COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne’s recruiting class includes 10 local players

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – In a marked change in its football recruiting, Lenoir-Rhyne University’s first list of 2018 signees features nearly one-third of the players being from local high schools. When the Bears released their 37 signees on Wednesday in the first class for new head coach Drew Cronic, it included: Ten seniors who played at Greater Hickory …

BOYS BASKETBALL BOXES: Hickory’s 20th win secures no worse than share of title

HobbsDailyReport.com TUESDAY’S SUMMARIES NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A HICKORY 64, ALEXANDER CENTRAL 43 Hickory            18    20    13     13—64 Alex Central    14     6      14     9—43 HICKORY 64—Torey James 18, Bell 8, Jaquan Thurman 12, Cody Young 14, Freeman 8, Devalle 2, Moss 2, Ables, Harper, Amos, Nichols, Long. ALEXANDER CENTRAL 43—Elder 7, Jem Lowrance 14, Flowers 21, Hodges 3, Barr 8, Wooten 5, …

GIRLS BASKETBALL BOXES: Pats snap Watauga’s 18-game win streak as coach gains 300th career win

HobbsDailyReport.com TUESDAY’S SUMMARIES NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A FREEDOM 61, WATAUGA 59, OT Freedom       10    10   10   19    12—61 Watauga          8   17    10   14    10—59 FREEDOM 61—Blaikley Crooks 14, Adair Garrison 12, C.C. Davenport 11, Amaiya Williams 10, Short 8, Bailey 6, Tate, Weaver, McGinnis. WATAUGA 59—Maddison Robinson 21, Brooke Byrd 11, Haas 4, Farthing 7, Ward 2, Bolick 7, Darner 7, Lopez, …