By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com The top softball awards in the Catawba Valley 2A Athletic are going to regular-season co-champion West Lincoln and third-place Maiden. In voting by conference head coaches, sophomore Macy Michael of Maiden was selected as Offensive Player of the Year, junior Harlie Burton of West Lincoln was tabbed Defensive Player of the Year and Burton’s head coach, …
Athletes Lab is expanding, adding multi-purpose field in Maiden
Work is already underway in Maiden on Athletes Lab multi-purpose turf field that will allow adding flag football and soccer to the programs already provided by the company. The additions were announced this week by Grant Rembert, the owner of Athletes Lab and a former star athlete at Maiden whose goal is to provide area athletes a place to focus …
NCHSAA HALL OF FAME: Spartans’ Anderson in Class of 2022
HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL — Danny Anderson, current head varsity boys basketball coach at South Caldwell and a 700-game winner, is going into the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) Hall of Fame. Anderson, whose coaching career also includes stints at Madison-Mayodan, Starmount, West Caldwell (twice) and Maiden, will be inducted with the Class of 2022. The NCHSAA released voting …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Ramseur promoted to head coach at Foard
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to attribute a comment made about Ramseur. HobbsDailyReport.com originally attributed that comment to Foard’s athletic director rather than the school principal. By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Michael Ramseur — an assistant at Fred T Foard High who was a football star at Maiden and signed with North Carolina during his playing career …
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Foard, Hickory advance to second round
Patton, McDowell, Watauga also advance to Thursday’s next round By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Five of the six area teams in the state high school volleyball playoffs won first-round matches on Tuesday, including Fred T. Foard, Hickory and Patton. The next round is Thursday with Foard going to top-seeded R-S Central and Patton going to West Stokes in 2A. In …