COLLEGE SOFTBALL: With program coming in fall, CVCC adds 6 new players to roster

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) has added six players to its first recruiting class for softball, including a former player from Bunker Hill High. The Red Hawks, announcing the additions via a press release, picked up Ashley Parsons of Bunker Hill, Katie Camp of Cherryville, Alli Fay of East Davidson and three players – Audi Wallace, Sarah …

HIGH SCHOOLS: Joines retiring as girls’ basketball, softball coach at Bunker Hill

  By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CLAREMONT – Randy Joines, whose second long run as an impactful teacher and coach endeared him to Bunker Hill High, is retiring. Joines, the Bears’ head girls’ varsity basketball coach since 2010 and their softball coach since 2014, announced Friday this school year is his last. He spent 20 years at North Wilkes High in …

CATAWBA COUNTY SPORTS HALL OF FAME: Close-knit group grows to 89 with induction of Class of 2019

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The Catawba County Sports Hall of Famers are a close-knit group. When the fraternity grew by five on Monday night at the Highland Recreation Center, nearly 50 of the 89 members – or someone from their family – came to honor a five-person class of inductees. The Hall of Fame — in its 19th …