HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Maiden earns top seed for conference tournament

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

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

  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 …