Ex-LRU softball star Carlee (Carpenter) Belk will teach, coach at her prep alma mater HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – Bandys High has hired a new volleyball head coach, bringing aboard a former three-sport star from its athletic program. On Tuesday, the school’s athletic department announced Carlee (Carpenter) Belk will teach physical education and coach volleyball at her alma mater. Belk played four …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Ex-Bandys star Story earns postgraduate scholarship from Sun Belt
She will pursue a Master’s degree in speech-language pathology at App State HobbsDailyReport.com BOONE – Former Bandys High star Madi Story, who led Appalachian State’s women’s basketball team to a Women’s Basketball Invitational (WBI) title in her final season, received a 2019 Sun Belt Postgraduate Scholarship on Friday. The conference announced Story as one of seven student-athletes for a $3,000 …
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Bowie moves Harvey to bullpen
Relief role could help former Bandys High star reach major leagues HobbsDailyReport.com The role for former Bandys High star Hunter Harvey — at least for now — is pitching out of the bullpen for Class AA Bowie (Md.). A story by the Baltimore Sun (https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-hunter-harvey-20190614-story.html?fbclid=IwAR09FKVekSLn21H9CROrLfrICoekz_g2s4IMmnlN7uJUsbRfFLNPPzzHy3Q) details the change for Harvey, a right-hander who has been in the Baysox’s starting …
JUNIOR AMERICAN LEGION SOFTBALL: Post 48 opens season on Monday (with schedule, roster)
HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – Hickory Post 48’s Junior American Legion fast-pitch softball season for girls is about to begin. The team is coached by Bubbie Spake and has a 16-player roster that includes seven players from Bandys High. Katie Carpenter and Brian McIntosh are also on the coaching staff this season for Post 48, which plays in a division with Wilkes …
SOUTH FORK 2A COURAGE AWARD: Bandys’ Wagner wins battles with leukemia to play for Trojans
Bandys High Athletic Director Brandon Harbinson presents the South Fork 2A’s Courage Award for 2019 to Ashley Wagner, who has undergone treatment for leukemia twice during her high school career. She played tennis and basketball for the Trojans and is now headed to Clemson to study veterinary medicine./SOUTH FORK 2A PHOTO Sidelined by illness as a freshman, she reaches goals …