BY THE NUMBERS: Mike Byus’ 12 seasons as head football coach at East Lincoln

HobbsDailyReport.com A look at the East Lincoln High football teams coached by Mike Byus, who on Wednesday was named the new head football coach at Parkersburg, W. Va., High: Year                         Conference                        Conf. record/place                 All games 2005                          Southern Piedmont 1A-2A         5-1/second                             7-6* 2006                         Southern Piedmont 1A-2A          5-1/champion                       11-3* 2007                 …

HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFFS STATE TITLE SERIES: Baseball, softball begin Friday

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (best-of-3) BASEBALL 4A No. 1 ASHEVILLE ROBERSON (27-1) vs. No. 2 WILMINGTON NEW HANOVER (25-3) (at Doak Field, N.C. State) Game 1: Roberson home team, Friday, 5 p.m. Game 2: New Hanover home team, Saturday, 11 a.m. Game 3 if needed: Roberson home team, Saturday, 5 p.m. 3A No. 7 CREST (21-6) vs. No. 1 NORTHERN GUILFORD …

CRAWDADS: Kannapolis needs 11 innings to close series with victory

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Joel Booker and Jameson Fisher had run-scoring hits in the 11th inning on Wednesday that lifted Kannapolis past Hickory 6-4 in South Atlantic League (SAL) baseball. Booker went 2-for-6 with two RBIs, Brandon Dulin had three hits, Micker Adolfo had two and Zach Remillard hit a home run as the Intimidators won the final game of a …

CRAWDADS: A look at the current series on the road against Shorebirds

  HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The Hickory Crawdads are starting a four-game South Atlantic League (SAL) series in Delmarva (Md.) on Thursday night. Hickory plays the Shorebirds at 7:05 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and at 2:05 p.m. on Sunday. The Crawdads are off on Monday, returning home to begin a three-game series with Greenville (S.C.) on Tuesday night, followed …

LEGION BASEBALL: Maiden gets 17 hits, nips Kings Mountain on the road

HobbsDailyReport.com KINGS MOUNTAIN – Maiden Post 240 won a baseball slugfest on Wednesday night in a 32-hit American Legion game, edging Kings Mountain 10-9 on the road. Maiden (3-0) had 17 hits and Kings Mountain had 15. Grayeson Brown went 3-for-5 and Taylor Tibbs added three hits and two RBIs for Post 240, which had a five-run fourth inning to …