SD-7 2A BOYS TENNIS: N-C’s Reid, Porter win top conference awards

HobbsDailyReport.com Newton-Conover High swept the top awards for boys’ tennis in the Southern District 7 Athletic 2A for this season. Conference officials released All-SD-7 2A on Monday with Brann Reid of the Red Devils as the league’s player of the year and his coach, Randall Porter, winning the coaching award in a vote of conference coaches. Newton-Conover won the league …

COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Sherrill’s unique string of success continues at Pfeiffer

HobbsDailyReport.com MISENHEIMER — As the folks in Taylorsville and elsewhere know, Monte Sherrill’s coaching career has been a unique one — first at the high school level and now in college softball. Cut and paste the link below for an update on one of the most determined and colorful coaches you’ll find anywhere. He’s now at Pfeiffer University and has …

SD-7 2A CHANGES: Track now Tuesday; baseball, softball semis now Wednesday

HobbsDailyReport.com The Southern District 7 Athletic 2A track and field championships scheduled Monday at Bunker Hill High are delayed on day and semifinal games in the baseball and softball tournaments are being moved up one by day. Bunker Hill athletic officials have indicated the track meet, set to begin at 2 p.m. on Monday, will now begin at 3 p.m. …

CRAWDADS: Columbia scores 7 early, blows out Hickory in series finale

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY — Columbia (S.C.) ripped the Hickory Crawdads 11-2 on Sunday at L.P. Frans Stadium, closing Hickory’s seven-game homestand. Columbia’s Tim Tebow went 0-for-4 with a walk and a run scored. Hickory was down 7-0 after two innings. The Crawdads are 9-15 and in last place in the South Atlantic League’s Northern Division, six games back of first-place Hagerstown …

Free speed and agility workouts scheduled at St. Stephens High

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Local coaching veteran Randy Dillingham has scheduled three Speed and Agility “No Days Off” free camps for the month of May. The sessions are set for May 13, 20 and 27 at St. Stephens High from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. each of those dates. They are for those in grades seven through 12. For additional information, …