HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Bandys gains from addition to coaching staff

Trojans add assistant Mike Helms, who spent 16-plus years as boss at 6 schools   Editor’s note: All stories at HobbsDailyReport.com are copyrighted and can’t be republished or rebroadcast — other than by WNNC and WLON, our reporting partners — without crediting HobbsDailyReport.com’s reporting and/or research or by requesting a waiver of that copyright. To inquire about a waiver, e-mail …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Maiden has new QB after family moves from Ashe County

    Editor’s note: All stories at HobbsDailyReport.com are copyrighted and can’t be republished or rebroadcast — other than by WNNC and WLON, our reporting partners — without crediting HobbsDailyReport.com’s reporting and/or research or by requesting a waiver of that copyright. To inquire about a waiver, e-mail chobbs001@att.net. Thompson threw for nearly 2,000 yards as a junior, is expected to …

CRAWDADS: Swept in DH by Asheville, drop into fifth place

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY CRAWDADS   Sunday’s results at L.P. Frans Stadium:  Asheville 7, Hickory 1, 7 inn.; Asheville 3, Hickory 2, 7 inn. Current record: 15-21, fifth place in South Atlantic League South Division,  one game behind fourth-place Winston-Salem; four games behind third-place Asheville; 7 1/2 games behind second-place Bowling Green (Ky..); 10 games behind division-leading Rome (Ga.) in second-half standings. …

HUNTER HARVEY: Works an inning Saturday in loss at Philadelphia

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com PHILADELPHIA — Hunter Harvey pitched one inning on Saturday as one of seven Washington Nationals pitchers in an 11-5 loss at Philadelphia. Harvey, a right-handed reliever and former first-round draft pick out of Bandys High, came on in the fifth inning and gave up two hits, no runs and struck out two. He was the fourth …

CRAWDADS: Rained out Saturday night, play noon DH on Sunday

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY CRAWDADS   Saturday’s result at L.P. Frans Stadium:  Postponed, rain, reset as doubleheader on Sunday with noon start. Current record: 15-19, as of Friday tied for fourth place with Winston-Salem in South Atlantic League South Division,  two games behind third-place Asheville; 6 1/2 games behind second-place Bowling Green (Ky); eight games behind division-leading Rome (Ga.) in second-half standings. …