HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Lowman in field for national coach of the year

Former Bandys star, head coach enjoying more success at East Surry By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MOUNT AIRY — East Surry High head football coach Trent Lowman — a Catawba County native and star quarterback at Bandys who later was head coach at his alma mater — is in the running to be named national head coach of the year by …

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Bunker Hill’s Wray signs to play for App State

Mountaineers’ class of 9 also includes standout from East Lincoln   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com BOONE – Appalachian State’s softball program picked up nine recruits on Wednesday, including high school stars from Bunker Hill and East Lincoln. In a release posted at its website, Appalachian State announced its recruiting class includes shortstop Addie Wray of Bunker Hill and Katelynn Crowe …

HIGH SCHOOLS: South Fork 2A’s Network for livestreaming is now live

Volleyball, with live crowds limited to 25, available on one device for $10 per match   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com The South Fork 2A’s website providing an opportunity to watch some varsity sports live from the eight-team high school conference went live on Friday. The schools participating in the livestreaming network (https://www.sfcnetwork.tv/) are: Bandys, East Lincoln, Lake Norman Charter, Lincolnton, …

HOBBSDAILYREPORT.COM: We welcome your thoughts, comments as we prep for another year

An open letter to the thousands of you who follow sports at HobbsDailyReport.com: Thank you for your interest in local sports coverage and specifically in HobbsDailyReport.com, our website launched in April 2017 that is still going strong (more than 1 million page views). We’ve been fortunate – no one in my small family has experienced COVID-19 – but we have …