HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Keykey Miller, who averaged 13.3 points and 4.3 rebounds last season for Alexander Central High, has signed to play basketball for Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC). Miller, a 5-foot-5 guard, signed on Friday, a press release from CVCC athletics said on Tuesday. “It’s a blessing to be able to play at the next level,” Miller said in …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Red Tornadoes’ Chisholm to play at Averett University
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Hickory High’s A.J. Chisholm will continue his football career next season by playing at Averett University in Danville, Va. Chisholm will pursue a degree in business at Averett, an NCAA Division III school that plays in the USA South conference and was 6-4 last season. In his last season at Hickory, he had two receptions for 14 …
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Hickory’s Bell signs to play for Lee University
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Hickory High senior Jackson Bell has signed to play basketball for Lee University in Tennessee. Bell averaged 15 points and eight rebounds last season, when the Red Tornadoes went 27-3 under head coach Andy Poplin. “Jackson Bell is easily one of the finest young men I have had the privilege of coaching,” Poplin said in a Hickory …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Kyle Lowman in charge of Bandys football
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – Another former Bandys High football player is in charge of the program as the school begins its search for a new head football coach. Kyle Lowman, a former Trojans receiver, will coordinate everything related to Trojans football until a new head coach is named, Bandys athletic director Brandon Harbinson said Tuesday. Kyle Lowman is …
COLLEGE BASEBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne returns to league tourney as No. 5 seed
HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – After two seasons of not qualifying for the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) tournament in baseball, Lenoir-Rhyne University is back in this season as a No. 5 seed. The Bears (27-21, 13-14) open the tournament on Thursday at 4:30 p.m., facing No. 8 Anderson (S.C.) at Smokies Stadium in Kodak, Tenn. LRU tied Newberry and Tusculum …