CATAWBA COUNTY SPORTS HALL OF FAME: Class of 2019 will be inducted Monday night

READ MORE ON EACH INDIVIDUAL SELECTED: 2019 CCSHOF announcement HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The next class of the Catawba County Sports Hall of Fame will be inducted on Monday night at Highland Recreation Center in Hickory. The Hickory Metro Sports Commission (HMSC) will recognize these individuals in the Class of 2019, and they will bring membership to 94: Catawba College all-time …

NCHSAA AWARDS: Female athletes from Bandys, Freedom win Bradshaw regional scholarships

HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL – Danielle Brown of Bandys and Sierra Davenport of Freedom are among 16 regional winners of Willie Bradshaw Endowed Scholarships from the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA). They each will receive $750 in scholarship money and be eligible to for a $1,000 scholarship that goes to one male and one female athletic in the state. …

MINOR LEAGUES: Crawdads nip Augusta (Ga.); Deal pitches well but takes first loss for Fire Frogs

  HobbsDailyReport.com We will update game scores, etc., for the Hickory Crawdads again this season and will also feature day-by-day reports on three Catawba County players chasing their dream of reaching The Show. Visit our FREE website nightly to see if former Bandys High stars Hunter Harvey (Orioles system) and Hayden Deal (Braves system) pitched and also check in on …

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Lutz confirms he’s joining coaching staff at Nebraska

Bandys grad returning to college basketball as special assitant   HobbsDailyReport.com Catawba County native Bobby Lutz is back in college basketball, confirming Thursday he’s signed a contract to join the coaching staff at Nebraska. Lutz, 61, told HobbsDailyReport.com in a social media message that he’s been in Nebraska this week and already inked a contract to return to coaching with …

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Lutz preparing to join coaching staff at Nebraska

Bandys graduate, former head coach at Charlotte joining the Huskers HobbsDailyReport.com Bobby Lutz, former point guard at Bandys High and ex-head coach at Charlotte, is returning to college basketball as a special assistant at Nebraska. The Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star, after reporting Lutz was under consideration, published a sourced story on Wednesday saying Lutz has accepted a coaching position with …