NPC 3A-4A: Lake Norman baseball, Alex Central softball teams top seeds

HobbsDailyReport.com The North Piedmont 3A-4A’s baseball and softball tournaments begin on Monday with four games in each. The pairings were finalized on Sunday with the top seeds Lake Norman in baseball and Alexander Central in softball. First-round baseball games on Monday, all with 7 p.m. starts, are No. 8 Statesville (1-17) at No. 1 Lake Norman (19-3), No. 5 North …

HIGH SCHOOL TRACK: SD-7 2A championships start time moved up

HobbsDailyReport.com The Southern District 7 Athletic 2A high school track and field championships, scheduled Monday at Bunker Hill, will begin earlier than originally planned. Bunker Hill athletic officials have announced the meets will get underway at 2 p.m., rather than at 4:30 p.m. as originally set. The North Piedmont 3A-4A has its field championships for girls and boys scheduled Monday …

HIGH SCHOOL GOLF: West 2A, West 3A, Midwest 3A regionals set for Monday

HobbsDailyReport.com Three of the four regional golf tournaments scheduled for area schools are scheduled to be played on Monday and the other on Wednesday. The West 2A Regional is set for Meadowbrook in Rutherfordton with an 8 a.m. start on Monday. The West 3A Regional will be played at Maggie Valley with an 8:30 a.m. start on Monday, and the …

HIGH SCHOOLS: Monday’s schedule

HobbsDailyReport.com BASEBALL North Piedmont 3A-4A tournament (first-round games) No. 8 Statesville at No 1 Lake Norman, 7 p.m. No. 5 N. Lincoln at No. 4 Mooresville, 7 p.m. No. 7 W. Iredell at No. 2 Alexander Central, 7 p.m. No. 6 N. Iredell at No. 3 S. Iredell, 7 p.m. SOFTBALL South Mountain Athletic 2A-3A Burns at E. Burke, 6 …

CRAWDADS: Hickory beats Columbia, S.C., in extra innings, closes series Sunday

The Hickory Crawdads needed extra innings to beat Columbia, S.C., on Saturday night. Click below for a link to Mark Parker’s Crawdadsbeat.com, the most extensive and insightful you will find on Hickory’s Class A baseball team. Thanks again to Mark for allowing HobbsDailyReport.com to link to his site. If you are a Crawdads or Texas Rangers fan, you’re going to …