STATE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS: Saturday’s schedule

HobbsDailyReport.com STATE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS (all games are Saturday) GIRLS 1A at N.C. State’s Reynolds Coliseum: No. 1 Pamlico County (26-1) vs. No. 1 Mount Airy (26-2), noon 2A at UNC’s Smith Center: No. 3 N. Pitt (25-5) vs. No. 3 N. Wilkes (28-3), noon 3A at N.C. State’s Reynolds Coliseum: No. 1 Jacksonville (23-3) vs. No. 2 Northern …

HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS ROUNDUP: Cougars rally, nip Davie County for 2-0 start

HobbsDailyReport.com Alexander Central High wiped out a one-run deficit by scoring three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning Saturday to down visiting Davie County 4-2 in Taylorsville in baseball. The Cougars (2-0) won a game that had only nine hits – five by Alexander Central – and got two from Josh Lafone, who was hitting sixth in the …

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Guilford Tech’s 23 unanswered points help sink Red Hawks

HobbsDailyReport.com PETERSBURG, Va. – Scoring 23 unanswered points in a first-half surge, Guilford Tech eliminated Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) from the Region X men’s basketball tournament on Saturday, winning 103-79. The eighth-seeded Titans (13-15) got a season-high 35 points from Eric Peaks to advance to a Sunday quarterfinal, also at Richard Bland College, against top-seeded Louisburg College (25-4). CVCC …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: CVCC wins again, goes for 25th victory on Sunday

HobbsDailyReport.com LELAND – Catawba Valley Community College’s 24th women’s basketball victory of the season came Saturday, a 81-71 road victory over Brunswick Community College that featured Shaniya Lester scoring more than 20 points again. Lester, a sophomore, had 22 points – her 16th game of the season with 20 or more – as the Red Hawks ran their win streak …

COLLEGE BASEBALL: After split of games, Red Hawks to face Louisburg again on Sunday

HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Louisburg College and Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) will complete a three-game series Sunday after having split a baseball doubleheader on Saturday at the Legion Fairgrounds. The Hurricanes (11-4) and Red Hawks (11-5), ranked No. 17 in the latest National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) poll, will play a nine-inning game Sunday with a first pitch at …