HobbsDailyReport.com MOUNT AIRY – A former high school football head coach at Patton and South Iredell is the new head coach at Mount Airy. Jasson (J.K.) Adkins — most recently head coach at East Wilkes for five seasons – is replacing Kelly Holder, who resigned, as the boss of the Granite Bears, The Mount Airy News reported on Friday morning. …
SOUTH FORK 2A: Maiden sweeps softball awards, Bandys gets 2 baseball honors
HobbsDailyReport.com Maiden High swept the softball awards, and Bandys won two of the three baseball awards in the South Fork 2A regular season. In a Friday morning email from conference officials, the softball awards – voted on by league coaches – went to Morgan Boheimer of Maiden (Defensive Player of The Year), LaShayla Thompson of Maiden (Offensive Player of the …
CONGRATULATIONS, ALAN!
HobbsDailyReport.com SHELBY — Congratulations are in order for Alan Ford — sports editor of The Shelby Daily Star for the past 39 years — as he heads into retirement. He was honored on Thursday by his colleagues as he finishes his final week in a long journalism career. Ford came to The Star in the late 1970s and was instrumental …
HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS: Tigers advance to baseball tourney final behind no-no by Peschel
HobbsDailyReport.com Fred T. Foard High junior Caleb Peschel threw a no-hitter that powered the Tigers past Hibriten on Thursday night and into the championship game of the Northwestern Foothills 2A baseball tournament. The third-seeded Tigers won 3-0 at Walker Stadium in Lenoir, improving to 11-8, and will play top-seeded Bunker Hill (18-5) at Walker Stadium on Friday night at 7 …
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Harvey takes first loss; Kannapolis beats Dads again
HobbsDailyReport.com THURSDAY’S RESULT FROM KANNAPOLIS KANNAPOLIS 7, HICKORY 5 Crawdads’ current record: 8-17. NEXT Friday: at West Virginia, 7:05 p.m. Saturday: at West Virginia, 6:05 p.m. Sunday: at West Virginia, 2:05 p.m. Monday: at West Virginia, 7:05 p.m. Box http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2018_05_03_hicafx_kanafx_1&t=g_box&sid=milb Scoring http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2018_05_03_hicafx_kanafx_1&t=g_log&sid=milb OTHER AREA PLAYERS HUNTER HARVEY (Class AA Bowie, Md.) Former Bandys High star Hunter Harvey started Thursday night’s …