COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: CVCC’s Clark wins national Defender of Week award

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Freshman middle hitter Emma Clark of Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) gave the Red Hawks a third weekly award winner for the first time in one season this week. Clark, from Boone, was selected as the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Defensive Player of the Week. Earlier this season, the Red Hawks’ Emily Williams (Aug. 22-Sept. …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Lenoir-Rhyne has 3 first-team all-league players

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – A trio of Lenoir-Rhyne University players have been named first-team All-South Atlantic Conference (SAC) in women’s soccer. In voting by league head coaches, the Bears had seniors Abbie Brown and Claire Neibergall and junior Aqsa Mushtaq on the first team. Two other LRU players – junior Christina Shimshock and senior Taylor Rios – were selected …

MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Lenoir-Rhyne has trio of award winners in conference

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University has won three top South Atlantic Conference (SAC) awards in men’s soccer. In voting by conference head coaches, the Bears gained the SAC Defender of the Year award (Marcos Enruiquez), SAC Freshman of the Year (Carles Montoliu Lobo) and SAC Coach of the Year (Jack Winter). The Bears won a regular-season title for …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: St. Stephens JVs nip Hickory in OT, finish 8-2

Editor’s note: For current junior varsity football standings, see earlier post by doing a search for HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL HobbsDailyReport.com St. Stephens High finished its junior varsity football schedule on Thursday night by beating visiting Hickory 26-20 in overtime to end the year with two straight wins, four in the last five games and an 8-2 overall record. Sophomore fullback …

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: CVCC wins tourney opener, plays Saturday morning semifinal

HobbsDailyReport.com KINSTON – Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) is playing this weekend for a national women’s volleyball tournament bid. The Red Hawks are at the Region X/District O tournament at Lenoir Community College, entering the event having won 26 of their last 29 matches. CVCC, which has won eight straight district titles, has not lost back-to-back matches since Sept. 8. …