HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Bandys tied for most with 4 all-state players

Greater Hickory area leagues have 11 selections by N.C. Baseball Coaches Association   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Eleven players from area conferences — including four from Bandys – have been named all-state by the North Carolina High School Baseball Coaches Association (NCBCA) for 2022. The Trojans has four picks on the 2A team, Draughn has two on the 1A team, …

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: Watauga freshman named second-team all-state

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Watauga High freshman guard Kate Sears has been selected second-team all-state by the North Carolina Basketball Coaches Association (NCBCA), and she is the only player from Greater Hickory area conferences to make all-state. Sears, who is 5-foot-9, averaged 18.4 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.6 steals per game for the Pioneers, who finished 24-4. She …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: N-C’s Cornwell named state’s top girls’ player by coaches’ organization

Rutgers signee with more than 2,000 career points and rebounds also leads District 10 team   HobbsDailyReport.com The North Carolina Basketball Coaches Association (NCBCA) has selected Newton-Conover High senior Chyna Cornwell as the state’s top girls’ basketball player in 2020. Cornwell, who averages 26.7 points, 16.7 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game for the West 2A champions, also won District …

BOYS BASKETBALL: Top players in South Fork 2A, Northwestern 3A-4A lead All-District 10

HobbsDailyReport.com The top boys’ players in the South Fork 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A have been named first-team All-District 10 by the North Carolina Basketball Coaches Association (NCBCA). In voting by members of the NCBCA, South Fork 2A Player of the Year Sidney Dollar of East Lincoln and Northwestern 3A-4A Player of the Year Fletcher Abee of Freedom were picked for …

GIRLS BASKETBALL: E. Burke, E. Lincoln stars earn first-team All-District 10

HobbsDailyReport.com The North Carolina Basketball Coaches Association (NCBCA) All-District 10 girls’ team first-team selections include top stars from East Lincoln and East Burke. Destiny Johnson of East Lincoln and Josie Hise of East Burke join Ashbrook teammates Evonna McGill and Trinity Jones and Kings Mountain’s Hannah Clark on the first-team, as voted on by coaches in the NCBCA. Players whose …