COLLEGE GOLF: Carson-Newman nips Coker in playoff for conference men’s title

HobbsDailyReport.com SALISBURY – Carson-Newman won the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) men’s golf tournament on Tuesday, edging Coker on the fourth hole of a playoff at the Salisbury Country Club. Carson-Newman and Coker tied in a rain-shortened tournament at 7-over par 431, a stroke ahead of Newberry and two strokes in front of Newberry. The individual championship was won by Wanjoo …

COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Bears’ Kenley named conference’s player of the year

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Sarah Kenley, a senior from Charlotte who is hitting .451 with nine home runs and 52 RBIs for Lenoir-Rhyne University, was named Tuesday as the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Softball Player of the Year. Kenley and five other LRU players were honored as All-SAC when the league announced the teams. Three LRU players are on …

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Dale Jr., my mom and Hazel’s love of Jeff Gordon

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Dale Earnhardt Jr. is leaving NASCAR racing after the 2017 season — a decision he announced today – and it’s one of a very few sports-related things my mom, now 85, is or would be interested in knowing. To my knowledge, she’s never been to a race unless it was one at Hickory Motor Speedway (bet …

POSTPONEMENTS: Tuesday events called off as of 3:30 p.m., with new dates

HobbsDailyReport.com These high school athletic events scheduled for Tuesday have been postponed as of 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday (others will be added as received): BASEBALL Southern District 7 Athletic 2A Bandys at W. Lincoln, Weds., 7 p.m. Bunker Hill at Newton-Conover, Weds., 7 p.m. Lincolnton at W. Caldwell, Weds., 7 p.m. Maiden at E. Lincoln, Weds., 7 p.m. Northwestern 3A-4A …