STATE’S TOP ATHLETES: Top male award goes to Lincolnton star Surratt

HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL — Record-setting football star Sage Surratt of Lincolnton High was named during the week as the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) Male Athlete of the Year. Surratt, who previously played at East Lincoln, had sterling seasons as a senior with the Wolves in football as a wide receiver and also in boys’ basketball. He will …

CRAWDADS: Split doubleheader with Suns, play Monday at 10:35 a.m.

HobbsDailyReport.com HAGERSTOWN, Md. — The Hickory Crawdads split a South Atlantic League (SAL) baseball doubleheader on Sunday against the Hagertown (Md.) Suns on the road. Hagerstown built an early five-run lead in the first game en route to a 10-9. That game was played as a makeup of a rained out game earlier in the four-game series. In the nightcap, …

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Rowan County’s biggest sports voice retiring

HobbsDailyReport.com Here’s a Blast From My Past… written not by me, but by one of the state’s best writers about one of the state’s sports radio icons. Normally, I would write my own reflections on Howard Platt and his decision to retire… but given this read I would be doing an injustice to even try. I was blessed to work …

NW 3A-4A BASEBALL: Foard clips HHS on squeeze bunt, takes tourney title

HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON – Fred T. Foard High’s baseball team literally squeezed past Hickory on Saturday afternoon, scoring the winning run via a squeeze bunt to capture the Northwestern 3A-4A tournament championship. Tournament MVP Mathew Greenwood bunted on a squeeze play with one out in the eighth inning, scoring Josh McKinney, to give Foard a 4-3 victory and the title. Top-seeded …