HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN – Kobe Phillips homered three times and drove in six runs on Saturday night, leading visiting Mint Hill past Maiden 16-6 in American Legion baseball. Phillips led Mint Hill’s 22-hit attack and also pitched five innings in relief at Maiden High, giving up one run (earned) with two walks and seven strikeouts, as Maiden fell to 3-7 with …
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL DRAFT: 2 Bears, Draughn star on N.C. list
HobbsDailyReport.com The Major League Baseball Draft begins on Monday and the leader of coverage of the sport, Baseball America, says three local products – two from Lenoir-Rhyne University and one from Draughn High – are among the top 40 prospects from the state of North Carolina. Click the link below to see a top N.C. players who are probable draft …
CRAWDADS: Legends land in win column after 3-run ninth inning
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lexington (Ky.) scored three runs in the ninth inning on Friday night to nip the Hickory Crawdads 4-3 in South Atlantic League baseball. The teams play Game 2 of their South Atlantic League (SAL) series at 6 p.m. on Saturday. Sunday’s game has a 3 p.m. start and the series finale is Monday at 6 p.m. Click …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne adds assistant from Georgia high school
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University has added Andy Olejack, an assistant coach at a Georgia high school, to its women’s basketball coaching staff. The hiring was announced by new LRU women’s head coach Cameron Sealey on Friday in a press release. Olejack was an assistant coach for the 2016-2017 girls’ team at Lambert High in Suwanne, Ga. “I crossed paths …
WELLS FARGO FINAL STANDINGS: Hickory, E. Lincoln among Conference Cup winners
HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL – Hickory, East Lincoln, Kings Mountain and Lake Norman fielded the top athletic programs in their respective high school sports conferences this season. Each of those schools won a Wells Fargo Conference Cup when season results were released by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) on Thursday. Each conference in the state annually develops its …