NW 3A-4A GIRLS SOCCER: Hickory victory nets third straight conference crown

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Hickory High’s girls closed out the Northwestern 3A-4A soccer race on Wednesday night, edging visiting Freedom 5-0 to win the conference regular season title. The Red Tornadoes are 12-2-0 and assured of finishing ahead of second-place Fred T. Foard (11-3), which plays at Watauga (9-2-2) on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Jovana Sanchez scored three goals and Grace …

SMAC 2A-3A GIRLS SOCCER: Kings Mountain goes 16-0-0 in conference

HobbsDailyReport.com Kings Mountain High’s girls closed a perfect regular season in South Mountain Athletic 2A-3A soccer by beating East Burke 9-0 in Icard on Wednesday night. The Mountaineers finish 16-0-0 in league play while East Burke closed at 5-8-3 and shares fifth place with Shelby. Arianna Hawkins made 12 saves for East Burke. Kings Mountain won eight of its league …

NW 3A-4A SOFTBALL: Top seeds South Caldwell, Foard reach tourney finals

HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON – No. 2 meet No. 1. Again. The top two seeds in the Northwestern 3A-4A softball tournament both won Wednesday in the semifinals and will play for the title on Friday at 6 p.m. at Catawba Meadows. In the first semifinal on Wednesday, top-seeded South Caldwell smacked No. 5 St. Stephens 13-3 in five innings before No. 2 …

SD-7 2A SOFTBALL: East Lincoln meets West Lincoln again, this time for tourney title

HobbsDailyReport.com CLAREMONT – One-run wins by the top two seeds in the Southern District 7 Athletic 2A softball tournament on Wednesday have set up another battle between Lincoln County rivals. In semifinals at Bunker Hill High, second-seeded East Lincoln nipped No. 3 Bunker Hill 3-2 and top-seeded West Lincoln needed 10 innings to eliminate No. 4 Maiden 6-5. Friday’s 6 …

NPC 3A-4A SOFTBALL: No. 4 West Iredell eliminates top-seeded Cougars in tourney

HobbsDailyReport.com MOORESVILLE – A four-run fifth inning propelled West Iredell past Alexander Central and into the title game of the North Piedmont 3A-4A softball tournament. Fourth-seeded West Iredell nipped the top-seeded Cougars at Lake Norman High, setting up an all-Iredell County championship game on Thursday at 6 p.m. at Lake Norman. No. 2 seed Mooresville (16-3) played No. 3 Lake …