By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – There are very few things, if any, that whet the appetite of St. Stephens High varsity football fans than beating archrival Hickory. It hasn’t happened often – they’ll play for the 31st time tonight at 7:30 p.m. out on Springs Road – and the Indians, in need of a victory to probably keep their …
GAME PREVIEWS: Maiden, Hibriten go for league titles, unbeaten regular seasons
Editor’s note: Our previews do not include much, if anything, for the fans who have been reading playoff projections virtually every day or every hour for the last six weeks or so — why are people even doing those? –– because — for the first time — the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) will use MaxPreps-generated power ratings …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: App’s Story injured but selected first-team All-Sun Belt
HobbsDailyReport.com BOONE – Catch up on the latest developments for former Bandys High star Madi Story — a senior on the Appalachian State University women’s basketball team that begins the season on Nov. 10 against Georgia Tech — via this reporting by The Watauga Democrat: http://www.wataugademocrat.com/sports/local_sports/story-named-preseason-first-team-all-sun-belt/article_10182292-21f7-515d-b7a0-989946b61d7e.html
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS STATE SOCCER PLAYOFFS: Unbeaten N-C faces Lexington next
HobbsDailyReport.com Seven boys’ high school soccer teams — five of them in 2A and among those unbeaten Newton-Conover – got out of the first round of the state playoffs by winning opening matches on Wednesday night. Newton-Conover, the top West 2A seed, advanced as well as No. 2 Patton, No. 10 Lake Norman Charter, No. 15 Hibriten and No. 26 …
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Red Hawks honor coach then win first game of new season
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Catawba Valley Community College opened its men’s basketball season Wednesday night by beating the Brevard College junior varsity 70-59. Prior to the tipoff, the Red Hawks honored head coach Bryan Garmroth for having reached milestone coaching wins. CVCC athletic director Nicholas Schroder presented Garmroth with a special plaque that recognized the coach’s 100th CVCC victory – last …