HobbsDailyReport.com South Iredell High’s unbeaten girls’ soccer team claimed another victim on Friday night in the state 3A playoffs. Playing at home, the top-seeded Vikings nipped No. 16 Cuthbertson 2-1 in second round match to set up a match next week against No. 11 Hickory Ridge (16-4-2) or No. 7 Hickory (19-3-0), who meet Saturday in Hickory at 7 p.m. …
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS: Foard, Maiden knocked out via second round losses
HobbsDailyReport.com The state girls’ high school softball playoffs are over for Fred T. Foard and Maiden. On Friday, visiting West Iredell nipped Foard 6-4 in the second round of the 3A bracket, while R-S Central shutdown visiting Maiden 8-0 to win in a 2A game shortened by rain. No. 9 West Iredell (14-8) advances to play No. 13 Sun Valley …
CRAWDADS: Collect rain-shortened victory over ‘Dogs, start news series on Saturday
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY — The Crawdads collected a rain-shortened South Atlantic League (SAL) baseball victory at L.P. Frans Stadium on Friday night, clipping Charleston (S.C.) 2-1 in six innings. The victory, which came in a game that also had a 40-minute rain delay, left the Crawdads 13-21 as they head into the first game of a four-game series at Frans against …
STATE INDIVIDUAL TENNIS: Maiden, N-C stars to battle in 2A semifinals
HobbsDailyReport.com RALEIGH – The state’s top 2A singles player could very easily come from an area high school since three of the four players still alive plays in conference from the region. First-round play on Friday got to the semifinal round, and Saturday’s schedule (8 a.m.) pits No. 4 seed Daniel Crutcher of Maiden against No. 1 Brian Reed of …
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Draughn, S. Caldwell games moved to Saturday
HobbsDailyReport.com Both state baseball playoff games scheduled Friday that were to involve teams from area conferences were rained out and reset for Saturday. No. 16 seed Draughn (14-8) is now headed to play No. 1 Forbush (22-3) on Saturday at 7 p.m. in a 2A second round game. In 4A, sixth-seeded South Caldwell (18-5) will be at home on Saturday …