HobbsDailyReport.com KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Catawba County native Bryan Lentz is going back to work for Rick Barnes, another county native, in college basketball. Barnes announced Tuesday he’s adding Lentz in a Video Coordinator/Director of Player Development role at Tennessee. Lentz has been an assistant coach at Appalachian State for the last four seasons. Lentz — who played college basketball at …
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Hickory’s Bell signs to play for Lee University
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Hickory High senior Jackson Bell has signed to play basketball for Lee University in Tennessee. Bell averaged 15 points and eight rebounds last season, when the Red Tornadoes went 27-3 under head coach Andy Poplin. “Jackson Bell is easily one of the finest young men I have had the privilege of coaching,” Poplin said in a Hickory …
THE BOBBY LUTZ STORY: Documentary now available for viewing online
HobbsDailyReport.com DENVER, N.C. – The documentary film that chronicles the life of Bobby Lutz — a production by Level One Life Stories — is now online and available for view (see link below). Lutz is a former Bandys High athlete who left law school to follow a dream of coaching, which he did at the high school level (Bandys, Parkwood, …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Bandys’ Story named App State captain
HobbsDailyReport.com BOONE – Former Bandys High star Madi Story and her buddy from the class Appalachian State recruited for women’s basketball four years ago are going out in style. Story and Katelyn Doub of Asheboro, now seniors, have been named captains for the Mountaineers’ women’s basketball team for the 2017-18 season, a release on the school’s athletic website said. “They’ve …