HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC), off to its best start in school history at 8-1, has back-to-back home games just ahead. On Friday, the Red Hawks battle Central Carolina Community College at 6 p.m. at the Tarlton Complex. The next day, they tip at 3 p.m. against Johnston Community College. CVCC has won five straight since its …
LOCAL SPORTS: LRU’s men’s lacrosse head coach tabbed nation’s best in NCAA Division II
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Greg Paradine — who just completed his eighth season as men’s lacrosse head coach at Lenoir-Rhyne University — has been named the NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA). Paradine is only the third coach at LRU to win a national coach of the year award, joining the …
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Red Hawks’ Wimberley selected for assistant coaching award
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Mark Wimberley of Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) has been named the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Assistant Coach of the Year for Two-Year Colleges. Wimberley just completed his eighth season as a Red Hawks assistant. He joined the CVCC coaching staff in 2010 after retiring from the North Carolina Forest Service after 28 years. He has …
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: CVCC moves starting times of Saturday doubleheader up by an hour
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Because of anticipated winter weather, Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) will start its home basketball games earlier than planned on Saturday. The Red Hawks’ women face Region X foe Fayetteville at noon – an hour earlier than originally planned – and the CVCC men’s game against Lenoir Community College will also begin an hour earlier (2 p.m.) …
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Johnson, Powell have career games as CVCC tops Davidson County
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Career-best nights by Isayah Johnson and Jordan Powell sparked Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) to 103-85 home win in men’s basketball over Davidson County Community College (DCCC0 on Wednesday night. Johnson, a sophomore forward from Charlotte (West Charlotte High) scored 29 points and Powell, a sophomore forward from Windsor, Conn., had 23 as the Red Hawks improved …