By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com PHILADELPHIA — Nearly every pitch thrown by right-hander Hunter Harvey on Sunday hit a sweet spot. The Philadelphia Phillies nipped the Washington Nationals 7-5 but Harvey was on in his 29th appearance of the season and 55th in the major leagues. The fourth of six pitchers used by the Nats, he worked two inning and gave …
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Burleson collects second major league hit in Cards’ victory
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com ST. LOUIS — Alec Burleson collected his second major league hit on Wednesday night as the St. Louis Cardinals edged visiting Milwaukee 4-1. Burleson, a high school star at East Lincoln and college star at East Carolina, went 1-for-3 while batting eighth in the Cardinals’ batting order — one spot behind Albert Pujols. Pujols was the …
HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE: Tuesday’s varsity events
HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL FALL VARSITY SPORTS SCHEDULE Tuesday’s varsity fall sports – other than football (see a separate post) – for teams in the Catawba Valley Athletic 2A, Western Foothills 3A, Northwestern 3A-4A and for Draughn and Patton, The schedule is compiled from those sent to HobbsDailyReport.com, per the website’s request, and includes events from the schools that responded. …
HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD: Monday’s varsity results
HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD Editor’s note: Monday’s results from athletic events scheduled by schools in the Catawba Valley 2A Athletic, Western Foothills 3A, Northwestern 3A-4A or by Draughn and Patton, with scores listed that were reported or researched by HobbsDailyReport.com. If a result is not listed, it was not reported to the website or was not available in our …
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Bandys sets Alumni Games to celebrate 1982 state title teams
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA — Bandys High has announced it will honor its state 2A championship basketball teams of 1982 with alumni games on Nov. 12 at Bost-Matheson Gym. The event begins at 6 p.m. and includes appearances by this year’s varsity basketball teams. The alumni games will feature Green and White teams. The Green team will have players …