CVCC BASEBALL: Bryan Harvey special guest for first ‘First Pitch Banquet’

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) will help kick-start its 10th baseball season with a ‘First Pitch Banquet’ with a special guest giving a sit-down interview. The event, scheduled Feb. 6 in CVCC’s West Wing Auditorium, features a chat with former major league relief pitcher Bryan Harvey, a Bandys High product. Bryan Harvey’s son, Kris, is pitching coach …

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne on 5-game win streak heading into Saturday battle at Lincoln Memorial

HobbsDailyReport.com Lenoir-Rhyne University’s men ride a five-game win streak into their next game, a South Atlantic Conference battle on Saturday (4 p.m.) at Lincoln Memorial. The Bears (13-3, 6-2) ran their win streak to four games on Wednesday in Hartsville, S.C., by beating Coker College 75-64. LRU had four players reach double figures at Coker – Cory Thomas (20 points), …

CRAWDADS: Name new assistant GM, set game times for 2019 season

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The Hickory Crawdads have promoted Douglas Locascio to assistant general manager. He has previously served the Texas Rangers’ Class A baseball affiliate as Executive Director of Sales and Merchandising, the Crawdads said in a press release. Hickory opens the 2019 homew season on April 11 in a South Atlantic League (SAL) game against Kannapolis at L.P. Frans …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: CVCC rolls, reaches 10-win mark

HobbsDailyReport.com MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) sophomore center Zharia Brown scored 25 points, her season high, and added six rebounds on Thursday as the Red Hawks cruised to a 96-31 basketball victory over Patrick Henry Community College. CVCC improved to 10-4 overall and 5-2 in Region X by winning. Sophomore Sherry Johnson added 21 points, 11 rebounds …