HIGH SCHOL BOYS TENNIS: Hickory faces Carrboro for 3A dual-team title on Saturday

HobbsDailyReport.com STATE DUAL-TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS (Saturday at Piedmont Indoor Tennis Center, Greensboro) 1A No. 3 Voyager Academy (10-4) vs. No. 4 Bishop McGuinness (16-1), 8:30 a.m. 2A No. 4 N.C. Science and Math (10-0) vs. No. 12 Pine Lake Prep (12-1), 12:30 p.m. 3A No. 7 Carrboro (18-2) vs. No. 3 HICKORY (14-0), 8:30 a.m. 4A No. 4 Green Hope (18-1) …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Hickory girls sidelined until Jan. 30

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Hickory High’s varsity girls did not play on Tuesday night and will postpone three additional league games. Red Tornadoes athletic director David Craft indicated the girls won’t play again until a Saturday morning game on Jan. 30 at home against McDowell. In addition to not playing at Watauga on Tuesday night, the girls won’t …

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Foard, Hickory advance to second round

Patton, McDowell, Watauga also advance to Thursday’s next round   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Five of the six area teams in the state high school volleyball playoffs won first-round matches on Tuesday, including Fred T. Foard, Hickory and Patton. The next round is Thursday with Foard going to top-seeded R-S Central and Patton going to West Stokes in 2A. In …

LEGION BASEBALL: Hickory opens season Friday at home against Cherryville

HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Hickory Post 48’s American Legion baseball season begins Friday at home against Cherryville. Post 48’s head coach is again Cameron Beard, a former Hickory player in Legion who also starred in baseball at Bunker Hill High. Friday’s season-opener is at 7 p.m. at Henkel-Alley Field at the Legion Fairgrounds. All of Post 48’s home games will be …