CRAWDADS: Power defeats visiting Hickory, see boxscore link

HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — The West Virginia Power beat the Hickory Crawdads in South Atlantic League (SAL) baseball on Wednesday night. Cut and paste the link below to review the game’s boxscore and for more Crawdads info visit the team’s website or follow them via Mark Parker at his Crawdadsbeat.com blog. http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2017_05_03_hicafx_wvaafx_1&t=g_box&did=milb&sid=t448  

HIGH SCHOOLS: Thursday’s non-tournament scheduled events

HobbsDailyReport.com THURDAY’S NON-TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE (from school schedules) BASEBALL South Mountain Athletic 2A-3A Chase at E. Rutherford, 7 p.m. R-S Central at Burns, 7 p.m. SOFTBALL South Mountain Athletic 2A-3A Burns at E. Burke, 4 p.m. Chase at E. Rutherford, 6 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Southern District 7 Athletic 2A Bunker Hill at W. Lincoln, 5:15 p.m. Lincolnton at E. Lincoln, 6:30 …

MEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE: Lenoir-Rhyne ranked No. 7 in nation in NCAA Division II

HobbsDailyReport.com INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The seventh-best men’s college lacrosse team in NCAA Division II is in Catawba County. Lenoir-Rhyne University (12-2) is ranked No. 7 nationally and remains at No. 2 in an NCAA Division II South Regional poll. Queens nipped LRU 10-9 in overtime in the semifinals of the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) tournament last Thursday, ending the Bears’ …

COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne still at No. 13 in NCAA Division II’s Top 25

HobbsDailyReport.com INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s latest rankings look encouraging as the Bears await word if they’re going to get a bid into the NCAA Division II women’s softball championships. In the latest National Fast-pitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Top 25 rankings for Division II, LRU (46-11) remained at No. 13, and they are No. 5 in latest Southeast Regional rankings. …

SD-7 2A GIRLS SOCCER: Newton-Conover adds another conference title trophy

HobbsDailyReport.com The Southern District 7 Athletic 2A girls’ soccer regular season championship trophy for 2017 is going to join plenty of others at Newton-Conover High. The Red Devils added another conference title on Wednesday, nipping visiting Maiden 2-1 to finish 12-1-1 and take the trophy. Elena Propst scored for Maiden, 7-7-0 in the league and in fifth place, and Kassi …