NEWTON – Bandys High running back Ethan Howard has won the WNNC Oldies 101.3 FM Coca-Cola Golden Helmet Award for Week 12 of the football season. Howard, a 6-foot-1, 220-pound junior, sparked the Trojans’ 53-50 home victory over North Lincoln last Friday night with 31 carries for a season-high 205 yards. He scored two TDs, including a game-winning 5-yard score …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Suddreth preseason All-SAC but Bears picked to finish 7th
HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Former Alexander Central high star Madi Suddreth has been picked among the top 12 women’s basketball players in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) this season. Suddreth, a junior forward for Lenoir-Rhyne University, was on the preseason All-SAC second team when the conference released a coaches’ vote with a predicted conference finish and two six-player preseason …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Red Hawks sign 2 stars from Alex Central
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Catawba Valley Community College announced the signing Tuesday of two volleyball players from Alexander Central High. The Red Hawks’ first two signees for their 2018 signing class are Chesney Millsaps and Kelsea DeJarnette of the Cougars. Both signed on Monday, a CVCC press release said. “We are so excited to add Chesney and Kelsea to our fall …
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Crawdads announce home game times for 2018 season
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The Hickory Crawdads will have early starts to their spring games for the sixth consecutive season, the club announced on Tuesday. Games scheduled to be played on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday on the 2018 schedule will again have 6 p.m. first pitches, while Sunday games during the first half of the South Atlantic League (SAL) schedule …
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS: N-C wins, faces Owen next; HHS advances to play Statesville
HobbsDailyReport.com STATE BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS Second round results and pairings for Wednesday’s third round of the state West 2A, West 3A and West 4A boys’ soccer playoffs, with match times (if available) and with teams from the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A indicated by bold and all caps. The lower-seeded team visits the higher-seeded team. For …