HobbsDailyReport.com Resilient Bunker Hill High moved a win away from reaching the state 2A softball championship series on Tuesday, downing top-seeded and previously unbeaten Franklin 2-0 on the road to open a best-of-3 series for a West title. The Bears (17-6), a No. 13 seed, need one more win to wrap up their first chance at a state softball title …
HS SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS: Alex Central, Bunker Hill win to gain 1-0 series leads
HobbsDailyReport.com STATE SOFTBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS (South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A, Northwestern 3A-4A teams in all caps) Note: To view complete state pairings, visit https://www.nchsaa.org/ State semifinals (best-of-3 must begin by Tuesday) Games 1, 3 at higher seeds unless teams mutually agree to alter format 1A WEST No. 4 S. Stanly (23-5) vs. No. 3 Alleghany (19-4) Game 1 at …
HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFFS: N. Lincoln, Lincoln Charter in state baseball semifinal series
HobbsDailyReport.com Hot-hitting Tyler McPeak hit two solo home runs and Matty Jorgenson added a two-run shot as North Lincoln High nipped visiting Smoky Mountain 8-6 on Saturday afternoon to reach the West 2A best-of-3 baseball championship series. The top-seeded Knights (25-2) ran their win streak to 18 games when they got the outs they needed with the tying runs left …
HS SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS: Alex Central, Bunker Hill in West series openers Tuesday; other pairings
HobbsDailyReport.com STATE SOFTBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS (South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A, Northwestern 3A-4A teams in all caps) Note: To view complete state pairings, visit https://www.nchsaa.org/ State semifinals (best-of-3 must begin by Tuesday) Games 1, 3 at higher seeds unless teams mutually agree to alter format 1A WEST No. 3 Alleghany (18-4)-No. 2 Chatham Central (19-2) winner vs. No. 4 S. …
COMMENTARY: Marty Curtis made us all love baseball a little more
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CLAREMONT – Given his love of baseball, being as close to the action as possible was something Marty Curtis insisted on before becoming the head coach at Bunker Hill High some 35 years ago. Curtis, 67, said Friday his long coaching career at ‘The Hill’ is over – he’s retiring after spending 35 of his 46 …