By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com LENOIR – Brad Mangum, who coached three conference championship teams in five seasons as a varsity girls’ basketball head coach, is returning the high school level to guide West Caldwell’s girls. Mangum, an assistant coach last season at Lenoir-Rhyne University, was previously the head girls’ coach at Alexander Central for three years after having the same …
HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFFS: List of game times announced by area schools
HobbsDailyReport.com These game times have been announced by area schools for upcoming state playoff events (others will be added when received): BASEBALL WEST 3A Asheboro at Fred T. Foard, 6 p.m. SOFTBALL WEST 4A SE Guilford at Alexander Central, Thursday, 6 p.m. ($6 admission with only passes accepted being NCHSAA, NCCA and Senior Tar Heel) GIRLS SOCCER WEST 3A Hickory …
BREAKING NEWS: Mustangs hire Hancock as varsity boys basketball head coach
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com DENVER, N.C. – Jon Hancock has put his on the dotted line to again coach basketball in Lincoln County. Hancock, who spent four years as head coach at Lincolnton in the mid-1990s, is the new head boys’ varsity basketball coach at East Lincoln. His teaching contract was approved on Tuesday night by the Lincoln County School …
HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS: Hickory’s Ellis to play for Randolph College men’s team
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Hickory High tennis player Edgar Ellis has announced he will continue his tennis career at Randolph College in Lynchburg, Va. He will attend the college on an academic scholarship. Randolph College plays NCAA Division III athletics and Division III schools don’t offer athletic scholarships. “I chose Randolph because of the excellent academics and staff, along with the …
CRAWDADS: They’re home against Charleston, S.C., and then Greensboro
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY — The Hickory Crawdads are home for a week, starting a three-game series with Charleston, S.C., on Wednesday night and then facing Greensboro for four games. The Crawdads are 12-19 and the South Atlantic League (SAL) Northern Division and they’re 5-9 at home this season. Game times for the RiverDogs series are 6 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday …