HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Northwestern 3A-4A amends seeds — Hickory No. 4, Freedom No. 5

HobbsDailyReport.com NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A BASEBALL TOURNAMENT Tiebreakers: Freedom, Hickory, McDowell tied for fourth at 6-8 … comparative records were Hickory 3-1, Freedom 2-2, McDowell 1-3, meaning Hickory as No. 4 seed, Freedom as No. 5 and McDowell as No. 6. When the brackets were originally released, Hickory-Freedom was broken by comparing their records head-to-head (they split), and Freedom was placed No. …

HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS: Monday’s schedule

HobbsDailyReport.com Schedule of athletic events on Monday for schools in the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A, compiled from schedules the schools provided HobbsDailyReport.com, with starting times if they were listed on the schedules. Some schools did not respond to a request for schedules. Events added to the schedules via postponements or moved to another date for …

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Maiden, Newton-Conover add game on Tuesday

HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – It won’t be a part of this week’s South Fork 2A high school baseball tournament, but there’s one more game on tap for Maiden and Newton-Conover. The teams will play on Tuesday at 5 p.m. at Newton-Conover with free admission (donations will be accepted at the gate to go to charity). “Myself and Coach (Corey) Nunley felt …

COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: Bears’ Salamon discus champ at Tri-City Classic

HobbsDailyReport.com JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Senior Haylea Salamon won the discus on Saturday for Lenoir-Rhyne University at East Tennessee State’s Tri-Star Classic. Salamon’s discus throw was 148 feet, 9 inches and was one of several NCAA Division II provisional-qualifying events for the Bears. She advanced to the NCAA Division II championships in 2015. LRU next competes at the University of …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE: No. 2 Queens downs top-seeded Bears, wins league tourney

HobbsDailyReport.com WINGATE – Katie Wardle’s six goals on Sunday sparked second-seeded Queens as it beat top-seeded Lenoir-Rhyne University 13-9 to capture the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) tournament title in women’s lacrosse. Junior Gabby Sousa had four goals for the Bears (9-9) but it wasn’t enough to hold off Queens (11-8) as the Royals won the tournament for the fifth straight …