NCHSAA HALL OF FAME: Video from Wednesday’s session includes Freedom’s Marsha Crump

HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) greeted the next class for its Hall of Fame on Wednesday. See the video, including details and comments from inductee Marsha Crump, a Hickory native who is one of the top girls’ varsity basketball coaches in state history at Freedom. Crump coaches five Patriots teams to state title …

CATAWBA COUNTY HALL OF FAME: Vols’ Barnes to be featured speaker

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Rick Barnes, a graduate of Hickory High and Lenoir-Rhyne University and head men’s basketball coach at Tennessee, will be the featured speaker at the induction ceremony for this year’s class of the Catawba County Sports Hall of Fame. The Hickory Metro Sports Commission (HMSC) announced Barnes’ appearance via a press release on Tuesday. The induction banquet is …

BREAKING NEWS: Cranford, Morgan lead picks for Lenoir-Rhyne Hall of Fame

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s next Sports Hall of Fame class includes former star high school athletes from Newton-Conover and Hickory. The five new members — announced Tuesday by the school — are Christi Cranford, Jackie Gebhart, the late Bill Johnson, Cory Morgan and Jody Petty. The Hall Of Fame induction ceremony, part of LRU’s Homecoming Weekend, is scheduled Oct. …