WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Mars Hill extends Lenoir-Rhyne’s losing streak to 4

HobbsDailyReport.com MARS HILL – Mars Hill University extended visiting Lenoir-Rhyne’s volleyball losing streak to four matches with a 3-1 conference win on Tuesday night. The Lions (11-15, 9-10) won 20-25, 25-19, 25-22, 25-16 in a South Atlantic Conference match that left the Bears at 10-14 overall and 6-12 in the SAC. Rebecca Butler had 13 kills and 26 digs, and …

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 …

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, …