HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – After one season of playing volleyball at Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC), Adair Melton is heading to the next level. Melton, a freshman who played high school volleyball at Fred T. Foard, signed Thursday to play next season at Meredith College in Raleigh, a CVCC press release said. “It’s really surreal,” said Melton in the press release. …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: 4 areas players signed by LRU on West All-Star roster
HobbsDailyReport.com GREENSBORO – Five players from Greater Hickory area conferences – four of them signed to play next season at Lenoir-Rhyne University — will play in the annual East-West All-Star football game in July. The teams were released on Wednesday by the North Carolina Coaches Association (NCCA). Area picks for the West squad are quarterback Gunnar Anderson of Alexander Central, …
HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS: Foard’s Miller strikes out 16, no-hits East Burke
HobbsDailyReport.com Spencer Miller flirted with a perfect game — tossing a no-hitter with 16 strikeouts – as Fred T. Foard High nipped visiting East Burke 1-0 on Wednesday night in Northwestern Foothills 2A baseball. Only two batters reached base against Miller – one via a walk and one via an error – and the Tigers came up with the hits …
HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS: Foard collects 10th consecutive softball victory
HobbsDailyReport.com Adison Yoder had three hits and four RBIs and picked up her fifth pitching win of the season on Monday, leading visiting Fred T. Foard High past Draughn 11-2 in Northwestern Foothills 2A softball. Foard won its 10th straight game — also getting a 5-for-5 game with a triple and an RBI from Abby Settlemyre – and is tied …
HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS: Foard pounds Freedom in softball for 7th straight victory
HobbsDailyReport.com Fred T. Foard High ran its win streak to seven games in softball on Thursday, pounding visiting Freedom 15-1 in a non-conference game. The Tigers got three RBIs each from Emily Campbell and Morgan Lofton and they each had two hits while Adison Yoder went 3-for-3, scoring twice and driving in three runs for the Tigers. Morgan Smith allowed …