HobbsDailyReport.com Watauga High’s girls surprised league-leading Hickory on Tuesday night in Boone, beating the Red Tornadoes 1-0 in Northwestern 3A-4A soccer. Watauga improved to 6-2-2 in the league and left Hickory at 9-2-0. The Red Tornadoes remain in first place. Watauga plays Friday at 6:30 p.m. at South Caldwell, with Hickory facing Hibriten at Hickory on Friday at 6:30 p.m. …
SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: R-S Central locks up at least share of conference title
HobbsDailyReport.com Winning at home 3-1 on Tuesday over Kings Mountain, the R-S Central High girls’ softball team locked up no worse than a share of the South Mountain Athletic 2A-3A regular season title. The Hilltoppers improved to 12-1 in the conference and maintained a three-game lead over second-place Crest (9-4) with three games to go in a 16-game conference schedule. …
SMAC 2A-3A BASEBALL: R-S Central opens half-game lead over E. Rutherford
HobbsDailyReport.com FOREST CITY — R-S Central High nipped visiting Kings Mountain 2-1 on Tuesday night to move into sole possession of first place in South Mountain Athletic 2A-3A baseball. The Hilltoppers (17-3, 11-2) won their fifth straight game to move a half-game ahead of idle East Rutherford with three conference games to go. East Rutherford (15-4, 10-2), whose game at …
CRAWDADS: Rome sweeps doubleheader that starts 7-straight home games
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY — Rome (Ga.) opened the Hickory Crawdads’ homestand by beating them twice on Tuesday at L.P. Frans Stadium. Check out the link below — to Mark Parker’s Crawdadsbeat.com — for a level of coverage and insight that only Mark can provide. HobbsDailyReport.com again thanks Mark for allowing us to provide a link to his personal work on his …
HIGH SCHOOL GOLF: St. Stephens closing in on Northwestern 3A-4A crown
HobbsDailyReport.com LENOIR – St. Stephens High added to its lead in Northwestern 3A-4A boys’ golf on Tuesday by winning a conference match at Cedar Rock Country Club with a team round of 306. The league’s final regular season match is Wednesday at Boone Golf Club. The Indians have a season team total of 1,916 and they’re 81 strokes ahead of …