AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS: Cherryville faces Gaston Braves on Friday, one game for Area IV title

HobbsDailyReport.com AREA IV AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS CHAMPIONSHIP WEST NO. 1 CHERRYVILLE (26-10) vs. EAST NO. 3 GASTON BRAVES (20-8) Gaston Braves at Cherryville, Friday, 7 p.m., one game for title Note: State tournament is July 26-30 at Cherryville High with Cherryville of Area IV earning a bid as the host team of the tournament… Gaston Braves (20-8) have also …

COLLEGE: Lenoir-Rhyne makes 2 administrative hires for athletic department

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University has added two athletic department positions and announced changes for other personnel. The Bears have hired Justin Hay as Assistant Athletic Director for Corporate Relations and selected Jenna Beauregard as Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance. Hay has spent the last five years as an assistant baseball coach at Southwest Mississippi Community College, where he was …

BASEBALL: Red Hawks’ Rozzelle will help coach 14U National Team in Cary

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) head baseball coach Paul Rozzelle begins working with the USA Baseball 14U National Team on Sunday. Rozzelle, who has guided the Red Hawks to at least 30 wins in five straight seasons, has been named to a 10-person coaching staff as part of the USA Baseball National Team Development Program (NTDP), CVCC …