HIGH SCHOOL SPRINGS SPORTS: N-C wins in baseball, snaps 17-game losing skid (updated)

HobbsDailyReport.com Newton-Conover High pulled off a late-season surprise for the second straight year on Tuesday night, slipping by visiting Lake Norman Charter 7-3 to snap a 17-game baseball losing streak. The Red Devils scored all of their runs in the first two innings – three in the first and four in the second – en route to the 68th career …

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS: Alex Central wraps up bid into state 3A playoffs

HobbsDailyReport.com TUESDAY’S SUMMARIES ALEXANDER CENTRAL 8, HICKORY 1 Singles: Carter Patterson (AC) d. Arditti 6-2, 6-4; Jackson Barr (AC) d. Reeves 6-0, 6-3; Chandler Davis (AC) d. Pleasants 7-5, 6-3; Cameron White (AC) d. Camacho 6-2, 6-2; Caleb Bolick (AC) d. White 6-1, 6-2; Jacob Campbell (AC) d. McIntosh 6-3, 6-3. Doubles: Arditti-Reeves (H) d. Carter Patterson-Cameron White 9-7; Jackson …

COLLEGE BASEBALL: Limestone wipes out 9-run deficit, tops Lenoir-Rhyne

HobbsDailyReport.com GAFFNEY, S.C. – Limestone College wiped out a nine-run deficit on Tuesday and dealt visiting Lenoir-Rhyne University a 12-11 baseball loss in 10 innings despite two home runs by the Bears’ Alex Reynolds. Reynolds hit a solo home run and a grand slam, driving in five runs, as the Bears (26-19) built an 11-2 lead by the fifth inning. …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: Bears Hardwick wins conference award

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – A victory in the 400-meter dash last week at the Catamount Classic netted freshman Saidah Hardwick of Lenoir-Rhyne University an award in outdoor track and field. Hardwick, who is from Rolesville, on Tuesday was selected as the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) South Atlantic Conference Women’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week. She won the women’s …

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Standings through Tuesday’s games

HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL STANDINGS (through Tuesday’s games) SOUTH FORK 2A                                                                  Conf.                       All                    Streak N. Lincoln                                             10-1                         16-2                      Won 9 Bandys                                                  9-2                        16-2                     Won 1 Lincolnton                                          8-3                       10-4                      Won 2 LN Charter                                        6-5                         9-9                     Lost 2 W. Lincoln                                         5-6                         8-11                   Lost 1 E. …