PREP FOOTBALL: NCHSAA brings Duke back into mix for state title game sites

HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL – Duke and Wallace Wade Stadium are returning to the mix of sites for state high school football championship game sites. The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) announced Thursday it has agreed with the Triangle Sports Commission (TSC) for Duke to re-enter the site of its football title games and will have two in Durham …

SHELBY EASTER TOURNAMENT: Crest pounds S. Caldwell, reaches championship game

HobbsDailyReport.com SHELBY – There’s an all-Cleveland County title game set for the Shelby Easter baseball tournament on Thursday night. A round-robin tournament, it has Crest (10-6) playing Kings Mountain (9-9) for the championship at 7 p.m., after Burns (7-10) meets South Caldwell (13-4-1) for third place at 4 p.m. and Shelby (8-10) faces Ashbrook for fifth place at 1 p.m. …

New York team mashes Mustangs in Ripken Experience

HobbsDailyReport.com MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – East Lincoln High lost its second game in the Ripken Experience on Wednesday. Liverpool (N.Y.) dealt the Mustangs a 9-2 loss, leaving them 1-2 so far on their trip to the beach. East Lincoln beat Holley (N.Y.) 16-2 on Monday and St. Vincent-St. Mary (Ohio) downed the Mustangs 5-1 on Tuesday. Today at noon, East …

MINGO BAY CLASSIC: Maiden’s O’brien 1-hits team from New York

HobbsDailyReport.com MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Caden O’brien had another big day for Maiden High’s baseball team on Wednesday. Playing in the Mingo Bay Classic, the Blue Devils romped past Bishop Grimes (N.Y.) 11-1 in five innings at Socastee High. They scored five runs in the first inning and six in the second inning. O’brien would have needed only two runs …