SMAC 2A-3A BASEBALL: Correction on East Rutherford

An earlier post from Thursday incorrectly credited East Rutherford High’s baseball team with seven straight victories. The Cavs have won eight straight, the additonal win coming in a 12-0 win over Chesnee, S.C., in a makeup game played Wednesday. That win also changed some facts in the post from East Rutherford’s win on Thursday over Shelby, and that post has …

WELCOME TO THE HOBBS DAILY REPORT…. COME ON IN

WELCOME to Hobbs Daily Report, a new sports website we hope you will visit often to follow sports in the region for the latest results, schedules, standings and other news from area high schools, Lenoir-Rhyne University sports, the Hickory Crawdads, Catawba Valley Community College and other sports news you’d like the general public to be able to read about (send …

THURSDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD

HobbsDailyReport.com THURSDAY’S RESULTS BASEBALL Southern District 7Athletic 2A Bunker Hill 4, Bandys 2 Lincolnton 6, Newton-Conover 0 Maiden 6, W. Lincoln 2 W. Caldwell 4, E. Lincoln 2 Northwestern 3A-4A Hibriten 5, S. Caldwell 4 South Mountain Athletic 2A-3A Crest 14, Kings Mountain 1, 6 inn. Draughn 8, E. Burke 0 E. Rutherford 4, Shelby 1 R-S Central 4, Chase …

GIRLS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Newton-Conover hands Lincolnton first SD-7 2A loss

HobbsDailyReport.com Traditional girls’ soccer power Newton-Conover High is right back in the thick of a chase for another Southern District 7 Athletic 2A title. The Red Devils won 3-1 at Lincolnton on Thursday night, handing the Wolves (7-1-2) their first conference loss. Newton-Conover improved to 7-1-1, the same league record East Lincoln had through matches of Wednesday. Bunker Hill 1, …

SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Spartans nip Hibriten, lock up at least share of title

HobbsDailyReport.com South Caldwell High, which finished third last season in Northwestern 3A-4A softball, will do no worse than share the league title this time around. The Spartans won a makeup game at Hibriten 4-3 on Thursday and that, coupled with Freedom beating Fred T. Foard 8-6 in Morganton, locked the Spartans in to at least win a co-championship. The Northwestern …