Archive - 2012
January 7th
By
CLIFF BRUNT,AP Sports Writer
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Roy Hibbert scored 20 points to help the Indiana Pacers beat the Charlotte Bobcats 99-77 on Saturday night.
Hibbert, who briefly left the game with a sprained right ankle, also had eight rebounds and three blocks. Tyler Hansbrough scored 15 points, Darren Collison had 14, and Danny Granger and George Hill each added 13 for the Pacers (6-2), who improved to 3-0 at home. Indiana was coming off an 87-74 win at Boston on Friday night.
January 6th
Newton-Conover took an early lead and pulled away from Bunker Hill for a 66-50 CVAC win.
Kevin Halloway led the Red Devils (8-6, 3-1) with 14 points.
Taylor Simmons netted a team-high 14 points for the Bears (2-13, 2-3).
Girls basketball
Newton-Conover 83, Bunker Hill 18
Kadesha Gibbs, Taylor Petty and Shynese Whitener combined for 56 points to lead the Lady Red Devils (11-3, 3-1) to the win against the Lady Bears.
Gibbs also notched her 1,000th career point in Friday’s game.
Maiden improved to 5-6 overall and 2-2 in conference play with a win over Bandys in boys basketball on Friday, 56-36.
Matt Johnson led all Blue Devil scorers with 15 points, while Jason Gantt pitched in 11 points.
Colton Medlin scored a game-high 17 points in the loss for Bandys (1-13, 0-5)
Fred T. Foard 68, Hibriten 54
The Tigers (11-4, 1-3) ended a 27-game conference losing streak by knocking off the Panthers on the road.
Jordan Turner scored 25 points, while Brice Falgout added 14 points in the victory for Foard.
By
STEVE REED,AP Sports Writer
CHARLOTTE — The Atlanta Hawks went to overtime for a second straight night, pulling out a 102-96 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Friday behind 23 points and 13 rebounds from Josh Smith.
The Hawks lost in triple-overtime to the Miami Heat the night before, but made sure there wouldn't be multiple extra periods needed by scoring the first seven points, with early 3-pointers by Jeff Teague and Joe Johnson.
Marvin Williams added 15 points and nine rebounds, and Al Horford scored 15 points for the Hawks (5-3).
Catawba County Schools (CCS) will look to state search professionals in its quest to find the system's next superintendent.
On Friday, the CCS Board of Education hired the N.C. School Boards Association (NCSBA) to help in the search for a successor to Glenn Barger, who will retire as superintendent June 30. CCS will pay NCSBA a minimum of $10,500 for its services.
NCSBA will advertise the CCS vacancy, collect applications and conduct background checks on potential candidates, among other services. CCS leaders will ultimately choose the new superintendent.
Mary Elizabeth Hewitt Parlier, 98, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012.
The Parlier family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Drum Funeral Home & Cremation in Conover.
Helen Hefner Nail, 81, of Hickory, died Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, at Palliative CareCenter and Hospice of Catawba Valley. The Nail family has entrusted the funeral arrangements to Drum Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Conover.
County officials want citizen input on a planned new library in Sherrills Ford.
Plans call for the new library to be built near the intersection of Sherrills Ford Road and N.C. 150. The new facility will help address space and community needs that the current library building lacks, officials say.
Catawba County has hired an architect and is in the planning stages.
Library officials want citizen input from residents who live in the Sherrills Ford and Terrell areas.
Catawba County officials are reminding residents to properly vaccinate their animals after the first 2012 rabies case was discovered this week.
On Monday, a local veterinarian notified Catawba County Animal Services that a cat needed to be tested for rabies. The cat, which was about four months old, was sent to the State Health Lab in Raleigh for testing. The State Lab notified Catawba County on Thursday afternoon that the cat tested positive for rabies.
A Newton company is offering $2,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to arrests in a recent copper-theft case.
According to the Newton Police Department, suspects broke into an unoccupied warehouse in Newton around Dec. 13 and stole an estimated $200,000 worth of copper wiring. The property at 2855 Nathan St. is owned by The Hadley Company.
The Hadley Company is offering the reward to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction of suspects responsible for the theft and damage to the property.
Herman Cain dropped out first, then Michelle Bachmann. Rick Perry says he's re-evaluating his campaign, and Jon Huntsman appears to be too far behind to catch up.
Meanwhile, former presidential candidate John McCain has endorsed fellow competitor Mitt Romney, and Rick Santorum and Ron Paul's campaigns appear strong after good showings in Iowa.
Is your favorite GOP presidential candidate still in the 2012 race for the White House? Do you support Barack Obama and the Democrats? Do you care about politics at all?
