HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD: 2 Bears earn top awards in SD-7 Athletic 2A

Hobbs Daily Report.com Bunker Hill High produced two of the three top track and field female athletes this season in the Southern District 7 Athletic 2A. The Bears’ Shaniya Byers was named as the SD-7 2A Field Performer of the Year and teammate Caroline Hilliard won Distance Runner of the Year when conference officials released the All-SD-7 2A team on …

CRAWDADS: Grasshoppers’ hitters continue to hound Hickory

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY — Greensboro’s Grasshoppers continued to hop on the Hickory Crawdads’ pitching staff on Sunday, winning 8-2 in a South Atlantic League (SAL) baseball game at L.P. Frans Stadium. Click the link below to Mark Parker’s personal blog — Crawdadsbeat.com — for game details and insight. Greensboro at the Crawdads on Monday and Tuesday to close a four-game series. …

CRAWDADS: Have a tough night on Saturday, getting a thrashing from ‘Hoppers

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY — Greensboro bashed Hickory 14-2 in South Atlantic League (SAL) baseball on Saturday night, opening a four-game series that continues on Sunday at L.P. Frans Stadium. Mark Parker, whose personal blog — Crawdadsbeat.com — gives readers insight that can’t get anywhere else describes Saturday’s loss as U-G-L-Y. Click the link below to read more about the spanking the …

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL PLAYOFF ROUNDUP: Spartans win by a run, travel in third round

Hobbs Daily Report.com South Caldwell High survived on Saturday night, beating visiting East Forsyth 8-7 to reach the third round of the state baseball playoffs for the fourth straight year, fifth time in six seasons and 13th time since 1985. No additional game details were available from Hudson. The sixth-seeded Spartans (19-5) advance to play in a third round 4A …

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS: Draughn, South Caldwell reach third round

Hobbs Daily Report.com Draughn High’s girls definitely want to keep playing. On Saturday, the visiting Wildcats rallied after they were down to their last two outs and surprised third-seeded Forbush 4-3 in a second round game of the state 2A softball playoffs. Draughn (17-6), a No. 14 seed, advances to play No. 26 seed South Stokes (14-12) in a third-round …