COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Red Tornadoes’ Chisholm to play at Averett University

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Hickory High’s A.J. Chisholm will continue his football career next season by playing at Averett University in Danville, Va. Chisholm will pursue a degree in business at Averett, an NCAA Division III school that plays in the USA South conference and was 6-4 last season. In his last season at Hickory, he had two receptions for 14 …

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 …

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS: Alex Central wraps up bid into state 3A playoffs

HobbsDailyReport.com TUESDAY’S SUMMARIES ALEXANDER CENTRAL 8, HICKORY 1 Singles: Carter Patterson (AC) d. Arditti 6-2, 6-4; Jackson Barr (AC) d. Reeves 6-0, 6-3; Chandler Davis (AC) d. Pleasants 7-5, 6-3; Cameron White (AC) d. Camacho 6-2, 6-2; Caleb Bolick (AC) d. White 6-1, 6-2; Jacob Campbell (AC) d. McIntosh 6-3, 6-3. Doubles: Arditti-Reeves (H) d. Carter Patterson-Cameron White 9-7; Jackson …

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Harvey gets back on mound for Bowie, goes 2 innings

HobbsDailyReport.com BOWIE, Md. – Hunter Harvey threw in a regular-season game for the first this season on Saturday, going two innings for Class AA Bowie (Md.). Bowie eventually beat Harrisburg (Penn.) 15-6 – scoring nine runs in the ninth inning – after Harvey, a former star right-hander at Bandys High, had long ago hit the showers. Harvey — assigned to …

NCHSAA HALL OF FAME: Red Tornadoes’ Elder to be inducted on Saturday

Editor’s note: This story first appeared/was posted when the Class of 2018 was announced and has been edited and updated. By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL – David Elder’s fourth Hall of Fame will be his biggest honor, he says. Elder — who coached Hickory High’s girls to more than 400 basketball wins and the Red Tornadoes to an unbeaten …