LEGION BASEBALL: Asheville at Hickory on Monday in next game for Post 48

Published Saturday, June 3rd, 2023

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON — Hickory Post 48 is 2-3 as it heads into its next American Legion baseball game on Sunday night against Asheville (7 p.m.). Post 48, coached by Allen Sigmon, has beaten Gastonia 6-5 and Lincolnton 8-7 to start the season and lost games against Gastonia 13-4, Burke County 3-2 and the Gaston Braves 6-2 Sunday’s …

WESTERN FOOTHILLS 3A FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Hickory Red Tornadoes

Published Monday, September 5th, 2022

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY RED TORNADOES   Conference: Western Foothills 3A Head coach: Joe Glass (60-57-0, 10 years; 7-5-0 at Hickory, 1 year) Assistant coaches: Mike Natoli, QB-OC; Jody Weatherman, LB-JV DC; Kyle Riddle, OL; Torez Leach, LB-JV head coach; D.J. Holloway, DL; Jaquan Crawford, JV QB; Josh Coffey, JV WR-OC; Ronnie Hopper, LB; Robin Shuford, RB; Will Brown, …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Hickory 35, Newton-Conover 28

Published Saturday, September 3rd, 2022

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY 35, NEWTON-CONOVER 28 (Friday at Barger Stadium, Hickory) N-C                 7      7      8      6—28 Hickory       15   14      0      6—35 SCORING SUMMAR\Y First quarter H—Ty Hill 21 pass from Brady Stober (Dashawn Medley pass from Turner Wood), 9:34 H—Tayshaw Wright 54 pass from Stober (Josh Tyree kick), 5:16 N-C—Aiden Luangkhot 10 run (Dax Shannon kick), …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Bandys gains from addition to coaching staff

Published Wednesday, August 10th, 2022

Trojans add assistant Mike Helms, who spent 16-plus years as boss at 6 schools   Editor’s note: All stories at HobbsDailyReport.com are copyrighted and can’t be republished or rebroadcast — other than by WNNC and WLON, our reporting partners — without crediting HobbsDailyReport.com’s reporting and/or research or by requesting a waiver of that copyright. To inquire about a waiver, e-mail …

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS: Hickory falls in 3A dual-team title match

Published Saturday, May 14th, 2022

HobbsDailyReport.com GREENSBORO — Carrboro edged previously unbeaten Hickory 5-1 on Saturday morning to win a state 3A boys’ dual-team tennis championship. The match was won with doubles needing to be played at the Piedmont Indoor Tennis Center in Greensboro. Carrboro finished 19-2 and Hickory finished 14-1. STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SUMMARIES: https://www.nchsaa.org/news/2022-5-14/2022-mens-dual-team-tennis-state-championship-results