HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Bandys tabs Oaks as head coach for next season

  By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – Bandys High has turned to one of its former athletes to coach boys’ varsity basketball next season. Trojans Athletic Director Brandon Harbinson announced Matt Oaks, an assistant basketball coach last season, will be Bandys’ interim boys’ coach next season. “Matt is well respected by his players, parents and our community and we are …

SOUTH FORK 2A ROUNDUP: Bandys nips W. Lincoln, will play for baseball tourney title

HobbsDailyReport.com Winning for the fourth time in five games on Thursday night, Bandys High earned a chance to lock up a bid into the state baseball playoffs. The fourth-seeded Trojans edged top-seeded West Lincoln 3-1 in a semifinal of the South Fork 2A tournament at the Legion Fairgrounds in Newton, beating the Rebels for the first time in three games …

MINOR LEAGUES: Jarrett promoted, joins Harvey at Double-A Bowie; Dads fall

HobbsDailyReport.com We will update game scores, etc., for the Hickory Crawdads again this season and will also feature day-by-day reports on three Catawba County players chasing their dream of reaching The Show. Visit our FREE website nightly to see if former Bandys High stars Hunter Harvey (Orioles system) and Hayden Deal (Braves system) pitched and also check in on former …

NCHSAA AWARDS: Female athletes from Bandys, Freedom win Bradshaw regional scholarships

HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL – Danielle Brown of Bandys and Sierra Davenport of Freedom are among 16 regional winners of Willie Bradshaw Endowed Scholarships from the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA). They each will receive $750 in scholarship money and be eligible to for a $1,000 scholarship that goes to one male and one female athletic in the state. …