COLLEGE BASEBALL: Catawba Valley Community College names 4 captains for spring

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Two pitchers, a catcher-outfielder and a third basemen will lead Catawba Valley Community College’s baseball team as captains during the spring season. Pitchers Julian Smith of Concord and Hunter Isaacs of Boone are among the four captains selected in a vote by their teammates to lead the Red Hawks this season, the school announced Tuesday. Daniel Brinegar, …

WNNC OLDIES 101.3 FM GOLDEN HELMET WINNER: Ethan Howard, Bandys

NEWTON – Bandys High running back Ethan Howard has won the WNNC Oldies 101.3 FM Coca-Cola Golden Helmet Award for Week 12 of the football season. Howard, a 6-foot-1, 220-pound junior, sparked the Trojans’ 53-50 home victory over North Lincoln last Friday night with 31 carries for a season-high 205 yards. He scored two TDs, including a game-winning 5-yard score …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Suddreth preseason All-SAC but Bears picked to finish 7th

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Former Alexander Central high star Madi Suddreth has been picked among the top 12 women’s basketball players in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) this season. Suddreth, a junior forward for Lenoir-Rhyne University, was on the preseason All-SAC second team when the conference released a coaches’ vote with a predicted conference finish and two six-player preseason …

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: League coaches pick Lenoir-Rhyne to finish eighth

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – The men’s basketball coaches in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) have predicted Lenoir-Rhyne University will finish eighth in an 11-team race for a league title this season. In a vote on preseason team finishes and preseason all-star teams, coaches favored Queens – last year’s regular season co-champion and tournament champion – to repeat as an …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Red Hawks sign 2 stars from Alex Central

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Catawba Valley Community College announced the signing Tuesday of two volleyball players from Alexander Central High. The Red Hawks’ first two signees for their 2018 signing class are Chesney Millsaps and Kelsea DeJarnette of the Cougars. Both signed on Monday, a CVCC press release said. “We are so excited to add Chesney and Kelsea to our fall …