HobbsDailyReport.com HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University is out of the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) women’s softball tournament and now waiting to see if it will receive a postseason bid. Carson-Newman defeated the Bears 1-0 on Saturday and Coker knocked LRU, ranked No. 13 in NCAA Division II, out of the tournament by winning 4-3 on Saturday. Coker (41-16) and Carson-Newman …
SD-7 2A BASEBALL: Mustangs No. 1 seed, face No. 8 N-C in opening round
HobbsDailyReport.com East Lincoln High is the top seed for the Southern District 7 Athletic 2A baseball tournament that begins Tuesday with four games at higher-seeds. The Mustangs went 10-4 in the league, finishing a game in front of Bunker Hill and Maiden, and they open the tournament at home against No. 8 Newton-Conover on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The tournament …
SD-7 2A SOFTBALL: Top seed West Lincoln ready to defend tourney title
HobbsDailyReport.com Defending champion West Lincoln High is the No. 1 seed for the Southern District 7 Athletic 2A softball tournament that begins Tuesday. The Rebels beat rival East Lincoln on Friday to win the conference title with an 11-3 record. East Lincoln finished 10-4 and in second place. West Lincoln faces No. 8 Lincolnton in Tuesday’s opening round with a …
BLAST FROM THE PAST: Been 8 years and I still — and will always — miss him
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com It’s nearing 5 a.m. on Saturday morning as I write this – running behind but finding my second wind – but, in many ways, that’s only appropriate for the guy I wanted to tell you a bit about. It was eight years ago Friday that the stunning news came that one of the best people in …
CRAWDADS: They pick up 2 wins over the Fireflies after a league ruling
HobbsDailyReport.com By the time the Hickory Crawdads got to the ballpark on Friday, they had a victory in hand. They then beat visiting Columbia, S.C., again in a South Atlantic League game that followed. Get the details of how the Crawdads overcame the Fireflies, rain and fog — and a league ruling on that Thursday suspended game — and more …