HobbsDailyReport.com MARION – Lees-McRae College’s recruiting class of eight in men’s basketball includes guard Kevin Silver from McDowell High. Silver averaged 17.6 points per game and shot 40 percent on 3-point attempts last season, when he was All-Northwestern 3A-4A and a Western North Carolina Blue-White All-Star. McDowell went 21-7 last season and was third in the Northwestern 3A-4A at 11-3, …
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Maiden beats Alex Central in volleyball
HobbsDailyReport.com Abbey Smith and Sarah Wicker each had 12 kills on Tuesday night, sparking Maiden High’s 3-1 home victory over Alexander Central in volleyball. Maiden won three straight games – 25-16, 25-15 and 25-10 – after the Cougars won the opening game 25-20. Faith Herman led the Blue Devils (2-2) with 43 assists while Peyton McRee made three aces and …
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Dads cruise, down 2 1/2 games as they head to Lakewood for showdown
HobbsDailyReport.com TUESDAY’S RESULTS FROM GREENVILLE, S.C. HICKORY 14, GREENVILLE, S.C. 4 CRAWDADS’ RECORD: 65-61 overall, 35-23 second half South Atlantic League (SAL) Northern Division, second place, 2 1/2 games behind division leader Lakewood, N.J. BOX http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2018_08_21_hicafx_capafx_1&t=g_box&sid=milb SCORING http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2018_08_21_hicafx_capafx_1&t=g_log&sid=milb ROSTER http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?sid=t448 NEXT Wednesday: Off Thursday: at Lakewood, N.J., 7 p.m. Friday: at Lakewood, N.J., 7 p.m. Saturday: at Lakewood, N.J., 7 …
LEGION BASEBALL: Delaware nips Nevada 1-0, wins World Series in Shelby
HobbsDailyReport.com SHELBY – Official pairings for the 2018 American Legion baseball World Series at Shelby High’s Keeter Stadium. For complete coverage of the big event in Cleveland County – pre-game, games and otherwise – HobbsDailyReport.com recommends visiting The Shelby Daily Star’s website at www.shelbystar.com/sports/ and/or the World Series website at http://americanlegionworldseries.com/events/2018-events/#.W3ERKsIpCpo 2018 AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL WORLD SERIES (Thursday through Tuesday …
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS: Maiden, Foard grab victories
HobbsDailyReport.com TUESDAY’S SUMMARIES GIRLS TENNIS MAIDEN 5, SOUTH IREDELL 3 Singles: Zoe Huffman (M) d. Emily Mattei 6-0, 6-0; Easton Finger (M) d. Niyati Kandekar 6-0, 6-3; Sruthi Mannepalli (SI) d. Madi Shull 6-4, 6-2; Hannah Sherrill (M) d. Faith Hettinger 6-1, 6-2; Kaitlyn Crabb (SI) d. Evan Sherrill 6-4, 6-2; Sydney Sawyer (SI) d. Macy Sigmon 6-2, 6-2- Doubles: Huffman-Shull …