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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Wednesday, Friday scheduled scrimmages
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCRIMMAGE SCHEDULE (As of Monday, will be updated as details are received) Note: Start times are those originally provided… generally not a bad idea to arrive a half-hour before the listed start time as other factors (weather, etc.) could mean an early/earlier start. WEDNESDAY Bessemer City, S. Caldwell, W. Iredell at Fred T. Foard, 6 p.m. (also …
CRAWDADS: Monday game rained out, doubleheader coming Tuesday
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The Hickory Crawdads’ series opener against Greensboro on Monday night at L.P. Frans Stadium has been postponed by rain. The teams will play a doubleheader on Tuesday, starting at 4:30 p.m., and they are also scheduled to play a final game in the series on Wednesday at noon. Through Sunday night, the Crawdads were in first place …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Bandys’ Story named App State captain
HobbsDailyReport.com BOONE – Former Bandys High star Madi Story and her buddy from the class Appalachian State recruited for women’s basketball four years ago are going out in style. Story and Katelyn Doub of Asheboro, now seniors, have been named captains for the Mountaineers’ women’s basketball team for the 2017-18 season, a release on the school’s athletic website said. “They’ve …
COLLEGE TENNIS: Bears sign trio of international players
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University has signed a trio of international tennis players for the upcoming seasons. Sanne Janssen and Lucy Whelan will be on the women’s roster and Rory Murchland will play for the LRU men, Bears head coach Tom Rees announced Monday in a press release. He coaches both LRU teams. Janssen, from Maastricht in the Netherlands, is …