CONFERENCE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS: Bandys, E. Lincoln, Alex Central capture titles

HobbsDailyReport.com CONFERENCE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS CATAWBA VALLEY 2A ATHLETIC Monday’s first round results (at highest seeds) No. 1 W. Lincoln 15, No. 8 Newton-Conover 0, 4 inn. No. 5 W. Caldwell 13, No. 4 E. Burke 3, 5 inn. No. 2 Bandys 15, No. 7 Bunker Hill 5 No. 3 Maiden 9, No. 6 Lincolnton 3 Tuesday’s semifinals at Lenoir-Rhyne University …

WESTERN FOOTHILLS 3A: Only top 4 teams will play in baseball, softball tournaments

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Only the top four teams will advance to the Western Foothills 3A baseball and softball tournaments, conference officials said Thursday. Both tournaments are scheduled next Wednesday and Friday and all games will be played at the highest seed. The softball games will be at 6:30 p.m. for softball and 7 p.m for baseball. Opening round games …

CVAC 2A: Sets baseball tourney for Legion Fairgrounds, softball for Lenoir-Rhyne

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com The Catawba Valley 2A Athletic announced Monday where it will play the conference tournaments in baseball and softball. The baseball tournament will be played at Henkel-Alley Field at the American Legion Fairgrounds in Newton, home field for Catawba Valley Community College and Hickory Post 48’s Legion team. The softball tournament, for the first time, will be …

RACING: Richard Howard inducted into National Motorsports Media Association Hall of Fame

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CHARLOTTE — Richard Howard, whose fingerprint remains on NASCAR racing and whose impact guided the organization through some of its tougher earlier times, was honored Sunday with a Hall of Fame induction. Howard — who died in April of 1998 at age 73 — was one of three inducted into the Class of 2022 for the …