COLLEGE BASEBALL: Bears need win on Sunday at Wingate to reach 20 for year

HobbsDailyReport.com WINGATE – The Lenoir-Rhyne University baseball team will take another shot at reaching 20 wins this season when it faces Wingate on Sunday at 1 p.m. on the road. The Bulldogs prevented the Bears from hitting 20 wins on Friday when they opened a South Atlantic Conference (SAC) series with a 5-1 victory at Wingate, leaving LRU at 19-11 …

COLLEGE TENNIS: Lenoir-Rhyne men, Carson-Newman women win league matches

HobbsDailyReport.com FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES MEN LENOIR-RHYNE 8, CARSON-NEWMAN 1 (at YMCA of Catawba Valley) Singles: Hamed Gandouz (LRU) d. Gabriel Dabdab, 6-0, 6-3; Tales Miranda (LRU) d. Rodolfo Schwarz, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Tomas Hons (LRU) d. Marc Bantel, 6-3, 6-7, 10-3; Alex Ayguavives (LRU) d. Taylor Barie, 2-6, 6-4, 10-8; Paul Lenz (LRU) d. Jesus Bacete, 8-5; Kevin Mendes (C-N) d. …

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Standings through Friday (conference games only)

HIGH SCHOOL STANDINGS SOFTBALL (conference games only through Friday) SOUTH FORK 2A Maiden                                         5-1 N. Lincoln                                   4-1 E. Lincoln                                    4-2 W. Lincoln                                  4-2 Newton-Conover                    3-2 Bandys                     …

HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS: Maiden wins in final at-bat, gains South Fork 2A softball lead

HobbsDailyReport.com Maiden High scored three runs in their last at-bat to win 8-7 over visiting Newton-Conover on Friday in a South Fork 2A softball game after the Red Devils scored twice in the top of the seventh inning to lead by by two runs. Maiden’s victory improved it to 5-1 in the conference, and the Blue Devils have a half-game …

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: LNC cools off Bandys, leaving S. Caldwell only area unbeaten

HobbsDailyReport.com Lake Norman Charter High brought an end to Bandys’ hot baseball start on Friday, rallying to tie the Trojans through five innings and then adding four runs in the sixth inning to beat them 8-5. The Knights, playing an afternoon game at home, had eight hits and overcame four errors in a win that knocked Bandys out of first …