LEGION BASEBALL: Hickory opens season Friday at home against Cherryville

HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Hickory Post 48’s American Legion baseball season begins Friday at home against Cherryville. Post 48’s head coach is again Cameron Beard, a former Hickory player in Legion who also starred in baseball at Bunker Hill High. Friday’s season-opener is at 7 p.m. at Henkel-Alley Field at the Legion Fairgrounds. All of Post 48’s home games will be …

HS PLAYOFFS: Spartans rally on road, topple Richmond County in softball

HobbsDailyReport.com Wiping out a two-run deficit on the road on Wednesday night, South Caldwell High moved within a victory of playing for the state 4A softball championship. The second-seeded Spartans (27-2) rallied to beat top-seeded Richmond County 3-2, going up one game to none as the Raiders come to Hudson for Game 2 on Thursday night at 6 p.m. If …

MEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE: Trio of Lenoir-Rhyne stars in national all-star match Friday

HobbsDailyReport.com PERRY, N.Y. – A trio of Bears will play Friday in the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA)/Nike North-South All-Star match in Providence, R.I. In a press release, LRU officials announced the South roster includes senior goalkeeper Ryan Crompton, senior midfielder Ben Corrigan and senior long stick middle Collin Lett. Crompton is from Fredrick, Md., Corrigan from Alpharetta, Ga., …

MEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE: Bears’ Crompton top scholar-athlete in conference

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University goalkeeper Ryan Crompton has been named the Scholar-Athlete of the Year in men’s lacrosse in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC). A senior from Fredrick, Md., he graduated last month with a bachelor’s degree in sports management with a grade point average of 3.55, LRU officials announced in a press release. Crompton, a three-year …