WE’RE BACK!: HobbsDailyReport.com again available… sorry for 4 days without us

HobbsDailyReport.com WELCOME BACK!!   Thank you for resuming following the high schools we cover in the Catawba Valley 2A Athletic, Western Foothills 3A and Northwestern 3A-4A plus Draughn and Patton. We also dabble in daily updates on the Hickory Crawdads and follow the baseball careers of Hayden Deal with the Mississippi Braves (Double A) and Washington Nationals reliever Hunter Harvey. …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Friday’s varsity schedule

HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY FOOTBALL     Games scheduled by teams in the Catawba Valley 2A, Western Foothills 3A, Northwestern 3A-4A and by Draughn and Patton. All games begin at 7:30 p.m. Alexander Central at Hickory Bandys at St. Stephens Bunker Hill at Cramer Carson at Statesville Crest at Freedom Patton at E. Burke Hibriten at E. Lincoln Maiden at Fred T. …

LEGION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS: Gaston Braves end season for Hickory (6-15)

Burke County, Caldwell County advance; second round series start Friday night   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – The Gaston Braves completed a Game 3 victory over Hickory on Wednesday night, winning 6-5 in nine innings to complete a first-round sweep in Area IV American Legion playoff baseball. Gaston, the East No. 2 seed, led the game 5-4 when it …

HIGH SCHOOLS: Tuesday’s varsity schedule

HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY SPORTS SCHEDULE Tuesday’s schedule of high school volleyball and cross country events for varsity sports teams in the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A. Attendance at volleyball is limited to 25 and to 100 for cross country by instruction from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHS) and its guidelines …