HobbsDailyReport.com WILMINGTON – The women’s basketball staff at UNC-Wilmington added another coach with Greater Hickory area ties on Friday. The university announced head coach Karen Barefoot, a former head coach at Lenoir-Rhyne University, has hired former Freedom High star Ali Ford as an assistant coach. Barefoot has been at UNC-W for one season (12-19), coming there after six seasons as …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Like sister, N-C’s Eller signs to play at Catawba Valley
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) has signed the younger sister of one of its former players from the high school that produced the Red Hawks’ head women’s basketball coach. In a press release, CVCC officials said Ivy Eller – a guard from Newton-Conover High — has signed to play basketball for former Red Devils’ great Tisha England. …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Fayetteville State signs guard from Catawba Valley
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Nikkyana McCaskill, a guard from Gastonia who averaged 11.1 points per game last season for Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC), has signed to play basketball next season at Fayetteville State University. She signed on Sunday, and CVCC officials announced that on Monday in a press release. “I just want to say that CVCC was the greatest experience …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: South Caldwell’s Kale signs with Catawba Valley
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) announced on Wednesday it has signed two women’s basketball players, including a three-year varsity player from nearby South Caldwell High. In a press release, CVCC head coach Tisha England announced her program will add Payton Kale of South Caldwell and Shamicah Sturdivant, who played at Sugar Creek Charter in Charlotte. Kale averaged …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: CVCC gets speedy guard from Chapel Hill
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Chapel Hill High’s Aniya Taylor, a 5-foot-8 senior guard, is coming to Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) to play basketball. Taylor’s signing was announced Wednesday by the Red Hawks in a press release. She averaged 9.8 points and 5.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 3.4 steals in her final prep season for the Tigers. As a junior, she …