FRIDAY’S PREP ROUNDUP: Spartans hit 6 home runs, advance to West 4A softball title game

Published Saturday, May 8th, 2021

East Lincoln reaches West 2A series, Alex Central a victory away in West 3A   Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to reflect the East and West finals are single games and not the normal best-of-3 series. The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) did not announce that change, due to COVID-19, and its handbook instruction online continues …

BASEBALL: Athletes Lab adds Aaron Rembert to lead day-to-day operations

Published Tuesday, August 13th, 2019

Ex-Maiden star joins his brothers, other area prep head coaches in effort to boost baseball in area   HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN – Athletes Lab, a Maiden-based organization focused on developing local baseball players, has added former Mars Hill University head baseball coach Aaron Rembert to its staff. Starting Monday, he will lead the day-to-day operations of Athletes Lab as the company’s …

BASEBALL: Athletes Lab offers tryouts in Maiden on August 17

Published Thursday, August 8th, 2019

HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN – Athletes Lab has scheduled showcase tryouts for 15U and 16U baseball teams on Aug. 17 at the Maiden Recreation Department. The tryouts are for fall 2019 and summer 2020 teams. The Lab will have a 15U/16U hybrid team, a 15U (2023) summer team and a 16U (2022) summer team. For more details, contact Cameron Beard at www.athleteslab.org. …

BASEBALL: Red Hawks’ Rozzelle will help coach 14U National Team in Cary

Published Tuesday, July 16th, 2019

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) head baseball coach Paul Rozzelle begins working with the USA Baseball 14U National Team on Sunday. Rozzelle, who has guided the Red Hawks to at least 30 wins in five straight seasons, has been named to a 10-person coaching staff as part of the USA Baseball National Team Development Program (NTDP), CVCC …

HIGH SCHOOLS: Watauga names head coaches for baseball, girls’ golf

Published Wednesday, July 10th, 2019

HobbsDailyReport.com BOONE – Watauga High has hired a new varsity baseball head coach and a new head coach for girls’ varsity golf and both played for the Pioneers. Ethan Greene, a former starting quarterback for Watauga who was a pitching ace as a senior for the Pioneers, has been promoted from head junior varsity baseball coach to replace Seth Freeman. …