HIGH SCHOOLS: Maiden visits Bandys with volleyball league lead on line

Foard, unbeaten in Western Foothills 3A, plays at St. Stephens   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com A 10-kill, nine digs night by Payton Miller helped spark Maiden High’s volleyball victory on Tuesday night and set up a showdown for first place in the Catawba Valley Athletic 2A. The Blue Devils downed visiting West Caldwell 25-6, 25-13, 25-7 to improve to 3-0 …

HIGH SCHOOLS: Alex Central nips St. Stephens, leaving no unbeatens in area baseball

Bandys rolls past Foard in softball, posts 11th victory of season   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com There are no more unbeaten high school baseball teams in the Greater Hickory area. Alexander Central slipped by St. Stephens 2-1 in eight innings on Wednesday night in Hickory, the first loss of the season for St. Stephens (10-1). The Cougars (11-1) were dealt …

HIGH SCHOOLS: Williams’ walk-off homer gets Cougars past Spartans in baseball

Bandys runs baseball win streak to 6, takes league lead; St. Stephens’ Lail holds Statesville hitless in softball   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Big hits win big games, and Caleb Williams of Alexander Central High delivered one on Tuesday night. Williams — a junior outfielder batting third in the Cougars’ lineup — smacked a three-run, walk-off home run in the …

HIGH SCHOOLS: West Caldwell scores 19, wins on road to snap 33-game losing streak

Top 3 batters in lineup combine for 8 hits, drive in 7 runs in win at Avery County   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Getting eight hits and seven RBIs from the top three spots in its batting order, West Caldwell High rolled to a 19-9 victory over Avery County on the road Monday night to snap a 33-game baseball losing …

HIGH SCHOOLS: Freshman pitches Watauga into Northwestern 3A-4A baseball lead

St. Stephens rallies to win at E. Lincoln, is now area’s only unbeaten baseball team   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Watauga High freshman Johnny Ray shut down Alexander Central’s bats – the visiting Cougars had one hit – as the Pioneers won 6-0 on Friday night to take over the baseball lead in the Northwestern 3A-4A. Watauga (7-2, 2-0) ran …