HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Willis says timing was perfect to accept job as boys’ coach at Hickory

One of Red Tornadoes’ all-time best athletes leaving The Citadel basketball staff   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – As Hickory High’s next varsity boys’ basketball head coach, Daniel Willis is excited about impacting the program by stressing the things that got him where he is. While playing multiple sports for the Red Tornadoes, Willis said he was taught discipline, …

BREAKING NEWS: Willis returning home to coach Hickory varsity boys

He is leaving The Citadel as associate head coach to work at his alma mater By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Daniel Willis — one of Catawba County’s top all-time high school basketball players — is coming home. Willis, an associate head coach at The Citadel, had a physical education teaching position approved on Monday night by the Hickory City …

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne 97, The Citadel 83 (Sunday exhibiton)

HobbsDailyReport.com SUNDAY’S EXHIBITION SUMMARY LENOIR-RHYNE 97, THE CITADEL 83 THE CITADEL Frierson, Matt 7-12 0-0 21; Parks, Preston 4-13 5-7 16; Harris, Kaelon 5-10 2-4 14; Simmons, Tariq 5-11 0-0 13; Najdawl, Zane 3-13 6-6 12; Brown, Hayden 1-5 2-3 4; Reed, Alex 1-4 0-0 3; Webster, Jr., Derek 0-0 0-0 0; Rice, Kaiden 0-2 0-0 0; Allende, Leandro 0-4 …