HobbsDailyReport.com By CODY DALTON CVCC Sports Information HICKORY — Celebrating 10 years of the program, the Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) baseball team enters 2019 with hopes of commemorating its decade-long run with a special season. “We are excited to get started,” said Paul Rozzelle, who enters his fifth season as the head coach and ninth season overall with the …
WEST 2A WRESTLING REGIONAL: West Lincoln, N-C, Foard finish 1-2-3
Trio of area powers advance 23 to state championships HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – The West 2A wrestling regional on Saturday at West Lincoln High was another three-team battle for bragging rights that will likely continue in this weekend’s state championship tournament in Greensboro. The host Rebels — who battled their way through Fred T. Foard and Newton-Conover en route to a …
WEST 3A WRESTLING REGIONAL: Host St. Stephens wins team title, gets 7 to state championships
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Nothing is slowing down the St. Stephens High wrestling team, which on Saturday added a West 3A Regional title to its growing list of accomplishments in the St. Stephens gym. The Indians — regular-season and tournament champions in the Northwestern 3A-4A and state 3A dual-team champions while going unbeaten — produced four regional weight class championships and …
STATE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS: Red Devils’ Dant sets record in 500 freestyle, repeats as 1A-2A champ
HobbsDailyReport.com CARY — Newton-Conover High’s Ross Dant highlighted finishes by local swimmers over the weekend as he repeated as the state’s best in the 500-meter freestyle in the state 1A-2A meet. Dant set a classification and state record — finishing in a time of four minutes, 18.70 seconds — and added a second-place finish in the 100 backstroke in 49.16. …
STATE 3A INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD: Cougars’ Castellaw fourth in 3,200
HobbsDailyReport.com WINSTON-SALEM – A fourth-place in the 3,200-meter run by Alexander Central High’s Cooper Castellaw was the top finish on Saturday by Northwestern 3A-4A athletes in the state 3A indoor track and field championships. Castellaw finished in nine minutes, 33.46 seconds at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, helping the Cougars tie Mount Tabor for 21st in the team standings. …