HOLIDAY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT BOYS’ SUMMARIES: Draughn to battle Freedom for title

HobbsDailyReport.com DICK’S SPORTING GOODS CLASSIC (First round at CVCC) Note: All DSGC boxes reported by Jonathan Watts, Alexander Central SID ALEXANDER CENTRAL 70, BUNKER HILL 67, OT Bunker Hill               5    17    15    17    13—67 Alex Central           14    14    15    11    16—70 BUNKER HILL 67—C. Sigmon 2, Isenhour 2, Christian Ramseur 21, Murray 4, Anderson 9, Jonathan White 13, Hilderbran 6, …

HIGH SCHOOL HOLIDAY BASKETBALL: Complete Friday results, Saturday’s pairings (as of 11 p.m.)

HobbsDailyReport.com DICK’S SPORTING GOODS CLASSIC (Thursday-Saturday, all games at Tarlton Complex, Catawba Valley Community College) Admission: $ 10 daily GIRLS Thursday’s results Game 1: No. 7 Alexander Central 45, No. 2 St. Stephens 34 Game 2: No. 3 Hickory 45, No. 6 S. Caldwell 20 Game 3: No. 5 Newton-Conover 68, No. 4 Fred T. Foard 36 Game 4: No. …

HOLIDAY BASKETBALL SUMMARIES: Both Freedom teams advance to tournament semifinals

HobbsDailyReport.com WEDNESDAY HOLIDAY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SUMMARIES FREEDOM INVITATIONAL GIRLS ASHEVILLE CHRISTIAN 40, DRAUGHN 34 Asheville Christian     12           5        9  14—40 Draughn                           6           1        6     11—34 ASHEVILLE CHRISTIAN 40 (incomplete)—Caroline Sikkink 16, Nahadi Smith 14, Waites 5, Sluder 3. DRAUGHN 34—Jenna Davis 22, Kincaid 6, Parker 4, Suttles 2. Notes: Asheville Christian faces Freedom in a semifinal on Thursday at 7 …

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Catch up on Donnie Kirkpatrick’s return to East Carolina

HobbsDailyReport.com GREENVILLE, N.C. – Catch up on the return of Donnie Kirkpatrick, a former sports star at South Caldwell High and Lenoir-Rhyne University, to East Carolina’s football coaching staff. He’s the son of Don (Red) Kirkpatrick — the first head football coach at South Caldwell when Granite Falls and Hudson were merged in the late 1970s – and his younger …

FREEDOM INVITATIONAL: Draughn boys (9-1) win in OT, reach semifinals

HobbsDailyReport.com FREEDOM CHRISTMAS INVITATIONAL (Wednesday through Friday at Freedom High) GIRLS Wednesday’s results Game 1: E. Burke 75, R-S Central 40 Game 2: Asheville Erwin 58, McDowell 53 Game 3: Asheville Christian 40, Draughn 34 Game 4: Freedom 60, A.C. Reynolds 21 Thursday Game 5: R-S Central (4-6) vs. McDowell (4-3), 10 a.m. Game 6: Draughn (5-5) vs. A.C. Reynolds …