HIGH SCHOOLS: Maiden visits Bandys with volleyball league lead on line

Foard, unbeaten in Western Foothills 3A, plays at St. Stephens   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com A 10-kill, nine digs night by Payton Miller helped spark Maiden High’s volleyball victory on Tuesday night and set up a showdown for first place in the Catawba Valley Athletic 2A. The Blue Devils downed visiting West Caldwell 25-6, 25-13, 25-7 to improve to 3-0 …

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS: Match summaries reported

2022 HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS SUMMARIES HobbsDailyReport.com These are the girls’ tennis summaries reported this season to HobbsDailyReport.com. We encourage head coaches to report in this format as soon as possible after matches are completed. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7 WATAUGA 9, ALEXANDER CENTRAL 0 Singles: Sienna Davidson (W) d. Emmy Rogers 6-0, 6-0; Madison Ogden (W) d. Taylor Sharpe 6-0, 6-0; …

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal throws scoreless inning in blowout win by Braves

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com BILOXI, Ms. — Superb control got Hayden Deal through the inning he pitched on Tuesday night. The Mississippi Braves hammered host Biolix 13-2 with Deal pitching the sixth inning. He gave up no hits, no runs, walked none and struck out none. Deal faced three batters before a crowd of 1,590 and threw one ball and …

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Cardinals bring former East Lincoln star to big leagues

Alec Burleson reaches major leagues, could debut in Thursday game   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com ST. LOUIS — Former East Lincoln High star Alec Burleson is in the major leagues, called up by the St. Louis Cardinals after sterling hitting all season at Triple A Memphis, Tenn. Burleson, an outfielder who played college baseball at East Carolina, did not appear …