HIGH SCHOOLS: Peissell pitches St. Stephens past South Iredell

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Right-hander Julian Peissel helped St. Stephens High start its baseball season red-hot on Tuesday with two-hit pitching over four innings in a 12-1 home victory in five innings over South Iredell. Peissel struck out 11, walked three and gave up an earned run as the Indians (1-0) rolled. He threw strikes on 48 of 77 pitches …

FRIDAY’S PREP ROUNDUP: Spartans hit 6 home runs, advance to West 4A softball title game

East Lincoln reaches West 2A series, Alex Central a victory away in West 3A   Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to reflect the East and West finals are single games and not the normal best-of-3 series. The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) did not announce that change, due to COVID-19, and its handbook instruction online continues …

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: LN Charter (14-0-0) wins South Fork 2A girls’ soccer title

Foard trio combines on no-hit baseball victory over West Caldwell   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Celebrating Senior Night with all of its goals scored by its seven seniors, Lake Norman Charter wrapped up a South Fork 2A girls’ soccer unbeaten record on Wednesday night. The Knights won 9-0 over visiting West Lincoln to go 14-0-0 in the league and finish …

HIGH SCHOOLS: Lake Norman Charter hands Maiden first volleyball loss of season

Blue Devils still in first place in South Fork 2A; Foard remains unbeaten in Northwestern Foothills 2A   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Lake Norman Charter High handed visiting Maiden its first varsity volleyball loss of the season on Friday night, snapping the Blue Devils’ 10-match win streak. The Knights won 26-24, 29-31, 25-19, 25-22, ending a Maiden win streak in …

HIGH SCHOOLS: Maiden wins, stays atop tight South Fork 2A volleyball race

Watauga sweeps Hickory for Northwestern 3A-4A lead, adds 61st consecutive conference victory   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Savannah Lail and Anna White combined for 19 kills on Tuesday night, leading Maiden High’s 3-0 victory over visiting Lincolnton in South Fork 2A volleyball. The victory – 25-8, 25-13, 25-7 — kept the Blue Devils (4-0) in first place in the conference, …