HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER: Sain’s 2 goals lift East Burke past Freedom

HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON – Cassie Sain scored both goals for East Burke High’s girls as they tripped archrival Freedom 2-0 on Friday night in a non-conference soccer match at the Catawba River Soccer Complex. Brooke Arney had an assist on each of Sain’s goals. Ariana Hawkins made 10 saves to record a shutout in goal for the Cavs. Freedom outshot East …

HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD: Friday’s results, including tournaments

HobbsDailyReport.com FRIDAY’S NON-TOURNAMENT RESULTS SOFTBALL South Mountain Athletic 2A-3A R-S Central 12, Burns 0 Shelby 5, Crest 3 GIRLS SOCCER Northwestern 3A-4A S. Caldwell 3, Patton 0 South Mountain Athletic 2A-3A R-S Central 8, Burns 0 Others E. Burke 2, Freedom 0 Hickory 4, Kings Mountain 2 N. Lincoln 4, St. Stephens 1 LACROSSE BOYS 1A/2A/A3 STATE PLAYOFFS No. 4 …

CRAWDADS: Mark Parker’s series glance as they begin to play Suns on the road

The Crawdads begin a South Atlantic League baseball series in against the Suns in Hagertown, Md., on Friday. Visit Mark Parker’s Crawdadsbeat.com, his personal blog about the Hickory team, to learn more of what to expect in the next four games. Series Preview: Hickory Crawdads at Hagerstown (Md.) Suns May 5-8

SD-7 2A SOFTBALL: Tournament title game will now start at 6 p.m.

HobbsDailyReport.com CLAREMONT – The start time of Friday’s championship game in the Southern District 7 Athletic 2A softball tournament has been moved up by one hour. No. 2 East Lincoln (15-6) will face top-seeded West Lincoln (16-6) at 6 p.m., West Lincoln athletic director Wayne Navey said via email.

NW 3A-4A BASEBALL: Tournament championship game postponed

HobbsDailyReport.com GRANITE FALLS – The championship game of the Northwestern 3A-4A baseball tournament scheduled Friday night at M.S. Deal Stadium has been postponed. The game pits top-seeded Fred T. Foard (16-5) against No. 3 seed Hickory (18-8) and was scheduled for a 7 p.m. start. Foard athletic director Samy Shreitah, in an afternoon email, says the game is tentatively scheduled …