HobbsDailyReport.com Editor’s note: An update on the process as Newton-Conover High moves toward naming a head football coach to replace Matt Beam, who resigned May 2. When Beam resigned, school officials said assistant coach Darren Ponder would become interim head coach. Three days later, Ponder decided he would not move into that role, reporting on Thursday by Newton Observer News …
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Crawdads win series opener at Kannapolis
HobbsDailyReport.com THURSDAY’S RESULT FROM KANNAPOLIS HICKORY 5, KANNAPOLIS 3 Crawdads’ current record: 14-22. Box http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2018_05_17_hicafx_kanafx_1&t=g_box&sid=milb Scoring http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2018_05_17_hicafx_kanafx_1&t=g_log&sid=milb REVISED ROSTER http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?sid=t448 NEXT Friday: at Kannapolis, 7:05 p.m. Saturday: at Kannapolis, 7:05 p.m. Sunday: at Kannapolis, 7:35 p.m. Monday: Delmarva, Md., 6 p.m. Tuesday: Delmarva, Md., 6 p.m. Wednesday: Delmarva, Md., 6 p.m. Next Thursday: Delmarva, Md., 7 p.m. OTHER AREA …
HS SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS: Bunker Hill advances; Alex Central, Foard, S. Caldwell games on Friday
HobbsDailyReport.com STATE SOFTBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS (South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A, Northwestern 3A-4A teams in all caps) Note: To view complete state pairings, visit https://www.nchsaa.org/ State semifinals (best-of-3, starts by Tuesday) WEST 2A No. 13 BUNKER HILL (16-6) vs. No. 3 FRED T. FOARD (20-3)-No. 2 Franklin (21-0) winner, schedule TBD WEST 3A No. 10 Cox Mill (17-8)-No. 3 ALEXANDER …
BREAKING NEWS: Bunker Hill nips top seed on road, reaches West 2A softball title series
HobbsDailyReport.com OAKBORO – Bunker Hill High is headed to a West 2A best-of-3 championship softball series next week, earned by a 2-1 fourth-round victory on Thursday night on the road over West Stanly. The 13th-seeded Bears (16-6) became the first team to score on the top-seeded Colts (25-2) in more than 33 innings in the fourth inning and added the …
HS TRACK AND FIELD: 1A, 3A championships postponed until Sunday in Greensboro
HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) 1A and 3A track and field state championship meets originally scheduled for Friday have been postponed until Sunday. The decision to postpone was made after monitoring the weather forecast all morning and consulting with officers of the NCHSAA Board of Directors. “It is always difficult to decide to …