HobbsDailyReport.com Editor’s note: Corrects the first name of state champion from Newton-Conover, which was incorrectly listed as Brian when results were released by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA). Corrections and clarifications: email HobbsDailyReport@gmail.com RALEIGH – Brann Reid of Newton-Conover High brought home a state 2A singles championship on Saturday. After nudging Maiden’s Daniel Crutcher 6-0, 6-0 in …
COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: Bears have 6 females on All-Southeast Region team
HobbsDailyReport.com NEW ORLEANS, La. – Lenoir-Rhyne University has six female student-athletes on an NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region team, the school announced Tuesday. The team is selected by the USTFCCCA (United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association). The Bears’ Autumn Drayton, a freshman from Charlotte, and Domonique Jones, a senior from Greensboro, Ga., are All-Region in two …
HIGH SCHOOLS: Fred T. Foard assistant coach facing charges
HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – A former Fred T. Foard High football player who now teaches at his alma mater has been charged with one count of statutory rape and one count of a sexual offense with a student. Jeb Stuart Bass, who played primarily wide receiver on Foard’s varsity football teams in 2005 and 2006 (he graduated in 2007), made his …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Marc Kirkpatrick interim head coach at South Caldwell
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HUDSON – South Caldwell High football has come virtually full circle with assistant coach Marc Kirkpatrick now coordinating the program on an interim basis. Kirkpatrick, as assistant football coach for the Spartans, is the son of the school’s first head football coach, Don (Red) Kirkpatrick, and he’s a former South Caldwell athlete. On Tuesday, Spartans athletic …
HALL OF FAME: Catawba County adds 6 new members on Monday night
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The Catawba County Sports Hall of Fame added six new members on Monday night, including a former major league pitcher, an area prep coach with more than 400 wins at one school and a longtime advocate of sports in the region. In a ceremony at the Highland Recreation Center — where the Hall of Famers are enshrined …