MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Burleson DHs for Cards in loss at Pittsburgh

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com PITTSBURGH — Alec Burleson will go into Saturday night’s game still seeking his first major league hit. Burleson, an outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, was the designated hitter on Friday in his second big lead game, at Pittsburgh, in an 8-2 loss before 15,718. He batted seventh and went 0-fo-2 and left three runners on …

HIGH SCSHOOL FOOTBALL: Varsity scores, standings, schedule

HobbsDailyReport.com VARSITY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STANDINGS (through games of Friday, Sept. 9) CATAWBA VALLEY 2A ATHLETIC                                                                                                               Conf.            All             PF          PA Bandys                                                                                                 0-0              1-2              61         72 Bunker Hill                                                                                         0-0              3-0              107     67 E. Burke                                                                                                0-0              2-1            …

HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD: Thursday’s results

HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD   Editor’s note: Results from athletic events scheduled by schools in the Catawba Valley 2A Athletic, Western Foothills 3A, Northwestern 3A-4A or by Draughn and Patton, with scores listed that were reported or researched by HobbsDailyReport.com. If a result is not listed, it was not reported to the website or was not available in our research: …

HIGH SCHOOLS: Maiden visits Bandys with volleyball league lead on line

Foard, unbeaten in Western Foothills 3A, plays at St. Stephens   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com A 10-kill, nine digs night by Payton Miller helped spark Maiden High’s volleyball victory on Tuesday night and set up a showdown for first place in the Catawba Valley Athletic 2A. The Blue Devils downed visiting West Caldwell 25-6, 25-13, 25-7 to improve to 3-0 …