HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Foard’s Settlemyre leads selections for All-District

HobbsDailyReport.com Fred T. Foard High shortstop Abby Settlemyre, who will play softball next season at North Carolina, leads a long list of area players selected All-District in 2018 by the North Carolina Softball Coaches Association (NCSCA). Settlemyre is one of five Foard players selected for an All-District team in District 7 (counties of Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Catawba, Davie, …

HIGH SCHOOLS: Report says Lincolnton boys’ hoops, E. Lincoln boys’ soccer have new head coaches

HobbsDailyReport.com Lincolnton High has a new boys’ varsity basketball head coach, and East Lincoln has a new boys’ varsity soccer head coach, a report by The Gaston Gazette (http://www.gastongazette.com/) says. The newspaper report said John Cloninger will lead Lincolnton’s boys, and Billy Howell will guide the Mustangs in soccer. Cloninger is a 1984 graduate of Lincolnton who spent 16 seasons …

LEGION BASEBALL: Caldwell County scores 18 runs, pounds Post 48

HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Caldwell County Post 29 had two six-run innings on Wednesday night to overpower Hickory 18-4 in six innings in American Legion baseball at the Legion Fairgrounds. The victory helped Post 29 (4-2, 5-2) move within a half-game of second-place Hickory (8-9, 5-2) in the Area IV West Division standings. Hickory is at home Friday at 7 p.m. …

LEGION BASEBALL: Schedule of area games for 2018 (updated June 22)

HobbsDaily Report.com AREA IV AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL SCHEDULE Daily schedule of remaining 2018 games this season for teams in the Greater Hickory area – Burke County, Caldwell County, Hickory, Lincoln County, Maiden and Taylorsville. All games are at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Home games: Burke County, Shuey Field; Caldwell County, M.S. Deal Stadium; Hickory, Legion Fairgrounds, Newton; Lincoln County, …