MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Crawdads announce home game times for 2018 season

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The Hickory Crawdads will have early starts to their spring games for the sixth consecutive season, the club announced on Tuesday. Games scheduled to be played on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday on the 2018 schedule will again have 6 p.m. first pitches, while Sunday games during the first half of the South Atlantic League (SAL) schedule …

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS: N-C wins, faces Owen next; HHS advances to play Statesville

HobbsDailyReport.com STATE BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS Second round results and pairings for Wednesday’s third round of the state West 2A, West 3A and West 4A boys’ soccer playoffs, with match times (if available) and with teams from the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A indicated by bold and all caps. The lower-seeded team visits the higher-seeded team. For …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Final junior varsity standings

HobbsDailyReport.com JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL STANDINGS (Final regular season) SOUTH FORK 2A (Conf./All) Maiden 7-0, 10-0 N. Lincoln 6-1, 6-3 Newton-Conover 5-2, 7-3 Lincolnton 3-4, 6-4 Bandys 3-4, 5-5 E. Lincoln 3-4, 5-5 W. Lincoln 1-6, 4-6 Lake Norman Charter 0-7, 0-8 Thursday’s results Maiden 22, Lincolnton 14 Newton-Conover 31, E. Lincoln 13 N. Lincoln 34, Bandys 24 W. Lincoln 30, …

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS X-C STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: B. Risse third as N. Lincoln boys win state 2A

HobbsDailyReport.com KERNERSVILLE – Two of the top boys’ cross country team spots were landed by South Fork 2A on Saturday at the state championship races at the Ivey Redmon Sports Complex. North Lincoln won the boys’ title with 58 points – led by Brian Risse’s third-place finish in 16 minutes, 12.07 seconds, and Lake Norman Charter was third (128) behind …

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS X-C STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS: Lake Norman Charter, N. Lincoln finish 1-2 in 2A

HobbsDailyReport.com KERNERSVILLE – Lake Norman Charter High’s girls had the top two finishers to win the state 2A cross country title, while North Lincoln had three runners in the top six to take second place. Mariah Howlett of Lake Norman Charter won the individual title on a 5K course at Ivey Redmon Sports complex on Saturday in 18 minutes, 03.43 …