By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – Adam Dutka no longer has to reach back to his own playing days in college to feel the fire before games that is the norm for him in his third season as head boys’ basketball coach at Bandys High. As the fourth-seeded Trojans (14-9) prep to play fifth-seeded Lake Norman Charter (10-12) at Bandys …
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: McGinnis helps stir up a new outcome for North Lincoln
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – As he sat in the gym lobby after another recent victory by his North Lincoln High girls, head coach Mark Lackey was quick to point out a big reason the Knights have been winning. He pointed to his left — where senior guard Addie McGinnis sat — and repeated something he’d heard from his …
HUNTER HARVEY UPDATE: Will his talent alone make O’s consider breaking camp with him on the roster?
HobbsDailyReport.com A good read from The Baltimore Sun about former Bandys High star pitcher Hunter Harvey, who is on the Orioles’ 40-man roster as spring training approaches. The big question: Now healthy, will Harvey – a former first-round draft pick – be so good that the O’s will have to really give some serious thought to breaking camp with the …
1A/2A SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS: Red Devils’ Dant wins twice with record-setting times
HobbsDailyReport.com CARY – The best swimmer in the state in 1A/2A this season in the 500-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke, junior Ross Dant of Newton-Conover, got there in record-setting fashion. Dant won both freestyle events with the best times ever recorded at the 1A/2A state championships, helping the Red Devils finish 14th on Friday at the Triangle Aquatic Center. He …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne 81, Mars Hill 46
HobbsDailyReport.com SATURDAY’S SUMMARY LENOIR-RHYNE 81, MARS HILL 46 (at Shuford Gym, Hickory) MARS HILL (1-23, 0-16 SAC) Johnson, Mariah 3-18 4-4 12; Hampton, Cierra 4-7 2-2 10; Pokrovskaya, V. 4-15 0-0 9; Grubbs, Alexus 3-8 0-0 8; Walston, Jewel 3-8 1-1 7. Totals 17-56 7-7 46. LENOIR-RHYNE (14-11, 8-9 SAC) Rodriguez, Ashley 7-10 0-0 18; Toineeta, Kendall 5-8 0-0 14; …