HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS: Friday’s scheduled events

HobbsDailyReport.com A schedule of athletic events  for schools in the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A, compiled from schedules the schools provided HobbsDailyReport.com, with starting times if they were listed on the schedules. Events added to the schedules via postponements or moved to another date for any reason may not be included (changes reported to HobbsDailyReport.com will …

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER: East Lincoln’s tournament will honor ‘Duck’

HobbsDailyReport.com DENVER, N.C. – East Lincoln High is encouraging its community to stand up for Danny (Duck) Duckworth. The Mustangs are playing host to the 10th annual Andy Kosmala and Miranda Eckard Memorial tournament in boys’ soccer on Friday and Saturday with all gate, concession and donations going to Duckworth as he battles cancer. There are four matches in the …

ALL-SAC MEN’S BASKETBALL: Bears’ Diallo gains honorable mention

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University junior Djibril Diallo is on the honorable mention list for All-South Atlantic Conference (SAC) men’s basketball, released Thursday by conference officials. The Bears did not have a player make the first- or second-team selections by league head coaches. Diallo, a junior from Conakry, Guinea, averaged 15.1 points this season and finished with 111 …

ALL-SAC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Bears’ Weigt makes All-Freshman unit

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Two Lenoir-Rhyne University women’s basketball players – freshman Kennedy Weigt and junior Maddi Suddreth – were recognized Thursday as among the top players in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC). Weigt, from Manteo, Ill., was on the All-Freshman team, and Suddreth, who is from Taylorsville and starred at Alexander Central High, earned honorable mention when the …

ALL-NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A BASKETBALL: Spartans’ Starnes, Patriots’ Abee named top players

HobbsDailyReport.com The co-champions in girls’ basketball and the second-place boys’ team lead selections for All-Northwestern 3A-4A, released by conference officials on Thursday. All-conference teams are picked by a vote on conference head coaches. Freedom and Watauga shared the league’s regular season girls title, and they each had three all-conference players – Blaikley Crooks, Adair Garrison and Sierra Davenport for the …