COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Young Harris upsets No. 2 Lenoir-Rhyne in Regional opener

HobbsDailyReport.com NCAA DIVISION II SOFTBALL SOUTHEAST REGIONALS  At LRU Thursday’s results Game 1: No. 6 Carson-Newman 2, No. 3 Georgia College 1 Game 2: No. 7 Young Harris 9, No. 2 LENOIR-RHYNE  4 Friday’s games (revised schedule) Game 3: No. 6 Carson-Newman (33-19) vs. No. 7 Young Harris (33-18), 1 p.m. Game 4: No. 3 Georgia College (36-15) vs. No. …

COLLEGE BASEBALL: Bears’ Whitson on first-team All-District for academics

HobbsDailyReport.com AUSTIN, Tex. – Landon Whitson, a senior reliever who set a single-season record for saves for Lenoir-Rhyne University this baseball season, has earned Academic All-District honors. Whitson’s selection to the NCAA Division II first team — as picked by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) — was announced on Thursday via an LRU press release. He has …

COLLEGE BASEBALL: On eve of Region X tourney, Red Hawks’ Smith named top pitcher

HobbsDailyReport.com BURLINGTON – Julian Smith was named the Region X Pitcher of the Year, and two other Catawba Valley Commnity College (CVCC) players also won first-team league awards in voting by head baseball coaches. The Region X team was announced Thursday in Burlington, site of the conference tournament, and joining Smith as first-team picks were third baseman Graham Mitchell and …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Bandys begins to trim field of candidates to become head coach

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – After receiving more than 30 applications for its open head football coaching position, Bandys High will begin to narrow the field of candidates next week. Brandon Harbinson, the Trojans’ athletic director, said in an e-mail response to an inquiry by HobbsDailyReport.com on Thursday: The school conducted interviews this week, as originally planned, and has …

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER PLAYOFFS: Second round pairings

HobbsDailyReport.com STATE GIRLS SOCCER PLAYOFF PAIRINGS (South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A, Northwestern 3A-4A teams in all bold) Note: To view complete state pairings, visit https://www.nchsaa.org/ Second round matches (must be played by Saturday) WEST 2A No. 9 Central Academy (14-5-1) at No. 8 Black Mountain Owen (15-3-1), Saturday, 11 a.m. No. 10 W. Davidson (17-4-0) at No. 7 Wilkes …