HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s top singles player, Hamed Gandouz, was selected second-team All-South Atlantic Conference in men’s tennis on Wednesday. Gandouz, a sophomore from Hammam Sousse (Tunisia), went 11-4 this season for the Bears and 6-3 in the SAC, all at No. 1 singles. LRU junior Tomas Hons, from Valaske Mezirici (Czech Republic), earned honorable mention after …
EASTER CLASSIC: Cougars crush Red Devils 10-0 in third-place game
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – The things that have put a 15 on the right-hand side of Newton-Conover High’s record in baseball this season reared their ugly heads again on Wednesday. The eighth-seeded Red Devils — who surprised top-seeded Fred T. Foard by winning 5-4 and fell 4-2 to Hickory in a semifinal in the Catawba Valley Easter Baseball …
EASTER CLASSIC: Hickory, Hanvey nip St. Stephens to win championship
By CHRIS HOBBS Hobbs Daily Report.com NEWTON – Déjà vu didn’t interest Hickory High’s baseball team one bit on Wednesday night. Playing archrival St. Stephens for the Catawba Valley Easter Baseball Classic title, the Red Tornadoes made the sixth inning their decisive one in a 2-1 victory over the Indians. A year before, in the same matchup, Hickory got is …
EASTER CLASSIC: Hickory wins it, Alex Central captures third place (linescores)
HobbsDailyReport.com Editor’s note: The basics from the two games today… game stories on both games will be posted as soon as possible. Please return to the website shortly for more in-depth reporting on those games. CATAWBA VALLEY EASTER BASEBALL CLASSIC (at Henkel-Alley Field, Legion Fairgrounds in Newton) CHAMPIONSHIP No. 7 St. Stephens 001 000 0—1 5 1 No. 5 Hickory …
HOLIDAY BASEBALL: Wednesday’s results, Thursday’s games
CATAWBA VALLEY EASTER BASEBALL CLASSIC (all games at Henkel-Alley Field) MONDAY Game 1: No. 7 St. Stephens 2, No. 2 Bunker Hill 0 Game 2: No. 3 Alexander Central 8, No. 6 W. Lincoln 2 Game 3: No. 8 Newton-Conover 5, No. 1 Fred T. Foard 4 Game 4: No. 5 Hickory 3, No. 4 Hibriten 0 TUESDAY Consolation Game …