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Bandys High is off to a 7-0 start and South Caldwell is 8-0 with games on Tuesday night at West Lincoln and at McDowell at 7 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., respectively.
It’s between those two programs to see who grabs the 2018 spot on this list — the team from a Greater Hickory area conference that went the longest without a loss in a baseball season, something South Caldwell does with regularity and that Bandys did once, in 2005.
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UNBLEMISHED THE LONGEST
Deepest into a baseball season for teams in Greater Hickory area conferences before suffering first loss over the previous 20 seasons:
Year School Start First loss
1998 S. Caldwell 8-0 Lost 8-6 W. Caldwell at Granite Falls
1998 Crest 8-0 Lost 6-4 at Watauga
1999 Freedom 4-0 Lost 12-10 W. Iredell
1999 Hickory 4-0 Lost 4-2 at Mooresville
1999 S. Caldwell 4-0 Lost 13-9 at St. Stephens
1999 S. Iredell 4-0 Lost 8-5 Mooresville
2000 S. Caldwell 6-0 Lost 6-4 (9 inn.) St. Stephens
2001 Cherryville 11-0 Lost 12-4 Maiden
2002 S. Caldwell 11-0 Lost 13-1 E. Randolph at Asheboro
2003 S. Caldwell 13-0 Lost 3-0 at Alexander Central
2004 Alexander Central 22-0 Lost 1-0 South Caldwell
2005 Bandys 13-0 Lost 3-0 Bunker Hill
2006 S. Caldwell 19-0 Lost 4-0 Charlotte Christian at Shelby
2007 S. Caldwell 16-0 Lost 2-1 E. Rutherford at Shelby
2008 S. Caldwell 6-0 Lost 1-0 Watauga
2009 McDowell 4-0 Lost 9-8 Burns
2010 Bunker Hill 29-0 Lost 3-1 Surry Central, round 3
2011 Bunker Hill 23-0 Lost 5-1 at Bandys
2012 S. Caldwell 12-0 Lost 5-2 at McDowell
2013 Alexander Central 9-0 Lost 2-0 at S. Caldwell
2014 Lake Norman 9-0 Lost 7-4 at Marvin Ridge
2015 S. Caldwell 26-0 Lost 8-7 Providence, round 3
2016 S. Caldwell 12-0 Lost 2-1 Crest at Shelby
2017 S. Caldwell 8-0 Lost 14-2 (6 inn.) Fred T. Foard
Notes: In the 20-year period of 1998 through last season, South Caldwell went the longest without losing in 10 seasons and tied for longest two other times.
SOURCE: HobbsDailyReport.com research and files.