CRAWDADS: Drop first game in Greenville, S.C., now 1 game above .500

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY CRAWDADS   Tuesday’s result at Greenville, S.C.: Greenville, S.C. 11, Hickory 6 Current record: 17-16, tied with Winston-Salem for third place in South Atlantic South, 1 1/2 games back of second-place Rome (Ga.), four games behind division-leading  Bowling Green (Ky.). Next game: Wednesday at Greenville, S.C., 7:05 p.m. This series: Tuesday through Sunday at Greenville, S.C.; Game times: …

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal called on early, goes 2 1/3 innings in loss

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Mississippi needed Hayden Deal early on Tuesday night, as in the first inning in relief in a home game against Biloxi (Miss.) that the Braves dropped 6-5. Deal, a left-hander from Bandys High, made his 97th pro appearance and worked 2 1/3 innings as the second of six pitchers used by Mississippi. He gave up five …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: S. Caldwell picks up forfeit win, record shifts to 8-2

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HUDSON — South Caldwell High picked up a forfeit varsity football win for last season on Wednesday that adjusts the Spartans’ record to 8-2. When Chambers became the third Charlotte-Mecklenburg school to indicate it must forfeit games from last season — Myers Park and West Charlotte have also since the season ended — and South Caldwell …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Kirkpatrick, first HC at South Caldwell, dies

“Red” was also the last head football coach at Granite Falls; sons followed him into coaching   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com GRANITE FALLS – Don “Red” Kirkpatrick — the last head football coach at old Granite Falls High and the first at South Caldwell — died on Tuesday morning. His son, Marc, notified HobbsDailyReport.com on Tuesday that his father passed …