SOUTH FORK 2A: Maiden sweeps softball awards, Bandys gets 2 baseball honors

HobbsDailyReport.com Maiden High swept the softball awards, and Bandys won two of the three baseball awards in the South Fork 2A regular season. In a Friday morning email from conference officials, the softball awards – voted on by league coaches – went to Morgan Boheimer of Maiden (Defensive Player of The Year), LaShayla Thompson of Maiden (Offensive Player of the …

HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD: North Lincoln wins both South Fork 2A championships

HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – North Lincoln High swept the track and field championships on Tuesday in the South Fork 2A on its own track. The Knights’ boys had 177 ½ points, sparked by Jake Soorus, to edge second-place Bandys (150 ½), while the North Lincoln girls scored 151 points to beat Lake Norman Charter by one point. Sorrus won the discus …

HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Beam resigns at N-C, will open business in Lincolnton

HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Matt Beam has resigned after four seasons as head football coach at Newton-Conover High. Beam came to Newton-Conover from Burns in 2013 — replacing Brint Russell — and coached the Red Devils to records of 7-4-1, 6-6, 6-5 and 9-3 and into the state playoffs in 2014, 2015 and last season. Assistant coach Darren Ponder, the Red …

CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS: Maiden advances to South Fork 2A softball title game

HobbsDailyReport.com Addyson Ikard drove in four runs on Tuesday night, leading top-seeded Maiden High’s 12-2 home win over fourth-seeded West Lincoln and into the title game of the South Fork 2A softball tournament. The Blue Devils (18-2) will be at home Thursday at 7 p.m. to play second-seeded North Lincoln (15-4) for the tournament title. Caitlyn Wray and Laura Morgan …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE GOLF: Lenoir-Rhyne makes field for South Super Regional

HobbsDailyReport.com INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – For the first time in 15 years, Lenoir-Rhyne University’s women’s golf team is headed to the three-day NCAA Division II South Super Regionals. The tournament begins Mondday at the Germantown Country Club in Germantown, Tenn., and the Bears are one of 12 teams in the field. LRU has won four tournaments – the Patsy Rendleman Invitational …