HS SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS: Bunker Hill faces W. Stanly on road Thursday night, other pairings

HobbsDailyReport.com STATE SOFTBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS (South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A, Northwestern 3A-4A teams in all caps) Note: To view complete state pairings, visit https://www.nchsaa.org/ Fourth round (must be played by Friday) WEST 2A No. 3 FRED T. FOARD (20-3) at No. 2 Franklin (21-0), Friday, 6 p.m. No. 13 BUNKER HILL (15-6) at No. 1 W. Stanly (25-1), Thursday, …

HS BASEBALL PLAYOFFS: N. Lincoln home on Friday for 4th round (updated)

HobbsDailyReport.com STATE BASEBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS (South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A, Northwestern 3A-4A teams in all caps) Note: To view complete state pairings, visit https://www.nchsaa.org/ Fourth round pairings (must be played by Friday) WEST 2A No. 4 Smoky Mountain (18-11) at No. 1 N. LINCOLN (24-2), Friday, 6 p.m. No. 10 Ledford (25-3) at No. 3 N. Davidson (22-4), Friday, …

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Crawdads start series at Kannapolis on Thursday night

HobbsDailyReport.com WEDNESDAY’S RESULT The Crawdads were idle on Wednesday and open a four-game series at Kannapolis on Thursday night at 6:35 p.m. Crawdads’ current record: 13-22. REVISED ROSTER http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?sid=t448 NEXT Thursday: at Kannapolis, 6:35 p.m. Friday: at Kannapolis, 7:05 p.m. Saturday: at Kannapolis, 7:05 p.m. Sunday: at Kannapolis, 7:35 p.m. Monday: Delmarva, Md., 6 p.m. Tuesday: Delmarva, Md., 6 p.m. …

HIGH SCHOOLS: N-C head football job open, candidates interviewed

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Newton-Conover High’s search for a new head football coach has restarted after Darren Ponder, the interim head coach named on May 2, decided he won’t fill that role. Multiple sources told HobbsDailyReport.com a committee conducted interviews on Wednesday, as the school looks to replace Matt Beam, who resigned May 2 after four seasons as …