HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS: Wednesday results (as of 12:45 a.m.)

HobbsDailyReport.com A schedule of athletic events on Wednesday for schools in the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A, compiled from schedules the schools provided HobbsDailyReport.com, with starting times if they were listed on the schedules. Some schools did not respond to a request for schedules. Events added to the schedules via postponements or moved to another date …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Freedom hires second generation head coach from Whiteville

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON – Freedom High hired a second generation coach to guide its football program on Tuesday, tabbing a veteran who says he never thought about doing anything else for a living other than coaching. “I guess it’s all I have ever known,” said Luke Little, who is leaving Whiteville after five seasons to become the 12th …

MEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE: Bears sweep conference’s weekly awards

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Both weekly awards in South Atlantic Conference (SAC) men’s lacrosse belong this week to Lenoir-Rhyne University stars. The conference gave the Bears’ Joe Buduo the top award on offense for theweek and Ryan Crompton collected the top award on defense. They led LRU to two road wins last week, 10-4 over seventh-ranked Belmont Abbey and …

COLLEGE BASEBALL: Bears’ Whitson picks up conference’s Pitcher of Week award

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Landon Whitson, who delivered two saves in a baseball sweep by Lenoir-Rhyne University over Newberry (S.C.) over the weekend, on Tuesday won the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Pitcher of The Week award. Whitson, a senior from Marion, gives LRU back-to-back pitching awards by the conference after sopohomore John Grigg of Lawndale was selected last week. …

CRAWDADS: They’ll face Catawba Valley Community College in exhibition on April 2

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The Hickory Crawdads and Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) are going to battle on April 2 in an exhibition game at L.P Frans Stadium. The Crawdads, entering their first season under the ownership of the Texas Rangers, announced the match-up on Tuesday via a press release. The game is scheduled for a 6 p.m. start with the …