HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Tuesday’s first-round conference tourney results, updated pairings (complete)

HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS SOUTH FORK 2A GIRLS Ties broken: Newton-Conover, Lake Norman Charter for No. 3 … neither beat Lincolnton, N-C was 1-1 vs. Maiden and Lake Norman Charter was 0-2. Tuesday’s first round results No. 1 Lincolnton 50, No. 8 W. Lincoln 35 No. 4 Lake Norman Charter 69, No. 5 E. Lincoln 61 No. 2 …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Conference tournaments start Tuesday night

HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS (Official pairings, as released Saturday by conference officials)   SOUTH FORK 2A GIRLS Ties broken: Newton-Conover, Lake Norman Charter for No. 3 … neither beat Lincolnton, N-C was 1-1 vs. Maiden and Lake Norman Charter was 0-2. Tuesday’s first round games No. 8 W. Lincoln (3-20, 0-14) at No. 1 Lincolnton (17-6, 12-2), 6 …

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Pushed by coach, Bandys back to playing big games

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – Adam Dutka no longer has to reach back to his own playing days in college to feel the fire before games that is the norm for him in his third season as head boys’ basketball coach at Bandys High. As the fourth-seeded Trojans (14-9) prep to play fifth-seeded Lake Norman Charter (10-12) at Bandys …

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: McGinnis helps stir up a new outcome for North Lincoln

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – As he sat in the gym lobby after another recent victory by his North Lincoln High girls, head coach Mark Lackey was quick to point out a big reason the Knights have been winning. He pointed to his left — where senior guard Addie McGinnis sat — and repeated something he’d heard from his …

HUNTER HARVEY UPDATE: Will his talent alone make O’s consider breaking camp with him on the roster?

HobbsDailyReport.com A good read from The Baltimore Sun about former Bandys High star pitcher Hunter Harvey, who is on the Orioles’ 40-man roster as spring training approaches. The big question: Now healthy, will Harvey – a former first-round draft pick – be so good that the O’s will have to really give some serious thought to breaking camp with the …