WESTERN FOOTHILLS 3A FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Hickory Red Tornadoes

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY RED TORNADOES   Conference: Western Foothills 3A Head coach: Joe Glass (60-57-0, 10 years; 7-5-0 at Hickory, 1 year) Assistant coaches: Mike Natoli, QB-OC; Jody Weatherman, LB-JV DC; Kyle Riddle, OL; Torez Leach, LB-JV head coach; D.J. Holloway, DL; Jaquan Crawford, JV QB; Josh Coffey, JV WR-OC; Ronnie Hopper, LB; Robin Shuford, RB; Will Brown, …

CVAC 2A FOOTBALL PREVIEW: West Lincoln Rebels

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com WEST LINCOLN REBELS   Conference: Catawba Valley 2A Athletic Head coach: Darren Ponder (24-10-0, 3 years) Assistant coaches: David Avery, OC; John Henderson, QB; Chuck Mallory, OL; Harry Huddleston, SE; Jesse Hatcher, SE; Austin May, OL; Wayne Navey, ILB; Brad Newton, DB; Jon Markley, OLB; Jared Swafford, ILB; Sam McInnes, DL Last season’s records: 9-3 overall; …

CRAWDADS: Fall at Aberdeen, start final series of year at home Tuesday night

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY CRAWDADS   Sunday’s results at Aderdeen, Md.: Aberdeen 4, Hickory 2 Current record: 27-33, fourth place in South Atlantic League South Division,  six games behind Asheville and Bowling Green, (Ky.), who share second place; 8 1/2 games behind division-leading Rome (Ga.) in second-half standings. First-half finish: 38-28, second behind division champion Bowling Green (Ky.) by 3 1/2 games …

HUNTER HARVEY: Goes an inning versus Mets, lowers ERA over last 7 games to 1.17

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com NEW YORK — Hunter Harvey pitched well again Sunday, lowering his ERA in his last seven appearances for the Washington Nationals to 1.17. Harvey,. a former first-round pick after a sterling prep career at Bandys High, pitched the seventh inning as the Nats won 7-1 in New York over the Mets. He gave up two hits …

HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE: This week’s varsity events (non-football)

HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL FALL VARSITY SPORTS SCHEDULE   HobbsDailyReport.com 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 for this week. The schedule is compiled from those sent to HobbsDailyReport.com, per the website’s request, and includes events from the …