WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Simpson receives honor, also promoted by Lenoir-Rhyne

HobbsDailyReport.com ATLANTA – One of the top 30 women’s college basketball coaches under the age of 30 is on the staff at Lenoir-Rhyne University. Sierra Simpson, who has been with the Bears for one season as an assistant coach after stints on coaching staffs at Wofford and Anderson (S.C.), made an elite list selected for the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association …

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Red Hawks add North Iredell star for next season

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) has added another women’s volleyball player for next season, bringing in a second signee from Iredell County. The Red Hawks indicated in a press release on Monday that North Iredell High’s Meredith Patterson will join the program. CVCC earlier signed West Iredell’s Macy Pope. “I can’t think of a better player to …

LEGION SOFTBALL: Post 48 to have girls’ team with first tryouts set for Saturday

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Hickory Post 48 will field a girls’ Legion softball team this season and has scheduled tryouts for Saturday and again on April 7. The tryouts will be held at St. Stephens High from 10 a.m. to noon on each of the tryout dates with rainout dates, if needed, scheduled for April 3 from 3 p.m. to 5 …

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Standings through Tuesday games

HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL STANDINGS (through Tuesday’s games) SOUTH FORK 2A                                                                        Conf.                       All                    Streak N. Lincoln                                             5-0                         6-1                      Won 6 Bandys                                                  4-0                        7-0                       Won 7 Lincolnton                                           3-1                        5-1                       Won 1 LN Charter                                           3-1                         5-2                      Won 2 W. Lincoln                                          2-2                         4-3                      Lost 1 E. Lincoln                                            0-4                        1-6                       Won 1 Maiden                                                 0-4                        0-6                       …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE GOLF: O’Connor wins in playoff, leads Bears to tourney title

HobbsDailyReport.com MONROE – Ainee O’Connor rallied to win an individual title on the first playoff hole, and Lenoir-Rhyne University’s women won the Wingate Intercollegiate Challenge on Tuesday at the Rolling Hills Country Club. The Bears finished at 39-over par 615 to edge Wingate by 10 strokes in the team standings on a par-72, 5,968-yard course, wrapping up a second team …