By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN — The Athletes Lab has announced summer camps for several sports and a highlight of having a Division I Blue Ridge Classic Baseball Showcase on June 8. The Showcase will allow local student-athletes to participate in a setting that will draw college coaches to Maiden and to The Lab. For more details, see the flyers …
ATHLETES LAB: Turf is down on field built as part of expansion in Maiden
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN — The turf is down on the multi-purpose field that is part of the expansion at The Athletes Lab. The project will allow The Lab — where the focus in on individual and team improvement through workouts and other programs — to add soccer and other sports as it grows in its goal of helping …
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER: Lake Norman Charter state 3A champion
HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER PLAYOFFS (For complete East brackets and updates, visit www.nchsaa.org) Playing dates: First round, May 16; second round, May 19; third round, May 23; fourth round, May 26; state semifinals, Tuesday; state championships, June 3 or June 4 at Wake Med Soccer Park in Cary. 1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP (at WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary) Saturday: No. …
CRAWDADS: Held to a run in home loss to Greensboro, fall to 15-14
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY CRAWDADS Thursday’s result at L.P. Frans Stadium: Greensboro 7, Hickory 1 Current record: 15-14, tied for third place in South Atlantic South with Winston-Salem, 1 1/2 games back of second-place Rome (Ga.) and three games behind division-leading Bowling Green (Ky.). Next game: Friday, home, vs. Greensboro, 7. p.m. This series: Tuesday through Sunday at L.P. Frans Stadium; …
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal gets 300th career strikeout in Braves’ road win
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal reached a personal milestone — clearing 300 strikeouts as a pro — as visiting Mississippi edged Chattanooga (Tenn.) 3-2 on Thursday night with two runs in the ninth inning to win. The Braves won a Southern League Double-A game after Deal pitched two innings of relief, the sixth and seventh, before a crowd 5,7652. …