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 …
CRAWDADS: Win by a run in 10th inning on home run by Almonte
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Jose Almonte isn’t a power hitter by nature, but he hit his first of the season on Monday night to lift the Hickory Crawdads past Greensboro 3-2 in 10 innings. His solo shot in the 10th inning improved the Crawdads to 14-23 as they head into a Tuesday morning game (10:30 a.m. first pitch) that will close …
COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Bears’ Kenley named top player on Southeast Region team
HobbsDailyReport.com MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The top women’s softball player in the Southeast Region is Lenoir-Rhyne University catcher Sarah Kenley. She was named the Conference Commissioner’s Association (CCA) Player of the Year for the region in NCAA Division II on Monday. A senior from Charlotte, Kenley is joined on the All-Region first-team by teammates Sydney Landreth, a senior first baseman from …
HIGH SCHOOL STATE PLAYOFFS: Spartans, Tigers need road wins to reach Round 4
HobbsDailyReport.com Tuesday night is a big one for area teams still alive in the state playoffs, highlighted by South Caldwell High trying to get into the fourth round in baseball in back-to-back seasons. The sixth-seeded Spartans (19-5) travel to play No. 3 Southeast Guilford (23-4) at 7 p.m. If South Caldwell wins to reach 20 or more wins for the …