COLLEGE BASEBALL: Bears’ Grigg earns league’s Pitcher of Week award

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – John Grigg of Lenoir-Rhyne University has been selected as the top pitcher in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) for last week. Grigg, a sophomore from Lawndale, earned the league award via a five-hit shutout last Saturday in the second game of a doubleheader at Catawba, a game the Bears won 5-0. He struck out five …

HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS: Tuesday’s results, postponements

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 …

SPRING SPORTS ROUNDUP: Hickory hammers Statesville in baseball with most runs in more than 2 decades

HobbsDailyReport.com Brody Scarborough had two hits and drove in five runs on Monday as visiting Hickory High had its highest-scoring varsity baseball game in more than two decades, routing Statesville 25-0. Bradley Fleenor went 3-for-3 and Jackson Palmer had two hits for the Red Tornadoes, off to a 2-1 start in head coach David Craft’s 27th season at their head …

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS: Alexander Central 5, Fred T. Foard 4

HobbsDailyReport.com MONDAY’S SUMMARY ALEXANDER CENTRAL 5, FRED T. FOARD 4 Singles: Carter Patterson (AC) d. Eli Matthews 8-6; Jackson Barr (AC) d. Holden Aldridge 8-6; Chandler Davis (AC) d. Carter Greene 8-5; Luke Fountain (FTF) d. Cameron White 8-5; Caleb Bolick (AC) d. Josiah Underwood 8-5; Drew Simmons (FTF) d. Rhett Chapman 9-7. Doubles: Eli Matthews-Luke Fountain (FTF) d. Carter …

MEN’S COLLEGE GOLF: Bears’ Vogler fires a 66 as they lead Rendleman tournament

HobbsDailyReport.com SALISBURY – Senior Jordan Vogler shot a 5-under par 66 to gain the individual lead and help Lenoir-Rhyne University’s men sit atop the team standings Monday at the Richard Rendleman Invitational. Vogler, who is from Pilot Mountain leads the field by two strokes, and the Bears’ Brad Robinson, a junior from the United Kingdom, is tied for second after …