Archive - Apr 3, 2012 - Sports Article
Finishing second in their division two years ago and winning it last season, the Hickory Crawdads are ready to compete for a South Atlantic League championship when their season starts Thursday in Kannapolis.
To read more of this story, pick up the Wednesday edition of Catawba County's community newspaper, The Observer News Enterprise, at newsstands throughout the county.
Alexander Central High School expects to have a new head football coach after a board of education meeting Wednesday.
Alexander Central High School Principal Doug Rhoney told The O-N-E on Monday that the three finalists for the position include Newton-Conover High School head football coach Nick Bazzle.
HIckory won its third-straight Northwestern conference golf match on Tuesday at Catawba Springs.
The Red Tornadoes tallied a team score of 312, which was two shots better than second-place Hibriten.
St. Stephens finished tied for third with Alexander Central. Both squads carded a team score of 331.
Fred T. Foard finished last with a score of 353.
By
AP National sports Writer Eddie Pells
NEW ORLEANS — Before his confetti-flecked suit gets back from the cleaners, John Calipari will be on the road.
Such is life for a coach who recruits all that NBA-ready talent — especially when those players get in the habit of bringing championships back to their ol' Kentucky home.
