HobbsDailyReport.com Hickory native Rick Barnes, who played high school basketball at Hickory and college basketball at Lenoir-Rhyne University, has been named the Naismith Award at 2019’s top men’s basketball coach in the country. His selection was announced at the Naismith Awards Brunch at the Final Four on Sunday in Minneapolis. Barnes was the runner-up for the award last season. He …
MINOR LEAGUES: Crawdads at 3-0; Harvey gives up 10 hits in season debut
HobbsDailyReport.com We will update game scores, etc., for the Hickory Crawdads again this season and will also feature day-by-day reports on three Catawba County players chasing their dream of reaching The Show. Visit our FREE website nightly to see if former Bandys High stars Hunter Harvey (Orioles system) and Hayden Deal (Braves system) pitched and also check in on former …
COLLEGE SPORTS: South Atlantic Conference approves adding Limestone in 2020-21
HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – The South Atlantic Conference (SAC) will expand by one in July of 2020, adding Limestone College. League officials announced the addition after a unanimous vote by the SAC council to approve adding Limestone for sports in the 2020-21 academic year, a press release said. The league will grow to 13 schools, as Limestone has been …
COLLEGE BASEBALL: Red Hawks (23-13) home for doubleheader on Saturday
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) has cancelled a Saturday morning game at L.P. Frans Stadium against Southeastern Community College and added a doubleheader on Saturday at 4 p.m. at the Legion Fairgrounds. The Red Hawks and Southeastern will play two games, the first at 4 p.m., at Henkel-Alley Field. CVCC (23-13) is coming off a loss of …
ALL-SAC WOMEN’S GOLF: Lenoir-Rhyne’s Hartsell makes first-team again
HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Abbey Hartsell of Lenoir-Rhyne University was named All-South Atlantic Conference (SAC) in women’s golf for the fourth straight season on Friday. Hartsell, a senior from Taylorsville who starred in high school at Alexander Central, was selected first-team, an SAC press release said. The Bears’ Megan Robb earned a second-team spot. Hartsell had seven top 10 …