AREA IV LEGION BASEBALL PLAYOFF UPDATE: Cherryville wins Area IV crown

AREA IV AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS UPDATE (through Monday) Note: To review all scores, etc., from the first and second rounds and the quarterfinals, see earlier posts on the website. FINAL Monday at Cherryville High: Cherryville 8, Shelby 2; Cherryville wins Area IV title, both teams advance to the state tournament later this week; Cherryville is 31-6 and Shelby is …

EAST-WEST BOYS BASKETBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne recruit scores 14 for West in loss

HobbsDailyReport.com GREENSBORO – Lenoir-Rhyne University signee Mason Hawks scored 14 points and Shelby High’s Quay Kimble added 12 on Monday night but it wasn’t enough as the East beat the West 117-108 in the East-West All-Star basketball game at the Greensboro Coliseum. Hawks, from North Surry High, hit four of seven field goals and four of six free throws for …

EAST-WEST BOYS BASKETBALL BOX: East 117, West 108

HobbsDailyReport.com EAST-WEST ALL-STAR BOYS BASKETBALL GAME (Monday at Greensboro Coliseum) EAST ALL-STARS 117, WEST ALL-STARS 108 WEST ALL-STARS DAVIS, Reggie 9-15 3-3 24; SPICER, Jalen 7-13 0-4 15; WILLIAMS, Zaire 7-13 1-3 15; Hawks, Mason 4-7 4-6 14; KIMBLE, Quay 4-11 2-3 12; SCHWIEGER, Ryan 3-6 1-2 7; LANGLEY, Kameron 3-8 0-0 7; THOMAS, Bryant 3-3 0-0 6; PHILLIPS, Carter …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Ex-Bandys star following in dad’s footsteps

HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – As a young boy, Justin McCombs always enjoyed watching the examples and lessons his father, Eric, provided about how to get things done. In about a month — in-a-follow-in-dad’s footsteps story — the younger McCombs is going down the same path. McCombs, 28 and a former wide receiver at Bandys High and at Lenoir-Rhyne University, has accepted …

EAST-WEST GIRLS BASKETBALL: Cook, Williams score 5 each but East prevails

HobbsDailyReport.com GREENSBORO – The East All-Stars defeated the West on Monday night 74-71 at the Greensboro Coliseum in girls’ basketball despite a combined 10 points from the Greater Hickory area’s two 2016 prep seniors playing for the West. Abby Cook of Alexander Central scored five points, hitting 2-of-7 shot (one a 3-pointer), and Freedom’s Ariyana Williams added five points on …