HobbsDailyReport.com DENVER, N.C. — If you’re a former high school football player in the Greater Hickory area – or are dating or married to one, are the mom, dad, aunt or uncle or granny/grandpa of one or that superstar is your dad, brother or cousin – HobbsDailyReport.com is now offering a unique opportunity for a personalized gift that will dip …
LEGION BASEBALL: State tournament set to begin on Friday
HobbsDailyReport.com GREENVILLE, N.C. – The state American Legion baseball tournament begins on Friday at Pitt Community College. Cherryville and Shelby advanced from Area IV and they both begin play on Friday (see pairings in an earlier post on the website via search: Legion baseball). Here’s a nice preview, by Lincoln Times Sports Editor David Keever, about Cherryville and the tournament …
COLLEGE BASEBALL: Red Hawks’ Hubbard to play at Mars Hill
HobbsDailyReport.com MARS HILL – Seth Hubbard, an outfielder-pitcher from Bandys High and Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC), will continue playing college baseball. The CVCC baseball program and the school’s sports information director congratulated Hubbard on Twitter on Thursday night, saying he will play at Mars Hill University. Unofficially, Hubbard played in 75 games at Bandys with a career batting average …
BASEBALL: Hunter Harvey returns to mound, throws well in first outing
HobbsDailyReport.com BALTIMORE – Hunter Harvey got back on the mound on Wednesday, The Baltimore Sun reported. He had a good day, and the Baltimore Orioles added some clarity to their time table as he returns from Tommy John surgery – they don’t expect to have him at the big-league level when they break spring training camp in 2018. On Wednesday, …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Ex-South Caldwell lineman joins ECU coaching staff
HobbsDailyReport.com GREENVILLE, N.C. – Louis Swaba, a former lineman at South Caldwell High now coaching college football, has a new position. Swaba, who turns 30 next month, is leaving Wingate University to join the coaching staff of East Carolina’s Scottie Montgomery, a former football star at Burns and in college at Duke. Swaba will focus on quality control for offensive …