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TRACK AND FIELD: Bears’ Jones wins league award for second straight week
HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – For the second straight week, Domonique Jones of Lenoir-Rhyne University has been selected as the Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week in the South Atlantic Conferene (SAC). Her selection was announced Wednesday by the conference office. She is a senior from Greensboro, Ga., who had a big all-around day last weekend at the Johnson C. …
TODAY’S BLAST FROM THE PAST: Start of a state high school record book
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com One of the things I spent a good amount of time on in my early sports reporting career was a push toward establishing a much-needed North Carolina High School Record Book. It doesn’t seem that long ago – 26 years actually – that many of the state’s newspaper reporters who were assigned to prep coverage worked …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Wearing No. 44 to become big honor at Bandys
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – Starting this season, seeing uniform No. 44 on the varsity football field at Bandys High will mean the Trojans have a very special player. On Wednesday, head coach Trent Lowman announced the school will issue that number – worn by his father, Randy, in the early 1970s at Bandys and most recently by linebacker-fullback …
GOLF FROM TUESDAY: Hull leads St. Stephens to Northwestern 3A-4A victory
HobbsDailyReport.com NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A GOLF (Tuesday at Catawba Springs, 18 holes) Team scores: 1. St. Stephens 310; 2. Hickory 333; 3. Hibriten 352; 4. Foard 360; 5. Watauga 361; 6. Patton 365; 7. S. Caldwell 379; 8. Freedom 326. Medalist: Bryce Hull (SS) 71. Scores, winning team: St. Stephens 310 (Hull 71, Trent McLauchlin 74, Caden Powell 80, Andy Bowman 85, …