HobbsDailyReport.com SHELBY – South Caldwell High won its opener in the Shelby Easter tournament on Monday night, beating Shelby 13-3 to move within a victory of having at least 14 for 20 straight seasons. The Spartans have won at least 14 games every season dating back to available records that go back to 1998. In that stretch they won more …
CAUSBY CLASSIC: Freedom, Draughn, Patton reach semifinals
HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON – Three Burke County baseball teams – Freedom, Draughn and Patton – won on the opening day of the Tony Causby Classic at Patton. Freedom slipped by Chase 5-4 in eight innings to open the tournament before R-S Central won 9-2 to hand Bandys its seventh straight loss. Draughn nipped West Caldwell 7-6 and, in the nightcap, Patton …
BASEBALL: Mustangs roll in first game at Ripken Classic in Myrtle Beach
HobbsDailyReport.com MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Nate Kinsch had two hits, drove in three runs and scored three runs on Monday, leading East Lincoln High to a 16-2 win over Holley (N.Y.) on the first day of the Ripken Experience. East Lincoln led 12-0 after three innings, scoring two runs in the first, four in the second and six in the …
COLLEGE MEN’S LACROSSE: Bears’ Crompton wins league defensive honor again
HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Ryan Crompton of Lenoir-Rhyne University picked up his third South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Defensive Player of the Week in men’s lacrosse on Monday. League officials announced Crompton, a junior from Fredick, Md., won the award again after having 12 saves in the Bears’ 12-7 victory on Saturday over Lincoln Memorial on the road. That win …
EASTER CLASSIC: Top 2 seeds fall to No. 8 Newton-Conover, No. 7 St. Stephens
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – For the sixth straight season, the Catawba Valley Easter Baseball Classic’s champion will not be the team that entered the tournament as its top seed. It took only three games on Monday — the tournament’s opening day at the Legion Fairgrounds — to feel another shockwave as the top two seeds were quickly knocked …