HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING: Burke County stars lead All-Northwestern Foothills 2A

HobbsDailyReport.com The top swimmers in the Northwestern Foothills 2A for this season are both from Burke County. Conference officials released the all-conference team for girls and boys on Saturday, with Kadira McClure of Patton winning female swimmer of the year and East Burke’s Brett Walker taking home the boys’ award. Patton edged East Burke for a league title in girls …

HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: Foard leads All-Northwestern Foothills 2A picks

HobbsDailyReport.com Fred T. Foard High has won two of the three major awards in Northwestern Foothills 2A wrestling for this season with Allen Pyatte honored and the Tigers’ Mike Carey earning Coach of the Year. Landon Shuford of West Iredell (126 pounds) was selected the Wrestler of the Year for the regular season while Pyatte (195) was the MOW at …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: CVCC scores 105 points in fifth consecutive victory

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Five players reached double figures on Saturday as Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) ran its win streak in women’s basketball to five games. Led by sophomore Tanisha Wall’s 23 points and 10 rebounds, the 17th-ranked Red Hawks defeated Fayetteville Tech 105-39 at the Tarlton Complex. It was Wall’s sixth double-double of the season and she matched a …

COLLEGE BASEBALL: Jeffries-led Bears win again, off to 5-1 start

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Clayton Jeffries’ two-run double in the eighth inning on Saturday carried Lenoir-Rhyne University to a 9-7 home baseball victory over West Virginia State. The Bears completed a three-game sweep by winning, improving to 5-1. LRU junior outfielder Grant Fuller had two hits and drove in two runs in the victory, and senior Landon Whitson (1-0) pitched scoreless …

MEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE: Lenoir-Rhyne stuns top-ranked Limestone

HobbsDailyReport.com GAFFNEY, S.C. – The biggest victory in program history for Lenoir-Rhyne University’s men lacrosse team came Saturday when the visiting Bears upended defending NCAA Division II champion Limestone. 17-13. LRU (2-0), ranked No. 7 in NCAA Division II, got five goals each by freshman attacker Myles Moffat and sophomore midfielder Eric Dickinson, with Dickinson adding four assists in the …