HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Maiden earns top seed for conference tournament

Published Monday, May 1st, 2023

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com A Maiden High varsity baseball team that did not let three single-run losses to start the season overwhelm it is on the way to the Catawba Valley 2A Athletic tournament as a top seed. Head coach Dustin Hull’s Blue Devils (16-6 overall, five straight wins) won 13 straight league games – the last in their final …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Cougars tab Gant as next varsity boys’ head coach

Published Friday, April 21st, 2023

He helped Wills keep Cougars in contender’s status By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com TAYLORSVILLE — Alexander Central High has turned its varsity boys’ basketball program over to a key assistant who helped Ed Wills guided many of the Cougars’ best teams of the last half-century. Cam Gant, head junior varsity  boys’  coach and on the varsity bench with Ed Wills for …

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS: Bandys hires ex-Hickory head coach Helms

Published Tuesday, March 28th, 2023

  HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA — Bandys High announced Monday it has hired former Hickory High head girls’ basketball coach Barbara Helms. She replaces Eric King, who recently resigned after one season. Helms is nearing 500 career wins — she also coached East Burke girls t0 start her prep varsity coaching career. Her son, Brandon, is Bandys’ varsity head basketball coach, and …

AN IMPORTANT UPDATE: We’re battlin’ back, catchin’ up

Published Tuesday, March 28th, 2023

Chris is slowly improving   Hello loyal readers of HobbsDailyReport.com. I’m Myra Hobbs, a partner in HobbsDailyReport.com — which turns age 6 next week — with an important update on why we have been out of the mix and now letting you know our current game plan. Basically, my husband Chris has a severe broken right arm, no use of …

HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS: Friday through Monday scores

Published Saturday, March 4th, 2023

HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD (Wednesday, March 1 through Monday, March 6 results) MONDAY, MARCH 6 BASEBALL Ashe County at Elkin Bunker Hill 6, Patton 4 Cramer 3, W. Iredell 1 Hickory 11, Hibrietn 1 Mitchell County at Freedom South Point 5, N. Lincoln 2 Watauga 13, Mount Airy 0, 5 inn. at W. Wilkes W. Lincoln 18, Statesville 1, 5 …