By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com A Maiden High varsity baseball team that did not let three single-run losses to start the season overwhelm it is on the way to the Catawba Valley 2A Athletic tournament as a top seed. Head coach Dustin Hull’s Blue Devils (16-6 overall, five straight wins) won 13 straight league games – the last in their final …
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal still throwing consistently well for Braves
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com BILOXI, Miss. — Hayden Deal is throwing strikes and keeping opponents settled for the most part this season with the Mississippi Braves. Deal — a former star left-hander from Bandys High signed as a free agent by Atlanta — is consistently posting good numbers in Double A. He is 1-0 this season with an ERA of …
HUNTER HARVEY: Red-hot, striking out 9 in last 3 appearances
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hunter Harvey’s bloodline is showing. In his last three relief appearances for the Washington Nationals, Harvey has registered three strikeouts in each outing. The Nationals’ home game on Friday night against Pittsburgh was rained out — setting up a doubleheader on Saturday before a game on Sunday. A four-game series beginning Monday in …
HIGH SCHOOLS: Foard principal next AD for Catawba County Schools
Westmoreland to replace Lee Miller, promoted to assistant superintendent By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport,com NEWTON — A veteran administrator will take on a key role in the Catawba County Schools in athletics on June 1. Stephen Westmoreland, principal at Fred T. Foard High since 2015, has been named the school system’s next Director of High School Education and Athletics. Westmoreland …
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Cougars tab Gant as next varsity boys’ head coach
He helped Wills keep Cougars in contender’s status By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com TAYLORSVILLE — Alexander Central High has turned its varsity boys’ basketball program over to a key assistant who helped Ed Wills guided many of the Cougars’ best teams of the last half-century. Cam Gant, head junior varsity boys’ coach and on the varsity bench with Ed Wills for …