STATE 4A SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: South Caldwell wins in 8 innings, take first state title

HobbsDailyReport.com RALEIGH – South Caldwell High’s ride home from the state 4A softball title series was much sweeter this time around. The Spartans — state runners-up a year ago — won the title this season on Sunday by rallying to force extra innings and beat Wilmington Hoggard 7-5 in eight innings at N.C. State. The victory closed a 25-5 season …

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Final 2019 season standings

HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL STANDINGS (Final 2019) SOUTH FORK 2A                                                                               Conf.                      All                 Streak *N. Lincoln                                                     11-3       …

STATE 4A SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: S. Caldwell wins Game 2, stays alive

HobbsDailyReport.com RALEIGH – South Caldwell faces a deciding game in the state 4A softball championships series on Sunday at 1 p.m., battling Wilmington Hoggard at N.C. State. The fifth-seeded Spartans won a must-have Game 2 on Saturday afternoon 3-2 after falling 3-2 in eight innings in the opener game at Dial Stadium earlier in the day. South Caldwell is 24-5 …

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Rogers giving up coaching to become principal at Freedom

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON – Casey Rogers is a month away from a new path toward impacting the community he grew up in. Rogers — head boys’ varsity basketball coach at Freedom High and a former star player for his father at his alma mater — has resigned to that he can become principal at Freedom. He has been …