LEGION PLAYOFFS: Canipe, Kerley pace No. 8 Hickory’s blowout of top seed

HobbsDailyReport.com Taiven Canipe and Weston Kerley combined for six hits and eight RBIs on Sunday night as West No. 8 Hickory Post 48 surprised East No. 1 seed Union County 12-2 in the opening game of an Area IV American Legion baseball playoff series. Canipe had two doubles among his three hits and drove in five runs, and Kerley added …

CRAWDADS: Use catcher to pitch ninth inning of blowout loss

HobbsDailyReport.com CHARLESTON, W. Va. – Albert Baur and Trae Arbet hit home runs for West Virginia on Saturday night in an 11-2 victory over visiting Hickory that reached as deep into the Crawdads’ pitching as catcher Carlos Garay throwing the ninth inning. Garay pitched the ninth inning — giving up two hits, three runs (all earned) with a walk and …

PGA TOUR: Hickory’s Poston not playing in Quicken Loans National

HobbsDailyReport.com Former Hickory High and Western Carolina golfer J.T. Poston is not playing in this week’s PGA Tour event, the Quiken Loans National in Potomac, Md. Poston has played has played in 22 tournaments as a rookie, making the cut in 15. The next PGA Tour events are scheduled Thursday through July 9 and then the John Deere Classic on …

LEGION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS: Hickory, Taylorsville series openers rained out

HobbsDailyReport.com The opening game in Hickory’s Area IV American Legion baseball playoffs series and in the Taylorsville versus Maiden series have been postponed by rain and rescheduled for Sunday. West No. 8 seed Hickory and East No. 1 seed Union County were to open their best-of-5 series on Saturday night at Marvin Ridge High. They will now play Game 1 …