MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Orioles place Harvey on 60-day disabled list

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Former Bandys High pitching star Hunter Harvey will start the major league baseball season with the Baltimore Orioles on the 60-day disabled list. Harvey, expected to be Baltimore’s closer, has an oblique strain (read more via the link below on MORE ON THE INJURY II). His injury opened a roster spot now filled by Maikel Franco, …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Bandys community raises 25K in support of former girls player

HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA –Read and watch a nice story/video by WCNC about how the Bandys High community — and more specifically the Trojans’ basketball program — is rallying behind a former player as she battles an illness: WCNC’S STORY: https://www.wcnc.com/article/features/catawba-high-school-athlete-chemotherapy-treatment-fundraiser-hoops/275-35236c85-0a0e-4231-b7ba-e7d3b8b75613?fbclid=IwAR2Pjt6OJ6xkEoq4eZjIfs9a44a7yaKUo8PmOFGFBa_BlsvOXQLhDCF9qa4

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: South Fork 2A revises schedule

Maiden, Bandys reset matches delayed by COVID-19   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com The South Fork 2A revised its varsity volleyball schedule on Monday, setting up new dates for matches involving Bandys and Maiden after those teams were sidelined by COVID-19. Maiden postponed three matches, then Bandys followed with a quarantine that forced rescheduling three matches. South Fork 2A Administrator Butch …

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Bandys, E. Lincoln win, set up key volleyball match on Tuesday

League-leading Fred T. Foard, Watauga win again   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Bandys and East Lincoln won South Fork 2A high school volleyball matches on Monday night, setting up a key early match on Tuesday that could further tighten the conference race. East Lincoln (3-0) — a half-match up on Maiden (2-0) — travels to Bandys (2-1) on Tuesday for …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Lowman in field for national coach of the year

Former Bandys star, head coach enjoying more success at East Surry By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MOUNT AIRY — East Surry High head football coach Trent Lowman — a Catawba County native and star quarterback at Bandys who later was head coach at his alma mater — is in the running to be named national head coach of the year by …