HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Former West Lincoln High baseball star Chandler Jenkins is the second Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) player to earn a first-team All-America award from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). The selection of Jenkins – the NJCAA Region 10 Player of the Year — was announced Tuesday by CVCC athletic officials. It’s the sixth straight season …
SAL BASEBALL: All-Star Game called by rain, leaving 3-3 tie in Columbia, S.C.
HobbsDailyReport.com COLUMBIA, S.C. – Rain forced an early finish to the South Atlantic League (SAL) All-Star Game on Tuesday night, ending in a 3-3 tie after eight innings. Click the first link below for the boxscore from Tuesday night’s game in which the only Hickory Crawdads player, catcher Ricardo Valencia, appeared but did not get an at-bat. Clink the second …
LEGION BASEBALL: Taylorsville rallies to beat Burke County, stay unbeaten
HobbsDailyReport.com Taylorsville Post 170 wiped out a two-run deficit with six runs in its last two at-bats on Tuesday night to beat visiting Burke County 6-3 and stay unbeaten in Area IV American Legion baseball. Kyler Fairchild, Tyler Campbell, Daniel Dessecker and Jeremy Hubbard each provided an RBI as Taylorsville (8-0-1, 8-0), playing at Alexander Central High, won after trailing …
SAL ALL-STARS: Link to information, schedule for Tuesday’s game
HobbsDailyReport.com COLUMBIA, S.C. — Here’s a link that will provide you all the information you need for Tuesday if you’re making the drive to Columbia (S.C.) for the South Atlantic League (SAL) All-Star Game. The Hickory Crawdads had two players selected – outfielder Yanio Perez and catcher Ricardo Valencia – but Perez was promoted to the Down East Wood Ducks, …
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne has 12 home matches this season
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s volleyball team will play 12 home matches and make a trip to Florida this season. The Bears, who went 12-18 overall last year and 10-12 in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC), released their 2017 scheduled on Monday. LRU, coached by Dave Markland for the 15th straight year, opens the season at the Nova Southeastern Shark …