HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Hickory High’s A.J. Chisholm will continue his football career next season by playing at Averett University in Danville, Va. Chisholm will pursue a degree in business at Averett, an NCAA Division III school that plays in the USA South conference and was 6-4 last season. In his last season at Hickory, he had two receptions for 14 …
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Hickory’s Bell signs to play for Lee University
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Hickory High senior Jackson Bell has signed to play basketball for Lee University in Tennessee. Bell averaged 15 points and eight rebounds last season, when the Red Tornadoes went 27-3 under head coach Andy Poplin. “Jackson Bell is easily one of the finest young men I have had the privilege of coaching,” Poplin said in a Hickory …
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Kyle Lowman in charge of Bandys football
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – Another former Bandys High football player is in charge of the program as the school begins its search for a new head football coach. Kyle Lowman, a former Trojans receiver, will coordinate everything related to Trojans football until a new head coach is named, Bandys athletic director Brandon Harbinson said Tuesday. Kyle Lowman is …
COLLEGE BASEBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne returns to league tourney as No. 5 seed
HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – After two seasons of not qualifying for the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) tournament in baseball, Lenoir-Rhyne University is back in this season as a No. 5 seed. The Bears (27-21, 13-14) open the tournament on Thursday at 4:30 p.m., facing No. 8 Anderson (S.C.) at Smokies Stadium in Kodak, Tenn. LRU tied Newberry and Tusculum …
HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS: Tuesday’s schedule-postponements (as of 10:35 p.m.)
HobbsDailyReport.com A schedule of athletic events on Tuesday 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 …