Archive - Jul 11, 2012 - Sports Article
Back for a 33rd consecutive season, the Catawba County Hornets semi-pro football team kicks off its season on Saturday.
The Hornets, who finished 8-9 overall and 6-5 in the Central Carolinas Football League in 2011, face the Winston-Salem Red Wolves at Westside/Jaycee Park at 7 p.m. Saturday.
With one swing of the bat late in Wednesday's game, Hickory Post 48's season and opportunity to make it back to the Area IV championship series ended.
Gaston's Justin Williams doubled with one out in the bottom of the ninth to pull out the 11-10 walkoff victory over Hickory Post 48.
Maiden High School Principal Dwayne Finger has announced the hiring of David Williams as the school's next baseball coach.
Williams spent last season as a head JV and an assistant coach under Caine Houser, who stepped down from his head coaching post to take the school's athletic director job last week.
