HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) head baseball coach Paul Rozzelle begins working with the USA Baseball 14U National Team on Sunday. Rozzelle, who has guided the Red Hawks to at least 30 wins in five straight seasons, has been named to a 10-person coaching staff as part of the USA Baseball National Team Development Program (NTDP), CVCC …
EAST-WEST BOYS BASKETBALL: Freedom’s Abee scores 11 as West dominates
Trio of Queens University signees spark 119-80 rout HobbsDailyReport.com GREENBORO – Jay’den Turner, one of three Queens University signees on the West roster, led a 119-80 rout of the East on Monday night in the East-West All-Star boys’ basketball game at the Greensboro Coliseum. Turner — a 6-foot-5 guard from Southwest Guilford — made 11 of 17 field goals …
EAST-WEST GIRLS BASKETBALL: Wake Forest signee leads East to 3-point victory
Freedom’s Madison Bailey, only area player for West, scores 3 points HobbsDailyReport.com GREENSBORO – Led by Wake Forest signee Alexandria Scruggs, a 6-foot forward from Fayettevlle E.E. Smith, the East All-Stars nipped the West 81-78 on Monday night in girls’ basketball at the Greensboro Coliseum. Scruggs was named MVP of the annual seniors-only game sponsored by the North Carolina …
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS: Gaston Braves sweep, advance to Area IV title series
HobbsDailyReport.com AREA IV AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS SEMIFINALS (best-of-5) WEST NO. 1 CHERRYVILLE (23-9) vs. EAST NO. 2 UNION COUNTY (17-6) Game 1, Saturday, July 14 at Cherryville High: Union County 7, Cherryville 0 Game 2, Sunday, July 15 at Wingate: Cherryville 1, Union County 0 Game 3, Monday, July 16 at Cherryville High: Cherryville 1, Union County 0 Game …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Former Hickory head coach Larry Wittenberg dies
Receiving is from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, funeral on Wednesday at 11 a.m. By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Larry A. Wittenberg, who succeeded a legendary head football coach at Hickory High in the mid-1980s by guiding teams that shared three league titles in his seven seasons, has died. Wittenberg, 79, passed on Saturday at his residence, and Bass-Smith …