN’S COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY: Coaches say Bears will finish in tie for sixth place
HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s men are predicted to finish in the same spot they did a year ago – sixth place – in South Atlantic Conference (SAC) cross country. The league released a preseason vote by the head coaches on Wednesday with the Bears tabbed to finish tied with Catawba behind Mars Hill, Queens, Anderson (S.C.), Lincoln …