HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL – With rainy weather expected on Saturday, the state boys’ dual-team tennis championships are moving from Burlington to the Piedmont Indoor Tennis Center in Greensboro, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) announced Friday. There are only eight courts available at the new site, and the NCHSAA revised Saturday’s schedule. CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE 1A No. 1 Raleigh Charter (16-1) …
COMMENTARY: Marty Curtis made us all love baseball a little more
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CLAREMONT – Given his love of baseball, being as close to the action as possible was something Marty Curtis insisted on before becoming the head coach at Bunker Hill High some 35 years ago. Curtis, 67, said Friday his long coaching career at ‘The Hill’ is over – he’s retiring after spending 35 of his 46 …
HS PLAYOFFS: Alex Central softball start time moved up; S. Caldwell postponed
HobbsDailyReport.com FOURTH-ROUND STATE PLAYOFF GAME STATUS BASEBALL WEST 2A No. 4 Smoky Mountain (21-3) at No. 1 N. LINCOLN (24-2), ppd., Saturday, 3 p.m. WEST 3A No. 10 Asheville Roberson (17-10) at No. 3 A.C. Reynolds (21-3), ppd., Saturday, 7 p.m. SOFTBALL WEST 3A No. 10 Cox Mill (17-8) at No. 3 ALEXANDER CENTRAL (23-5), Friday, start time moved up …
BREAKING NEWS: Bunker Hill’s Curtis retiring after 35 years as baseball head coach (updated)
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CLAREMONT – Bunker Hill High’s Marty Curtis is retiring after 35 seasons as the Bears’ head baseball coach. The school announced Curtis’ decision on Friday. “It is with a heavy heart that the Bunker Hill athletic department accepted the resignation of Coach Marty Curtis as baseball coach,” a press release provided by Bears athletic director Damon …
NEWTON-CONOVER FOOTBALL: Report says head-coaching job opened May 5
HobbsDailyReport.com Editor’s note: An update on the process as Newton-Conover High moves toward naming a head football coach to replace Matt Beam, who resigned May 2. When Beam resigned, school officials said assistant coach Darren Ponder would become interim head coach. Three days later, Ponder decided he would not move into that role, reporting on Thursday by Newton Observer News …