WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Lester becomes first CVCC player to clear 1,000 career points in Sunday win

HobbsDailyReport.com SMITHFIELD – It was a record-setting day for Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) in women’s basketball on Sunday. With sophomore Shaniya Lester scoring 17 points to become the first male or female Red Hawks player to reach 1,000 points in a career, CVCC beat Johnston Community College 80-37 on the road. Lester cleared the historic mark in the first …

COLLEGE BASEBALL: Louisburg limits CVCC to 5 hits in Sunday’s victory

HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Louisburg College checked Catawba Valley Community College’s bats on five hits on Sunday en route to an 8-3 baseball victory at the Legion Fairgrounds. Zaccheaeus Rasberry paced Louisburg (12-4) with three hits, including a solo home run in the top of the second inning. The Hurricanes had 13 hits, including two each from Trey Hicks, Seth Johnson …

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Guilford Tech’s 23 unanswered points help sink Red Hawks

HobbsDailyReport.com PETERSBURG, Va. – Scoring 23 unanswered points in a first-half surge, Guilford Tech eliminated Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) from the Region X men’s basketball tournament on Saturday, winning 103-79. The eighth-seeded Titans (13-15) got a season-high 35 points from Eric Peaks to advance to a Sunday quarterfinal, also at Richard Bland College, against top-seeded Louisburg College (25-4). CVCC …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: CVCC wins again, goes for 25th victory on Sunday

HobbsDailyReport.com LELAND – Catawba Valley Community College’s 24th women’s basketball victory of the season came Saturday, a 81-71 road victory over Brunswick Community College that featured Shaniya Lester scoring more than 20 points again. Lester, a sophomore, had 22 points – her 16th game of the season with 20 or more – as the Red Hawks ran their win streak …

COLLEGE BASEBALL: After split of games, Red Hawks to face Louisburg again on Sunday

HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Louisburg College and Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) will complete a three-game series Sunday after having split a baseball doubleheader on Saturday at the Legion Fairgrounds. The Hurricanes (11-4) and Red Hawks (11-5), ranked No. 17 in the latest National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) poll, will play a nine-inning game Sunday with a first pitch at …