SOUTH ATLANTIC CONFERENCE BASKETBALL: LRU men seeded No. 7, women No. 8; both open tourney on the road

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s men and women qualified for the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) basketball tournaments, and both will open on the road on Wednesday. The Bears are seeded No. 7 and begin tournament play with a 7 p.m. game at No. 2 Queens, while the LRU women go the eighth and final seed and will play …

BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFF RESULTS (complete): E. Lincoln, Hickory, Lincoln Charter reach Round 4

HobbsDailyReport.com Saturday’s third round results in the state’s West 2A, West 3A and West 4A brackets with  teams from the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A indicated by bold and all caps. Game times are listed if available. Saturday’s winners play Tuesday at the higher seeds, i.e. the first two game winners will play and the winners …

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Standings through third round of state playoffs

HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL STANDINGS Teams still playing indicated by bold SOUTH FORK 2A (Through third round of state playoffs)                                                                                         Conf.                  All               Streak E. Lincoln                                                                13-1                       25-5             Won 3 Lincolnton                                                                 11-3                      21-6             Lost 1 Maiden                                                                       9-5                        17-9             Lost 1 Bandys                                                                       8-6                      15-11              Lost 2 Lake Norman Charter                                        8-6                      10-13                Lost 1 Newton-Conover                                                  4-10                      …

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: Final 2017-18 Greater Hickory area standings

HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS  BASKETBALL STANDINGS (Final 2017-18) SOUTH FORK 2A                                                                               Conf.              All                Streak Lincolnton                                                        12-2               18-8              Lost 2 Maiden                                                              11-3              19-6               Lost 2 Lake Norman Charter                                 9-5               17-11              Lost 1 Newton-Conover                                          9-5             17-11                Lost 1 E. Lincoln                                                            8-6              14-11            Lost 2 N. …

COLLEGE BASEBALL: Stamper’s home run sparks Bears as they win league opener

HobbsDailyReport.com ANDERSON, S.C. – Aaron Stamper got Lenoir-Rhyne University off to a great start on Friday, hitting a three-run home run in the first inning, as the Bears opened South Atlantic Conference (SAC) baseball with an 11-3 win over Anderson, S.C. Stamper and Justin Dean hit home runs as LRU, which started 11-1 last season, moved to 11-4 overall this …