HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Standings through Thursday’s games

HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL STANDINGS (through games of  Thursday, April 14) CATAWBA VALLEY 2A ATHLETIC                                          Conf.              All            Streak Bandys                                                                                                 10-2             13-5        Lost 1 Lincolnton                                                                                          9-3               11-6           Won 4 Bunker Hill                                                                                        8-4                 8-8          Won 5 W. Lincoln                                       …

HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE: Monday’s varsity events

HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS SCHEDULE   High school varsity spring sports events for Monday involving teams from the Catawba Valley 2A Athletic, Western Foothills 3A, Northwestern 3A-4A plus Draughn and Patton. The schedule, with game times (if available), are compiled by HobbsDailyReport.com from individual schedules provided by the schools per a request for those schedules. Games or matches that are …

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal starts season back in Double A for Braves

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal’s fifth pro season is underway, and he is back in Double A and pitching for the Mississippi Braves for the second straight season. Deal, a 6-foot-4 left-hander who starred at Bandys High and in college at Presbyterian. has pitched in one of the Braves’ first three games. Mississippi fell at home 5-1 to Montgomery …